# H168 אֹהֶל

אֹהֶל (ʼôhel), Strong’s H168: a tent (as clearly conspicuous from a distance) KJV: covering, (dwelling) (place), home, tabernacle, tent.. Occurs 345 times.

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*ʼôhel* — a tent (as clearly conspicuous from a distance)

KJV: covering, (dwelling) (place), home, tabernacle, tent.

Derived from [אָהַל ʼâhal](https://besorah.bible/word/H166) (to be clear)

Occurs 345 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- אֹ֫הֶל 343 n.m. tent
- 1 tent of nomad
- 2 dwelling, habitation
- 3 the sacred tent used in worship of God

## Where it occurs
- [Genesis 4:20](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/4?v=20) — Adah gave birth to Jabal, who was the father of those who dwell in tents and have livestock.
- [Genesis 9:21](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/9?v=21) — He drank of the wine and got drunk. He was uncovered within his tent.
- [Genesis 9:27](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/9?v=27) — May God enlarge Japheth. Let him dwell in the tents of Shem. Let Canaan be his servant.”
- [Genesis 12:8](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/12?v=8) — He left from there to go to the mountain on the east of Bethel and pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west, and Ai…
- [Genesis 13:3](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/13?v=3) — He went on his journeys from the South as far as Bethel, to the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between…
- [Genesis 13:5](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/13?v=5) — Lot also, who went with Abram, had flocks, herds, and tents.
- [Genesis 18:1](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/18?v=1) — The LORD appeared to him by the oaks of Mamre, as he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day.
- [Genesis 18:2](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/18?v=2) — He lifted up his eyes and looked, and saw that three men stood near him. When he saw them, he ran to meet them from the…
- [Genesis 18:6](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/18?v=6) — Abraham hurried into the tent to Sarah, and said, “Quickly prepare three seahs of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes.”
- [Genesis 18:9](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/18?v=9) — They asked him, “Where is Sarah, your wife?” He said, “There, in the tent.”