Machănayim — H4266

Definition

locative proper noun

Machanajim, a place in Palestine

1. Mahanaim = "two camps"
2. a place east of the Jordan, named from Jacob's encounter with angels
3. a Levitical city in Gad

Usually translated as

Mahanaim

Origin

dual of H4264; double camp

• Machăneh (H4264)

Occurrences

Machănayim occurs 13 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (1), Joshua (3), 2 Samuel (6), 1 Kings (2), 1 Chronicles (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 (מַֽחֲנָֽיִם).
• Joshua 13:26 — And from Heshbon unto Ramath-mizpeh, and Betonim; and from Mahanaim (וּמִֽמַּחֲנַ֖יִם) unto the border of Debir;
• Joshua 13:30 — And their coast was from Mahanaim (מִמַּחֲנַ֨יִם), all Bashan, all the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, and all the towns of Jair, which are in Bashan, threescore cities:
• Joshua 21:38 — And out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Mahanaim (מַחֲנַ֖יִם) with her suburbs,
• 2 Samuel 2:8 — But Abner the son of Ner, captain of Saul’s host, took Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, and brought him over to Mahanaim (מַחֲנָֽיִם);
• 2 Samuel 2:12 — And Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, went out from Mahanaim (מִֽמַּחֲנַ֖יִם) to Gibeon.
• 2 Samuel 2:29 — And Abner and his men walked all that night through the plain, and passed over Jordan, and went through all Bithron, and they came to Mahanaim (מַחֲנָֽיִם).
• 2 Samuel 17:24 — Then David came to Mahanaim (מַחֲנָ֑יְמָה). And Absalom passed over Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him.
• 2 Samuel 17:27 — And it came to pass, when David was come to Mahanaim (מַחֲנָ֑יְמָה), that Shobi the son of Nahash of Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and Machir the son of Ammiel of Lo-debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite of Rogelim,
• 2 Samuel 19:32 — Now Barzillai was a very aged man, even fourscore years old: and he had provided the king of sustenance while he lay at Mahanaim (בְמַחֲנַ֔יִם); for he was a very great man.
• 1 Kings 2:8 — And, behold, thou hast with thee Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite of Bahurim, which cursed me with a grievous curse in the day when I went to Mahanaim (מַחֲנָ֑יִם): but he came down to meet me at Jordan, and I sware to him by the LORD, saying, I will not put thee to death with the sword.
• 1 Kings 4:14 — Ahinadab the son of Iddo had Mahanaim (מַחֲנָֽיְמָה):
• 1 Chronicles 6:80 — And out of the tribe of Gad; Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs, and Mahanaim (מַחֲנַ֖יִם) with her suburbs,