Encampment
תַּחֲנָהStrong’s H8466tachanah (ta-cha-nah)
Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament
In short
Tachanah is the Hebrew word usually translated “encampments my”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.
“Then the king of Syria warred against Israel, and took counsel with his servants, saying, In such and such a place shall be my camp.”
Meaning
- Encamping, encampment
How it's translated
- encampments my 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 2 Kings 1
1 book in all.
Related words
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Hebrew dictionary
תַּחֲנָה tachanah · encampment
encamping, encampment
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “encampment” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
ENCAMP'MENT, noun
The act of pitching tents or forming huts, as an army or traveling company, for temporary lodging or rest.
- The place where an army or company is encamped; a camp; a regular order of tents or huts for the accommodation of an army or troop.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.