H168
Tent
אֹהֶל (ohel)
A temporary dwelling — the portable home of pilgrims, patriarchs, and God's meeting place.
Hebrew
Pronunciation: OH-hel
Definition
Ohel is the Hebrew word for tent, the primary dwelling of Israel's patriarchs and the structure housing God's presence. Tents symbolize the pilgrim life — temporary, portable, always ready to move at God's direction.
Featured KJV occurrences (3)
Exodus 33:7
“And Moses took the tabernacle, and pitched it without the camp, afar off from the camp, and called it the Tabernacle of the congregation.”Read in context
2 Corinthians 5:1
“For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.”Read in context
Isaiah 54:2
“Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thine habitations.”Read in context
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