Hebrew proper noun (a place) · H4266
מַחֲנַיִם
Machanayimmakh-an-ah'-yim
Mahanaim
13 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: Machănayim
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H4266is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 5 of 39Old Testament books
- 10spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H4266
Machanajim, a place in Palestine
The King James renders it: Mahanaim.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
Machanayim is rendered "Mahanaim". It stands 13 times in the Hebrew text, across five books.
- Six of the uses stand in 2 Samuel, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 32:2When Jacob saw them, he said, “This is the camp of God.” So he named that place Mahanaim.
- The Greek text spells it ten different ways.
The first use
When Jacob saw them, he said, “This is the camp of God.” So he named that place Mahanaim.
Genesis 32:2מַֽחֲנָֽיִם׃ פ
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Six of the word's thirteen uses are in 2 Samuel.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- Mahanaim6
- Mahanaim towards3
- from Mahanaim2
- and from Mahanaim1
- in Mahanaim1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| מַחֲנֶה | machaneh | camp | Uses215 |
| מַחֲשָׁבָה | machashabah | plot | Uses56 |
| מַחֲלֹקֶת | machaloqeth | division | Uses42 |
| מַחֲסֶה | machaseh | refuge | Uses20 |
| מַחֲצִית | machatsith | half | Uses16 |
| מַחֲלֶה | machaleh | sickness | Uses6 |
| מַחֲבַת | machabath | griddle | Uses5 |
| מַחֲזֶה | machazeh | vision | Uses4 |
| מַחֲרֵשָׁה | machareshah | plowshare | Uses3 |
| מַחֲבֵא | machabe | hiding-place | Uses2 |
| מַחֲלָצָה | machalatsah | robe | Uses2 |
| מַחֲלָף | machalaph | knife | Uses1 |
and 7 more on the stem.
All 13, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
10 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- מַחֲנַ֖יִם2
- מַחֲנָֽיִם׃2
- מַחֲנָ֑יְמָה2
- בְמַחֲנַ֔יִם1
- וּמִֽמַּחֲנַ֖יִם1
- מַחֲנָ֑יִם1
- מַֽחֲנָֽיִם׃ פ1
- מַחֲנָֽיְמָה׃1
- מִמַּחֲנַ֨יִם1
- מִֽמַּחֲנַ֖יִם1
The grammar of each form
- proper noun (a name)6HNpl
- proper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)3HNpl/Sd
- preposition + proper noun (a name)3HR/Npl
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + proper noun (a name)1HC/R/Npl
Genesis
one use
When Jacob saw them, he said, “This is the camp of God.” So he named that place Mahanaim.
- מַֽחֲנָֽיִם׃ פmachanayimproper noun (a name)tagged: Mahanaim
Joshua
three uses
the territory from Heshbon to Ramath-mizpeh and Betonim, and from Mahanaim to the border of Debir;
- וּמִֽמַּחֲנַ֖יִםumimachanayimconjunction (“and”) + preposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: and from Mahanaim
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;
- מִמַּחֲנַ֨יִםmimachanayimpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: from Mahanaim
And from the tribe of Gad they were given Ramoth in Gilead, a city of refuge for the manslayer, Mahanaim,
- מַחֲנַ֖יִםmachanayimproper noun (a name)tagged: Mahanaim
2 Samuel
six uses
Meanwhile, Abner son of Ner, the commander of Saul’s army, took Saul’s son Ish-bosheth, moved him to Mahanaim,
- מַחֲנָֽיִם׃machanayimproper noun (a name)tagged: Mahanaim
One day Abner son of Ner and the servants of Ish-bosheth son of Saul marched out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.
- מִֽמַּחֲנַ֖יִםmimachanayimpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: from Mahanaim
And all that night Abner and his men marched through the Arabah. They crossed the Jordan, marched all morning, and arrived at Mahanaim.
- מַחֲנָֽיִם׃machanayimproper noun (a name)tagged: Mahanaim
Then David went to Mahanaim, and Absalom crossed the Jordan with all the men of Israel.
- מַחֲנָ֑יְמָהmachanayemahproper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: Mahanaim towards
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.
- מַחֲנָ֑יְמָהmachanayemahproper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: Mahanaim towards
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.
- בְמַחֲנַ֔יִםvemachanayimpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: in Mahanaim
1 Kings
two uses
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.’
- מַחֲנָ֑יִםmachanayimproper noun (a name)tagged: Mahanaim
Ahinadab son of Iddo in Mahanaim;
- מַחֲנָֽיְמָה׃machanayemahproper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: Mahanaim towards
1 Chronicles
one use
And from the tribe of Gad they were given Ramoth in Gilead, Mahanaim,
- מַחֲנַ֖יִםmachanayimproper noun (a name)tagged: Mahanaim
The letters
Gematria 148· 708 mispar gadol
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.