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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 - Then Lot went up out of Zoar and dwelt in the mountains, and his two daughters were with him; for he was afraid to dwell in Zoar. And he and his two daughters dwelt in a cave.

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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 has, which is at the end of his field. Let him give it to me at the full price, as property for a burial place among you.”

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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 the cave that is in it; I give it to you 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 the field of Ephron which was in Machpelah, which was before Mamre, the field and the cave which was in it, and all the trees that were in the field, which were within all the surrounding borders, were deeded

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 23:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:19 - And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah, before 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 were deeded to Abraham by the sons of Heth as property for a burial place.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 25:9

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

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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, and 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 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 with the field of Ephron the Hittite as a possession for a burial place.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 49:32

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:32 - “The field and the cave that is there were 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 bought with the field from Ephron the Hittite as property for a burial place.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 10:16

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 10:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:17 - And 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 - So Joshua said, “Roll large stones against the mouth of the cave, and set 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 out those five kings to me from the cave.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 10:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:23 - And they did so, and brought out those five kings 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 - So it was at the time of the going down of the sun that Joshua commanded, and they took them down from the trees, cast them into the cave where they had been hidden, and laid large stones against the cave’s mouth, which remain until this very day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:2 - and the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel. Because of the Midianites, the children of Israel made for themselves the dens, the caves, and the strongholds which are in the mountains.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 15:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:8 - So he attacked them hip and thigh with a great slaughter; then he went down and dwelt 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 danger (for the people were distressed), then the people hid in caves, in thickets, in rocks, in holes, and in pits.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 22:1

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 24:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:3 - So he came to the sheepfolds by the road, where there was a cave; and Saul went in to attend to his needs. (David and his men were staying in the recesses of the cave.)

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 24:8

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 24:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:10 - “Look, this day your eyes have seen that the LORD delivered you today into my hand in the cave, and someone urged me to kill you. But my eye spared 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 at harvest time and came to David at the cave of Adullam. And the troop of Philistines encamped in the Valley of Rephaim.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 18:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:4 - For so it was, while Jezebel massacred the prophets of the LORD, that Obadiah had taken one hundred prophets and hidden them, fifty to a cave, and had fed them with bread and water.)

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 18:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:13 - “Was it not reported to my lord what I did when Jezebel killed the prophets of the LORD, how I hid one hundred men of the LORD’s prophets, fifty to a cave, and fed them with bread and water?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 19:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:9 - And there he went into a cave, and spent the night in that place; 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 - So it was, when Elijah heard it, that he wrapped his face in his mantle and went out and stood in the entrance of the cave. Suddenly 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; and the army of the Philistines encamped in the Valley of Rephaim.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 57:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:1 - To the Chief Musician. Set to “Do Not Destroy.”[fn] A Michtam of David when he fled from Saul into the cave.

Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful to me!
For my soul trusts in You;
And in the shadow of Your wings I will make my refuge,
Until these calamities have passed by.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 142:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 142:1 - A Contemplation[fn] of David. A Prayer when he was in the cave.

I cry out to the LORD with my voice;
With my voice to the LORD I make my supplication.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:19 - They shall go into the holes of the rocks,
And into the caves of the earth,
From the terror of the LORD
And the glory of His majesty,
When He arises to shake the earth mightily.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 7:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:19 - They will come, and all of them will rest
In the desolate valleys and in the clefts of the rocks,
And on all thorns and in all pastures.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 32:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:14 - Because the palaces will be forsaken,
The bustling city will be deserted.
The forts and towers will become lairs forever,
A joy of wild donkeys, a pasture of flocks—

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 33:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:16 - He will dwell on high;
His place of defense will be the fortress of rocks;
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 the graves,
And spend the night in the tombs;
Who eat swine’s flesh,
And the broth of abominable things is in their vessels;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 4:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:29 - The whole city shall flee from the noise of the horsemen and bowmen.
They shall go into thickets and climb up on the rocks.
Every city shall be forsaken,
And not a man shall dwell in it.

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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 thieves in your eyes? Behold, I, even I, have seen it,” says the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 12:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:9 - My heritage is to Me like a speckled vulture;
The vultures all around are against her.
Come, assemble 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 against her from the farthest border;
Open her storehouses;
Cast her up as heaps of ruins,
And destroy her utterly;
Let nothing of her be left.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 33:27

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:27 - “Say thus to them, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD: “As I live, surely those who are in the ruins shall fall by the sword, and the one who is in the open field I will give to the beasts to be devoured, and those who are in the strongholds and caves shall die of the pestilence.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:15 - “Woe to him who gives drink to his neighbor,
Pressing[fn] him to your bottle,
Even to make him drunk,
That you may look on his nakedness!
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