The meaning of “מַחֲנֶה”
Understanding machăneh reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
army, band, battle, camp, company, drove, host, tents. - an encampment (of travellers or troops) - hence, an army, wheth...
מַחֲנֶה
army, band, battle, camp, company, drove, host, tents. - 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 1a) camp, place of encampment 1b) camp of armed host, army camp 1c) those who encamp, company, body of people
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Genesis 32:10 | “I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hast shewed unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I am become two bands.” Word: מַחֲנֶה (machăneh) | |
| Deuteronomy 23:11 | “But it shall be, when evening cometh on, he shall wash himself with water: and when the sun is down, he shall come into the camp again.” Word: מַחֲנֶה (machăneh) | |
| 2 Samuel 5:24 | “And let it be, when thou hearest the sound of a going in the tops of the mulberry trees, that then thou shalt bestir thyself: for then shall the Lord go out before thee, to smite the host of the Philistines.” Word: מַחֲנֶה (machăneh) | |
| 2 Chronicles 22:1 | “And the inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ahaziah his youngest son king in his stead: for the band of men that came with the Arabians to the camp had slain all the eldest. So Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah reigned.” Word: מַחֲנֶה (machăneh) | |
| Ezekiel 4:2 | “And lay siege against it, and build a fort against it, and cast a mount against it; set the camp also against it, and set battering rams against it round about.” Word: מַחֲנֶה (machăneh) |