Strong H4264מַחֲנֶה

camp

Transliteration
machăneh
Pronunciation
makh-an-eh'
Morphology
Hebrew Noun (Feminine)

Definition

From H2583; an encampment (of travellers or troops); hence an {army} whether literally (of soldiers) or figuratively (of {dancers} {angels} {cattle} {locusts} stars; or even the sacred courts): - {army} {band} {battle} {camp} {company} {drove} {host} tents.

Detailed definition

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

In the Bible

Strong H4264 appears in 190 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • camp122
  • host53
  • company5
  • tent5
  • army4
  • band2
  • battle1
  • drive1

First verses

  1. Genesis 32:2
    And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God’s host: and he called the name of that place Mahanaim.
  2. Genesis 32:7
    Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed: and he divided the people that was with him, and the flocks, and herds, and the camels, into two bands;
  3. Genesis 32:8
    And said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the other company which is left shall escape.
  4. 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; and now I am become two bands.
  5. Genesis 32:21
    So went the present over before him: and himself lodged that night in the company.
  6. Genesis 33:8
    And he said, What meanest thou by all this drove which I met? And he said, These are to find grace in the sight of my lord.
  7. Genesis 50:9
    And there went up with him both chariots and horsemen: and it was a very great company.
  8. Exodus 14:19
    And the angel of God, which went before the camp of Israel, removed and went behind them; and the pillar of the cloud went from before their face, and stood behind them:
  9. Exodus 14:20
    And it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel; and it was a cloud and darkness to them, but it gave light by night to these: so that the one came not near the other all the night.
  10. Exodus 14:24
    And it came to pass, that in the morning watch the Lord looked unto the host of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of the cloud, and troubled the host of the Egyptians,
  11. Exodus 16:13
    And it came to pass, that at even the quails came up, and covered the camp: and in the morning the dew lay round about the host.
  12. 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 exceeding loud; so that all the people that was in the camp trembled.
  13. Exodus 19:17
    And Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet with God; and they stood at the nether part of the mount.
  14. Exodus 29:14
    But the flesh of the bullock, and his skin, and his dung, shalt thou burn with fire without the camp: it is a sin offering.
  15. Exodus 32:17
    And when Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said unto Moses, There is a noise of war in the camp.
  16. Exodus 32:19
    And it came to pass, as soon as he came nigh unto the camp, that he saw the calf, and the dancing: and Moses’ anger waxed hot, and he cast the tables out of his hands, and brake them beneath the mount.
  17. Exodus 32:26
    Then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, Who is on the Lord’s side? let him come unto me. And all the sons of Levi gathered themselves together unto him.
  18. Exodus 32:27
    And he said unto them, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Put every man his sword by his side, and go in and out from gate to gate throughout the camp, and slay every man his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his neighbour.
  19. Exodus 33:7
    And Moses took the tabernacle, and pitched it without the camp, afar off from the camp, and called it the Tabernacle of the congregation. And it came to pass, that every one which sought the Lord went out unto the tabernacle of the congregation, which was without the camp.
  20. Exodus 33:11
    And the Lord spake unto Moses face to face, as a man speaketh unto his friend. And he turned again into the camp: but his servant Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, departed not out of the tabernacle.
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