מַחֲנֶה

Strong’s Definition

an 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)

Etymology & Derivation

from H2583 (חָנָה);

KJV Usage

army, band, battle, camp, company, drove, host, tents.

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.encampment, camp
• 2.camp, place of encampment
• 3.camp of armed host, army camp
• 4.those who encamp, company, body of people

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: machăneh; Pronunciation: makh-an-eh'