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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 2 / 4 (Num 4:15–Jos 10:5)

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:15 - “When Aaron and his sons have finished covering the holy objects and all the furnishings of the sanctuary, when the camp H4264 is to set out, after that the sons of Kohath shall come to carry them by the poles, so that they will not touch the holy objects and die. These are the [fn]things in the tent of meeting that the sons of Kohath are to carry.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 5:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:2 - “Command the sons of Israel that they send away from the camp H4264 everyone with leprosy, everyone having a discharge, and everyone who is unclean because of contact with a dead person.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:3 - “You shall send away both male and female; you shall send them outside the camp H4264 so that they do not defile their camp H4264 where I dwell in their midst.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 5:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:4 - And the sons of Israel did so and sent them outside the camp H4264; just as the LORD had spoken to Moses, that is what the sons of Israel did.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 10:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:2 - “Make yourself two trumpets of silver, you shall make them of hammered work; and you shall use them for summoning the congregation and breaking camp H4264.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 10:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:5 - “And when you blow an alarm, the camps H4264 that are pitched on the east side shall set out.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 10:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:6 - “Then when you sound an alarm the second time, the camps H4264 that are pitched on the south side shall set out; an alarm is to be sounded for them to break camp.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 10:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:14 - The [fn]flag of the camp H4264 of the sons of Judah, by their armies, set out first, with Nahshon the son of Amminadab, over its army,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 10:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:18 - Next the flag of the camp H4264 of Reuben, by their armies, set out with Elizur the son of Shedeur, over its army,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 10:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:22 - Next the flag of the camp H4264 of the sons of Ephraim, by their armies, set out, with Elishama the son of Ammihud over its army,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 10:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:25 -

Then the flag of the camp H4264 of the sons of Dan, by their armies, which formed the rear guard for all the camps H4264, set out, with Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai over its army,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 10:34

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:34 - And the cloud of the LORD was over them by day when they set out from the camp H4264.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:1 -

Now the people became like those who complain of adversity in the ears of the LORD; and the LORD heard them and His anger was kindled, and the fire of the LORD burned among them and consumed some at the outskirts of the camp H4264.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 11:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:9 - When the dew came down on the camp H4264 at night, the manna would come down [fn]with it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 11:26

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:26 -

But two men had remained in the camp H4264; the name of the one was Eldad, and the name of the [fn]other, Medad. And the Spirit rested upon them (and they were among those who had been registered, but had not gone out to the tent), and they prophesied in the camp H4264.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 11:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:27 - So a young man ran and informed Moses, and said, “Eldad and Medad are prophesying in the camp H4264.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 11:30

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:30 - Then Moses [fn]returned to the camp H4264, both he and the elders of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 11:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:31 -

Now a wind burst forth from the LORD and it brought quail from the sea, and dropped them beside the camp H4264, about a day’s journey on this side and a day’s journey on the other side all around the camp H4264, and about [fn]two cubits deep on the surface of the ground.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 11:32

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:32 - And the people [fn]spent all that day, all night, and all the next day, and they gathered the quail (the one who gathered least gathered [fn]ten homers) and spread them out for themselves all around the camp H4264.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 12:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 12:14 - But the LORD said to Moses, “If her father had only spit in her face, would she not be put to shame for seven days? Have her shut outside the camp H4264 for seven days, and afterward she may be received again.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 12:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 12:15 - So Miriam was shut outside the camp H4264 for seven days, and the people did not move on until Miriam was received again.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 13:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:19 - “And how is the land in which they live, is it good or bad? And how are the cities in which they live, are the people in open camps H4264 or in fortifications?

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 14:44

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:44 - But they foolishly dared to go up to the [fn]ridge of the hill country; neither the ark of the covenant of the LORD nor Moses left the camp H4264.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 15:35

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:35 - Then the LORD said to Moses, “The man must be put to death; all the congregation shall stone him with stones outside the camp H4264.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 15:36

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:36 - So all the congregation brought him outside the camp H4264 and stoned him [fn]to death with stones, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 19:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:3 - ‘And you shall give it to Eleazar the priest, and it shall be brought outside the camp H4264 and be slaughtered in his presence.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 19:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:7 - ‘The priest shall then wash his clothes and bathe his [fn]body in water, and afterward come into the camp H4264; but the priest will be [fn]unclean until evening.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 19:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:9 - ‘Now a man who is clean shall gather up the ashes of the heifer and put them outside the camp H4264 in a clean place, and [fn]the congregation of the sons of Israel shall keep them for water to remove impurity; it is [fn]purification from sin.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:12 - They brought the captives and the spoils and the plunder to Moses, to Eleazar the priest, and to the congregation of the sons of Israel, to the camp H4264 at the plains of Moab which are by the Jordan, opposite Jericho.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:13 -

And Moses, Eleazar the priest, and all the leaders of the congregation went out to meet them outside the camp H4264.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:19 - “And as for you, camp outside the camp H4264 for seven days; whoever has killed a person and whoever has touched anyone killed, purify yourselves, you and your captives, on the third day and on the seventh day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:24

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:24 - “And you shall wash your clothes on the seventh day and you will be clean; and afterward you may enter the camp H4264.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 2:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:14 - “Now the [fn]time that it took for us to come from Kadesh-barnea until we crossed over the [fn]Wadi Zered was thirty-eight years, until all the generation of the men of war perished from within the camp H4264, just as the LORD had sworn to them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:15 - “Indeed, the hand of the LORD was against them, to destroy them from within the camp H4264 until they all perished.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:9 -

“When you go out as [fn]an army H4264 against your enemies, you shall be on guard against every evil thing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:10 -

“If there is among you any man who is unclean because of a nocturnal emission, then he must go outside the camp H4264; he may not [fn]reenter the camp H4264.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 23:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:11 - “But when evening approaches, he shall bathe himself with water, and at sundown he may [fn]reenter the camp H4264.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 23:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:12 -

“You shall also have a place allocated outside the camp H4264, so that you may go out there to relieve yourself,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 23:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:14 - “Since the LORD your God walks in the midst of your camp H4264 to save you and to [fn]defeat your enemies before you, your camp H4264 must be holy; so He must not see [fn]anything indecent among you [fn]or He will turn away from you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 29:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:11 - your little ones, your wives, and the stranger who is within your camps H4264, from the one who gathers your firewood to the one who draws your water,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 1:11 - “Pass through the midst of the camp H4264 and command the people, saying, ‘Prepare provisions for yourselves, for within three days you are going to cross this Jordan, to go in to take possession of the land which the LORD your God is giving you, to possess it.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 3:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:2 - Then at the end of three days the officers went through the midst of the camp H4264;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:8 -

Now when they had finished circumcising all the nation, they remained in their places in the camp H4264 until they recovered.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 6:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:11 - So he had the ark of the LORD [fn]taken around the city, circling it once; then they came into the camp H4264 and spent the night in the camp H4264.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 6:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:14 - So the second day they marched around the city once and returned to the camp H4264; they did the same for six days.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 6:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:18 - “But as for you, only keep yourselves from the things designated for destruction, so that you do not covet them and take some of the designated things, and turn the camp H4264 of Israel into something designated for destruction and bring disaster on it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 6:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:23 - So the young men who were spies went in and brought out Rahab, her father, her mother, her brothers, and all she had; they also brought out all her relatives, and placed them outside the camp H4264 of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 8:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:13 - So they stationed the people, all the army H4264 that was on the north side of the city, and its rear guard on the west side of the city, and Joshua spent that night in the midst of the valley.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 9:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:6 - And they went to Joshua at the camp H4264 at Gilgal and said to him and to the men of Israel, “We have come from a far country; now then, make a covenant with us.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 10:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:5 - So the five kings of the Amorites, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, and the king of Eglon, gathered together and went up, they with all their armies H4264, and camped by Gibeon and fought against it.

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