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Lexicon :: Strong's H4264 - maḥănê

Aa
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 - “And when Aaron and his sons have finished covering the sanctuary and all the furnishings of the sanctuary, when the camp is set to go, then the sons of Kohath shall come to carry them; but they shall not touch any holy thing, lest they die. These are the things in the tabernacle of meeting which the sons of Kohath are to carry.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:2 - “Command the children of Israel that they put out of the camp every leper, everyone who has a discharge, and whoever becomes defiled by a corpse.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:3 - “You shall put out both male and female; you shall put them outside the camp, that they may not defile their camps in the midst of which I dwell.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:4 - And the children of Israel did so, and put them outside the camp; as the LORD spoke to Moses, so the children of Israel did.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:2 - “Make two silver trumpets for yourself; you shall make them of hammered work; you shall use them for calling the congregation and for directing the movement of the camps.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:5 - “When you sound the advance, the camps that lie on the east side shall then begin their journey.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:6 - “When you sound the advance the second time, then the camps that lie on the south side shall begin their journey; they shall sound the call for them to begin their journeys.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:14 - The standard of the camp of the children of Judah set out first according to their armies; over their army was Nahshon the son of Amminadab.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:18 - And the standard of the camp of Reuben set out according to their armies; over their army was Elizur the son of Shedeur.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:22 - And the standard of the camp of the children of Ephraim set out according to their armies; over their army was Elishama the son of Ammihud.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:25 - Then the standard of the camp of the children of Dan (the rear guard of all the camps) set out according to their armies; over their army was Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:34

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:1

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:1 - Now when the people complained, it displeased the LORD; for the LORD heard it, and His anger was aroused. So the fire of the LORD burned among them, and consumed some in the outskirts of the camp.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:9 - And when the dew fell on the camp in the night, the manna fell on it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:26

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:26 - But two men had remained in the camp: the name of one was Eldad, and the name of the other Medad. And the Spirit rested upon them. Now they were among those listed, but who had not gone out to the tabernacle; yet they prophesied in the camp.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:27

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:30

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:30 - And Moses returned to the camp, both he and the elders of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:31 - Now a wind went out from the LORD, and it brought quail from the sea and left them fluttering near the camp, about a day’s journey on this side and about a day’s journey on the other side, all around the camp, and about two cubits above the surface of the ground.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:32

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:32 - And the people stayed up all that day, all night, and all the next day, and gathered the quail (he who gathered least gathered ten homers); and they spread them out for themselves all around the camp.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 12:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 12:14 - Then the LORD said to Moses, “If her father had but spit in her face, would she not be shamed seven days? Let her be shut out of the camp seven days, and afterward she may be received again.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 12:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 12:15 - So Miriam was shut out of the camp seven days, and the people did not journey till Miriam was brought in again.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:19 - “whether the land they dwell in is good or bad; whether the cities they inhabit are like camps or strongholds;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:44

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:44 - But they presumed to go up to the mountaintop. Nevertheless, neither the ark of the covenant of the LORD nor Moses departed from the camp.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:35

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:36

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:36 - So, as the LORD commanded Moses, all the congregation brought him outside the camp and stoned him with stones, and he died.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:3 - ‘You shall give it to Eleazar the priest, that he may take it outside the camp, and it shall be slaughtered before him;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:7 - ‘Then the priest shall wash his clothes, he shall bathe in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp; the priest shall be unclean until evening.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:9 - ‘Then a man who is clean shall gather up the ashes of the heifer, and store them outside the camp in a clean place; and they shall be kept for the congregation of the children of Israel for the water of purification;[fn] it is for purifying from sin.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:12 - Then they brought the captives, the booty, and the spoil to Moses, to Eleazar the priest, and to the congregation of the children of Israel, to the camp in the plains of Moab by the Jordan, across from Jericho.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:13 - And Moses, Eleazar the priest, and all the leaders of the congregation, went to meet them outside the camp.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:19

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:24

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:24 - “And you shall wash your clothes on the seventh day and be clean, and afterward you may come into the camp.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:14 - “And the time we took to come from Kadesh Barnea until we crossed over the Valley of the Zered was thirty-eight years, until all the generation of the men of war was consumed from the midst of the camp, just as the LORD had sworn to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:15 - “For indeed the hand of the LORD was against them, to destroy them from the midst of the camp until they were consumed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:9 - “When the army goes out against your enemies, then keep yourself from every wicked thing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:10 - “If there is any man among you who becomes unclean by some occurrence in the night, then he shall go outside the camp; he shall not come inside the camp.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:11 - “But it shall be, when evening comes, that he shall wash with water; and when the sun sets, he may come into the camp.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:12 - “Also you shall have a place outside the camp, where you may go out;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:14 - “For the LORD your God walks in the midst of your camp, to deliver you and give your enemies over to you; therefore your camp shall be holy, that He may see no unclean thing among you, and turn away from you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:11 - “your little ones and your wives—also the stranger who is in your camp, from the one who cuts your wood to the one who draws your water—

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:2 - So it was, after three days, that the officers went through the camp;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:8 - So it was, when they had finished circumcising all the people, that they stayed in their places in the camp till they were healed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:11 - So he had the ark of the LORD circle the city, going around it once. Then they came into the camp and lodged in the camp.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:14

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:18 - “And you, by all means abstain from the accursed things, lest you become accursed when you take of the accursed things, and make the camp of Israel a curse, and trouble it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:23 - And the young men who had been spies went in and brought out Rahab, her father, her mother, her brothers, and all that she had. So they brought out all her relatives and left them outside the camp of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:13 - And when they had set the people, all the army that was on the north of the city, and its rear guard on the west of the city, Joshua went that night into the midst of the valley.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:6

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:5 - Therefore 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 and all their armies, and camped before Gibeon and made war against it.

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