Definition

a lance (for thrusting, like pitching a tent)

Etymology

from H2583 (חָנָה);

Word family

• חָנָה chânâh

How the KJV renders it

• javelin
• spear

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.