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encamping

Meaning of “encamping”

Present-participial or verbal-noun form of encamp, meaning to pitch or occupy a camp.

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KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
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First occurrence: Exodus 14:9

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Exodus 14:9
But the Egyptians pursued after them, all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, and his horsemen, and his army, and overtook them encamping by the sea, beside Pi-hahiroth, before Baal-zephon.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Exodus 14:9 · retained source text

But the Egyptians pursued after them (all the horses and charets of Pharaoh, and his horsemen, and his army) and ouertooke them encamping by the sea, beside Pi-hahiroth before Baal-Zephon.

1611 marginal noteIosh. 24.6. 1.macc. 4.9.

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Historical English dictionary sources

Historical definitions

Pitching tents or forming huts, for a temporary lodging or rest.

volume 1, leaf 674, column 1 (main_dictionary)