4264. machaneh
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machaneh: an encampment, camp
Original Word: מַחֲנֶה
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: machaneh
Phonetic Spelling: (makh-an-eh')
Short Definition: camp

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from chanah
Definition
an encampment, camp
NASB Translation
armies (6), army (27), army camp (1), camp (158), camps (12), companies (3), company (5), fight (2), host (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
מַחֲנֶה214 noun masculineGenesis 33:816t. and femininePsalm 27:3; 1 Chronicles 11:15 (on Genesis 32:9 a see Di) encampment, camp — absolute ׳מ Genesis 32:9 (twice in verse) + 126 t. (including Ezekiel 1:24, strike out Co); construct מַחֲנֵה Genesis 32:3 56t.; suffix מַחֲנֵהוּ Numbers 1:52 5t.; 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 9t.; construct 1 Chronicles 9:18 2t., מַחֲנִים Numbers 13:19; suffix (apparetnly plural noun) מַחֲנֵיהֶם Joshua 10:4 5t.; — on dual see ׳מ

proper name below

1 camp, place of encampment:

a. of caravan of travelers Genesis 32:22 (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 י2Chronicles 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 32:9 (twice in verse); Genesis 32:11; 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 2Chronicles 18:33 etc.



Strong's
army, band, battle, camp, company, drove, host, tents

From chanah; 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.

see HEBREW chanah

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