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Lexicon :: Strong's H4583 - māʿôn

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מָעוֹן
Transliteration
māʿôn
Pronunciation
maw-ohn'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From the same as עוֹנָה (H5772)
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TWOT Reference: 1581a

Strong’s Definitions

מָעוֹן mâʻôwn, maw-ohn'; or מָעִין mâʻîyn; (1 Chronicles 4:41), from the same as H5772; an abode, of God (the Tabernacle or the Temple), men (their home) or animals (their lair); hence, a retreat (asylum):—den, dwelling((-) place), habitation.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 19x

The KJV translates Strong's H4583 in the following manner: habitation (10x), dwelling (4x), den (2x), dwelling place (2x), dwellingplace (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 19x
The KJV translates Strong's H4583 in the following manner: habitation (10x), dwelling (4x), den (2x), dwelling place (2x), dwellingplace (1x).

  1. dwelling, habitation, refuge

    1. lair, refuge (of jackals)

    2. dwelling

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מָעוֹן mâʻôwn, maw-ohn'; or מָעִין mâʻîyn; (1 Chronicles 4:41), from the same as H5772; an abode, of God (the Tabernacle or the Temple), men (their home) or animals (their lair); hence, a retreat (asylum):—den, dwelling((-) place), habitation.
STRONGS H4583: Abbreviations
† I. מָעוֺן noun [masculine] dwelling, habitation; — absolute מ׳ Psalm 71:3 +, construct מְעוֺן Jeremiah 25:30 +, suffix מְעוֺנֶ֑ךָ Psalm 91:9, etc.; —
1. lair of jackals Jeremiah 9:10; Jeremiah 10:22; Jeremiah 49:33; Jeremiah 51:37 (all of desolated cities); אֲרָיוֺת מ׳ Nahum 2:12 (|| מִרְעֶה; figurative of Nineveh).
2. dwelling of י׳ :
a. in heaven קָדְשְׁךָ מ׳ Deuteronomy 26:15 compare Jeremiah 25:30 (|| מָרוֺם), Zechariah 2:17; Psalm 68:6; 2 Chronicles 30:27.
b. in temple בְּיתֶ֑ךָ מ׳ Psalm 26:8, מְעוֺנוֺ 2 Chronicles 36:15 (only here alone).
3. figurative of י׳ as abode of his people, צוּר מ׳ Psalm 71:3, מ׳ alone Psalm 90:1; Psalm 91:9. — מ׳ 1 Samuel 2:29, 32 is unintelligible (see Commentaries), possibly read מְעוֺיֵן (eyeing [enviously], see עין denominative) Klo HPS, compare Greek Version of the LXX Bu. מְעוֺנָהּ Zephaniah 3:7 is difficult in context, Greek Version of the LXX We Now read מֵעֵינֶיה (compare Joshua 9:23; 2 Samuel 3:29).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Deuteronomy

26:15

Joshua

9:23

1 Samuel

2:29; 2:32

2 Samuel

3:29

2 Chronicles

30:27; 36:15

Psalms

26:8; 68:6; 71:3; 71:3; 90:1; 91:9; 91:9

Jeremiah

9:10; 10:22; 25:30; 25:30; 49:33; 51:37

Nahum

2:12

Zephaniah

3:7

H4583

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Strong's Number H4583 matches the Hebrew מָעוֹן (māʿôn),
which occurs 17 times in 17 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 26:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:15 - Look down from heaven, your holy dwelling place, and bless your people Israel and the land you have given us as you promised on oath to our ancestors, a land flowing with milk and honey.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 2:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:29 - Why do you[fn] scorn my sacrifice and offering that I prescribed for my dwelling? Why do you honor your sons more than me by fattening yourselves on the choice parts of every offering made by my people Israel?’

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 2:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:32 - and you will see distress in my dwelling. Although good will be done to Israel, no one in your family line will ever reach old age.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 30:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:27 - The priests and the Levites stood to bless the people, and God heard them, for their prayer reached heaven, his holy dwelling place.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 36:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:15 - The LORD, the God of their ancestors, sent word to them through his messengers again and again, because he had pity on his people and on his dwelling place.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 26:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 26:8 - LORD, I love the house where you live, the place where your glory dwells.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 68:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:5 - A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in his holy dwelling.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 71:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:3 - Be my rock of refuge, to which I can always go; give the command to save me, for you are my rock and my fortress.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 90:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:1 - A prayer of Moses the man of God. Lord, you have been our dwelling place throughout all generations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 91:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 91:9 - If you say, “The LORD is my refuge,” and you make the Most High your dwelling,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 9:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:11 - “I will make Jerusalem a heap of ruins, a haunt of jackals; and I will lay waste the towns of Judah so no one can live there.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 10:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:22 - Listen! The report is coming— a great commotion from the land of the north! It will make the towns of Judah desolate, a haunt of jackals.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:30 - “Now prophesy all these words against them and say to them: “ ‘The LORD will roar from on high; he will thunder from his holy dwelling and roar mightily against his land. He will shout like those who tread the grapes, shout against all who live on the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 49:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:33 - “Hazor will become a haunt of jackals, a desolate place forever. No one will live there; no people will dwell in it.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:37

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:37 - Babylon will be a heap of ruins, a haunt of jackals, an object of horror and scorn, a place where no one lives.

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:11 - Where now is the lions’ den, the place where they fed their young, where the lion and lioness went, and the cubs, with nothing to fear?

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 2:13

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 2:13 - Be still before the LORD, all mankind, because he has roused himself from his holy dwelling.”
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