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Lexicon :: Strong's H4266 - maḥănayim

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מַֽחֲנַיִם
Transliteration
maḥănayim
Pronunciation
makh-an-ah'-yim
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Part of Speech
proper locative noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Strong’s Definitions

מַחֲנַיִם Machănayim, makh-an-ah'-yim; dual of H4264; double camp; Machanajim, a place in Palestine:—Mahanaim.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 13x

The KJV translates Strong's H4266 in the following manner: Mahanaim (13x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 13x
The KJV translates Strong's H4266 in the following manner: Mahanaim (13x).

  1. Mahanaim = "two camps"

    1. a place east of the Jordan, named from Jacob's encounter with angels

    2. a Levitical city in Gad

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מַחֲנַיִם Machănayim, makh-an-ah'-yim; dual of H4264; double camp; Machanajim, a place in Palestine:—Mahanaim.
STRONGS H4266: Abbreviations
† מַחֲנַיִם proper name, of a location (two camps) — east of Jordan; name from Jacob's meeting angels according to Genesis 32:3 [Genesis 32:2 (J), place on border of Gad Joshua 13:26, of Manasseh Joshua 13:30 (P); Levitical city in Gad Joshua 21:36 (P) = 1 Chronicles 6:65; named also 2 Samuel 2:8 (מַחֲנָ֑יִם), 2 Samuel 2:12; 2 Samuel 2:29 (נָ֑יִם-), 2 Samuel 19:33; 1 Kings 2:8 (נָ֑ים-); מַחֲנָ֑יְמָה 2 Samuel 17:24, 27; 1 Kings 4:14; site unknown, see DiGn; כִּמְחֹלַת הַמַּחֲנָ֑יִם Songs 7:1 is put here by Ew Hi Öttli and others: as at a (the) dance of Mahanaim; dance of a double choir Gi Stickel RV.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

32:2

Joshua

13:26; 13:30; 21:36

2 Samuel

2:8; 2:12; 2:29; 17:24; 17:27; 19:33

1 Kings

2:8; 4:14

1 Chronicles

6:65

Song of Songs

7:1

H4266

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H4266 matches the Hebrew מַֽחֲנַיִם (maḥănayim),
which occurs 13 times in 13 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 32:2

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 Box Jos 13:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:26 - It extended from Heshbon to Ramath-mizpeh and Betonim, and from Mahanaim to the territory of Lo-debar.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 13:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:30 - Their territory extended from Mahanaim, including all of Bashan, all the former kingdom of King Og, and the sixty towns of Jair in Bashan.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 21:38

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:38 - From the tribe of Gad they received the following towns with their pasturelands: Ramoth in Gilead (a city of refuge for those who accidentally killed someone), Mahanaim,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 2:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:8 - But Abner son of Ner, the commander of Saul’s army, had already gone to Mahanaim with Saul’s son Ishbosheth.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 2:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:12 - One day Abner led Ishbosheth’s troops from Mahanaim to Gibeon.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 2:29

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:29 - All that night Abner and his men retreated through the Jordan Valley.[fn] They crossed the Jordan River, traveling all through the morning,[fn] and didn’t stop until they arrived at Mahanaim.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 17:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:24 - David soon arrived at Mahanaim. By now, Absalom had mobilized the entire army of Israel and was leading his troops across the Jordan River.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 17:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:27 - When David arrived at Mahanaim, he was warmly greeted by Shobi son of Nahash, who came from Rabbah of the Ammonites, and by Makir son of Ammiel from Lo-debar, and by Barzillai of Gilead from Rogelim.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 19:32

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:32 - He was very old, about eighty, and very wealthy. He was the one who had provided food for the king during his stay in Mahanaim.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 2:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:8 - “And remember Shimei son of Gera, the man from Bahurim in Benjamin. He cursed me with a terrible curse as I was fleeing to Mahanaim. When he came down to meet me at the Jordan River, I swore by the LORD that I would not kill him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 4:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:14 - Ahinadab son of Iddo, in Mahanaim.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 6:80

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:80 - And from the territory of Gad, they received Ramoth in Gilead, Mahanaim,
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