1. an encampment
1) the camp of Israel in the desert 1a1. used for the city of Jerusalem, inasmuch as that was to the Israelites what formerly the encampment had been in the desert 1a2. of the sacred congregation or assembly of Israel, as it had been gathered formerly in camps in the wilderness 2) the barracks of the Roman soldiers, which at Jerusalem were in the castle of Antonia 2. an army in a line of battle |