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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).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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 from Thy holy habitation, from the heavens, and bless Thy people Israel, and the ground which Thou hast given to us, as Thou hast sworn to our fathers -- a land flowing with milk and honey.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 2:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:29 - Why do ye kick at My sacrifice, and at Mine offering which I commanded in My habitation, and dost honour thy sons above Me, to make yourselves fat from the first part of every offering of Israel, of My people?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 2:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:32 - and thou hast beheld an adversary in My habitation, in all that He doth good with Israel, and there is not an old man in thy house all the days.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 30:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:27 - and the priests, the Levites, rise and bless the people, and their voice is heard, and their prayer cometh in to His holy habitation, to the heavens.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 36:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:15 - And Jehovah, God of their fathers, sendeth unto them by the hand of His messengers -- rising early and sending -- for He hath had pity on His people, and on His habitation,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 26:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 26:8 - Jehovah, I have loved the habitation of Thy house, And the place of the tabernacle of Thine honour.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 68:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:5 - Father of the fatherless, and judge of the widows, Is God in His holy habitation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 71:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:3 - Be to me for a rock -- a habitation, To go in continually, Thou hast given command to save me, For my rock and my bulwark art Thou.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 90:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:1 - A Prayer of Moses, the man of God. Lord, a habitation Thou -- Thou hast been, To us -- in generation and generation,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 91:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 91:9 - (For Thou, O Jehovah, art my refuge,) The Most High thou madest thy habitation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 9:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:11 - And I make Jerusalem become heaps, A habitation of dragons, And the cities of Judah I make a desolation, Without inhabitant.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 10:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:22 - A voice of a report, lo, it hath come, Even a great shaking from the north country, To make the cities of Judah a desolation, A habitation of dragons.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:30 - And thou, thou dost prophesy unto them all these words, and hast said unto them: Jehovah from the high place doth roar, And from His holy habitation giveth forth His voice, He surely roareth for His habitation, A shout as of treaders down, God answereth all the inhabitants of the land,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 49:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:33 - And Hazor hath been for a habitation of dragons, A desolation -- unto the age, No one doth dwell there, nor sojourn in it doth a son of man!'

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:37

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:37 - And Babylon hath been for heaps, A habitation of dragons, An astonishment, and a hissing, without inhabitant.

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:11 - Where is the habitation of lionesses? And a feeding-place it is for young lions Where walked hath a lion, an old lion, A lion's whelp, and there is none troubling.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 2:13

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 2:13 - Hush, all flesh, because of Jehovah, For He hath been roused up from His holy habitation!'
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