Word Study · Strong's H4266 · Hebrew
מַחֲנַיִם
Machanayim
makh-an-ah'-yim
Strong's 1890 spelling: Machănayim
“Machanajim, a place in Palestine”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Machanajim, a place in Palestine
Rendered in the KJV as
Mahanaim.
- 13occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 5 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 10inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 13 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 10
- מַחֲנַ֖יִם2
- מַחֲנָֽיִם׃2
- מַחֲנָ֑יְמָה2
- בְמַחֲנַ֔יִם1
- וּמִֽמַּחֲנַ֖יִם1
- מַחֲנָ֑יִם1
- מַֽחֲנָֽיִם׃ פ1
- מַחֲנָֽיְמָה׃1
- מִמַּחֲנַ֨יִם1
- מִֽמַּחֲנַ֖יִם1
How it is rendered · 5
- Mahanaim6
- Mahanaim towards3
- from Mahanaim2
- and from Mahanaim1
- in Mahanaim1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 4
- proper noun (a name)6
- proper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)3
- preposition + proper noun (a name)3
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + proper noun (a name)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNpl · 6
- HNpl/Sd · 3
- HR/Npl · 3
- HC/R/Npl · 1
All 13, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- 2 Samuel6 of 13 · 46%
- Joshua3 of 13 · 23%
- 1 Kings2 of 13 · 15%
- Genesis1 of 13 · 8%
- 1 Chronicles1 of 13 · 8%
2 Samuel carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Genesis1 occurrence
Joshua3 occurrences
- Joshua 13:26וּמִֽמַּחֲנַ֖יִםumimachanayimconjunction (“and”) + preposition + proper noun (a name)the territory from Heshbon to Ramath-mizpeh and Betonim, and from Mahanaim to the border of Debir;here: and from Mahanaim
- Joshua 13:30מִמַּחֲנַ֨יִםmimachanayimpreposition + proper noun (a name)The territory from Mahanaim through all Bashan—all the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, including all the towns of Jair that are in Bashan, sixty cities;here: from Mahanaim
- Joshua 21:38מַחֲנַ֖יִםmachanayimproper noun (a name)And from the tribe of Gad they were given Ramoth in Gilead, a city of refuge for the manslayer, Mahanaim,here: Mahanaim
2 Samuel6 occurrences
- 2 Samuel 2:8מַחֲנָֽיִם׃machanayimproper noun (a name)Meanwhile, Abner son of Ner, the commander of Saul’s army, took Saul’s son Ish-bosheth, moved him to Mahanaim,here: Mahanaim
- 2 Samuel 2:12מִֽמַּחֲנַ֖יִםmimachanayimpreposition + proper noun (a name)One day Abner son of Ner and the servants of Ish-bosheth son of Saul marched out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.here: from Mahanaim
- 2 Samuel 2:29מַחֲנָֽיִם׃machanayimproper noun (a name)And all that night Abner and his men marched through the Arabah. They crossed the Jordan, marched all morning, and arrived at Mahanaim.here: Mahanaim
- 2 Samuel 17:24מַחֲנָ֑יְמָהmachanayemahproper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)Then David went to Mahanaim, and Absalom crossed the Jordan with all the men of Israel.here: Mahanaim towards
- 2 Samuel 17:27מַחֲנָ֑יְמָהmachanayemahproper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)When David came to Mahanaim, he was met by Shobi son of Nahash from Rabbah of the Ammonites, Machir son of Ammiel from Lo-debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite from Rogelim.here: Mahanaim towards
- 2 Samuel 19:32בְמַחֲנַ֔יִםvemachanayimpreposition + proper noun (a name)Barzillai was quite old, eighty years of age, and since he was a very wealthy man, he had provided for the king while he stayed in Mahanaim.here: in Mahanaim
1 Kings2 occurrences
- 1 Kings 2:8מַחֲנָ֑יִםmachanayimproper noun (a name)Keep an eye on Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjamite from Bahurim who is with you. He called down bitter curses against me on the day I went to Mahanaim, but when he came down to meet me at the Jordan, I swore to him by the LORD: ‘I will never put you to the sword.’here: Mahanaim
- 1 Kings 4:14מַחֲנָֽיְמָה׃machanayemahproper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)Ahinadab son of Iddo in Mahanaim;here: Mahanaim towards