Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon
מַחֲנַיִם
- Transliteration
- Machănayim
- Pronunciation
- makh-an-ah'-yim
- Language
- Hebrew
- Indexed occurrences
- 13
Glosses
Mahanaim.
Lexicon definition
Machanajim, a place in Palestine
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Mahanaim
A city of the Levites, of the family of Merari, in the tribe of Gad, upon the brook Jabbok, Joshua xxi, 38; xiii, 26. Mahanaim is rendered in the installed Bible Names resource as “tents; two fields; two armies.” This unified study connects 8 installed resource categories without replacing their source records.
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- Hebrew
- מַחֲנַיִם · Machănayim
- Name meaning
- tents; two fields; two armies According to Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
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Complete dictionary entries
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
Mahanaim
tents; two fields; two armies
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A Biblical and Theological Dictionary
MAHANAIM
a city of the Levites, of the family of Merari, in the tribe of Gad, upon the brook Jabbok, Joshua xxi, 38; xiii, 26. The name _Mahanaim_ signifies two hosts,” or two fields.” The patriarch gave it this name because in this place he had a vision of angels coming to meet him, Genesis xxxii, 2. Mahanaim was the seat of the kingdom of Ishbosheth, after the death of Saul, 2 Sam. ii, 9, 12. It was also to this place that David retired during the usurpation of Absalom, 2 Sam. xvii, 24; and this rebellious son was subdued, and suffered death, not far from this city.
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Concordance
Strong's Concordance
Mahanaim
Indexed occurrences: 14
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All Scripture references13 references
Genesis 1
Joshua 3
2 Samuel 6
1 Kings 2
1 Chronicles 1
Topical Bible
Nave's Topical Bible
MAHANAIM
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Nave’s Topical Bible references for MAHANAIM.
Indexed references: 4
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Bible Names
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
Mahanaim
Meaning:
tents; two fields; two armies
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Sources
- Historical Reference: Nave’s Topical Bible — Public domain
- Historical Reference: Hitchcock’s Bible Names Dictionary (1869)
- Historical Reference: Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
- Historical Reference: A Biblical and Theological Dictionary
- Historical Reference: concordance
- Historical Reference: Installed reference work
Ancient Context2 items
Josephus Antiquities Whiston
How David Reigned Over One Tribe At Hebron While The Son Of Saul Reigned Over The Rest Of The Multitude; And How, In The Civil War Which Then Arose Asahel And Abner Were Slain.
Antiquities Book 7, Chapter 1
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How, When Absalom Was Beaten, He Was Caught In A Tree By His Hair And Was Slain
Antiquities Book 7, Chapter 10
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Nave’s Topical Bible references for MAHANAIM.
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Ephraim, Wood of
A forest in which a fatal battle was fought between the army of David and that of Absalom, who was killed there (2 Sam. 18:6, 8). It lay on the east of Jordan, not far from Mahanaim, and was some part of the great forest of Gilead.
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Ittai
Near; timely; or, with the Lord. (1.) A Benjamite, one of David's thirty heroes (2 Sam. 23:29). (2.) A native of Gath, a Philistine, who had apparently the command of the six hundred heroes who formed David's band during his wanderings (2 Sam. 15:19-22; comp. 1 Sam. 23:13; 27:2; 30:9, 10). He is afterwards with David at Mahanaim, holding in the army equal rank with Joab and Abishai (2 Sam. 18:2, 5, 12). He then passes from view.
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Lo-debar
No pasture, (2 Sam. 17:27), a town in Gilead not far from Mahanaim, north of the Jabbok (9:4, 5). It is probably identical with Debir (Josh. 13:26).
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Mahanaim
tents; two fields; two armies
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Shobi
Captor, son of Nahash of Rabbah, the Ammonite. He showed kindness to David when he fled from Jerusalem to Mahanaim (2 Sam. 17:27).
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Waterspouts
(Ps. 42:7; marg. R.V., "cataracts"). If we regard this psalm as descriptive of David's feelings when banished from Jerusalem by the revolt of Absalom, this word may denote "waterfalls," inasmuch as Mahanaim, where he abode, was near the Jabbok, and the region abounded with rapids and falls.
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