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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 - and when Jacob saw them he said, "This is God's army!" So he called the name of that place Mahana'im.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 13:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:26 - and from Heshbon to Ra'math-miz'peh and Bet'onim, and from Mahana'im to the territory of Debir,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 13:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:30 - Their region extended from Mahana'im, through all Bashan, the whole kingdom of Og king of Bashan, and all the towns of Ja'ir, which are in Bashan, sixty cities,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 21:38

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:38 - and out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with its pasture lands, the city of refuge for the slayer, Mahana'im with its pasture lands,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 2:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:8 - Now Abner the son of Ner, commander of Saul's army, had taken Ish-bo'sheth the son of Saul, and brought him over to Mahana'im;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 2:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:12 - Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of Ish-bo'sheth the son of Saul, went out from Mahana'im to Gibeon.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 2:29

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:29 - And Abner and his men went all that night through the Arabah; they crossed the Jordan, and marching the whole forenoon they came to Mahana'im.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 17:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:24 - Then David came to Mahana'im. And Ab'salom crossed the Jordan with all the men of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 17:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:27 - When David came to Mahana'im, Shobi the son of Nahash from Rabbah of the Ammonites, and Machir the son of Am'miel from Lo-debar, and Barzil'lai the Gileadite from Ro'gelim,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 19:32

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:32 - Barzil'lai was a very aged man, eighty years old; and he had provided the king with food while he stayed at Mahana'im; for he was a very wealthy man.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 2:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:8 - And there is also with you Shim'e-i the son of Gera, the Benjaminite from Bahu'rim, who cursed me with a grievous curse on the day when I went to Mahana'im; but when he came down to meet me at the Jordan, I swore to him by the LORD, saying, 'I will not put you to death with the sword.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 4:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:14 - Ahin'adab the son of Iddo, in Mahana'im;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 6:80

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:80 - and out of the tribe of Gad: Ramoth in Gilead with its pasture lands, Mahana'im with its pasture lands,
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