מַחֲנֶה machaneh

Hebrew word for “camp” · Strong’s H4264 · used 215 times in 189 verses

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Meaning

1) encampment, camp; 1a) camp, place of encampment; 1b) camp of armed host, army camp; 1c) those who encamp, company, body of people

How it is translated

Glosses given for machaneh in context, with how often each is used:

• camp 172
• camps 16
• army 16
• armies 7
• company 1
• ¿ in camps 1
• like the camp 1
• two groups 1

Where it is used

Also in 8 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Judges 7 (13), Numbers 2 (10), 2 Kings 7 (9), Numbers 10 (8), Numbers 11 (7), Genesis 32 (5), Deuteronomy 23 (5), Joshua 10 (5), 1 Samuel 17 (5), Exodus 32 (4)

Forms

• המחנה 69
• למחנה 38
• מחנה 37
• במחנה 31
• מחניהם 7
• מחנהו 6
• מחנות 4
• המחנת 3
• המחנות 3
• ומחנה 3

Words used with it

Words that share verses with machaneh more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• חוּץ chuts “outside” 29
• יָצָא yatsa “to come out” 31
• פְּלִשְׁתִּי pelishti “Philistine” 20
• נָסַע nasa “to set out” 17
• דֶּגֶל degel “standard” 11
• מֹשֶׁה mosheh “Moses” 21
• חָנָה chanah “to camp” 13
• עַד ad “till” 20
• צָבָא tsava “Hosts” 15
• אֹהֶל ohel “tent” 13
• נָכָה nakhah “to smite” 14
• אַחַר achar “after” 15

Key verses

The verses using machaneh that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Genesis 32:10 — I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hast shewed unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan;…
• Exodus 19:16 — And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet…
• Numbers 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 is to set forward; after that, the…
• Numbers 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…
• 1 Samuel 4:3 — And when the people were come into the camp, the elders of Israel said, Wherefore hath the LORD smitten us to day before the Philistines? Let us fetch the ark…
• 1 Samuel 17:46 — This day will the LORD deliver thee into mine hand; and I will smite thee, and take thine head from thee; and I will give the carcases of the host of the…
• 2 Kings 5:15 — And he returned to the man of God, he and all his company, and came, and stood before him: and he said, Behold, now I know that there is no God in all the…
• 2 Kings 7:6 — For the Lord had made the host of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, even the noise of a great host: and they said one to another,…
• 2 Chronicles 32:21 — And the LORD sent an angel, which cut off all the mighty men of valour, and the leaders and captains in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he returned with…
• Isaiah 37:36 — Then the angel of the LORD went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the…
• Joel 2:11 — And the LORD shall utter his voice before his army: for his camp is very great: for he is strong that executeth his word: for the day of the LORD is great and…
• Amos 4:10 — I have sent among you the pestilence after the manner of Egypt: your young men have I slain with the sword, and have taken away your horses; and I have made…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.