chana · encamp

What it means

chana (חָנָה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “encamp”.

Pitch camp; also lay siege to a city. Of the day, draw to a close.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. To pitch tents and stay, or besiege a city.
2. Of the day, to wane toward evening.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

Word study

To encamp, to pitch camp; also in order to besiege a city. BDB: properly to incline; specifically to pitch a tent; generally to encamp (for abode or siege). From the same root comes מַחֲנֶה, “camp” (H4264).

• The stages of the wilderness: “and camped at …” Exodus 13:20Exodus 17:1
• The order of the camp Numbers 2:2
• Armies that camp for battle 1 Samuel 17:12 Samuel 12:28
• “The angel of YHWH encamps around those who fear him” Psalms 34:7

How we translate it

“Camped” 91 times, “camp” 27, “encamped” 13, “encamp” 6, “camping” 2, “encamps” 2… Always forms of “camp” or “encamp”; once, of the day, “ending”.

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• camped ×91
• camp ×27
• encamped ×13
• encamp ×6
• camping ×2
• encamps ×2
• camps ×1
• ending ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Genesis×2
• Exodus×9
• Numbers×74
• Deuteronomy×1
• Joshua×7
• Judges×12
• 1 Samuel×13
• 2 Samuel×5
• 1 Kings×4
• 2 Kings×1
• 1 Chronicles×2
• 2 Chronicles×1
• Ezra×1
• Nehemiah×1
• Job×1
• Psalms×3
• Isaiah×2
• Jeremiah×2
• Nahum×1
• Zechariah×1

• Genesis 26:17

  Isaac went away from there and camped in the valley of Gerar and lived there.

• Genesis 33:18

  Jacob came safely to the city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Paddan-aram, and he camped in front of the city.

• Exodus 13:20

  They set out from Succoth and camped at Etham, on the edge of the wilderness.

• Exodus 14:2

  “Speak to the sons of Israel, that they turn back and camp before Pi-hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, before Baal-zephon; opposite it you shall camp, by the sea.

• Exodus 14:9

  The Egyptians pursued them and overtook them camping by the sea, all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, his horsemen and his army, near Pi-hahiroth, before Baal-zephon.

• Exodus 15:27

  They came to Elim, where there were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees; and they camped there by the water.

• Exodus 17:1

  All the community of the sons of Israel set out from the wilderness of Sin, by their stages, according to the command of YHWH, and camped at Rephidim; but there was no water for the people to drink.

• Exodus 18:5

  Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, came with his sons and his wife to Moses in the wilderness where he was camped, at the mountain of Elohim.

• Exodus 19:2

  They had set out from Rephidim, and came to the wilderness of Sinai, and they camped in the wilderness; Israel camped there in front of the mountain.

• Numbers 1:50

  But you appoint the Levites over the dwelling of the testimony, and over all its utensils, and over all that belongs to it. They shall carry the dwelling and all its utensils, and they shall minister to it, and around the dwelling they shall camp.

• Numbers 1:51

  When the dwelling sets out, the Levites shall take it down, and when the dwelling camps, the Levites shall set it up. And the stranger who comes near shall be put to death.

• Numbers 1:52

  The sons of Israel shall camp, each man in his camp and each man by his banner, by their armies.

• Numbers 1:53

  But the Levites shall camp around the dwelling of the testimony, so that there may be no wrath on the community of the sons of Israel; and the Levites shall keep the charge of the dwelling of the testimony.”

• Numbers 2:2

  “The sons of Israel shall camp, each man by his banner, with the signs of their fathers’ houses; they shall camp around the tent of meeting, facing it.

• Numbers 2:3

  Those who camp on the east side, toward the sunrise, shall be the banner of the camp of Judah by their armies; and the chief of the sons of Judah is Nahshon son of Amminadab,

• Numbers 2:5

  Those who camp next to him shall be the tribe of Issachar; and the chief of the sons of Issachar is Nethanel son of Zuar,

• Numbers 2:12

  Those who camp next to him shall be the tribe of Simeon; and the chief of the sons of Simeon is Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai,

• Numbers 2:17

  Then the tent of meeting, the camp of the Levites, shall set out in the middle of the camps; as they camp, so they shall set out, each man in his place, by their banners.

• Numbers 2:27

  Those who camp next to him shall be the tribe of Asher; and the chief of the sons of Asher is Pagiel son of Ochran,

• Numbers 2:34

  And the sons of Israel did according to all that YHWH had commanded Moses: so they camped by their banners, and so they set out, each man by his families, by his fathers’ house.

• Numbers 3:23

  The families of the Gershonites shall camp behind the dwelling, on the west side.

• Numbers 3:29

  The families of the sons of Kohath shall camp on the side of the dwelling, on the south.

• Numbers 3:35

  And the chief of the fathers’ house of the families of Merari is Zuriel son of Abihail. They shall camp on the side of the dwelling, on the north.

• Numbers 3:38

  And those who camp in front of the dwelling on the east, in front of the tent of meeting, toward the sunrise, are Moses and Aaron and his sons, keeping the charge of the sanctuary, as the charge of the sons of Israel; and the stranger who comes near shall be put to death.

• Numbers 9:17

  And whenever the cloud was lifted from over the tent, after that the sons of Israel would set out; and in the place where the cloud settled, there the sons of Israel would camp.

• Numbers 9:18

  According to the command of YHWH the sons of Israel would set out, and according to the command of YHWH they would camp; all the days that the cloud dwelt over the dwelling they would remain camped.

• Numbers 9:20

  And sometimes the cloud was a few days over the dwelling; according to the command of YHWH they would camp, and according to the command of YHWH they would set out.

• Numbers 9:22

  Or two days, or a month, or a year, while the cloud lingered over the dwelling, dwelling on it, the sons of Israel would remain camped and not set out; but when it was lifted, they would set out.

• Numbers 9:23

  According to the command of YHWH they would camp, and according to the command of YHWH they would set out; they kept the charge of YHWH, according to the command of YHWH through Moses.

• Numbers 10:5

  When you blow an acclamation, the camps that camp on the east side shall set out.

• Numbers 10:6

  And when you blow an acclamation the second time, the camps that camp on the south side shall set out; an acclamation they shall blow for their settings out.

• Numbers 10:31

  And he said, “Please do not leave us, for you know where we should camp in the wilderness, and you will be eyes for us.

• Numbers 12:16

  And afterward the people set out from Hazeroth and camped in the wilderness of Paran.

• Numbers 21:10

  And the sons of Israel set out and camped in Oboth.

• Numbers 21:11

  And they set out from Oboth and camped at Iye-abarim, in the wilderness that is opposite Moab, toward the sunrise.

• Numbers 21:12

  From there they set out and camped by the Brook Zered.

• Numbers 21:13

  From there they set out and camped on the other side of the Arnon, which is in the wilderness that extends from the territory of the Amorite; for the Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorite.

• Numbers 22:1

  And the sons of Israel set out and camped in the plains of Moab, beyond the Jordan at Jericho.

• Numbers 31:19

  And you, camp outside the camp seven days; everyone who has killed a person and everyone who has touched the slain, purify yourselves on the third day and on the seventh day, you and your captives.

• Numbers 33:5

  The sons of Israel set out from Rameses and camped at Succoth.

And 103 more times.