מַחֲנֵה־דָןMachănêh-Dân
proper name [of a location]: camp of Dan (Judges 13:25; Judges 18:12)
Pronunciation: makh-an-ay'-dawn · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H4265
Same root
- מַחֲנֶהmachăneh · H4264an 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)
- דָּןDân · H1835Dan, one of the sons of Jacob; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory; likewise a place in Palestine colonized by them
Where it appears
Appears 4 times in the Bible.
- Judges 13:25 And the Spirit of the Lord began to stir him while he lived in Mahaneh-dan, which is located between the towns of Zorah and Eshtaol.
- Judges 18:12 They camped at a place west of Kiriath-jearim in Judah, which is called Mahaneh-dan to this day.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).