King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H2595
Transliteration: chanith
Phonetic Spelling: (khan-eeth')
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: a spear
Meaning: a lance
Word Summary
chanith: a spear
Original Word: חֲניִתTransliteration: chanith
Phonetic Spelling: (khan-eeth')
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: a spear
Meaning: a lance
Strong's Concordance
javelin, spear From chanah; a lance (for thrusting, like pitching a tent) -- javelin, spear.
see HEBREW chanah
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H2595. chanith
חֲנִית noun feminine spear (as flexible? see Thes); — absolute חֲנִית 2 Samuel 13:19 26t.; construct id. 1 Samuel 26:16 (so 26:22 Qr, where Kt has article); suffix חֲנִיתָ֑ךָ Habakkuk 3:11; חֲנִיתוֺ 1 Samuel 17:7 (twice in verse) + 11 t. + 2 Samuel 23:8, see below; plural חֲנִיתִים2 Chronicles 23:9; חֲנִיתוֺתֵיהֶם Isaiah 2:4 = חֲנִיתֹתֵיהֶם Micah 4:3; —
1 spear, as hurled 1 Samuel 18:10-11, 19:9-10, (twice in verse); 20:33; held by king 22:6; sign of king's presence 26:7-8, 11, 12, 16, 22 (see RSK 171); also 2 Samuel 1:6; 2:23; 21:19; 23:18, 21 (3 t. in verse); 1 Chronicles 11:11 = 2 Samuel 23:8, where read אֶתחֲֿנִיתוֺ עוֺרֵר הוּא (for הָעֶצְנִו֯ עֲדִינוֺ הוּא) according to Ew Th Ke Klo Dr (not We), 1 Chronicles 11:20, 23 (3 t. in verse); plural 2 Chronicles 23:9; often "" חֶרֶב 1 Samuel 13:19, 22; 17:45, 47; 21:9; Isaiah 2:4 = Micah 4:3; Nahum 3:3; "" שְׁלָטִים 2 Kings 11:10; "" צִנָּה 1 Chronicles 12:35 (Baer); מַסָּע Job 41:18; סְגֹד Psalm 35:3; "" קֶשֶׁת 46:10.
2. a. shaft of spear is ח ׳עֵץ 2 Samuel 23:7; 1 Chronicles 20:5 + 1 Samuel 17:7 Qr (doubtless right; Kt חץ).
b. spear-head ח ׳לַהֶבֶת 1 Samuel 17:7, compare ח ׳לַהַב Job 39:23; ח ׳בְּרַק Nahum 3:3; Habakkuk 3:11.
c. butt of spear ח ׳אַחֲרֵי 2 Samuel 2:23.
3 metaphor of teeth of lions Psalm 2Sam 57:5 ("" חצים; figurative of Psalmist's enemies).