Strong's Hebrew · H4266
H4266 Machănayim
מַחֲנַיִם
makh-an-ah'-yim
Mahanaim
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Machănayim appears 13 times in Scripture, including Genesis 32:2 and Joshua 13:26. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
Machanajim, a place in Palestine
In the King James Version
Mahanaim.
Derivation
dual of H4264 (מַחֲנֶה); double camp;
Appears 13 times in Scripture
“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.”
“Meanwhile, Abner son of Ner, the commander of Saul’s army, took Saul’s son Ish-bosheth, moved him to Mahanaim,”
“the territory from Heshbon to Ramath-mizpeh and Betonim, and from Mahanaim to the border of Debir;”
“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;”
“One day Abner son of Ner and the servants of Ish-bosheth son of Saul marched out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.”
“Then David went to Mahanaim, and Absalom crossed the Jordan with all the men of Israel.”
“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.”
“And from the tribe of Gad they were given Ramoth in Gilead, a city of refuge for the manslayer, Mahanaim,”
“When Jacob saw them, he said, “This is the camp of God.” So he named that place Mahanaim.”
“And all that night Abner and his men marched through the Arabah. They crossed the Jordan, marched all morning, and arrived at Mahanaim.”
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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).
