Alcove

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Webster's Dictionary [1]

(1): (n.) A small ornamental building with seats, or an arched seat, in a pleasure ground; a garden bower.

(2): (n.) A recessed portion of a room, or a small room opening into a larger one; especially, a recess to contain a bed; a lateral recess in a library.

(3): (n.) Any natural recess analogous to an alcove or recess in an apartment.

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [2]

Alcove . RVm [Note: Revised Version margin.] (  Numbers 25:8 ) for RV [Note: Revised Version.] ‘pavilion,’ AV [Note: Authorized Version.] ‘tent.’ See Pavilion.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [3]

al´kōv ( קבּה , ḳubbāh  ; the King James Version tent; the American Standard Revised Version pavilion; the American Revised Version, margin alcove): Perhaps a large tent occupied by a prince ( Numbers 25:8 ).

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