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Lexicon :: Strong's G4693 - spēlaion

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σπήλαιον
Transliteration
spēlaion (Key)
Pronunciation
spay'-lah-yon
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Part of Speech
neuter noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From a presumed derivative of speos (a grotto)
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Strong’s Definitions

σπήλαιον spḗlaion, spay'-lah-yon; neuter of a presumed derivative of σπέος spéos (a grotto); a cavern; by implication, a hiding-place or resort:—cave, den.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x

The KJV translates Strong's G4693 in the following manner: den (5x), cave (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x
The KJV translates Strong's G4693 in the following manner: den (5x), cave (1x).

  1. a cave, den

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
σπήλαιον spḗlaion, spay'-lah-yon; neuter of a presumed derivative of σπέος spéos (a grotto); a cavern; by implication, a hiding-place or resort:—cave, den.
STRONGS G4693:
σπήλαιον, σπηλαίου, τό (σπέος (cavern; cf. Curtius, § 111)), a cave (den): Matthew 21:13; Mark 11:17; Luke 19:46; John 11:38; Hebrews 11:38; Revelation 6:15. (Plato, Plutarch, Lucian, Aelian, others; the Sept. for מְעָרָה.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
21:13
Mark
11:17
Luke
19:46
John
11:38
Hebrews
11:38
Revelation
6:15

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4693 matches the Greek σπήλαιον (spēlaion),
which occurs 51 times in 44 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 19:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:30 - Lot went up from Zoar, and [fn]stayed in the [fn]mountains, and his two daughters with him; for he was afraid to [fn]stay in Zoar; and he [fn]stayed in a cave, he and his two daughters.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 23:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:9 - that he may give me the cave of Machpelah which he owns, which is at the end of his field; for the full price let him give it to me in [fn]your presence for [fn]a burial site.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 23:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:11 - “No, my lord, hear me; I give you the field, and I give you the cave that is in it. In the presence of the sons of my people I give it to you; bury your dead.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 23:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:17 - So Ephron’s field, which was in Machpelah, which faced Mamre, the field and cave which was in it, and all the trees which were in the field, that were [fn]within all the confines of its border, [fn]were deeded over

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 23:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:19 - After this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field at Machpelah facing Mamre (that is, 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 that is in it, [fn]were deeded over to Abraham for [fn]a burial site by the sons of Heth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 25:9

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 25:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:10 - the field which Abraham purchased from the sons of Heth; there Abraham was buried with Sarah his wife.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 49:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:29 - Then he charged them and said to them, “I am about to be gathered to my people; bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite,

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 49:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:30 - in the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought along with the field from Ephron the Hittite for a [fn]burial site.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 49:32

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:32 - the field and the cave that is in it, purchased from the sons of Heth.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 50:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:13 - for his sons carried him to the land of Canaan and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre, which Abraham had bought along with the field for a [fn]burial site from Ephron the Hittite.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 10:16

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 10:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:17 - It was told Joshua, saying, “The five kings have been found hidden in the cave at Makkedah.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 10:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:18 - Joshua said, “Roll large stones against the mouth of the cave, and assign men by it to guard them,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 10:22

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 10:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:23 - They did so, and brought these five kings out to him from the cave: 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 Box Jos 10:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:27 - It came about at [fn]sunset that Joshua gave a command, and they took them down from the trees and threw them into the cave where they had hidden themselves, and put large stones over the mouth of the cave, to this very day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:2 - The [fn]power of Midian prevailed against Israel. Because of Midian the sons of Israel made for themselves the dens which were in the mountains and the caves and the strongholds.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 15:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:8 - He struck them [fn]ruthlessly with a great slaughter; and he went down and lived in the cleft of the rock of Etam.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 13:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:6 - When the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait (for the people were hard-pressed), then the people hid themselves in caves, in thickets, in cliffs, in cellars, and in pits.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 22:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:1 - So David departed from there and escaped to the cave of Adullam; and when his brothers and all his father’s household heard of it, they went down there to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 24:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:3 - He came to the sheepfolds on the way, where there was a cave; and Saul went in to [fn]relieve himself. Now David and his men were sitting in the inner recesses of the cave.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 24:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:8 - Now afterward David arose and went out of the cave and called after Saul, saying, “My lord the king!” And when Saul looked behind him, David bowed with his face to the ground and prostrated himself.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 24:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:10 - “Behold, this day your eyes have seen that the LORD had given you today into my hand in the cave, and some said to kill you, but my eye had pity on you; and I said, ‘I will not stretch out my hand against my lord, for he is the LORD’S anointed.’

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 23:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:13 - Then three of the thirty chief men went down and came to David in the harvest time to the cave of Adullam, while the troop of the Philistines was camping in the valley of Rephaim.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 18:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:4 - for when Jezebel [fn]destroyed the prophets of the LORD, Obadiah took a hundred prophets and hid them by fifties in a cave, and provided them with bread and water.)

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 18:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:13 - “Has it not been told to my master what I did when Jezebel killed the prophets of the LORD, that I hid [fn]a hundred prophets of the LORD by fifties in a cave, and provided them with bread and water?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 19:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:9 - Then he came there to a cave and lodged there; and behold, the word of the LORD came to him, and He said 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 wrapped his face in his mantle and went out and stood in the entrance of the cave. And behold, a voice came to him and said, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 11:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:15 - Now three of the thirty chief men went down to the rock to David, into the cave of Adullam, while the army of the Philistines was camping in the valley of Rephaim.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 57:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:1 - For the choir director; set to [fn]Al-tashheth. A [fn]Mikhtam of David, [fn]when he fled from Saul in the cave.
Be gracious to me, O God, be gracious to me,
For my soul takes refuge in You;
And in the shadow of Your wings I will take refuge
Until destruction passes by.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 142:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 142:1 - [fn]Maskil of David, when he was [fn]in the cave. A Prayer.
I cry aloud with my voice to the LORD;
I make supplication with my voice to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:19 - Men will go into caves of the rocks
And into holes of the [fn]ground
Before the terror of the LORD
And the splendor of His majesty,
When He arises to make the earth tremble.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 7:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:19 - They will all come and settle on the steep [fn]ravines, on the ledges of the cliffs, on all the thorn bushes and on all the [fn]watering places.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 32:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:14 - Because the palace has been abandoned, the [fn]populated city forsaken.
[fn]Hill and watch-tower have become caves forever,
A delight for wild donkeys, a pasture for flocks;

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 33:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:16 - He will dwell on the heights,
His refuge will be the [fn]impregnable rock;
His bread will be given him,
His water will be sure.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 65:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:4 - Who sit among graves and spend the night in secret places;
Who eat swine’s flesh,
And the broth of unclean meat is in their pots.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 4:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:29 - At the sound of the horseman and bowman every city flees;
They go into the thickets and climb among the rocks;
Every city is forsaken,
And no man dwells in them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 7:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:11 - “Has this house, which is called by My name, become a den of robbers in your sight? Behold, I, even I, have seen it,” declares the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 12:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:9 - “Is My inheritance like a speckled bird of prey to Me?
Are the birds of prey against her on every side?
Go, gather all the beasts of the field,
Bring them to devour!

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:26 - Come to her from the [fn]farthest border;
Open up her barns,
Pile her up like heaps
And [fn]utterly destroy her,
Let nothing be left to her.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 33:27

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:27 - “Thus you shall say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD, “As I live, surely those who are in the waste places will fall by the sword, and whoever is in the [fn]open field I will give to the beasts to be devoured, and those who are in the strongholds and in the caves will die of pestilence.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:15 - “Woe to you who make [fn]your neighbors drink,
Who mix in your venom even to make them drunk
So as to look on their nakedness!
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