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מַחֲנֶה

ma.cha.nehcampHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentNoun · feminine215 occurrences20 books189 verses

Definition

from H2583; 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)
Traditional renderings: army, band, battle, camp, company, drove, host, tents.

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders מַחֲנֶה:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

215 total
  1. Genesis 32:2מַחֲנֵ֥ה · is the camp
    When Jacob saw them, he said, “This is the camp of God.” So he named that place Mahanaim.
  2. Genesis 32:7מַחֲנֽוֹת׃ · camps
    In great fear and distress, Jacob divided his people into two camps, as well as the flocks and herds and camels.
  3. Genesis 32:8הַמַּחֲנֶ֥ה · camp; הַמַּחֲנֶ֥ה · camp
    He thought, “If Esau comes and attacks one camp, then the other camp can escape.”
  4. Genesis 32:10מַחֲנֽוֹת׃ · camps
    I am unworthy of all the kindness and faithfulness You have shown Your servant. Indeed, with only my staff I came across the Jordan, but now I have become two camps.
  5. Genesis 32:21בַּֽמַּחֲנֶֽה׃ · in the camp
    So Jacob’s gifts went on before him, while he spent the night in the camp.
  6. Genesis 33:8הַמַּחֲנֶ֥ה · company
    “What do you mean by sending this whole company to meet me?” asked Esau. “To find favor in your sight, my lord,” Jacob answered.
  7. Genesis 50:9הַֽמַּחֲנֶ֖ה · procession
    Chariots and horsemen alike went up with him, and it was an exceedingly large procession.
  8. Exodus 14:19מַחֲנֵ֣ה · the camp
    And the angel of God, who had gone before the camp of Israel, withdrew and went behind them. The pillar of cloud also moved from before them and stood behind them,
  9. Exodus 14:20מַחֲנֵ֣ה · the camps; מַחֲנֵ֣ה
    …so that it came between the camps of Egypt and Israel. The cloud was there in the darkness, but it lit up the night. So all night long neither camp went near the other.
  10. Exodus 14:24מַחֲנֵ֣ה · the army; מַחֲנֵ֥ה
    At morning watch, however, the LORD looked down on the army of the Egyptians from the pillar of fire and cloud, and He threw their camp into confusion.
  11. Exodus 16:13הַֽמַּחֲנֶ֑ה · the camp; לַֽמַּחֲנֶֽה׃ · the camp
    That evening quail came and covered the camp, and in the morning there was a layer of dew around the camp.
  12. Exodus 19:16בַּֽמַּחֲנֶֽה׃ · in the camp
    On the third day, when morning came, there was thunder and lightning. A thick cloud was upon the mountain, and a very loud blast of the ram’s horn went out, so that all the people in the camp trembled.
  13. Exodus 19:17הַֽמַּחֲנֶ֑ה · the camp
    Then Moses brought the people out of the camp to meet with God, and they stood at the foot of the mountain.
  14. Exodus 29:14לַֽמַּחֲנֶ֑ה · the camp
    But burn the flesh of the bull and its hide and dung outside the camp; it is a sin offering.
  15. Exodus 32:17בַּֽמַּחֲנֶה׃ · [is] in the camp
    When Joshua heard the sound of the people shouting, he said to Moses, “The sound of war is in the camp.”
  16. Exodus 32:19הַֽמַּחֲנֶ֔ה · the camp
    As Moses approached the camp and saw the calf and the dancing, he burned with anger and threw the tablets out of his hands, shattering them at the base of the mountain.
  17. Exodus 32:26הַֽמַּחֲנֶ֔ה · to the camp
    So Moses stood at the entrance to the camp and said, “Whoever is for the LORD, come to me.” And all the Levites gathered around him.
  18. Exodus 32:27בַּֽמַּחֲנֶ֔ה · through the camp
    He told them, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Each of you men is to fasten his sword to his side, go back and forth through the camp from gate to gate, and slay his brother, his friend, and his neighbor.’”
  19. Exodus 33:7לַֽמַּחֲנֶ֗ה; הַֽמַּחֲנֶ֔ה · the camp; לַֽמַּחֲנֶֽה׃ · the camp
    Now Moses used to take the tent and pitch it at a distance outside the camp. He called it the Tent of Meeting, and anyone inquiring of the LORD would go to the Tent of Meeting outside the camp.
  20. Exodus 33:11הַֽמַּחֲנֶ֔ה · the camp
    Thus the LORD would speak to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend. Then Moses would return to the camp, but his young assistant Joshua son of Nun would not leave the tent.
  21. Exodus 36:6בַּֽמַּחֲנֶה֮ · throughout the camp
    After Moses had given an order, they sent a proclamation throughout the camp: “No man or woman should make anything else as an offering for the sanctuary.” So the people were restrained from bringing more,
  22. Leviticus 4:12לַֽמַּחֲנֶ֜ה · the camp
    …all the rest of the bull—he must take outside the camp to a ceremonially clean place where the ashes are poured out, and there he must burn it on a wood fire on the ash heap.
  23. Leviticus 4:21לַֽמַּחֲנֶ֔ה · the camp
    Then he is to take the bull outside the camp and burn it, just as he burned the first bull. It is the sin offering for the assembly.
  24. Leviticus 6:11לַֽמַּחֲנֶ֔ה · the camp
    Then he must take off his garments, put on other clothes, and carry the ashes outside the camp to a ceremonially clean place.
  25. Leviticus 8:17לַֽמַּחֲנֶ֑ה · the camp
    But the bull with its hide, flesh, and dung he burned outside the camp, as the LORD had commanded him.
  26. Leviticus 9:11לַֽמַּחֲנֶֽה׃ · the camp
    But he burned up the flesh and the hide outside the camp.
  27. Leviticus 10:4לַֽמַּחֲנֶֽה׃ · the camp
    Moses summoned Mishael and Elzaphan, sons of Aaron’s uncle Uzziel, and said to them, “Come here; carry the bodies of your cousins outside the camp, away from the front of the sanctuary.”
  28. Leviticus 10:5לַֽמַּחֲנֶ֑ה · the camp
    So they came forward and carried them, still in their tunics, outside the camp, as Moses had directed.
  29. Leviticus 13:46לַֽמַּחֲנֶ֖ה · the camp
    As long as he has the infection, he remains unclean. He must live alone in a place outside the camp.
  30. Leviticus 14:3לַֽמַּחֲנֶ֑ה · the camp
    The priest is to go outside the camp to examine him, and if the skin disease of the afflicted person has healed,
  31. Leviticus 14:8הַֽמַּחֲנֶ֑ה · the camp
    The one being cleansed must wash his clothes, shave off all his hair, and bathe with water; then he will be ceremonially clean. Afterward, he may enter the camp, but he must remain outside his tent for seven days.
  32. Leviticus 16:26הַֽמַּחֲנֶֽה׃ · the camp
    The man who released the goat as the scapegoat must wash his clothes and bathe himself with water; afterward he may reenter the camp.
  33. Leviticus 16:27לַֽמַּחֲנֶ֑ה · the camp
    The bull for the sin offering and the goat for the sin offering, whose blood was brought into the Most Holy Place to make atonement, must be taken outside the camp; and their hides, flesh, and dung must be burned up.
  34. Leviticus 16:28הַֽמַּחֲנֶֽה׃ · the camp
    The one who burns them must wash his clothes and bathe himself with water, and afterward he may reenter the camp.
  35. Leviticus 17:3בַּֽמַּחֲנֶ֑ה · in the camp; לַֽמַּחֲנֶֽה׃ · of [it]
    ‘Anyone from the house of Israel who slaughters an ox, a lamb, or a goat in the camp or outside of it
  36. Leviticus 24:10בַּֽמַּחֲנֶ֔ה · in the camp
    Now the son of an Israelite mother and an Egyptian father went out among the Israelites, and a fight broke out in the camp between him and an Israelite.
  37. Leviticus 24:14לַֽמַּחֲנֶ֔ה · the camp
    “Take the blasphemer outside the camp, and have all who heard him lay their hands on his head; then have the whole assembly stone him.
  38. Leviticus 24:23לַֽמַּחֲנֶ֔ה · the camp
    Then Moses spoke to the Israelites, and they took the blasphemer outside the camp and stoned him. So the Israelites did as the LORD had commanded Moses.
  39. Numbers 1:52מַחֲנֵ֛הוּ · his own camp
    The Israelites are to camp by their divisions, each man in his own camp and under his own standard.
  40. Numbers 2:3מַחֲנֵ֥ה
    On the east side, toward the sunrise, the divisions of Judah are to camp under their standard: The leader of the Judahites is Nahshon son of Amminadab,
  41. Numbers 2:9לְמַחֲנֵ֣ה · of the camp
    The total number of men in the divisions of the camp of Judah is 186,400; they shall set out first.
  42. Numbers 2:10מַחֲנֵ֧ה · are to camp
    On the south side, the divisions of Reuben are to camp under their standard: The leader of the Reubenites is Elizur son of Shedeur,
  43. Numbers 2:16לְמַחֲנֵ֣ה · of the camp
    The total number of men in the divisions of the camp of Reuben is 151,450; they shall set out second.