אֹהֶל
ʼôhel · o'-hel
a tent (as clearly conspicuous from a distance)
Lexicon
Derivation: from H166 (אָהַל);
a tent (as clearly conspicuous from a distance)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: covering, (dwelling) (place), home, tabernacle, tent.
Letters
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
strength, the leader › to reveal, behold › authority, the one who leads
Strength, the leader that works to reveal, behold of authority, the one who leads.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אֹהֶל above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
345 occurrences · 345 OT · 0 NT · 131 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of the tabernacle70 · 30%
- in the tabernacle29 · 12%
- the tabernacle21 · 9%
- of the tent12 · 5%
- into the tabernacle11 · 5%
- tent8 · 3%
- his tent8 · 3%
- to his tent6 · 3%
- unto the tabernacle6 · 3%
- the tent6 · 3%
- into the tent5 · 2%
- in the tent5 · 2%
- for the tabernacle5 · 2%
- in their tents5 · 2%
- in tents4 · 2%
- in his tent4 · 2%
- in his tabernacle4 · 2%
- the tabernacles4 · 2%
- their tents4 · 2%
- unto their tents3 · 1%
- in the tents3 · 1%
- and the tabernacle3 · 1%
- for the tent3 · 1%
- tents3 · 1%
- between the tent2 · 1%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.