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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 49 times in 44 verses in 'Num' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:52

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:52 - And the children of Israel shall pitch their tents, every man by his own camp, H4264 and every man by his own standard, throughout their hosts.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:3 - And on the east side toward the rising of the sun shall they of the standard of the camp H4264 of Judah pitch throughout their armies: and Nahshon the son of Amminadab shall be captain of the children of Judah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:9 - All that were numbered in the camp H4264 of Judah were an hundred thousand and fourscore thousand and six thousand and four hundred, throughout their armies. These shall first set forth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:10 - On the south side shall be the standard of the camp H4264 of Reuben according to their armies: and the captain of the children of Reuben shall be Elizur the son of Shedeur.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:16 - All that were numbered in the camp H4264 of Reuben were an hundred thousand and fifty and one thousand and four hundred and fifty, throughout their armies. And they shall set forth in the second rank.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:17 - Then the tabernacle of the congregation shall set forward with the camp H4264 of the Levites in the midst of the camp: H4264 as they encamp, so shall they set forward, every man in his place by their standards.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:18 - On the west side shall be the standard of the camp H4264 of Ephraim according to their armies: and the captain of the sons of Ephraim shall be Elishama the son of Ammihud.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:24

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:24 - All that were numbered of the camp H4264 of Ephraim were an hundred thousand and eight thousand and an hundred, throughout their armies. And they shall go forward in the third rank.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:25 - The standard of the camp H4264 of Dan shall be on the north side by their armies: and the captain of the children of Dan shall be Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:31 - All they that were numbered in the camp H4264 of Dan were an hundred thousand and fifty and seven thousand and six hundred. They shall go hindmost with their standards.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:32

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:32 - These are those which were numbered of the children of Israel by the house of their fathers: all those that were numbered of the camps H4264 throughout their hosts were six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:5 - And when the camp H4264 setteth forward, Aaron shall come, and his sons, and they shall take down the covering vail, and cover the ark of testimony with it:

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:15 - And when Aaron and his sons have made an end of covering the sanctuary, and all the vessels of the sanctuary, as the camp H4264 is to set forward; after that, the sons of Kohath shall come to bear it: but they shall not touch any holy thing, lest they die. These things are the burden of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:2 - Command the children of Israel, that they put out of the camp H4264 every leper, and every one that hath an issue, and whosoever is defiled by the dead:

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:3 - Both male and female shall ye put out, without the camp H4264 shall ye put them; that they defile not their camps, H4264 in the midst whereof I dwell.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:4 - And the children of Israel did so, and put them out without the camp: H4264 as the LORD spake unto Moses, so did the children of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:2 - Make thee two trumpets of silver; of a whole piece shalt thou make them: that thou mayest use them for the calling of the assembly, and for the journeying of the camps. H4264

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:5 - When ye blow an alarm, then the camps H4264 that lie on the east parts shall go forward.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:6 - When ye blow an alarm the second time, then the camps H4264 that lie on the south side shall take their journey: they shall blow an alarm for their journeys.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:14 - In the first place went the standard of the camp H4264 of the children of Judah according to their armies: and over his host was Nahshon the son of Amminadab.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:18 - And the standard of the camp H4264 of Reuben set forward according to their armies: and over his host was Elizur the son of Shedeur.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:22 - And the standard of the camp H4264 of the children of Ephraim set forward according to their armies: and over his host was Elishama the son of Ammihud.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:25 - And the standard of the camp H4264 of the children of Dan set forward, which was the rereward of all the camps H4264 throughout their hosts: and over his host was Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:34

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:34 - And the cloud of the LORD was upon them by day, when they went out of the camp. H4264

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:1

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:1 - And when the people complained, it displeased the LORD: and the LORD heard it; and his anger was kindled; and the fire of the LORD burnt among them, and consumed them that were in the uttermost parts of the camp. H4264

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:9 - And when the dew fell upon the camp H4264 in the night, the manna fell upon it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:26

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:26 - But there remained two of the men in the camp, H4264 the name of the one was Eldad, and the name of the other Medad: and the spirit rested upon them; and they were of them that were written, but went not out unto the tabernacle: and they prophesied in the camp. H4264

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:27 - And there ran a young man, and told Moses, and said, Eldad and Medad do prophesy in the camp. H4264

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:30

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:30 - And Moses gat him into the camp, H4264 he and the elders of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:31 - And there went forth a wind from the LORD, and brought quails from the sea, and let them fall by the camp, H4264 as it were a day's journey on this side, and as it were a day's journey on the other side, round about the camp, H4264 and as it were two cubits high upon the face of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:32

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:32 - And the people stood up all that day, and all that night, and all the next day, and they gathered the quails: he that gathered least gathered ten homers: and they spread them all abroad for themselves round about the camp. H4264

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 12:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 12:14 - And the LORD said unto Moses, If her father had but spit in her face, should she not be ashamed seven days? let her be shut out from the camp H4264 seven days, and after that let her be received in again.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 12:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 12:15 - And Miriam was shut out from the camp H4264 seven days: and the people journeyed not till Miriam was brought in again.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:19 - And what the land is that they dwell in, whether it be good or bad; and what cities they be that they dwell in, whether in tents, H4264 or in strong holds;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:44

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:44 - But they presumed to go up unto the hill top: nevertheless the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and Moses, departed not out of the camp. H4264

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:35

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:35 - And the LORD said unto Moses, The man shall be surely put to death: all the congregation shall stone him with stones without the camp. H4264

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:36

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:36 - And all the congregation brought him without the camp, H4264 and stoned him with stones, and he died; as the LORD commanded Moses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:3 - And ye shall give her unto Eleazar the priest, that he may bring her forth without the camp, H4264 and one shall slay her before his face:

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:7 - Then the priest shall wash his clothes, and he shall bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp, H4264 and the priest shall be unclean until the even.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:9 - And a man that is clean shall gather up the ashes of the heifer, and lay them up without the camp H4264 in a clean place, and it shall be kept for the congregation of the children of Israel for a water of separation: it is a purification for sin.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:12 - And they brought the captives, and the prey, and the spoil, unto Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and unto the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the camp H4264 at the plains of Moab, which are by Jordan near Jericho.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:13 - And Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and all the princes of the congregation, went forth to meet them without the camp. H4264

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:19 - And do ye abide without the camp H4264 seven days: whosoever hath killed any person, and whosoever hath touched any slain, purify both yourselves and your captives on the third day, and on the seventh day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:24

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:24 - And ye shall wash your clothes on the seventh day, and ye shall be clean, and afterward ye shall come into the camp. H4264
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