{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H4264",
  "lemma": "מַחֲנֶה",
  "transliteration": "machăneh",
  "definition": "an encampment (of travellers or troops); hence, an army, whether literal (of soldiers) or figurative (of dancers, angels, cattle, locusts, stars; or even…",
  "kjv": "army, band, battle, camp, company, drove, host, tents.",
  "occurrences": 216,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "builtFrom": [
    {
      "id": "H2583",
      "lemma": "חָנָה",
      "transliteration": "chânâh",
      "meaning": "to incline",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/word/H2583"
    }
  ],
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "מַחֲנֶה 214 n.m. and f. encampment, camp",
    "1. camp, place of encampment",
    "2. camp of armed host",
    "a. those who encamp",
    "b. company, body of people",
    "c. army, host"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 32:3",
      "text": "When he saw them, Jacob said, “This is God’s army.” He called the name of that place Mahanaim.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/32?v=3"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 32:8",
      "text": "Then Jacob was greatly afraid and was distressed. He divided the people who were with him, along with the flocks, the…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/32?v=8"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 32:9",
      "text": "He said, “If Esau comes to the one company, and strikes it, then the company which is left will escape.”",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/32?v=9"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 32:11",
      "text": "I am not worthy of the least of all the loving kindnesses, and of all the truth, which you have shown to your servant…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/32?v=11"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 32:22",
      "text": "So the present passed over before him, and he himself stayed that night in the camp.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/32?v=22"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 33:8",
      "text": "Esau said, “What do you mean by all this company which I met?” Jacob said, “To find favor in the sight of my lord.”",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/33?v=8"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 50:9",
      "text": "Both chariots and horsemen went up with him. It was a very great company.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/50?v=9"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 14:19",
      "text": "The angel of God, who went before the camp of Israel, moved and went behind them; and the pillar of cloud moved from…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/14?v=19"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 14:20",
      "text": "It came between the camp of Egypt and the camp of Israel. There was the cloud and the darkness, yet it gave light by…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/14?v=20"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 14:24",
      "text": "In the morning watch, the LORD looked out on the Egyptian army through the pillar of fire and of cloud, and confused…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/14?v=24"
    }
  ],
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