Hebrew · Strong's H2583 · Verb

חָנָה

cha·nah

to camp

143times used

135verses

20books

How it's translated

and they encamped77
and he encamped7
they will encamp7
they encamped6
and those who encamp5
was encamped4
which encamp3
and it encamped2

Definition

1) to decline, incline, encamp, bend down, lay siege against

1a) (Qal)

1a1) to decline

1a2) to encamp

The forms it takes

Stem

Qal 100% simple action

Form

Wayyiqtol (“and he did”) 64% and then …: the storyteller’s past
Participle 13% one who is doing
Imperfect (yiqtol) 11% incomplete: ongoing, future or possible
Perfect (qatal) 3% a complete action, usually past
Infinitive 3% “to …”, or for emphasis
Weqatal (“and he will”) 2% and then …: future or instructions

Tap a form to see what it means in Grammar, simply.

Between Hebrew and Greek

The Greek Old Testament (the Septuagint), the Bible the first Christians often quoted, translates this word as:

περιβάλλω periballō · to clothe 80%

Where it appears

Genesisacross the Old TestamentMalachi

Numbers72
Judges11
1 Samuel10
Exodus7
Joshua7
2 Samuel5
1 Kings4
Psalms3
Genesis2
1 Chronicles2

…and 10 more books.

Every verse

Page 3 of 4

English previews: World English Bible. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0.