חֲנִית
chănîyth · khan-eeth'
a lance (for thrusting, like pitching a tent)
Lexicon
Derivation: from H2583 (חָנָה);
a lance (for thrusting, like pitching a tent)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: javelin, spear.
Letters
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to separate and protect › the seed, life continuing › the hand that works › the mark, the covenant sign
To separate and protect of the seed, life continuing of the hand that works of the mark, the covenant sign.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of חֲנִית 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
47 occurrences · 47 OT · 0 NT · 32 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- spear6 · 15%
- the spear5 · 12%
- his spear3 · 7%
- and spear2 · 5%
- the javelin2 · 5%
- him with his own spear2 · 5%
- spears2 · 5%
- and their spears2 · 5%
- or spears1 · 2%
- nor spear1 · 2%
- of his spear1 · 2%
- and his spear's1 · 2%
- and with a spear1 · 2%
- and there was a javelin1 · 2%
- with his javelin1 · 2%
- with the javelin1 · 2%
- a javelin1 · 2%
- having his spear1 · 2%
- and his spear1 · 2%
- him, i pray thee, with the spear1 · 2%
- thou now the spear1 · 2%
- upon his spear1 · 2%
- of the spear1 · 2%
- rib, that the spear1 · 2%
- of whose spear1 · 2%
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.