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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 your holy dwelling place in heaven and bless your people Israel and the land you have given us, just as you promised 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 are you scorning my sacrifice and my offering that I commanded for my dwelling place? You have honored your sons more than you have me by having made yourselves fat from the best parts of all the offerings of my people Israel.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 2:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:32 - You will see trouble in my dwelling place! Israel will experience blessings, but there will not be an old man in your house for all time.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 30:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:27 - The priests and Levites got up and pronounced blessings on the people. The LORD responded favorably to them as their prayers reached his holy dwelling place in heaven.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 36:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:15 - The LORD God of their ancestors continually warned them through his messengers, for he felt compassion for his people and his dwelling place.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 26:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 26:8 - O LORD, I love the temple where you live, the place where your splendor is revealed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 68:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:5 - He is a father to the fatherless and an advocate for widows. God rules from his holy palace.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 71:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:3 - Be my protector and refuge, a stronghold where I can be safe! For you are my high ridge and my stronghold.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 90:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:1 - O Lord, you have been our protector through all generations!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 91:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 91:9 - For you have taken refuge in the LORD, my shelter, the sovereign One.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 9:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:11 - The LORD said, "I will make Jerusalem a heap of ruins. Jackals will make their home there. I will destroy the towns of Judah so that no one will be able to live in them."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 10:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:22 - Listen! News is coming even now. The rumble of a great army is heard approaching from a land in the north. It is coming to turn the towns of Judah into rubble, places where only jackals live.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:30 - "Then, Jeremiah, make the following prophecy against them: 'Like a lion about to attack, the LORD will roar from the heights of heaven; from his holy dwelling on high he will roar loudly. He will roar mightily against his land. He will shout in triumph like those stomping juice from the grapes against all those who live on the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 49:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:33 - "Hazor will become a permanent wasteland, a place where only jackals live. No one will live there. No human being will settle in it."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:37

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:37 - Babylon will become a heap of ruins. Jackals will make their home there. It will become an object of horror and of hissing 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 den of the lions, the feeding place of the young lions, where the lion, lioness, and lion cub once prowled and no one disturbed them?

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 2:13

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 2:13 - Be silent in the LORD's presence, all people everywhere, for he is being moved to action in his holy dwelling place.
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