# חֲנִית (chanit) Israeli respelling: cha-nit. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew. Strong’s H2595. 40 Old Testament occurrences. a lance (for thrusting, like pitching a tent) King James renderings: javelin, spear. Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/chanit-h2595 ## Occurrences - [1 Samuel 13:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/13/19) — Now there was no smith found throughout all the land of Israel: for the Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make them swords or spears: - [1 Samuel 13:22](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/13/22) — So it came to pass in the day of battle, that there was neither sword nor spear found in the hand of any of the people that were with Saul… - [1 Samuel 17:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/17/7) — And the staff of his spear was like a weaver’s beam; and his spear’s head weighed six hundred shekels of iron: and one bearing a shield wen… - [1 Samuel 17:45](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/17/45) — Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of t… - [1 Samuel 17:47](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/17/47) — And all this assembly shall know that the LORD saveth not with sword and spear: for the battle is the LORD’s, and he will give you into our… - [1 Samuel 18:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/18/10) — And it came to pass on the morrow, that the evil spirit from God came upon Saul, and he prophesied in the midst of the house: and David pla… - [1 Samuel 18:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/18/11) — And Saul cast the javelin; for he said, I will smite David even to the wall with it. And David avoided out of his presence twice. - [1 Samuel 19:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/19/9) — And the evil spirit from the LORD was upon Saul, as he sat in his house with his javelin in his hand: and David played with his hand. - [1 Samuel 19:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/19/10) — And Saul sought to smite David even to the wall with the javelin, but he slipped away out of Saul’s presence, and he smote the javelin into… - [1 Samuel 20:33](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/20/33) — And Saul cast a javelin at him to smite him: whereby Jonathan knew that it was determined of his father to slay David. - [1 Samuel 21:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/21/8) — And David said unto Ahimelech, And is there not here under thine hand spear or sword? for I have neither brought my sword nor my weapons wi… - [1 Samuel 22:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/22/6) — When Saul heard that David was discovered, and the men that were with him, (now Saul abode in Gibeah under a tree in Ramah, having his spea… - [1 Samuel 26:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/26/7) — So David and Abishai came to the people by night: and, behold, Saul lay sleeping within the trench, and his spear stuck in the ground at hi… - [1 Samuel 26:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/26/8) — Then said Abishai to David, God hath delivered thine enemy into thine hand this day: now therefore let me smite him, I pray thee, with the… - [1 Samuel 26:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/26/11) — The LORD forbid that I should stretch forth mine hand against the LORD’s anointed: but, I pray thee, take thou now the spear that is at his… - [1 Samuel 26:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/26/12) — So David took the spear and the cruse of water from Saul’s bolster; and they gat them away, and no man saw it, nor knew it, neither awaked:… - [1 Samuel 26:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/26/16) — This thing is not good that thou hast done. As the LORD liveth, ye are worthy to die, because ye have not kept your master, the LORD’s anoi… - [1 Samuel 26:22](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/26/22) — And David answered and said, Behold the king’s spear! and let one of the young men come over and fetch it. - [2 Samuel 1:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/1/6) — And the young man that told him said, As I happened by chance upon mount Gilboa, behold, Saul leaned upon his spear; and, lo, the chariots… - [2 Samuel 2:23](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/2/23) — Howbeit he refused to turn aside: wherefore Abner with the hinder end of the spear smote him under the fifth rib, that the spear came out b… - [2 Samuel 21:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/21/19) — And there was again a battle in Gob with the Philistines, where Elhanan the son of Jaareoregim, a Bethlehemite, slew the brother of Goliath… - [2 Samuel 23:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/23/7) — But the man that shall touch them must be fenced with iron and the staff of a spear; and they shall be utterly burned with fire in the same… - [2 Samuel 23:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/23/18) — And Abishai, the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief among three. And he lifted up his spear against three hundred, and slew the… - [2 Samuel 23:21](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/23/21) — And he slew an Egyptian, a goodly man: and the Egyptian had a spear in his hand; but he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spea… - [2 Kings 11:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/11/10) — And to the captains over hundreds did the priest give king David’s spears and shields, that were in the temple of the LORD. - [1 Chronicles 11:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-chronicles/11/11) — And this is the number of the mighty men whom David had; Jashobeam, an Hachmonite, the chief of the captains: he lifted up his spear agains… - [1 Chronicles 11:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-chronicles/11/20) — And Abishai the brother of Joab, he was chief of the three: for lifting up his spear against three hundred, he slew them, and had a name am… - [1 Chronicles 11:23](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-chronicles/11/23) — And he slew an Egyptian, a man of great stature, five cubits high; and in the Egyptian’s hand was a spear like a weaver’s beam; and he went… - [1 Chronicles 12:34](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-chronicles/12/34) — And of Naphtali a thousand captains, and with them with shield and spear thirty and seven thousand. - [1 Chronicles 20:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-chronicles/20/5) — And there was war again with the Philistines; and Elhanan the son of Jair slew Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, whose spear staff… - [2 Chronicles 23:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/23/9) — Moreover Jehoiada the priest delivered to the captains of hundreds spears, and bucklers, and shields, that had been king David’s, which wer… - [Job 39:23](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/39/23) — The quiver rattleth against him, the glittering spear and the shield. - [Job 41:26](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/41/26) — The sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold: the spear, the dart, nor the habergeon. - [Psalms 35:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/35/3) — Draw out also the spear, and stop the way against them that persecute me: say unto my soul, I am thy salvation. - [Psalms 46:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/46/9) — He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; he breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; he burneth the chariot in the fire. - [Psalms 57:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/57/4) — My soul is among lions: and I lie even among them that are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their… - [Isaiah 2:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/2/4) — And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into… - [Micah 4:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/micah/4/3) — And he shall judge among many people, and rebuke strong nations afar off; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spear… - [Nahum 3:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/nahum/3/3) — The horseman lifteth up both the bright sword and the glittering spear: and there is a multitude of slain, and a great number of carcases;… - [Habakkuk 3:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/habakkuk/3/11) — The sun and moon stood still in their habitation: at the light of thine arrows they went, and at the shining of thy glittering spear.