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tents

Meaning of “tents”

Portable shelters or dwellings; by association, the dwellings or encampment of a household or people.

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66 occurrences64 verses18 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 4:20

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Genesis 4:20
And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 4:20 · retained source text

And Adah bare Iabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as haue cattell.

Genesis 9:27
God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Genesis 9:27 · retained source text

God shall enlarge Iaphet, and he shal dwel in the tents of Shem, and Canaan shalbe his seruant.

1611 marginal noteOr, perswade.

Genesis 13:5
¶ And Lot also, which went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and tents.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 13:5 · retained source text

¶ And Lot also which went with Abram, had flocks and heards, & tents.

Genesis 25:27
And the boys grew: and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob was a plain man, dwelling in tents.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Genesis 25:27 · retained source text

And the boyes grew; and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the fielde: and Iacob was a plaine man, dwelling in tents.

Genesis 31:33
And Laban went into Jacob’s tent, and into Leah’s tent, and into the two maidservants’ tents; but he found them not. Then went he out of Leah’s tent, and entered into Rachel’s tent.
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1611 witness · Genesis 31:33 · retained source text

And Laban went into Iacobs tent, and into Leahs tent, and into the two maid seruants tents: but he found them not. Then went he out of Leahs tent, and entred into Rachels tent.

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