Strong’s H167 · Hebrew

אָהַל
ʼâhal
aw-hal'

Definition

to tent

Etymology

a denominative from H168 (אֹהֶל);

Where the KJV renders it

  • pitch (remove) a tent

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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