This is the name of the place Taanach: Canaanite city allotted to Manasseh, later a Levitical city.
Definition
or תַּעְנָךְ; of uncertain derivation; Taanak or Tanak, a place in Palestine
Traditional renderings: Taanach, Tanach.
Traditional renderings: Taanach, Tanach.
Glossary entries
Where it occurs
Occurrences
7 total
- Joshua 12:21תַּעְנַךְ֙ · of Taanach…the king of Taanach, one; the king of Megiddo, one;
- Joshua 17:11תַעְנַךְ֙ · TaanachWithin Issachar and Asher, Manasseh was assigned Beth-shean, Ibleam, Dor (that is, Naphath), Endor, Taanach, and Megiddo, each with their surrounding settlements.
- Joshua 21:25תַּעְנַךְ֙ · TaanachAnd from the half-tribe of Manasseh they were given Taanach and Gath-rimmon—two cities, together with their pasturelands.
- Judges 1:27תַּעְנַ֣ךְ · TaanachAt that time Manasseh failed to drive out the inhabitants of Beth-shean, Taanach, Dor, Ibleam, Megiddo, and their villages; for the Canaanites were determined to dwell in that land.
- Judges 5:19בְּתַעְנַ֖ךְ · at TaanachKings came and fought; then the kings of Canaan fought at Taanach by the waters of Megiddo, but they took no plunder of silver.
- 1 Kings 4:12תַּעְנַ֖ךְ · in TaanachBaana son of Ahilud in Taanach, in Megiddo, and in all of Beth-shean next to Zarethan below Jezreel, from Beth-shean to Abel-meholah and on past Jokmeam;
- 1 Chronicles 7:29תַּעְנַ֣ךְ · TaanachAnd along the borders of Manasseh were Beth-shean, Taanach, Megiddo, and Dor, together with their villages. The descendants of Joseph son of Israel lived in these towns.