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tent

Meaning of “tent”

A movable shelter or dwelling made of curtains, skins, or fabric supported by cords, poles, and stakes; by extension, a temporary habitation.

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98 occurrences88 verses14 booksKJV PCE

Some verses contain the word more than once.

First occurrence: Genesis 9:21

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2 Chronicles 25:22
And Judah was put to the worse before Israel, and they fled every man to his tent.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 25:22 · retained source text

And Iudah was put to the worse before Israel, and they fled euery man to his tent.

1611 marginal noteHebr. smitten.

Psalms 78:60
So that he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent which he placed among men;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Psalms 78:60 · retained source text

So that he forsooke the tabernacle of Shiloh: the tent which he placed among men,

1611 marginal note1.King. 4.10.

Isaiah 13:20
It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Isaiah 13:20 · retained source text

It shall neuer be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there, neither shal the shepheards make their fold there.

Isaiah 38:12
Mine age is departed, and is removed from me as a shepherd’s tent: I have cut off like a weaver my life: he will cut me off with pining sickness: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 38:12 · retained source text

Mine age is departed, and is remoued from me as a shepheards tent: I haue cut off like a weauer my life: he will cut mee off with pining sicknesse: from day euen to night wilt thou make an end of me.

1611 marginal noteOr, From the thrum.

Isaiah 40:22
It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in:
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Isaiah 40:22 · retained source text

It is he that sitteth vpon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grashoppers; that stretcheth out the heauens as a curtaine, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwel in:

1611 marginal noteOr, him that sitteth, &c.

1611 marginal notePsa.104.2.

Isaiah 54:2
Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thine habitations: spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 54:2 · retained source text

Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtaines of thine habitations: spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes.

Jeremiah 10:20
My tabernacle is spoiled, and all my cords are broken: my children are gone forth of me, and they are not: there is none to stretch forth my tent any more, and to set up my curtains.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 10:20 · retained source text

My Tabernacle is spoyled, and all my cordes are broken: my children are gone foorth of me, and they are not: there is none to stretch foorth my tent any more, and to set vp my curtaines.

Jeremiah 37:10
For though ye had smitten the whole army of the Chaldeans that fight against you, and there remained but wounded men among them, yet should they rise up every man in his tent, and burn this city with fire.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Jeremiah 37:10 · retained source text

For though yee had smitten the whole armie of the Caldeans that fight against you, and there remained but wounded men among them, yet should they rise vp euery man in his tent, and burne this citie with fire.

1611 marginal noteHeb. thrust through.

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