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Lexicon :: Strong's H4631 - mᵊʿārâ

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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 Box Gen 19:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:30 - Lot and his two daughters left Zoar and settled in the mountains, for he was afraid to stay in Zoar. He and his two daughters lived in a cave.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 23:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:9 - so he will sell me the cave of Machpelah, which belongs to him and is at the end of his field. Ask him to sell it to me for the full price as a burial site among you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 23:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:11 - “No, my lord,” he said. “Listen to me; I give[fn] you the field, and I give[fn] you the cave that is in it. I give[fn] it to you in the presence of my people. Bury your dead.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 23:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:17 - So Ephron’s field in Machpelah near Mamre—both the field and the cave in it, and all the trees within the borders of the field—was deeded

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 23:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:19 - Afterward Abraham buried his wife Sarah in the cave in the field of Machpelah near Mamre (which is at Hebron) in the land of Canaan.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 23:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:20 - So the field and the cave in it were deeded to Abraham by the Hittites as a burial site.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 25:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:9 - His sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah near Mamre, in the field of Ephron son of Zohar the Hittite,

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 49:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:29 - Then he gave them these instructions: “I am about to be gathered to my people. Bury me with my fathers in the cave in the field of Ephron the Hittite,

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 49:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:30 - the cave in the field of Machpelah, near Mamre in Canaan, which Abraham bought along with the field as a burial place from Ephron the Hittite.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 49:32

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:32 - The field and the cave in it were bought from the Hittites.[fn]”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 50:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:13 - They carried him to the land of Canaan and buried him in the cave in the field of Machpelah, near Mamre, which Abraham had bought along with the field as a burial place from Ephron the Hittite.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 10:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:16 - Now the five kings had fled and hidden in the cave at Makkedah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 10:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:17 - When Joshua was told that the five kings had been found hiding in the cave at Makkedah,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 10:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:18 - he said, “Roll large rocks up to the mouth of the cave, and post some men there to guard it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 10:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:22 - Joshua said, “Open the mouth of the cave and bring those five kings out to me.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 10:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:23 - So they brought the five kings out of the cave—the kings of Jerusalem, Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish and Eglon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 10:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:27 - At sunset Joshua gave the order and they took them down from the poles and threw them into the cave where they had been hiding. At the mouth of the cave they placed large rocks, which are there to this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:2 - Because the power of Midian was so oppressive, the Israelites prepared shelters for themselves in mountain clefts, caves and strongholds.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 13:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:6 - When the Israelites saw that their situation was critical and that their army was hard pressed, they hid in caves and thickets, among the rocks, and in pits and cisterns.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 22:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:1 - David left Gath and escaped to the cave of Adullam. When his brothers and his father’s household heard about it, they went down to him there.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 24:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:3 - He came to the sheep pens along the way; a cave was there, and Saul went in to relieve himself. David and his men were far back in the cave.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 24:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:7 - With these words David sharply rebuked his men and did not allow them to attack Saul. And Saul left the cave and went his way.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 24:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:8 - Then David went out of the cave and called out to Saul, “My lord the king!” When Saul looked behind him, David bowed down and prostrated himself with his face to the ground.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 24:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:10 - This day you have seen with your own eyes how the LORD delivered you into my hands in the cave. Some urged me to kill you, but I spared you; I said, ‘I will not lay my hand on my lord, because he is the LORD’s anointed.’

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 23:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:13 - During harvest time, three of the thirty chief warriors came down to David at the cave of Adullam, while a band of Philistines was encamped in the Valley of Rephaim.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 18:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:4 - While Jezebel was killing off the LORD’s prophets, Obadiah had taken a hundred prophets and hidden them in two caves, fifty in each, and had supplied them with food and water.)

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 18:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:13 - Haven’t you heard, my lord, what I did while Jezebel was killing the prophets of the LORD? I hid a hundred of the LORD’s prophets in two caves, fifty in each, and supplied them with food and water.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 19:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:9 - There he went into a cave and spent the night. And the word of the LORD came to him: “What are you doing here, Elijah?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 19:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:13 - When Elijah heard it, he pulled his cloak over his face and went out and stood at the mouth of the cave. Then a voice said to him, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 11:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:15 - Three of the thirty chiefs came down to David to the rock at the cave of Adullam, while a band of Philistines was encamped in the Valley of Rephaim.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 57:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:1 - [fn]For the director of music. To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” Of David. A miktam.[fn] When he had fled from Saul into the cave. Have mercy on me, my God, have mercy on me, for in you I take refuge. I will take refuge in the shadow of your wings until the disaster has passed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 142:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 142:1 - [fn]A maskil[fn] of David. When he was in the cave. A prayer. I cry aloud to the LORD; I lift up my voice to the LORD for mercy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:19 - People will flee to caves in the rocks and to holes in the ground from the fearful presence of the LORD and the splendor of his majesty, when he rises to shake the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 32:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:14 - The fortress will be abandoned, the noisy city deserted; citadel and watchtower will become a wasteland forever, the delight of donkeys, a pasture for flocks,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 7:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:11 - Has this house, which bears my Name, become a den of robbers to you? But I have been watching! declares the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 33:27

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:27 - “Say this to them: ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: As surely as I live, those who are left in the ruins will fall by the sword, those out in the country I will give to the wild animals to be devoured, and those in strongholds and caves will die of a plague.
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