machanayim · Mahanaim

What it means

machanayim (מַחֲנַיִם) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Mahanaim”.

"two camps". A place east of the Jordan.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Genesis×1
• Joshua×3
• 2 Samuel×6
• 1 Kings×2
• 1 Chronicles×1

• Genesis 32:2

  Jacob said when he saw them, “This is the camp of Elohim!” So he called the name of that place Mahanaim.

• Joshua 13:26

  and from Heshbon to Ramath-mizpeh and Betonim, and from Mahanaim to the border of Debir;

• Joshua 13:30

  And their territory was from Mahanaim: all Bashan, all the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, and all Havvoth-jair, which are in Bashan, sixty cities;

• Joshua 21:38

  And from the tribe of Gad: Ramoth in Gilead, the city of refuge for the manslayer, with its pasturelands, and Mahanaim with its pasturelands,

• 2 Samuel 2:8

  But Abner son of Ner, the commander of Saul’s army, had taken Ish-bosheth son of Saul and brought him over to Mahanaim,

• 2 Samuel 2:12

  Abner son of Ner and the servants of Ish-bosheth son of Saul went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.

• 2 Samuel 2:29

  And Abner and his men went through the Arabah all that night; they crossed the Jordan, went through the whole Bithron, and came to Mahanaim.

• 2 Samuel 17:24

  David came to Mahanaim, and Absalom crossed the Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him.

• 2 Samuel 17:27

  When David came to Mahanaim, Shobi son of Nahash from Rabbah of the sons of Ammon, and Machir son of Ammiel from Lo-debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite from Rogelim

• 2 Samuel 19:32

  Barzillai was very old, eighty years old, and he had provided for the king while he stayed at Mahanaim, for he was a very rich man.

• 1 Kings 2:8

  And there is with you Shimei son of Gera, the Benjaminite from Bahurim, who cursed me with a grievous curse on the day I went to Mahanaim; but he came down to meet me at the Jordan, and I swore to him by YHWH, saying, ‘I will not put you to death with the sword.’

• 1 Kings 4:14

  Ahinadab son of Iddo, at Mahanaim;

• 1 Chronicles 6:80

  and from the tribe of Gad: Ramoth in Gilead with its pasturelands, Mahanaim with its pasturelands,