{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H2595",
  "lemma": "חֲנִית",
  "transliteration": "chănîyth",
  "definition": "a lance (for thrusting, like pitching a tent)",
  "kjv": "javelin, spear.",
  "occurrences": 47,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "builtFrom": [
    {
      "id": "H2583",
      "lemma": "חָנָה",
      "transliteration": "chânâh",
      "meaning": "to incline",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/word/H2583"
    }
  ],
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "חֲנִית n.f. spear (as flexible?)",
    "1. spear, as hurled",
    "a. shaft of spear",
    "b. spear-head",
    "c. butt of spear",
    "3. metaph. of teeth of lions"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "1 Samuel 13:19",
      "text": "Now there was no blacksmith found throughout all Eretz-Israel, for the Philistines said, “Lest the Hebrews make…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/13?v=19"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Samuel 13:22",
      "text": "So it came to pass in the day of battle that neither sword nor spear was found in the hand of any of the people who…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/13?v=22"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Samuel 17:7",
      "text": "The staff of his spear was like a weaver’s beam; and his spear’s head weighed six hundred shekels of iron. His shield…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/17?v=7"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Samuel 17:45",
      "text": "Then David said to the Philistine, “You come to me with a sword, with a spear, and with a javelin; but I come to you in…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/17?v=45"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Samuel 17:47",
      "text": "and that all this assembly may know that the LORD doesn’t save with sword and spear; for the battle is the LORD’s, and…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/17?v=47"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Samuel 18:10",
      "text": "On the next day, an evil spirit from God came mightily on Saul, and he prophesied in the middle of the house. David…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/18?v=10"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Samuel 18:11",
      "text": "and Saul threw the spear, for he said, “I will pin David to the wall!” David escaped from his presence twice.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/18?v=11"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Samuel 19:9",
      "text": "An evil spirit from the LORD was on Saul as he sat in his house with his spear in his hand; and David was playing music…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/19?v=9"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Samuel 19:10",
      "text": "Saul sought to pin David to the wall with the spear, but he slipped away out of Saul’s presence; and he stuck the spear…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/19?v=10"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Samuel 20:33",
      "text": "Saul cast his spear at him to strike him. By this Jonathan knew that his father was determined to put David to death.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/20?v=33"
    }
  ],
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