אֹ֫הֶל
tent
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Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Noun
- A naming word — a person, place, thing, or idea.
Noun type
- Common
- A common noun — a general class of person, place, or thing (“king,” “city,” “water”), not a specific name.
State
- Construct
- A noun bound to a following noun in a possessive / “of” relationship (the construct chain).
- Absolute
- The independent form of a noun, not bound to a following word.
Gender
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
Number
- Singular
- One.
- Plural
- More than one (in Hebrew, generally three or more).
Grammatical forms
- Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct 209 times (60%)
- Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute 76 times (22%)
- Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Construct 54 times (16%)
- Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Absolute 9 times (3%)
Parsed forms decoded from the imported morphology (morphhb / Westminster Leningrad Codex — WLC text public domain, morphhb tagging CC BY 4.0), counted across 348 parsed occurrences — not distinct verses.
Page 2 of 2 — showing verses 201–314 of 314 distinct verses where H168 appears, across 26 books. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Hebrew form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Hebrew Bible; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences are not indexed here.
Joshua 11 verses
- Joshua 22:6 אָהֳלֵי/הֶֽם n c mp cs + sfx pers 3mp So Joshua blessed them, and sent them away; and they went to their tents.
- Joshua 22:7 אָהֳלֵי/הֶ֖ם n c mp cs + sfx pers 3mp Now to the one half-tribe of Manasseh Moses had given [inheritance] in Bashan; but to the other half gave Joshua among their brothers beyond the Jordan westward; moreover when Joshua sent them away to their tents, he blessed them,
- Joshua 22:8 אָֽהֳלֵי/כֶם֙ n c mp cs + sfx pers 2mp and spoke to them, saying, Return with much wealth to your tents, and with very much cattle, with silver, and with gold, and with brass, and with iron, and with very much clothing: divide the spoil of your enemies with your brothers.
Judges 12 verses
- Judges 4:11 אָהֳל֔/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Now Heber the Kenite had separated himself from the Kenites, even from the children of Hobab the brother-in-law of Moses, and had pitched his tent as far as the oak in Zaanannim, which is by Kedesh.
- Judges 4:17 אֹ֣הֶל n c ms cs However Sisera fled away on his feet to the tent of Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite; for there was peace between Jabin the king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite.
- Judges 4:18 הָ/אֹ֔הֱלָ/ה ptcl def.art + n c ms + sfx dem Jael went out to meet Sisera, and said to him, Turn in, my lord, turn in to me; don't be afraid. He came in to her into the tent, and she covered him with a rug.
- Judges 4:20 הָ/אֹ֑הֶל ptcl def.art + n c ms He said to her, Stand in the door of the tent, and it shall be, when any man does come and inquire of you, and say, Is there any man here? that you shall say, No.
- Judges 4:21 הָ/אֹ֜הֶל ptcl def.art + n c ms Then Jael Heber's wife took a tent-pin, and took a hammer in her hand, and went softly to him, and struck the pin into his temples, and it pierced through into the ground; for he was in a deep sleep; so he swooned and died.
- Judges 5:24 בָּ/אֹ֖הֶל prep det + n c ms Blessed above women shall Jael be, The wife of Heber the Kenite; Blessed shall she be above women in the tent.
- Judges 6:5 וְ/אָהֳלֵי/הֶ֗ם conj + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3mp For they came up with their cattle and their tents; they came in as locusts for multitude; both they and their camels were without number: and they came into the land to destroy it.
- Judges 7:8 לְ/אֹֽהָלָ֔י/ו prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms So the people took food in their hand, and their trumpets; and he sent all the men of Israel every man to his tent, but retained the three hundred men: and the camp of Midian was beneath him in the valley.
- Judges 7:13 הָ֠/אֹהֶל הָ/אֹֽהֶל ptcl def.art + n c ms ptcl def.art + n c ms When Gideon had come, behold, there was a man telling a dream to his fellow; and he said, Behold, I dreamed a dream; and, behold, a cake of barley bread tumbled into the camp of Midian, and came to the tent, and struck it so that it fell, and turned it upside down, so that the tent lay flat.
- Judges 8:11 בָֽ/אֳהָלִ֔ים prep + n c mp Gideon went up by the way of those who lived in tents on the east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and struck the host; for the host was secure.
- Judges 19:9 לְ/אֹהָלֶֽ/ךָ prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms When the man rose up to depart, he, and his concubine, and his servant, his father-in-law, the young lady's father, said to him, Behold, now the day draws toward evening, please stay all night: behold, the day grows to an end, lodge here, that your heart may be merry; and tomorrow get you early on your way, that you may go home.
- Judges 20:8 לְ/אָהֳל֔/וֹ prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms All the people arose as one man, saying, We will not any of us go to his tent, neither will we any of us turn to his house.
1 Samuel 4 verses
- 1 Samuel 2:22 אֹ֥הֶל n c ms cs Now Eli was very old; and he heard all that his sons did to all Israel, and how that they lay with the women who served at the door of the tent of meeting.
- 1 Samuel 4:10 לְ/אֹהָלָ֔י/ו prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms The Philistines fought, and Israel was struck, and they fled every man to his tent: and there was a very great slaughter; for there fell of Israel thirty thousand footmen.
- 1 Samuel 13:2 לְ/אֹהָלָֽי/ו prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms Saul chose him three thousand men of Israel, of which two thousand were with Saul in Michmash and in the Mount of Bethel, and one thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin: and the rest of the people he sent every man to his tent.
- 1 Samuel 17:54 בְּ/אָהֳלֽ/וֹ prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms David took the head of the Philistine, and brought it to Jerusalem; but he put his armor in his tent.
2 Samuel 7 verses
- 2 Samuel 6:17 הָ/אֹ֔הֶל ptcl def.art + n c ms They brought in the ark of Yahweh, and set it in its place, in the midst of the tent that David had pitched for it; and David offered burnt offerings and peace-offerings before Yahweh.
- 2 Samuel 7:6 בְּ/אֹ֖הֶל prep + n c ms for I have not lived in a house since the day that I brought up the children of Israel out of Egypt, even to this day, but have walked in a tent and in a tent.
- 2 Samuel 16:22 הָ/אֹ֖הֶל ptcl def.art + n c ms So they spread Absalom a tent on the top of the house; and Absalom went in to his father's concubines in the sight of all Israel.
- 2 Samuel 18:17 ל/אהל/ו לְ/אֹהָלָֽי/ו prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms They took Absalom, and cast him into the great pit in the forest, and raised over him a very great heap of stones: and all Israel fled everyone to his tent.
- 2 Samuel 19:8 לְ/אֹהָלָֽי/ו prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms Then the king arose, and sat in the gate. They told to all the people, saying, Behold, the king is sitting in the gate: and all the people came before the king. Now Israel had fled every man to his tent.
- 2 Samuel 20:1 לְ/אֹהָלָ֖י/ו prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms There happened to be there a base fellow, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite: and he blew the trumpet, and said, We have no portion in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to his tents, Israel.
- 2 Samuel 20:22 לְ/אֹהָלָ֑י/ו prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms Then the woman went to all the people in her wisdom. They cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri, and threw it out to Joab. He blew the trumpet, and they were dispersed from the city, every man to his tent. Joab returned to Jerusalem to the king.
1 Kings 7 verses
- 1 Kings 1:39 הָ/אֹ֔הֶל ptcl def.art + n c ms Zadok the priest took the horn of oil out of the Tent, and anointed Solomon. They blew the trumpet; and all the people said, [Long] live king Solomon.
- 1 Kings 2:28 אֹ֣הֶל n c ms cs The news came to Joab; for Joab had turned after Adonijah, though he didn't turn after Absalom. Joab fled to the Tent of Yahweh, and caught hold on the horns of the altar.
- 1 Kings 2:29 אֹ֣הֶל n c ms cs It was told king Solomon, Joab is fled to the Tent of Yahweh, and, behold, he is by the altar. Then Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, Go, fall on him.
- 1 Kings 2:30 אֹ֣הֶל n c ms cs Benaiah came to the Tent of Yahweh, and said to him, Thus says the king, Come forth. He said, No; but I will die here. Benaiah brought the king word again, saying, Thus said Joab, and thus he answered me.
- 1 Kings 8:4 אֹ֣הֶל בָּ/אֹ֑הֶל n c ms cs prep det + n c ms They brought up the ark of Yahweh, and the tent of meeting, and all the holy vessels that were in the Tent; even these did the priests and the Levites bring up.
- 1 Kings 8:66 לְ/אָהֳלֵי/הֶ֗ם prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3mp On the eighth day he sent the people away; and they blessed the king, and went to their tents joyful and glad of heart for all the goodness that Yahweh had shown to David his servant, and to Israel his people.
- 1 Kings 12:16 לְ/אֹהָלֶ֨י/ךָ֙ לְ/אֹהָלָֽי/ו prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 2ms prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms When all Israel saw that the king didn't listen to them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David? neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: to your tents, Israel: now see to your own house, David. So Israel departed to their tents.
2 Kings 6 verses
- 2 Kings 7:7 אָהֳלֵי/הֶ֗ם n c mp cs + sfx pers 3mp Therefore they arose and fled in the twilight, and left their tents, and their horses, and their donkeys, even the camp as it was, and fled for their life.
- 2 Kings 7:8 אֹ֤הֶל אֹ֣הֶל n c ms n c ms When these lepers came to the outermost part of the camp, they went into one tent, and ate and drink, and carried there silver, and gold, and clothing, and went and hid it; and they came back, and entered into another tent, and carried there also, and went and hid it.
- 2 Kings 7:10 וְ/אֹהָלִ֖ים conj + n c mp So they came and called to the porter of the city; and they told them, saying, We came to the camp of the Syrians, and, behold, there was no man there, neither voice of man, but the horses tied, and the donkeys tied, and the tents as they were.
- 2 Kings 8:21 לְ/אֹהָלָֽי/ו prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms Then Joram passed over to Zair, and all his chariots with him: and he rose up by night, and struck the Edomites who surrounded him, and the captains of the chariots; and the people fled to their tents.
- 2 Kings 13:5 בְּ/אָהֳלֵי/הֶ֖ם prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3mp (Yahweh gave Israel a savior, so that they went out from under the hand of the Syrians; and the children of Israel lived in their tents as before.
- 2 Kings 14:12 ל/אהל/ו לְ/אֹהָלָֽי/ו prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms Judah was put to the worse before Israel; and they fled every man to his tent.
1 Chronicles 10 verses
- 1 Chronicles 4:41 אָהֳלֵי/הֶ֜ם n c mp cs + sfx pers 3mp These written by name came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and struck their tents, and the Meunim who were found there, and destroyed them utterly to this day, and lived in their place; because there was pasture there for their flocks.
- 1 Chronicles 5:10 בְּ/אָ֣הֳלֵי/הֶ֔ם prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3mp In the days of Saul, they made war with the Hagrites, who fell by their hand; and they lived in their tents throughout all the [land] east of Gilead.
- 1 Chronicles 6:32 אֹֽהֶל n c ms cs They ministered with song before the tent of the tent of meeting, until Solomon had built the house of Yahweh in Jerusalem: and they waited on their office according to their order.
- 1 Chronicles 9:19 לָ/אֹ֑הֶל prep det + n c ms Shallum the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his brothers, of his father's house, the Korahites, were over the work of the service, keepers of the thresholds of the tent: and their fathers had been over the camp of Yahweh, keepers of the entry.
- 1 Chronicles 9:21 לְ/אֹ֥הֶל prep + n c ms cs Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was porter of the door of the tent of meeting.
- 1 Chronicles 9:23 הָ/אֹ֖הֶל ptcl def.art + n c ms So they and their children had the oversight of the gates of the house of Yahweh, even the house of the tent, by wards.
- 1 Chronicles 15:1 אֹֽהֶל n c ms [David] made him houses in the city of David; and he prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched for it a tent.
- 1 Chronicles 16:1 הָ/אֹ֔הֶל ptcl def.art + n c ms They brought in the ark of God, and set it in the midst of the tent that David had pitched for it: and they offered burnt offerings and peace-offerings before God.
- 1 Chronicles 17:5 מֵ/אֹ֥הֶל אֹ֖הֶל prep + n c ms n c ms for I have not lived in a house since the day that I brought up Israel, to this day, but have gone from tent to tent, and from [one] tent [to another].
- 1 Chronicles 23:32 אֹֽהֶל n c ms cs and that they should keep the charge of the tent of meeting, and the charge of the holy place, and the charge of the sons of Aaron their brothers, for the service of the house of Yahweh.
2 Chronicles 10 verses
- 2 Chronicles 1:3 אֹ֤הֶל n c ms cs So Solomon, and all the assembly with him, went to the high place that was at Gibeon; for there was the tent of meeting of God, which Moses the servant of Yahweh had made in the wilderness.
- 2 Chronicles 1:4 אֹ֖הֶל n c ms But David had brought the ark of God up from Kiriath Jearim to [the place] that David had prepared for it; for he had pitched a tent for it at Jerusalem.
- 2 Chronicles 1:6 לְ/אֹ֣הֶל prep + n c ms cs Solomon went up there to the brazen altar before Yahweh, which was at the tent of meeting, and offered one thousand burnt offerings on it.
- 2 Chronicles 1:13 אֹ֣הֶל n c ms cs So Solomon came from the high place that was at Gibeon, from before the tent of meeting, to Jerusalem; and he reigned over Israel.
- 2 Chronicles 5:5 אֹ֣הֶל בָּ/אֹ֑הֶל n c ms cs prep det + n c ms and they brought up the ark, and the tent of meeting, and all the holy vessels that were in the Tent; these did the priests the Levites bring up.
- 2 Chronicles 7:10 לְ/אָהֳלֵי/הֶ֑ם prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3mp On the three and twentieth day of the seventh month he sent the people away to their tents, joyful and glad of heart for the goodness that Yahweh had shown to David, and to Solomon, and to Israel his people.
- 2 Chronicles 10:16 לְ/אֹהָלֶ֨י/ךָ֙ לְ/אֹהָלָֽי/ו prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 2ms prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms When all Israel saw that the king didn't listen to them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David? neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to your tents, Israel: now see to your own house, David. So all Israel departed to their tents.
- 2 Chronicles 14:15 אָהֳלֵ֥י n c mp cs They struck also the tents of cattle, and carried away sheep in abundance, and camels, and returned to Jerusalem.
- 2 Chronicles 24:6 לְ/אֹ֖הֶל prep + n c ms cs The king called for Jehoiada the chief, and said to him, Why haven't you required of the Levites to bring in out of Judah and out of Jerusalem the tax of Moses the servant of Yahweh, and of the assembly of Israel, for the tent of the testimony?
- 2 Chronicles 25:22 לְ/אֹהָלָֽי/ו prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms Judah was put to the worse before Israel; and they fled every man to his tent.
Job 14 verses
- Job 5:24 אָהֳלֶ֑/ךָ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms You shall know that your tent is in peace. You shall visit your fold, and shall miss nothing.
- Job 8:22 וְ/אֹ֖הֶל conj + n c ms cs Those who hate you shall be clothed with shame. The tent of the wicked shall be no more."
- Job 11:14 בְּ/אֹהָלֶ֣י/ךָ prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 2ms If iniquity is in your hand, put it far away, Don't let unrighteousness dwell in your tents.
- Job 12:6 אֹֽהָלִ֨ים n c mp The tents of robbers prosper, Those who provoke God are secure; Who carry their God in their hands.
- Job 15:34 אָֽהֳלֵי n c mp cs For the company of the godless shall be barren, And fire shall consume the tents of bribery.
- Job 18:6 בְּ/אָהֳל֑/וֹ prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms The light shall be dark in his tent, His lamp above him shall be put out.
- Job 18:14 מֵ֭/אָהֳל/וֹ prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms He shall be rooted out of his tent where he trusts. He shall be brought to the king of terrors.
- Job 18:15 בְּ֭/אָהֳל/וֹ prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms There shall dwell in his tent that which is none of his. Sulfur shall be scattered on his habitation.
- Job 19:12 לְ/אָהֳלִֽ/י prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs His troops come on together, Build a siege ramp against me, And encamp around my tent.
- Job 20:26 בְּ/אָהֳלֽ/וֹ prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms All darkness is laid up for his treasures. An unfanned fire shall devour him. It shall consume that which is left in his tent.
- Job 21:28 אֹ֤הֶל n c ms cs For you say, 'Where is the house of the prince? Where is the tent in which the wicked lived?'
- Job 22:23 מֵ/אָהֳלֶֽ/ךָ prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms If you return to the Almighty, you shall be built up, If you put away unrighteousness far from your tents.
- Job 29:4 אָהֳלִֽ/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs As I was in the ripeness of my days, When the friendship of God was in my tent;
- Job 31:31 אָהֳלִ֑/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs If the men of my tent have not said, 'Who can find one who has not been filled with his meat?'
Psalms 18 verses
- Psalms 15:1 בְּ/אָהֳלֶ֑/ךָ prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms Yahweh, who shall dwell in your sanctuary? Who shall live on your holy hill?
- Psalms 19:4 אֹ֥הֶל n c ms Their voice has gone out through all the earth, Their words to the end of the world. In them he has set a tent for the sun,
- Psalms 27:5 אָהֳל֑/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms For in the day of trouble he will keep me secretly in his pavilion. In the covert of his tent he will hide me. He will lift me up on a rock.
- Psalms 27:6 בְ֭/אָהֳל/וֹ prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Now my head will be lifted up above my enemies around me. I will offer sacrifices of joy in his tent. I will sing, yes, I will sing praises to Yahweh.
- Psalms 52:5 מֵ/אֹ֑הֶל prep + n c ms God will likewise destroy you forever. He will take you up, and pluck you out of your tent, And root you out of the land of the living. Selah.
- Psalms 61:4 בְ֭/אָהָלְ/ךָ prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms I will dwell in your tent forever. I will take refuge in the shelter of your wings. Selah.
- Psalms 69:25 בְּ֝/אָהֳלֵי/הֶ֗ם prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3mp Let their habitation be desolate. Let no one dwell in their tents.
- Psalms 78:51 בְּ/אָהֳלֵי prep + n c mp cs And struck all the firstborn in Egypt, The chief of their strength in the tents of Ham.
- Psalms 78:55 בְּ֝/אָהֳלֵי/הֶ֗ם prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3mp He also drove out the nations before them, Allotted them for an inheritance by line, And made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.
- Psalms 78:60 אֹ֝֗הֶל n c ms So that he forsook the tent of Shiloh, The tent which he placed among men;
- Psalms 78:67 בְּ/אֹ֣הֶל prep + n c ms cs Moreover he rejected the tent of Joseph, And didn't choose the tribe of Ephraim,
- Psalms 83:6 אָהֳלֵ֣י n c mp cs The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites; Moab, and the Hagrites;
- Psalms 84:10 בְּ/אָהֳלֵי prep + n c mp cs For a day in your courts is better than a thousand. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, Than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
- Psalms 91:10 בְּ/אָהֳלֶֽ/ךָ prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms No evil shall happen to you, Neither shall any plague come near your dwelling.
- Psalms 106:25 בְ/אָהֳלֵי/הֶ֑ם prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3mp But murmured in their tents, And didn't listen to Yahweh's voice.
- Psalms 118:15 בְּ/אָהֳלֵ֥י prep + n c mp cs The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tents of the righteous. "The right hand of Yahweh does valiantly.
- Psalms 120:5 אָהֳלֵ֥י n c mp cs Woe is me, that I live in Meshech, That I dwell among the tents of Kedar!
- Psalms 132:3 בְּ/אֹ֣הֶל prep + n c ms cs "Surely I will not come into the structure of my house, Nor go up into my bed;
Proverbs 1 verse
Song of Solomon 1 verse
Isaiah 5 verses
- Isaiah 16:5 בְּ/אֹ֣הֶל prep + n c ms cs A throne shall be established in loving kindness; and one shall sit thereon in truth, in the tent of David, judging, and seeking justice, and swift to do righteousness.
- Isaiah 33:20 אֹ֤הֶל n c ms Look on Zion, the city of our solemnities: your eyes shall see Jerusalem a quiet habitation, a tent that shall not be removed, the stakes of it shall never be plucked up, neither shall any of the cords of it be broken.
- Isaiah 38:12 כְּ/אֹ֣הֶל prep + n c ms cs My dwelling is removed, and is carried away from me as a shepherd's tent: I have rolled up, like a weaver, my life; he will cut me off from the loom: From day even to night will you make an end of me.
- Isaiah 40:22 כָּ/אֹ֖הֶל prep det + n c ms [It is] he who sits above the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants of it are as grasshoppers; who stretches out the heavens as a curtain, and spreads them out as a tent to dwell in;
- Isaiah 54:2 אָהֳלֵ֗/ךְ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2fs Enlarge the place of your tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of your habitations; don't spare: lengthen your cords, and strengthen your stakes.
Jeremiah 8 verses
- Jeremiah 4:20 אֹהָלַ֔/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs Destruction on destruction is cried; for the whole land is laid waste: suddenly are my tents destroyed, [and] my curtains in a moment.
- Jeremiah 6:3 אֹהָלִים֙ n c mp Shepherds with their flocks shall come to her; they shall pitch their tents against her round about; they shall feed everyone in his place.
- Jeremiah 10:20 אָהֳלִ֣/י אָהֳלִ֔/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs My tent is destroyed, and all my cords are broken: my children are gone forth from me, and they are no more: there is none to spread my tent any more, and to set up my curtains.
- Jeremiah 30:18 אָהֳלֵ֣י n c mp cs Thus says Yahweh: Behold, I will turn again the captivity of Jacob's tents, and have compassion on his dwelling-places; and the city shall be built on its own hill, and the palace shall be inhabited after its own manner.
- Jeremiah 35:7 בָּ/אֳהָלִ֤ים prep + n c mp neither shall you build house, nor sow seed, nor plant vineyard, nor have any; but all your days you shall dwell in tents; that you may live many days in the land in which you sojourn.
- Jeremiah 35:10 בָּֽ/אֳהָלִ֑ים prep + n c mp but we have lived in tents, and have obeyed, and done according to all that Jonadab our father commanded us.
- Jeremiah 37:10 בְּ/אָהֳל/וֹ֙ prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms For though you had struck the whole army of the Chaldeans who fight against you, and there remained but wounded men among them, yes would they rise up every man in his tent, and burn this city with fire.
- Jeremiah 49:29 אָהֳלֵי/הֶ֤ם n c mp cs + sfx pers 3mp Their tents and their flocks shall they take; they shall carry away for themselves their curtains, and all their vessels, and their camels; and they shall cry to them, Terror on every side!
Lamentations 1 verse
Ezekiel 1 verse
Daniel 1 verse
Hosea 2 verses
- Hosea 9:6 בְּ/אָהֳלֵי/הֶֽם prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3mp For, behold, they have gone away from destruction. Egypt will gather them up. Memphis will bury them. Nettles will possess their pleasant things of silver. Thorns will be in their tents.
- Hosea 12:9 בָ/אֳהָלִ֖ים prep + n c mp "But I am Yahweh your God from the land of Egypt. I will yet again make you to dwell in tents, As in the days of the solemn feast.
Habakkuk 1 verse
Zechariah 1 verse
Malachi 1 verse
About this entry
At a glance — auto-summarized from this page’s data, not written by a person. Every figure links to its source below. This summary describes the numbers; it doesn’t interpret them.
“tent” is the headline sense of the Hebrew noun אהל (ʼôhel). Its English rendering has broadened — “tabernacle” classically, “tent of” (unfoldingWord Literal Text) in modern versions; see the renderings breakdown. The Hebrew Bible uses it across 314 verses — common. Its earliest occurrence is Genesis 4:20. Its meaning spans more than one sense — see its full sense range. See the sense tree, 314-verse concordance, and the renderings breakdown below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's H168 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 314
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 314 distinct verses.
- 26 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 26 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #141
- by frequency
- Top 250 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 141 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 314 occurrences in the concordance →
By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 314 distinct verses.
- Torah (Pentateuch) 192 verses · 61%
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 66 verses · 21%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 56 verses · 18%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
- King James Version: Tabernacle 172×, Tent 83×, Tents 44×
- American Standard Version: Tent 229×, Tents 46×, Tabernacle 7×
- Berean Standard Bible: Tent 259×, Tents 46×, Home 8×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: Tent of 135×, Tent 134×, Tents 44×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H168 across 345 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 29 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H168 across 341 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 40 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H168 across 338 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 13 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 8 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H168 across 348 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 14 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Senses in the full BDB
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 3 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
- 1. tent of nomad Ct 1:5 Je 6:3; 49:29; ישֵׁב א׳ dweller in tents Gn 4:20; 25:27 (J); אָהֳלֵי מִקְנֶה tents of cattle 2 Ch 14:14; of soldier 1 Sa 17:54 cf. Dr, Je 37:10; 1 K 12:16 ישׂראל לְאֹהָלֶיךָ, exclam., to thy tents, Israel!, cf. 1 K 8:66 2 Ch 10:16 2 S 20:1 (but cf. Dr, 1 S 17:54); of pleasure-tent on house-top 2 S 16:22 (= bridal-tent, bridal pavilion, cf. חֻפָּה ψ 19:5 Jo 2:16 v. RSKinship 168). e.g. Song of Solomon 1:5
- 2. dwelling, habitation; ψ 91:10 בְּאֹהֳלֶ֑ךָ home (lit. in thy tent), pl. לְאֹהָלֶֽךָ Ju 19:9; בֵּיתִי א׳ habitation of my house ψ 132:3 cf. Dn 11:45; א׳ דוד habitat. or palace of David where throne erected Is 16:5; א׳ בַת צִיּוֹן h. of daughter of Zion (= Jerusalem) La 2:4; אָהֳלֵי יַעֲקֹב Je 30:18 Mal 2:12 (‖ מִשְׁכָּן); א׳ יְהוּדָה Zc 12:7 (‖ בית דוד); א׳ רְשָׁעִים h. of wicked Jb 8:22, cf. א׳ רֶשַׁע ψ 84:11, א׳ יְשָׁרִים Pr 14:11; א׳ שֹׁחַד Jb 15:34; א׳ צַדִּיקִים ψ 118:15; א׳ אֱדוֹם = Edom itself, ψ 83:7 cf. א׳ קְדָר ψ 120:5 א׳ כוּשָׁן Hb 3:7; cf. Is 54:2 ψ 69:26. e.g. Psalms 91:10
- 3. the sacred tent in worship of God; הָאֹהֶל the tent; א׳ מוֹעֵד tent of meeting of God with his people (tent of congregation or assembly Ges MV al.) According to E Moses so called the tent which he used to pitch without the camp, afar off, into which he used to enter, & where God spake with him face to face, Ex 33:7–11 Nu 12:5, 10 Dt 31:14, 15; J seems to have same conception of an א׳ מ׳ outside the camp, Nu 11:24, 26; D has no allusion to such a tent; P mentions it 131 times as א׳ מ׳; 19 times as הָאֹהֶל (cf. Ez 41:1) & א׳ הָעֵדוּת, tent of the testimony Nu 9:15; 17:22, 23; 18:2 (as containing ark & tables of the testimony) cf. 2 Ch 24:6; this tent sometimes confounded with the מִשְׁכָּן but distinguished in מִשְׁכַּן א׳מ׳ Ex 39:32; 40:2, 6, 29, cf. 1 Ch 6:17; הַמִּשְׁכָּן וְהָאֹהֶל Nu 3:25; אֶת־הַמִּשְׁכָּן וְאֶת־אָהֳלוֹ Ex 35:11; tent was of three layers of skins, goatskins, ramskins, & tachash skins, each layer of eleven pieces stretched in form of a tent, covring & protecting the מִשְׁכָּן, wh. was in form of parallelopip. (Ex 26). An אֹהֶל מוֹעֵד was at Shilo 1 S 2:22 (om. 𝔊; v. Dr) cf. ψ 78:60, called א׳ יוֹסֵף v 67. The Mosaic א׳ מ׳ was later at Gibeon 2 Ch 1:3, 6, 13; courses of ministry arranged for service at א׳ מ׳ 1 Ch 6:17; 23:32 cf. 1 Ch 9:19 (הָא׳), v 21, 23 (בֵּית הָא׳); David erected an אֹהֶל for ark on Mt. Zion 2 S 6:17 1 Ch 15:1; 16:1; 2 Ch 1:4; Joab fled for refuge to א׳ יהוה 1 K 2:28–30; sacred oil brought from הָא׳ 1 K 1:39; the א׳ מוֹעֵד was taken up into temple 1 K 8:4 = 2 Ch 5:5; י׳ had not previously dwelt in a בַּיִת, but had gone מֵאֹהֶל אֶל־אֹהֶל from tent to tent, from one to another, 1 Ch 17:5, cf. 2 S 7:6; א׳ יהוה (‖ בַּיִת & הַר קֹדֶשׁ) is refuge & dwelling-place of righteous, ψ 15:1; 27:5, 6; 61:5 (cf. ψ 90:1). e.g. Exodus 33:7
Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.
Word origin
n.m. Gn 13:3 tent (cf. Assyrian âlu, supr., Arabic أَهْلٌ, fellow-dwellers, family, Sab. אהל DHMZMG 1883, 341 al., also in n.pr. Sab. & Ph. v. אהליאב)—abs. א׳ Gn 4:20 +; cstr. id. Ex 28:43 +; אֹ֫הֱלָה (ה loc.) Gn 18:6 +; sf. אָהֳלִי Jb 29:4 +; אָֽהָלְךָ ψ 61:5; אָֽהֳלֹה Gn 9:21 + 3 times (v. DrSm xxxv); pl. אֹהָלִים Gn 13:5 + (Ges§ 23.3); בָֽאֳהָלִים Ju 8:11 +; cstr. אָהֳלֵי Nu 16:26 +; sf. אֹהָלַי Je 4:20; אֹהָלֶיךָ Nu 24:5 +; אָהֳלֵיכֶם Jos 22:8 +, etc.—
— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.
Derived from אהל (ʼâhal) (H166) — to shine.
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
אָהַל
- (b. h.), Pi. אִיהֵל (deriv. of אֹהֶל) to spread tent-like, to cover, shade, bend over &c., usu. with refer. to levitical uncleanness arising from being under the same shelter with, or forming a shelter over, a corpse &c. Meïlah 17ᵃ אי׳ על מקצתו if he bent over a portion (of the blood). Sabb. 17ᵃ אי׳ צדו אחת וכ׳ he caused one side of his body to overshadow the grave.—[More freq.]
- same. Ohol. III, 1; 3 sq. הא׳ על המת he formed a tent, i.e. spread himself, or bent, over a corpse. Ib. הבית מַאֲחִיל עליו the house forms a cover over part of it. Y. Sot. IX, 23ᶜ top; a. fr.
אֹהֶל
- tent, shelter. Succ. 21ᵇ א׳ עראי a temporary dwelling. א׳ קבע a permanent dwelling.—Naz. 55ᵃ א׳ זרוק a movable cover, e.g. a person carried in a vehicle over a grave, v. foreg.—B. Bath. 27ᵇ, a. fr. א׳ הטומאה something spread over an unclean object, e.g. a tree shading a corpse; v. foreg. Naz. VII, 2, v. אָהִיל.—Pl. אוֹהֳלִים, (אָהֳולִין) אוֹהֳלִין. Y. Sabb. XX, beg. 17ᶜ נטע א׳ to spread sheets over poles &c. (Tosef. ib. XII (XIII), 14, a. e. עשה א׳). Y. Erub. I, 19ᵈ א׳ בשיירה tents in a caravan, א׳ שבמחנה in a camp. Tosef. Kil. V, 25 אהולין ed. Zuck.
אֳהָל
- (Syr. אחלא P. Sm. 125; הל, חל, v. הלל, חלל, cmp. מוהל, מוחל)
- 1. an alcalic plant, used as soap. Sabb. 90ᵃ; Nidd. 62ᵃ (counted among plants subject to the laws of the Sabbath year).
- 2. a mineral substance of the same use (in connection with נתר; v. however Maim. to Nidd. IX, 6). Nidd. l. c. והתניא הבורית והאהל; (Sabb. l. c. first time חול ed., Ms. M. אָהֵיל; sec. time אהלא ed., Ms. M. אהיל). M. Kat. 17ᵇ; a, e. [The biblical אהלים a. אהלות have no connection of meaning with our w.]
A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature (Marcus Jastrow; London, Luzac, 1903) — Public Domain. Digitized via Sefaria. Digitized via Sefaria. Full attribution on Sources.
Forms in the corpus
The 129 distinct written forms H168 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that state’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
The 60 most common forms are shown; 69 rarer forms follow in the full concordance.
Same root — word family
Other BDB entries built from the same root as H168, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
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Compare all same-root words → Showing 4 of 6 — not the complete family. 3 of the same-root words are proper names (people or places). They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 293 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 314 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Genesis 4:20
- Exodus 16:16
- Leviticus 1:1
- Numbers 1:1
- Deuteronomy 1:27
- Joshua 3:14
- Judges 4:11
- 1 Samuel 2:22
- 2 Samuel 6:17
- 1 Kings 1:39
- 2 Kings 7:7
- 1 Chronicles 4:41
This is a verse-level parallel only — the same verses exist in both the Hebrew and Greek Old Testaments. No word-level Hebrew↔Greek correspondence is claimed: the data carries no such alignment, so no Greek word is shown as this Hebrew word’s translation. Coverage is not total — the Septuagint omits the deuterocanon and renumbers the Psalms, so some Hebrew verses have no direct Greek parallel.
