Strong’s H4266 · Hebrew

מַחֲנַיִם
Machănayim
makh-an-ah'-yim

Definition

Machanajim, a place in Palestine

Etymology

dual of H4264 (מַחֲנֶה); double camp;

Where the KJV renders it

  • Mahanaim

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