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Strong's H2595 חֲנִית (chanith)

Chanith means “javelin” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's G2595 — karphos (“mote”) in the Greek Bible.

Strong's Number H2595
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 40
Books 11

Strong's H2595 Quick Answer

Strong's H2595 חֲנִיתּ (chaniyth) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. chaniyth (khan-eeth') n-f. 1. a lance (for thrusting, like pitching a tent) [from H2583] It has 40 linked Bible usages across 11 books. Visible English usage signals include spear, spears, javelin, and like. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
chaniyth (khan-eeth') n-f. 1. a lance (for thrusting, like pitching a tent) [from H2583]
Usage
40 linked usages
Books
11 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
spear, spears, javelin, and like

Meaning and Definition

chaniyth (khan-eeth') n-f. 1. a lance (for thrusting, like pitching a tent) [from H2583] KJV: javelin, spear. Root(s): H2583

Original Word
חֲנִיתּ
Transliteration
chaniyth
Derivation
Root: חנה First root strongs: 2583
Morphology
noun fem

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H2595. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

How Strong's H2595 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render chaniyth, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

spear 1 Samuel 13:22 25× spears 1 Samuel 13:19 javelin 1 Samuel 18:10 like 1 Samuel 17:7

How Strong's H2595 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 40 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H2595 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H2595 in the Old Testament

40 indexed usages in Old Testament.

1 Samuel 13:19 KJV

Now there was no smith found throughout all the land of Israel: for the Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make them swords or spears:

1 Samuel 13:22 KJV

So it came to pass in the day of battle, that there was neither sword nor spear found in the hand of any of the people that were with Saul and Jonathan: but with Saul and with Jonathan his son was there found.

1 Samuel 17:7 KJV

And the staff of his spear was like a weaver's beam; and his spear's head weighed six hundred shekels of iron: and one bearing a shield went before him.

Usage Excerpts

First 40 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H2595.

1 Samuel 13:19 Old Testament, KJV
Now there was no smith found throughout all the land of Israel: for the Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make them swords or spears:
1 Samuel 13:22 Old Testament, KJV
So it came to pass in the day of battle, that there was neither sword nor spear found in the hand of any of the people that were with Saul and Jonathan: but with Saul and with Jonathan his son was there found.
1 Samuel 17:7 Old Testament, KJV
And the staff of his spear was like a weaver's beam; and his spear's head weighed six hundred shekels of iron: and one bearing a shield went before him.
1 Samuel 17:45 Old Testament, KJV
Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied.
1 Samuel 17:47 Old Testament, KJV
And all this assembly shall know that the LORD saveth not with sword and spear: for the battle is the LORD's, and he will give you into our hands.
1 Samuel 18:10 Old Testament, KJV
And it came to pass on the morrow, that the evil spirit from God came upon Saul, and he prophesied in the midst of the house: and David played with his hand, as at other times: and there was a javelin in Saul's hand.
1 Samuel 18:11 Old Testament, KJV
And Saul cast the javelin; for he said, I will smite David even to the wall with it. And David avoided out of his presence twice.
1 Samuel 19:9 Old Testament, KJV
And the evil spirit from the LORD was upon Saul, as he sat in his house with his javelin in his hand: and David played with his hand.
1 Samuel 19:10 Old Testament, KJV
And Saul sought to smite David even to the wall with the javelin: but he slipped away out of Saul's presence, and he smote the javelin into the wall: and David fled, and escaped that night.
1 Samuel 20:33 Old Testament, KJV
And Saul cast a javelin at him to smite him: whereby Jonathan knew that it was determined of his father to slay David.
1 Samuel 21:8 Old Testament, KJV
And David said unto Ahimelech, And is there not here under thine hand spear or sword? for I have neither brought my sword nor my weapons with me, because the king's business required haste.
1 Samuel 22:6 Old Testament, KJV
When Saul heard that David was discovered, and the men that were with him, (now Saul abode in Gibeah under a tree in Ramah, having his spear in his hand, and all his servants were standing about him;)
1 Samuel 26:7 Old Testament, KJV
So David and Abishai came to the people by night: and, behold, Saul lay sleeping within the trench, and his spear stuck in the ground at his bolster: but Abner and the people lay round about him.
1 Samuel 26:8 Old Testament, KJV
Then said Abishai to David, God hath delivered thine enemy into thine hand this day: now therefore let me smite him, I pray thee, with the spear even to the earth at once, and I will not smite him the second time.
1 Samuel 26:11 Old Testament, KJV
The LORD forbid that I should stretch forth mine hand against the LORD's anointed: but, I pray thee, take thou now the spear that is at his bolster, and the cruse of water, and let us go.
1 Samuel 26:12 Old Testament, KJV
So David took the spear and the cruse of water from Saul's bolster; and they gat them away, and no man saw it, nor knew it, neither awaked: for they were all asleep; because a deep sleep from the LORD was fallen upon them.
1 Samuel 26:16 Old Testament, KJV
This thing is not good that thou hast done. As the LORD liveth, ye are worthy to die, because ye have not kept your master, the LORD's anointed. And now see where the king's spear is, and the cruse of water that was at his bolster.
1 Samuel 26:22 Old Testament, KJV
And David answered and said, Behold the king's spear! and let one of the young men come over and fetch it.
2 Samuel 1:6 Old Testament, KJV
And the young man that told him said, As I happened by chance upon mount Gilboa, behold, Saul leaned upon his spear; and, lo, the chariots and horsemen followed hard after him.
2 Samuel 2:23 Old Testament, KJV
Howbeit he refused to turn aside: wherefore Abner with the hinder end of the spear smote him under the fifth rib, that the spear came out behind him; and he fell down there, and died in the same place: and it came to pass, that as many as came to the place where Asahel fell down and died stood still.
2 Samuel 21:19 Old Testament, KJV
And there was again a battle in Gob with the Philistines, where Elhanan the son of Jaareoregim, a Bethlehemite, slew the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver's beam.
2 Samuel 23:7 Old Testament, KJV
But the man that shall touch them must be fenced with iron and the staff of a spear; and they shall be utterly burned with fire in the same place.
2 Samuel 23:18 Old Testament, KJV
And Abishai, the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief among three. And he lifted up his spear against three hundred, and slew them, and had the name among three.
2 Samuel 23:21 Old Testament, KJV
And he slew an Egyptian, a goodly man: and the Egyptian had a spear in his hand; but he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian's hand, and slew him with his own spear.
2 Kings 11:10 Old Testament, KJV
And to the captains over hundreds did the priest give king David's spears and shields, that were in the temple of the LORD.
1 Chronicles 11:11 Old Testament, KJV
And this is the number of the mighty men whom David had; Jashobeam, an Hachmonite, the chief of the captains: he lifted up his spear against three hundred slain by him at one time.
1 Chronicles 11:20 Old Testament, KJV
And Abishai the brother of Joab, he was chief of the three: for lifting up his spear against three hundred, he slew them, and had a name among the three.
1 Chronicles 11:23 Old Testament, KJV
And he slew an Egyptian, a man of great stature, five cubits high; and in the Egyptian's hand was a spear like a weaver's beam; and he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian's hand, and slew him with his own spear.
1 Chronicles 12:34 Old Testament, KJV
And of Naphtali a thousand captains, and with them with shield and spear thirty and seven thousand.
1 Chronicles 20:5 Old Testament, KJV
And there was war again with the Philistines; and Elhanan the son of Jair slew Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, whose spear staff was like a weaver's beam.
2 Chronicles 23:9 Old Testament, KJV
Moreover Jehoiada the priest delivered to the captains of hundreds spears, and bucklers, and shields, that had been king David's, which were in the house of God.
Job 39:23 Old Testament, KJV
The quiver rattleth against him, the glittering spear and the shield.
Job 41:26 Old Testament, KJV
The sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold: the spear, the dart, nor the habergeon.
Psalms 35:3 Old Testament, KJV
Draw out also the spear, and stop the way against them that persecute me: say unto my soul, I am thy salvation.
Psalms 46:9 Old Testament, KJV
He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; he breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; he burneth the chariot in the fire.
Psalms 57:4 Old Testament, KJV
My soul is among lions: and I lie even among them that are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
Isaiah 2:4 Old Testament, KJV
And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.
Micah 4:3 Old Testament, KJV
And he shall judge among many people, and rebuke strong nations afar off; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up a sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.
Nahum 3:3 Old Testament, KJV
The horseman lifteth up both the bright sword and the glittering spear: and there is a multitude of slain, and a great number of carcases; and there is none end of their corpses; they stumble upon their corpses:
Habakkuk 3:11 Old Testament, KJV
The sun and moon stood still in their habitation: at the light of thine arrows they went, and at the shining of thy glittering spear.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H2595, grouped by book.

1 Samuel 18 usages, Old Testament
2 Samuel 6 usages, Old Testament
2 Kings 1 usage, Old Testament
1 Chronicles 5 usages, Old Testament
2 Chronicles 1 usage, Old Testament
Job 2 usages, Old Testament
Psalms 3 usages, Old Testament
Isaiah 1 usage, Old Testament
Micah 1 usage, Old Testament
Nahum 1 usage, Old Testament
Habakkuk 1 usage, Old Testament

Strong's H2595 FAQ

What does chanith (חֲנִית) mean?

Chanith (Strong's H2595) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "javelin". chaniyth (khan-eeth') n-f. 1. a lance (for thrusting, like pitching a tent) [from H2583]

How many times is chanith (חֲנִית) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 40 linked usages for Strong's H2595 across 11 books.

Where can I study chanith (חֲנִית) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H2595 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate chanith (חֲנִית)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as spear, spears, javelin, and like. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.