מַחֲנַיִםMachănayim

proper name [of a location]: east of Jordan; name from Jacob's meeting angels (Genesis 32:3; Joshua 13:26; Joshua 13:30; Joshua 21:36; 1 Chronicles 6:65)

Pronunciation: makh-an-ah'-yim · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H4266

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 13 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 32:2 When Jacob saw them, he exclaimed, “This is God’s camp!” So he named the place Mahanaim.
  • Joshua 13:26 It extended from Heshbon to Ramath-mizpeh and Betonim, and from Mahanaim to the territory of Lo-debar.
  • Joshua 13:30 Their territory extended from Mahanaim, including all of Bashan, all the former kingdom of King Og, and the sixty towns of Jair in Bashan.
  • Joshua 21:38 From the tribe of Gad they received the following towns with their pasturelands: Ramoth in Gilead (a city of refuge for those who accidentally killed someone), Mahanaim,
  • 2 Samuel 2:8 But Abner son of Ner, the commander of Saul’s army, had already gone to Mahanaim with Saul’s son Ishbosheth.
  • 2 Samuel 2:12 One day Abner led Ishbosheth’s troops from Mahanaim to Gibeon.
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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).