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Lexicon :: Strong's H4631 - mᵊʿārâ

Aa
מְעָרָה
Transliteration
mᵊʿārâ
Pronunciation
meh-aw-raw'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1704a

Strong’s Definitions

מְעָרָה mᵉʻârâh, meh-aw-raw'; from H5783; a cavern (as dark):—cave, den, hole.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 39x

The KJV translates Strong's H4631 in the following manner: cave (36x), den (2x), holes (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 39x
The KJV translates Strong's H4631 in the following manner: cave (36x), den (2x), holes (1x).

  1. cave, den, hole

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מְעָרָה mᵉʻârâh, meh-aw-raw'; from H5783; a cavern (as dark):—cave, den, hole.
STRONGS H4631: Abbreviations
מְעָרָה 40 noun feminine cave; — absolute מ׳ Genesis 19:30 +; construct מְעָרַת Genesis 23:19 +; plural מְעָרוֺת Judges 6:2 +, construct id. Isaiah 2:19; — cave, especially as place of sojourn or refuge Genesis 19:30 (J), 1 Samuel 24:3 (twice in verse); 1 Samuel 24:7, 8, 10 (Ginsb; 1 Samuel 24:4, 8, 9, 11 van d. H. Bear), 1 Kings 19:1, 13; Ezekiel 33:27; Joshua 10:16 (בַמַּקֵּדָה מ׳) + 7 times Joshua 10; Judges 6:2; 1 Samuel 13:6; 1 Kings 18:4, 13, compare Psalm 57:1; Psalm 142:1; מְעָרוֺת צֻרִים Isaiah 2:19, hence פָּרִצִים מ׳ Jeremiah 7:11 robbers' cave; Isaiah 32:14 den (of wild beasts); — עֲדֻלָּם מ׳ 1 Samuel 22:1; 2 Samuel 23:13, whence in || 1 Chronicles 11:15, read probably מְצֻדַת ע׳ or מְצָדַת We, compare Dr, Bu Kit HPS; — as burial place, הַמַּכְפֵּלָה מ׳ Genesis 23:9 + (see מַכְפֵּלָה) = מ׳ alone Genesis 23:11, 17, 20; Genesis 49:29, 32 (all P).
[H4632 אֲשֶׁר לַצִּידֹנִים מ׳ Joshua 13:4 (D), cave-region in Lebanon east of Sidon, modern Mughâr Ǧezzîn, according to most, but dubious; perhaps, rather, near Tyre BuhlMDPV 1895, 55].
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

19:30; 19:30; 23:9; 23:11; 23:17; 23:19; 23:20; 49:29; 49:32

Joshua

10; 10:16

Judges

6:2; 6:2

1 Samuel

13:6; 22:1; 24:3; 24:4; 24:7; 24:8; 24:8; 24:9; 24:10; 24:11

2 Samuel

23:13

1 Kings

18:4; 18:13; 19:1; 19:13

1 Chronicles

11:15

Psalms

57:1; 142:1

Isaiah

2:19; 2:19; 32:14

Jeremiah

7:11

Ezekiel

33:27

H4631

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H4631 matches the Hebrew מְעָרָה (mᵊʿārâ),
which occurs 40 times in 36 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:30 - Then Lot went up out of Zoar to the mountain, and was living there with his two daughters, for fear kept him from living in Zoar: and he and his daughters made their living-place in a hole in the rock.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:9 - That he will give me the hollow in the rock named Machpelah, which is his property at the end of his field; let him give it to me for its full price as a resting-place for my dead among you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:11 - No, my lord, I will give you the field with the hollow in the rock; before all the children of my people will I give it to you for a resting-place for your dead.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:17 - So Ephron's field at Machpelah near Mamre, with the hollow in the rock and all the trees in the field and round it,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:19 - Then Abraham put Sarah his wife to rest in the hollow rock in the field of Machpelah near Mamre, that is, Hebron in the land of Canaan.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:20 - And the field and the hollow rock were handed over to Abraham as his property by the children of Heth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:9 - And Isaac and Ishmael, his sons, put him to rest in the hollow rock of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron, the son of Zohar the Hittite, near Mamre;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:29 - And he gave orders to them, saying, Put me to rest with my people and with my fathers, in the hollow of the rock in the field of Ephron the Hittite,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:30 - In the rock in the field of Machpelah, near Mamre in the land of Canaan, which Abraham got from Ephron the Hittite, to be his resting-place.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:32

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:32 - In the rock in the field which was got for a price from the people of Heth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:13 - For they took him into the land of Canaan and put him to rest in the hollow rock in the field of Machpelah, which Abraham got with the field, for a resting-place, from Ephron the Hittite at Mamre.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:16 - But these five kings went in flight secretly to a hole in the rock at Makkedah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:17 - And word was given to Joshua that the five kings had been taken in a hole in the rock at Makkedah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:18 - And Joshua said, Let great stones be rolled against the mouth of the hole, and let men keep watch by it:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:22 - Then Joshua said, Take away the stones from the mouth of the hole in the rock, and make those five kings come out to me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:23 - And they did so, and made those five kings come out of the hole to him, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, and the king of Eglon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:27 - And when the sun went down, they were taken down from the trees, by Joshua's orders, and put into the hole where they had gone to be safe; and great stones were placed at the mouth of the hole, where they are to this day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:2 - And Midian was stronger than Israel; and because of the Midianites, the children of Israel made holes for themselves in the mountains, and hollows in the rocks, and strong places.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:6 - When the men of Israel saw the danger they were in, (for the people were troubled,) they took cover in cracks in the hillsides and in the woods and in rocks and holes and hollows.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:1 - So David went away from there and took cover in a strong place at Adullam; and his brothers and all his father's people, hearing of it, went down to him there.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:3 - And on the way he came to a place where sheep were kept, where there was a hollow in the rock; and Saul went in for a private purpose. Now David and his men were in the deepest part of the hollow.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:7 - So with these words David kept his servants back, and did not let them make an attack on Saul. And Saul got up and went on his way.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:8 - And after that David came out of the hollow rock, and crying after Saul said, My lord the king. And when Saul gave a look back, David went down on his face and gave him honour.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:10 - Look! you have seen today how the Lord gave you up into my hands even now in the hollow of the rocks: and some would have had me put you to death, but I had pity on you: for I said, Never will my hand be lifted up against my lord, who has been marked with the holy oil.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:13 - And three of the thirty went down at the start of the grain-cutting, and they came to David at the strong place of Adullam; and the band of Philistines had taken up their position in the valley of Rephaim.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:4 - For when Jezebel was cutting off the prophets of the Lord, Obadiah took a hundred of them, and kept them secretly in a hole in the rock, fifty at a time, and gave them bread and water.)

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:13 - Has my lord not had word of what I did when Jezebel was putting the Lord's prophets to death? how I kept a hundred of them in a secret hole in the rock, fifty at a time, and gave them bread and water?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:9 - And there he went into a hole in the rock for the night; then the word of the Lord came to him, saying, What are you doing here, Elijah?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:13 - And Elijah, hearing it, went out, covering his face with his robe, and took his place in the opening of the hole. And there a voice came to him saying, What are you doing here, Elijah?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:15 - And three of the thirty went down to David, to the rock, into the strong place of Adullam; and the army of the Philistines had taken up their position in the valley of Rephaim.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:1 - <To the chief music-maker; put to Al-tashheth. Michtam. Of David. When he went in flight from Saul, in the hole of the rock.> Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy on me; for the hope of my soul is in you: I will keep myself safely under the shade of your wings, till these troubles are past.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 142:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 142:1 - <Maschil. Of David. A prayer when he was in the hole of the rock.> The sound of my cry went up to the Lord; with my voice I made my prayer for grace to the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:19 - And men will go into cracks of the rocks, and into holes of the earth, for fear of the Lord, and before the glory of his power, when he comes out of his place, shaking the earth with his strength.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:14 - For the fair houses will have no man living in them; the town which was full of noise will become a waste; the hill and the watchtower will be unpeopled for ever, a joy for the asses of the woods, a place of food for the flocks;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:11 - Has this house, which is named by my name, become a hole of thieves to you? Truly I, even I, have seen it, says the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:27

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:27 - This is what you are to say to them: The Lord has said, By my life, truly, those who are in the waste places will be put to the sword, and him who is in the open field I will give to the beasts for their food, and those who are in the strong places and in holes in the rocks will come to their death by disease.
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