Machăneh — H4264

H4264 · Hebrew — מחנה

Pronunciation: makh-an-eh'

Definition

masculine noun

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)

  1. encampment, camp
    1. camp, place of encampment
    2. camp of armed host, army camp
    3. those who encamp, company, body of people

Usually translated as

camp, host, company, tents, battle, drove, army, band

Origin

from H2583

Greek equivalents

Occurrences

Machăneh occurs 215 times in 189 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (7), Exodus (14), Leviticus (17), Numbers (44), Deuteronomy (8), Joshua (16), Judges (21), 1 Samuel (20), 2 Samuel (4), 1 Kings (3), 2 Kings (14), 1 Chronicles (7), 2 Chronicles (5), Psalms (2), Song of Songs (1), Isaiah (1), Ezekiel (2), Joel (1), Amos (1), Zechariah (1)

Strong's Lexicon — M