Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) A cove or recessed portion of a room, or a small room opening into a larger one; as, a dining alcove; especially, a recess to contain a bed; a lateral recess in a library. 2. (n.) A small ornamental building with seats, or an arched seat, in a pleasure ground; a garden bower. 3. (n.) Any natural recess analogous to an alcove or recess in an apartment. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia ALCOVE al'-kov (qubbah; 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).

Multi-Version Concordance Alcove (2 Occurrences) Ezekiel 40:12 and a border before the lodges, one cubit on this side, and a border, one cubit on that side; and the lodges, six cubits on this side, and six cubits on that side. (See NIV) Ezekiel 40:13 He measured the gate from the roof of the one lodge to the roof of the other, a breadth of twenty-five cubits; door against door. (See NIV)