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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

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“Look down from your holy dwelling, from heaven, and bless your people Israel and the land you have given us as you swore to our ancestors, a land flowing with milk and honey.

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“Why, then, do all of you despise my sacrifices and offerings that I require at the place of worship? You have honored your sons more than me, by making yourselves fat with the best part of all of the offerings of my people Israel.’

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“You will see distress in the place of worship, in spite of all that is good in Israel, and no one in your family will ever again reach old age.

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Then the priests and the Levites stood to bless the people, and God heard them, and their prayer came into his holy dwelling place in heaven.

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But the LORD, the God of their ancestors sent word against them by the hand of his messengers, sending them time and time again, for he had compassion on his people and on his dwelling place.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 26:8

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LORD, I love the house where you dwell,

the place where your glory resides.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 68:5

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God in his holy dwelling is

a father of the fatherless

and a champion of widows.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 71:3

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Be a rock of refuge for me,

where I can always go.

Give the command to save me,

for you are my rock and fortress.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 90:1

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Lord, you have been our refuge[fn]

in every generation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 91:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 91:9 -

Because you have made the LORD ​— ​my refuge,

the Most High ​— ​your dwelling place,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 9:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:11 -

I will make Jerusalem a heap of rubble,

a jackals’ den.

I will make the cities of Judah a desolation,

an uninhabited place.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 10:22

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Listen! A noise ​— ​it is coming —

a great commotion from the land to the north.

The cities of Judah will be made desolate,

a jackals’ den.

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“As for you, you are to prophesy all these things to them, and say to them:

The LORD roars from on high;

he makes his voice heard from his holy dwelling.

He roars loudly over his grazing land;

he calls out with a shout, like those who tread grapes,

against all the inhabitants of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 49:33

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Hazor will become a jackals’ den,

a desolation forever.

No one will live there;

no human being will stay in it even temporarily.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:37

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Babylon will become a heap of rubble,

a jackals’ den,

a desolation and an object of scorn,

without inhabitant.

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 2:11

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Where is the lions’ lair,

or the feeding ground of the young lions,

where the lion and lioness prowled,

and the lion’s cub,

with nothing to frighten them away?

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 2:13

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“Let all humanity be silent before the LORD, for from his holy dwelling he has roused himself.”

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