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H4264 מַחֲנֶה (machăneh) makh-an-eh'
Hebrew
Noun (Feminine, Hebrew)
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Quick Definition

camp

Strong's Definition

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)

Derivation: from H2583 (חָנָה);

KJV Usage: army, band, battle, camp, company, drove, host, tents.

TWOT Reference: 690c

Outline of Biblical Usage

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

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

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

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

מַחֲנֶה machăneh BDB Definition: 1) encampment, camp 1a) camp, place of encampment 1b) camp of armed host, army camp 1c) those who encamp, company, body of people Part of Speech: noun masculine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H2583 Same Word by TWOT Number: 690c Total KJV Occurrences: 214

Bible Occurrences (188)

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