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Lexicon :: Strong's H4264 - maḥănê

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מַֽחֲנֶה
Transliteration
maḥănê
Pronunciation
makh-an-eh'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 690c

Strong’s Definitions

מַחֲנֶה machăneh, makh-an-eh'; from H2583; an encampment (of travellers or troops); hence, an army, whether literal (of soldiers) or figurative (of dancers, angels, cattle, locusts, stars; or even the sacred courts):—army, band, battle, camp, company, drove, host, tents.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 216x

The KJV translates Strong's H4264 in the following manner: camp (136x), host (61x), company (6x), tents (5x), armies (4x), bands (2x), battle (1x), drove (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 216x
The KJV translates Strong's H4264 in the following manner: camp (136x), host (61x), company (6x), tents (5x), armies (4x), bands (2x), battle (1x), drove (1x).

  1. encampment, camp

    1. camp, place of encampment

    2. camp of armed host, army camp

    3. those who encamp, company, body of people

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מַחֲנֶה machăneh, makh-an-eh'; from H2583; an encampment (of travellers or troops); hence, an army, whether literal (of soldiers) or figurative (of dancers, angels, cattle, locusts, stars; or even the sacred courts):—army, band, battle, camp, company, drove, host, tents.
STRONGS H4264: Abbreviations
מַחֲנֶה 214 noun masculineGenesis 33:816 times and femininePsalm 27:3; 1 Chronicles 11:15 (on Genesis 32:9a [Genesis 32:8a] a see Di) encampment, camp — absolute מ׳ Genesis 32:9 [Genesis 32:8] (twice in verse) + 126 times (including Ezekiel 1:24, strike out Co); construct מַחֲנֵה Genesis 32:3 [Genesis 32:2 + 56 times; suffix מַחֲנֵהוּ Numbers 1:52 + 5 times; מַחֲנֶיךָ Deuteronomy 23:15; Deuteronomy 29:10, מַחֲנֶךָ Deuteronomy 23:15, מַחֲנֵיכֶם Amos 4:10, מַהֲנֵיהֶם Numbers 5:3; Judges 8:10 (compare below, and on form of noun with suffix see Ges§ 93. 3, R 3); plural absolute מִחֲנות Genesis 32:8 [Genesis 32:7 + 9 times; construct 1 Chronicles 9:18 + 2 times, מַחֲנִים Numbers 13:19; suffix (apparetnly plural noun) מַחֲנֵיהֶם Joshua 10:4 + 5 times; — on dual see מ׳ proper name below.
1. camp, place of encampment:
a. of caravan of travelers Genesis 32:22 [Genesis 32:21] (J), especially of Israel at Exodus and in wilderness Exodus 16:13 (twice in verse); Exodus 19:16, 17 (all P; distinguished from עַם); שַׁעַר מ׳ Exodus 32:26 (JE); especially מִחוּץ המ׳ in connection with uncleanness, etc., Exodus 29:14; Leviticus 4:12 (P) + often, of position of tent of meeting Exodus 33:7 (twice in verse) (JE), contr. Numbers 2:17 (P), where of encampments of several tribes, compare Numbers 1:52; Numbers 2:3; Numbers 10:2, 5, 6, 25 etc., (all P), already passing over to 3 (compare הַחֹנִים Numbers 10:5, 6); specifically of camp of Levites, surrounding tabernacle, so that P can say אֹהֶלמֿוֺעֵד מַחֲנֵה הַלְוִיִם Numbers 2:17; and so (late) of temple הַשֹּׁעֲרִים לְמַחֲנוֺת בְּנֵי לֵוִי 1 Chronicles 9:18, as well as שַׁעֲרֵי מַחֲנוֺת י׳ 2 Chronicles 31:2; plural (opposed to מִבְצָרִים = fortresses) Numbers 13:19.
2. camp of armed host Joshua 6:11 (twice in verse); Joshua 6:14 (JE), 1 Samuel 4:3, 5, 6 (twice in verse); 1 Samuel 4:7; 1 Samuel 17:53; 2 Kings 7:16 etc.
3. a. those who encamp Numbers 10:5, 6; 1 Chronicles 11:15; Psalm 27:3 (all with verb חנה) compare (probably) Isaiah 37:36 = 2 Kings 19:35, etc.
b. company, body of people; people and beasts Genesis 32:8 [Genesis 32:7]; Genesis 32:9 [Genesis 32:8] (twice in verse); Genesis 32:11 [Genesis 32:10]; Genesis 33:8, funeral company of Jacob Genesis 50:9; of Israel on march Exodus 14:19, 20 compare Numbers 10:5, 6.
c. army, host Joshua 8:13; Joshua 10:5; Joshua 11:4; Judges 4:15, 16 (twice in verse); Judges 7:1, 8; Judges 8:10 (twice in verse); Judges 8:11 (twice in verse); Judges 8:12; 1 Samuel 17:1, 46; 2 Kings 3:9 even while in the thick of the fight; 1 Kings 22:34 2 Chronicles 18:33 etc.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

32:2; 32:7; 32:7; 32:8; 32:8; 32:8; 32:10; 32:21; 33:8; 33:8; 50:9

Exodus

14:19; 14:20; 16:13; 19:16; 19:17; 29:14; 32:26; 33:7

Leviticus

4:12

Numbers

1:52; 1:52; 2:3; 2:17; 2:17; 5:3; 10:2; 10:5; 10:5; 10:5; 10:5; 10:6; 10:6; 10:6; 10:6; 10:25; 13:19; 13:19

Deuteronomy

23:15; 23:15; 29:10

Joshua

6:11; 6:14; 8:13; 10:4; 10:5; 11:4

Judges

4:15; 4:16; 7:1; 7:8; 8:10; 8:10; 8:11; 8:12

1 Samuel

4:3; 4:5; 4:6; 4:7; 17:1; 17:46; 17:53

1 Kings

22:34

2 Kings

3:9; 7:16; 19:35

1 Chronicles

9:18; 9:18; 11:15; 11:15

2 Chronicles

18:33; 31:2

Psalms

27:3; 27:3

Isaiah

37:36

Ezekiel

1:24

Amos

4:10

H4264

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Strong's Number H4264 matches the Hebrew מַֽחֲנֶה (maḥănê),
which occurs 216 times in 190 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 4 (Gen 32:2–Num 4:5)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:2 - When Jacob saw them, he exclaimed, “This is God’s camp!” So he named the place Mahanaim.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:7 - Jacob was terrified at the news. He divided his household, along with the flocks and herds and camels, into two groups.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:8 - He thought, “If Esau meets one group and attacks it, perhaps the other group can escape.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:10 - I am not worthy of all the unfailing love and faithfulness you have shown to me, your servant. When I left home and crossed the Jordan River, I owned nothing except a walking stick. Now my household fills two large camps!

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:21 - So the gifts were sent on ahead, while Jacob himself spent that night in the camp.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:8 - “And what were all the flocks and herds I met as I came?” Esau asked.
Jacob replied, “They are a gift, my lord, to ensure your friendship.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:9 - A great number of chariots and charioteers accompanied Joseph.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:19 - Then the angel of God, who had been leading the people of Israel, moved to the rear of the camp. The pillar of cloud also moved from the front and stood behind them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:20 - The cloud settled between the Egyptian and Israelite camps. As darkness fell, the cloud turned to fire, lighting up the night. But the Egyptians and Israelites did not approach each other all night.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:24 - But just before dawn the LORD looked down on the Egyptian army from the pillar of fire and cloud, and he threw their forces into total confusion.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:13 - That evening vast numbers of quail flew in and covered the camp. And the next morning the area around the camp was wet with dew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:16 - On the morning of the third day, thunder roared and lightning flashed, and a dense cloud came down on the mountain. There was a long, loud blast from a ram’s horn, and all the people trembled.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 19:17

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:17 - Moses led them out from the camp to meet with God, and they stood at the foot of the mountain.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:14 - Then take the rest of the bull, including its hide, meat, and dung, and burn it outside the camp as a sin offering.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:17 - When Joshua heard the boisterous noise of the people shouting below them, he exclaimed to Moses, “It sounds like war in the camp!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:19 - When they came near the camp, Moses saw the calf and the dancing, and he burned with anger. He threw the stone tablets to the ground, smashing them at the foot of the mountain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 32:26

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:26 - So he stood at the entrance to the camp and shouted, “All of you who are on the LORD’s side, come here and join me.” And all the Levites gathered around him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 32:27

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:27 - Moses told them, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: Each of you, take your swords and go back and forth from one end of the camp to the other. Kill everyone—even your brothers, friends, and neighbors.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:7 - It was Moses’ practice to take the Tent of Meeting[fn] and set it up some distance from the camp. Everyone who wanted to make a request of the LORD would go to the Tent of Meeting outside the camp.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 33:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:11 - Inside the Tent of Meeting, the LORD would speak to Moses face to face, as one speaks to a friend. Afterward Moses would return to the camp, but the young man who assisted him, Joshua son of Nun, would remain behind in the Tent of Meeting.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:6 - So Moses gave the command, and this message was sent throughout the camp: “Men and women, don’t prepare any more gifts for the sanctuary. We have enough!” So the people stopped bringing their sacred offerings.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 4:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:12 - and carry it away to a place outside the camp that is ceremonially clean, the place where the ashes are dumped. There, on the ash heap, he will burn it on a wood fire.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 4:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:21 - Then the priest must take what is left of the bull and carry it outside the camp and burn it there, just as is done with the sin offering for the high priest. This offering is for the sin of the entire congregation of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 6:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:11 - Then he must take off these garments, change back into his regular clothes, and carry the ashes outside the camp to a place that is ceremonially clean.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 8:17

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:17 - He took the rest of the bull, including its hide, meat, and dung, and burned it on a fire outside the camp, just as the LORD had commanded him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 9:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 9:11 - The meat and the hide, however, he burned outside the camp.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 10:4 - Then Moses called for Mishael and Elzaphan, Aaron’s cousins, the sons of Aaron’s uncle Uzziel. He said to them, “Come forward and carry away the bodies of your relatives from in front of the sanctuary to a place outside the camp.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 10:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 10:5 - So they came forward and picked them up by their garments and carried them out of the camp, just as Moses had commanded.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 13:46

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:46 - As long as the serious disease lasts, they will be ceremonially unclean. They must live in isolation in their place outside the camp.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 14:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:3 - who will examine them at a place outside the camp. If the priest finds that someone has been healed of a serious skin disease,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:8 - “The persons being purified must then wash their clothes, shave off all their hair, and bathe themselves in water. Then they will be ceremonially clean and may return to the camp. However, they must remain outside their tents for seven days.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:26 - “The man chosen to drive the scapegoat into the wilderness of Azazel must wash his clothes and bathe himself in water. Then he may return to the camp.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:27 - “The bull and the goat presented as sin offerings, whose blood Aaron takes into the Most Holy Place for the purification ceremony, will be carried outside the camp. The animals’ hides, internal organs, and dung are all to be burned.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:28 - The man who burns them must wash his clothes and bathe himself in water before returning to the camp.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 17:3 - “If any native Israelite sacrifices a bull[fn] or a lamb or a goat anywhere inside or outside the camp

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 24:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:10 - One day a man who had an Israelite mother and an Egyptian father came out of his tent and got into a fight with one of the Israelite men.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:14 - “Take the blasphemer outside the camp, and tell all those who heard the curse to lay their hands on his head. Then let the entire community stone him to death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 24:23

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:23 - After Moses gave all these instructions to the Israelites, they took the blasphemer outside the camp and stoned him to death. The Israelites did just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:52 - Each tribe of Israel will camp in a designated area with its own family banner.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:9 - So the total of all the troops on Judah’s side of the camp is 186,400. These three tribes are to lead the way whenever the Israelites travel to a new campsite.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:16 - So the total of all the troops on Reuben’s side of the camp is 151,450. These three tribes will be second in line whenever the Israelites travel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:17 - “Then the Tabernacle, carried by the Levites, will set out from the middle of the camp. All the tribes are to travel in the same order that they camp, each in position under the appropriate family banner.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:24

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:24 - So the total of all the troops on Ephraim’s side of the camp is 108,100. These three tribes will be third in line whenever the Israelites travel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:31 - So the total of all the troops on Dan’s side of the camp is 157,600. These three tribes will be last, marching under their banners whenever the Israelites travel.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:32

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:32 - In summary, the troops of Israel listed by their families totaled 603,550.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:5 - When the camp moves, Aaron and his sons must enter the Tabernacle first to take down the inner curtain and cover the Ark of the Covenant[fn] with it.

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