Bible Dictionaries
Tent

From Easton: (1.) Heb. 'ohel (Genesis 9:21, Genesis 9:27). This word is used also of a dwelling or habitation (1 Kings 8:66; Isaiah 16:5; Jeremiah 4:20), and of the temple (Ezekiel 41:1). When used of the tabernacle, as in 1 Kings 1:39, it denotes the covering of goat's hair which was placed over the mishcan.

(2.) Heb. mishcan (Song of Solomon 1:8), used also of a dwelling (Job 18:21; Psalms 87:2), the grave (Isaiah 22:16; comp. 14:18), the temple (Psalms 46:4; Psalms 84:2; Psalms 132:5), and of the tabernacle (Exodus 25:9; Exodus 26:1; Exodus 40:9; Numbers 1:50, Numbers 1:53; Numbers 10:11). When distinguished from 'ohel, it denotes the twelve interior curtains which lay upon the framework of the tabernacle (q.v.).

(3.) Heb. kubbah (Numbers 25:8), a dome-like tent devoted to the impure worship of Baal-peor.

(4.) Heb. succah (2 Samuel 11:11), a tent or booth made of green boughs or branches (See Genesis 33:17; Leviticus 23:34, Leviticus 23:42; Psalms 18:11; Jonah 4:5; Isaiah 4:6; Nehemiah 8:15-17, where the word is variously rendered).

Jubal was "the father of such as dwell in tents" (Genesis 4:20). The patriarchs were "dwellers in tents" (Genesis 9:21, Genesis 9:27; Genesis 12:8; Genesis 13:12; Genesis 26:17); and during their wilderness wanderings all Israel dwelt in tents (Exodus 16:16; Deuteronomy 33:18; Joshua 7:24). Tents have always occupied a prominent place in Eastern life (1 Samuel 17:54; 2 Kings 7:7; Psalms 120:5; Song of Solomon 1:5). Paul the apostle's occupation was that of a tent-maker (Acts 18:3); i.e., perhaps a maker of tent cloth.

Verses:

• Genesis 4:20
• Genesis 9:21
• Genesis 9:27
• Genesis 12:8
• Genesis 13:3
• Genesis 13:5
• Genesis 13:12
• Genesis 13:18
• Genesis 18:1
• Genesis 18:2
• Genesis 18:6
• Genesis 18:9
• Genesis 18:10
• Genesis 24:67
• Genesis 26:25
• Genesis 31:25
• Genesis 31:33
• Genesis 31:34
• Genesis 33:19
• Genesis 35:21
• Exodus 16:16
• Exodus 18:7
• Exodus 26:7
• Exodus 26:9
• Exodus 26:11
• Exodus 26:12
• Exodus 26:13
• Exodus 26:14
• Exodus 26:36
• Exodus 27:19
• Exodus 27:21
• Exodus 28:43
• Exodus 29:4
• Exodus 29:10
• Exodus 29:11
• Exodus 29:30
• Exodus 29:32
• Exodus 29:42
• Exodus 29:44
• Exodus 30:16
• Exodus 30:18
• Exodus 30:20
• Exodus 30:26
• Exodus 30:36
• Exodus 31:7
• Exodus 33:7
• Exodus 33:8
• Exodus 33:9
• Exodus 33:10
• Exodus 33:11
• Exodus 35:11
• Exodus 35:18
• Exodus 35:21
• Exodus 36:14
• Exodus 36:18
• Exodus 36:19
• Exodus 36:37
• Exodus 38:8
• Exodus 38:20
• Exodus 38:30
• Exodus 38:31
• Exodus 39:32
• Exodus 39:33
• Exodus 39:38
• Exodus 39:40
• Exodus 40:2
• Exodus 40:6
• Exodus 40:7
• Exodus 40:12
• Exodus 40:19
• Exodus 40:22
• Exodus 40:24
• Exodus 40:26
• Exodus 40:29
• Exodus 40:30
• Exodus 40:32
• Exodus 40:34
• Exodus 40:35
• Leviticus 1:1
• Leviticus 1:3
• Leviticus 1:5
• Leviticus 3:2
• Leviticus 3:8
• Leviticus 3:13
• Leviticus 4:4
• Leviticus 4:5
• Leviticus 4:7
• Leviticus 4:14
• Leviticus 4:16
• Leviticus 4:18
• Leviticus 6:16
• Leviticus 6:26
• Leviticus 6:30
• Leviticus 8:3
• Leviticus 8:4
• Leviticus 8:31
• Leviticus 8:33
• Leviticus 8:35
• Leviticus 9:5
• Leviticus 9:23
• Leviticus 10:7
• Leviticus 10:9
• Leviticus 12:6
• Leviticus 14:8
• Leviticus 14:11
• Leviticus 14:23
• Leviticus 15:14
• Leviticus 15:29
• Leviticus 16:7
• Leviticus 16:16
• Leviticus 16:17
• Leviticus 16:20
• Leviticus 16:23
• Leviticus 16:33
• Leviticus 17:4
• Leviticus 17:5
• Leviticus 17:6
• Leviticus 17:9
• Leviticus 19:21
• Leviticus 24:3
• Numbers 1:1
• Numbers 2:2
• Numbers 2:17
• Numbers 3:7
• Numbers 3:8
• Numbers 3:25
• Numbers 3:37
• Numbers 3:38
• Numbers 4:3
• Numbers 4:4
• Numbers 4:15
• Numbers 4:23
• Numbers 4:25
• Numbers 4:28
• Numbers 4:30
• Numbers 4:31
• Numbers 4:32
• Numbers 4:33
• Numbers 4:35
• Numbers 4:37
• Numbers 4:39
• Numbers 4:41
• Numbers 4:43
• Numbers 4:47
• Numbers 6:10
• Numbers 6:13
• Numbers 6:18
• Numbers 7:5
• Numbers 7:89
• Numbers 8:9
• Numbers 8:15
• Numbers 8:19
• Numbers 8:22
• Numbers 8:24
• Numbers 8:26
• Numbers 9:15
• Numbers 9:17
• Numbers 10:3
• Numbers 11:10
• Numbers 11:16
• Numbers 11:24
• Numbers 11:26
• Numbers 12:4
• Numbers 12:5
• Numbers 12:10
• Numbers 14:10
• Numbers 16:18
• Numbers 16:19
• Numbers 16:26
• Numbers 16:27
• Numbers 16:42
• Numbers 16:43
• Numbers 16:50
• Numbers 17:4
• Numbers 17:7
• Numbers 17:8
• Numbers 18:2
• Numbers 18:3
• Numbers 18:4
• Numbers 18:6
• Numbers 18:21
• Numbers 18:22
• Numbers 18:23
• Numbers 18:31
• Numbers 19:4
• Numbers 19:14
• Numbers 19:18
• Numbers 20:6
• Numbers 24:5
• Numbers 25:6
• Numbers 25:8
• Numbers 27:2
• Numbers 31:54
• Deuteronomy 1:27
• Deuteronomy 5:30
• Deuteronomy 11:6
• Deuteronomy 16:7
• Deuteronomy 31:14
• Deuteronomy 31:15
• Deuteronomy 33:18
• Joshua 7:21
• Joshua 7:22
• Joshua 7:23
• Joshua 7:24
• Joshua 18:1
• Joshua 19:51
• Judges 4:11
• Judges 4:17
• Judges 4:18
• Judges 4:20
• Judges 4:21
• Judges 4:22
• Judges 5:24
• Judges 5:26
• Judges 6:5
• Judges 7:8
• Judges 7:13
• Judges 20:8
• 1 Samuel 2:22
• 1 Samuel 4:10
• 1 Samuel 17:54
• 2 Samuel 6:17
• 2 Samuel 7:2
• 2 Samuel 7:6
• 2 Samuel 11:11
• 2 Samuel 16:22
• 2 Samuel 20:1
• 1 Kings 2:28
• 1 Kings 2:29
• 1 Kings 2:30
• 1 Kings 8:4
• 1 Kings 12:16
• 1 Kings 20:12
• 1 Kings 20:16
• 2 Kings 7:7
• 2 Kings 7:8
• 2 Kings 7:10
• 2 Kings 8:21
• 1 Chronicles 6:32
• 1 Chronicles 9:19
• 1 Chronicles 9:21
• 1 Chronicles 9:23
• 1 Chronicles 15:1
• 1 Chronicles 16:1
• 1 Chronicles 17:1
• 1 Chronicles 17:5
• 1 Chronicles 23:32
• 2 Chronicles 1:3
• 2 Chronicles 1:4
• 2 Chronicles 1:6
• 2 Chronicles 1:13
• 2 Chronicles 5:5
• 2 Chronicles 10:16
• 2 Chronicles 14:15
• 2 Chronicles 24:6
• Job 4:21
• Job 5:24
• Job 8:22
• Job 11:14
• Job 12:6
• Job 15:34
• Job 18:6
• Job 18:14
• Job 18:15
• Job 19:12
• Job 20:26
• Job 21:28
• Job 22:23
• Job 29:4
• Psalms 15:1
• Psalms 19:4
• Psalms 27:5
• Psalms 52:5
• Psalms 61:4
• Psalms 69:25
• Psalms 76:2
• Psalms 78:51
• Psalms 78:55
• Psalms 78:60
• Psalms 78:67
• Psalms 83:6
• Psalms 84:10
• Psalms 91:10
• Psalms 104:2
• Psalms 106:25
• Psalms 118:15
• Psalms 120:5
• Proverbs 14:11
• Song of Solomon 1:5
• Song of Solomon 1:8
• Isaiah 13:20
• Isaiah 16:5
• Isaiah 33:20
• Isaiah 38:12
• Isaiah 40:22
• Isaiah 54:2
• Jeremiah 4:20
• Jeremiah 6:3
• Jeremiah 10:20
• Jeremiah 30:18
• Jeremiah 35:7
• Jeremiah 35:10
• Jeremiah 37:10
• Jeremiah 49:29
• Lamentations 2:4
• Ezekiel 25:4
• Daniel 11:45
• Hosea 9:6
• Hosea 12:9
• Amos 9:11
• Habakkuk 3:7
• Zechariah 10:4
• Zechariah 12:7
• Malachi 2:12
• Acts 15:16
• 2 Corinthians 5:1
• 2 Corinthians 5:2
• 2 Corinthians 5:4
• Hebrews 11:9
• 2 Peter 1:13
• 2 Peter 1:14