HebrewH4266Noun

מַחֲנַיִם

ma.cha.na.yim

10Occurrences
H4266Strong's #
NounPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Machanajim, a place in Palestine

dual of H4264 (מַחֲנֶה); double camp;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
§ Mahanaim = "two camps" a place east of the Jordan, named from Jacob's encounter with angels

Go beyond grammar.

See how this word works across context, usage, and meaning with AI-assisted word study built for serious Bible study.

Context-aware insightsOriginal language depthFast, practical workflow

Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun

Morphology Code

N:N--L

Full Description

N:N--L

Occurrences

מַחֲנַיִם appears 10 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

2 Samuel
5
Joshua
3
1 Kings
2

Key Passages

1 Kings 2:8BSB

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.’

2 Samuel 17:24BSB

Then David went to Mahanaim, and Absalom crossed the Jordan with all the men of Israel.

2 Samuel 2:8BSB

Meanwhile, Abner son of Ner, the commander of Saul’s army, took Saul’s son Ish-bosheth, moved him to Mahanaim,

2 Samuel 2:29BSB

And all that night Abner and his men marched through the Arabah. They crossed the Jordan, marched all morning, and arrived at Mahanaim.

Joshua 13:30BSB

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;

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.