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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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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)

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:2 - Then Jacob said when he saw them, “This is God’s [fn]camp H4264.” So he named that place [fn]Mahanaim.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:7 - Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed; and he divided the people who were with him, and the flocks and the herds and the camels, into two camps H4264.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:8 - And he said, “If Esau comes to the one camp H4264 and strikes it, then the camp H4264 which remains will escape.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:10 - [fn]I am unworthy of all the lovingkindness and of all the truth which You have shown to Your slave; for with my staff only I crossed this Jordan, and now I have become two camps H4264.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:21 - So the present passed on before him, while he himself spent that night in the camp H4264.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:8 - And he said, “What do you mean by all [fn]these camps H4264 which I have met?” And he said, “To find favor in the sight of my lord.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:9 - There also went up with him both chariots and horsemen; and it was a very [fn]immense camp H4264.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:19 -

Then the angel of God, who had been going before the camp H4264 of Israel, moved and went behind them; and the pillar of cloud moved from before them and stood behind them.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:20 - So it came between the camp H4264 of Egypt and the camp H4264 of Israel; and there was the cloud [fn]along with the darkness, yet it gave light at night. Thus the one did not come near the other all night.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:24 - Then at the morning watch, Yahweh looked down on the camp H4264 of the Egyptians [fn]through the pillar of fire and cloud and brought the camp H4264 of the Egyptians into confusion.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:13 -

So it happened at evening that the quails came up and covered the camp H4264, and in the morning there was a layer of dew around the camp H4264.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:16 -

So it happened on the third day, when it was morning, that there were [fn]thunder and lightning flashes and a [fn]thick cloud upon the mountain and a very loud trumpet sound, so that all the people who were in the camp H4264 trembled.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:17 - And Moses brought the people out of the camp H4264 to meet God, and they stood at the [fn]foot of the mountain.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:14 - “But the flesh of the bull and its hide and its refuse, you shall burn with fire outside the camp H4264; it is a sin offering.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:17 - Then Joshua heard the sound of the people [fn]as they shouted. And he said to Moses, “There is a sound of war in the camp H4264.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:19 -

Now it happened, as soon as [fn]Moses came near the camp H4264, that he saw the calf and the dancing; and Moses’ anger burned, and he threw the tablets from his hands and shattered them [fn]at the foot of the mountain.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:26 - so Moses stood in the gate of the camp H4264 and said, “Whoever is for Yahweh, come to me!” And all the sons of Levi gathered together to him.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:27 - And he said to them, “Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, ‘Every man among you put his sword upon his thigh, and go back and forth from gate to gate in the camp H4264, and kill every man his brother and every man his friend and every man his [fn]neighbor.’”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:7 -

Now Moses used to take the tent and pitch it outside the camp H4264, a good distance from the camp H4264, and he called it the tent of meeting. And everyone who sought Yahweh would go out to the tent of meeting which was outside the camp H4264.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:11 - Thus Yahweh used to speak to Moses face to face, just as a man speaks to his friend. Then [fn]Moses would return to the camp H4264, and his attendant Joshua the son of Nun, a young man, would not depart from the tent.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:6 - So Moses commanded and a [fn]proclamation was passed throughout the camp H4264, saying, “Let no man or woman any longer do the work for the [fn]contributions of the sanctuary.” Thus the people were restrained from bringing any more.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:12 - [fn]that is, all the rest of the bull, he shall bring out to a clean place outside the camp H4264 where the [fn]ashes are poured out, and he shall burn it on wood with fire; where the [fn]ashes are poured out it shall be burned.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:21 - ‘Then he shall bring out the bull to a place outside the camp H4264 and burn it as he burned the first bull; it is the sin offering for the assembly.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:11 - ‘Then he shall take off his garments and put on other garments and carry the [fn]ashes outside the camp H4264 to a clean place.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:17 - But the bull and its hide and its flesh and its refuse he burned in the fire outside the camp H4264, just as Yahweh had commanded Moses.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 9:11 - The flesh and the skin, however, he burned with fire outside the camp H4264.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 10:4 -

Then Moses called to Mishael and Elzaphan, the sons of Aaron’s uncle Uzziel, and said to them, “Come near, carry your [fn]relatives away from the front of the sanctuary to the outside of the camp H4264.”

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 10:5 - So they came near and carried them still in their tunics to the outside of the camp H4264, as Moses had said.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:46 - “He shall remain unclean all the days during which he has the infection; he is unclean. He shall live alone; his place of habitation shall be outside the camp H4264.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:3 - and the priest shall go out to the outside of the camp H4264. Thus the priest shall look, and if the [fn]infection of leprosy has been healed in the leper,
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:8 - “The one to be cleansed shall then wash his clothes and shave off all his hair and bathe in water and be clean. Now afterward, he may enter the camp H4264, but he shall stay outside his tent for seven days.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:26 - “And the one who sent the goat out as the [fn]scapegoat shall wash his clothes and bathe his [fn]body with water; then afterward he shall come into the camp H4264.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:27 - “But the bull of the sin offering and the goat of the sin offering, whose blood was brought in to make atonement in the holy place, shall be taken outside the camp H4264, and they shall burn their hides, their flesh, and their refuse in the fire.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:28 - “Then the one who burns them shall wash his clothes and bathe his body with water, and afterward he shall come into the camp H4264.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 17:3 - “Any man from the house of Israel who slaughters an ox or a lamb or a goat in the camp H4264, or who slaughters it outside the camp H4264,
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:10 -

Now the son of an Israelite woman, whose father was an Egyptian, went out among the sons of Israel; and the Israelite woman’s son and a man of Israel struggled with each other in the camp H4264.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:14 - “Bring the one who has cursed outside the camp H4264, and let all who heard him lay their hands on his head; then let all the congregation stone him.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:23 - Then Moses spoke to the sons of Israel, and they brought the one who had cursed outside the camp H4264 and stoned him with stones. Thus the sons of Israel did, just as Yahweh had commanded Moses.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:52 - “And the sons of Israel shall camp, each man by his own camp H4264, and each man by his own standard, according to their armies.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:3 - “Now those who camp on the east side toward the sunrise shall be of the standard of the camp H4264 of Judah, by their armies, and the leader of the sons of Judah: Nahshon the son of Amminadab,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:9 - “The total of the numbered men of the camp H4264 of Judah: 186,400, by their armies. They shall set out first.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:10 -

“On the south side shall be the standard of the camp H4264 of Reuben by their armies, and the leader of the sons of Reuben: Elizur the son of Shedeur,

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:16 - “The total of the numbered men of the camp H4264 of Reuben: 151,450 by their armies. And they shall set out second.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:17 -

“Then the tent of meeting shall set out with the camp H4264 of the Levites in the midst of the camps H4264; just as they camp, so they shall set out, every man in his place by their standards.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:18 -

“On the west side shall be the standard of the camp H4264 of Ephraim by their armies, and the leader of the sons of Ephraim: Elishama the son of Ammihud,

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:24 - “The total of the numbered men of the camp H4264 of Ephraim: 108,100, by their armies. And they shall set out third.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:25 -

“On the north side shall be the standard of the camp H4264 of Dan by their armies, and the leader of the sons of Dan: Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai,

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:31 - “The total of the numbered men of the camp H4264 of Dan was 157,600. They shall set out last by their standards.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:32 -

These are the numbered men of the sons of Israel by their fathers’ households; the total of the numbered men of the camps H4264 by their armies, 603,550.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:5 -

“And when the camp H4264 sets out, Aaron and his sons shall go in and they shall take down the veil of the screen and cover the ark of the testimony with it;


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