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Lexicon :: Strong's H4583 - māʿôn

Aa
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 BoxDeu 26:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:15 - So, looking down from your holy place in heaven, send your blessing on your people Israel and on the land which you have given us, as you said in your oath to our fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:29 - Why then are you looking with envy on my offerings of meat and of meal which were ordered by my word, honouring your sons before me, and making yourselves fat with all the best of the offerings of Israel, my people?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:32 - And never again will there be an old man in your family.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:27 - Then the priests and the Levites gave the people a blessing: and the voice of their prayer went up to the holy place of God in heaven.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:15 - And the Lord, the God of their fathers, sent word to them by his servants, sending early and frequently, because he had pity on his people and on his living-place;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 26:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 26:8 - Lord, your house has been dear to me, and the resting-place of your glory.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:5 - A father to those who have no father, a judge of the widows, is God in his holy place.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:3 - Be my strong Rock, the strong place of my salvation; for you are my Rock, and my safe place.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:1 - <A Prayer of Moses, the man of God.> Lord, you have been our resting-place in all generations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 91:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 91:9 - Because you have said, I am in the hands of the Lord, the Most High is my safe resting-place;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:11 - And I will make Jerusalem a mass of broken stones, the living-place of jackals; and I will make the towns of Judah a waste, with no man living there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:22 - News is going about, see, it is coming, a great shaking is coming from the north country, so that the towns of Judah may be made waste and become the living-place of jackals.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:30 - So, as a prophet, give out these words among them, and say to them, The voice of the Lord will be sounding like a lion from on high; he will send out his voice from his holy place, like the loud voice of a lion, against his flock; he will give a cry, like those who are crushing the grapes, against all the people of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:33 - And Hazor will be a hole for jackals, a waste for ever: no one will be living in it, and no son of man will have a resting-place there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:37

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:37 - And Babylon will become a mass of broken walls, a hole for jackals, a cause of wonder and surprise, without a living man in it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:11 - Where is the lions' hole, the place where the young lions got their food, where the lion and the she-lion were walking with their young, without cause for fear?

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 2:13

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 2:13 - Let all flesh be quiet and make no sound before the Lord: for he is awake and has come from his holy resting-place.
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