תַּעֲנָךְTaʻănâk
Taanak or Tanak, a place in Palestine
Pronunciation: tah-an-awk' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H8590
Meanings
proper name [of a location]: in Great Plain, usually named with Megiddo: old Canaanite city (Joshua 21:25; 1 Chronicles 7:29; Judges 5:19; Joshua 12:21; Joshua 17:11)
Where it appears
Appears 7 times in the Bible.
- Joshua 12:21 The king of Taanach The king of Megiddo
- Joshua 17:11 The following towns within the territory of Issachar and Asher, however, were given to Manasseh: Beth-shan, Ibleam, Dor (that is, Naphoth-dor), Endor, Taanach, and Megiddo, each with their surrounding settlements.
- Joshua 21:25 The half-tribe of Manasseh allotted the following towns with their pasturelands to the priests: Taanach and Gath-rimmon—two towns.
- Judges 1:27 The tribe of Manasseh failed to drive out the people living in Beth-shan, Taanach, Dor, Ibleam, Megiddo, and all their surrounding settlements, because the Canaanites were determined to stay in that region.
- Judges 5:19 “The kings of Canaan came and fought, at Taanach near Megiddo’s springs, but they carried off no silver treasures.
- 1 Kings 4:12 Baana son of Ahilud, in Taanach and Megiddo, all of Beth-shan near Zarethan below Jezreel, and all the territory from Beth-shan to Abel-meholah and over to Jokmeam.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).