מַחֲנֶה
maḥăneh
encampment
Strong's H4264NounHebrewTWOT 690c

מַחֲנֶה (maḥăneh) is a Hebrew noun meaning encampment. It appears 216 times in 20 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H4264).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 690c)

Range of meaning (TWOT 690c)encampment, camp; place of encampment; camp of armed host; those who encamp, company, body of people, army, host; band, battle, drove, tents
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

מַחֲנֶה noun, masculine: encampment, camp

Strong's H4264 מַחֲנֶה: 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)
KJV:army, band, battle, camp, company, drove, host, tents.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 690: חָנָה ḥānâ — decline, bend down, encamp; verge toward, incline to, settle at; incline, pitch; abide, camp, dwell, grow to an end, lie, rest in tent

See it in Scripture

Genesis 33:8Exodus 16:13Leviticus 4:12

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