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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 down from Your holy habitation H4583, from heaven, and bless Your people Israel and the ground which You have given to us, a land flowing with milk and honey, as You swore to our fathers.’

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 2:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:29 - ‘Why do you kick at My sacrifice and at My offering which I have commanded in My habitation H4583, and honor your sons above Me, by making yourselves fat with the [fn]choicest of every offering of My people Israel?’

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 2:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:32 - ‘And you will look upon the distress of My habitation H4583, in spite of all the good that [fn]I do for Israel; and an old man will not be in your house all the days.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 30:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:27 - Then the Levitical priests arose and blessed the people; and their voice was heard and their prayer came to His holy habitation H4583, to heaven.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 36:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:15 -

And Yahweh, the God of their fathers, sent word to them [fn]again and again by the hand of His messengers, because He had compassion on His people and on His habitation H4583;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 26:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 26:8 -

O Yahweh, I love the habitation H4583 of Your house

And the place [fn]where Your glory dwells.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 68:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:5 -

A father of the fatherless and a judge [fn]for the widows,

Is God in His holy habitation H4583.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 71:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:3 -

Be to me a rock of habitation H4583 to which I may continually come;

You have given the command to save me,

For You are my [fn]rock and my fortress.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 90:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:1 -

A Prayer of [fn]Moses, the man of God.

Lord, You have been our [fn]dwelling H4583 place H4583 from generation to generation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 91:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 91:9 -

[fn]For you have made Yahweh—my refuge,

The Most High—your dwelling H4583 place H4583.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:11 -

“I will make Jerusalem a heap of ruins,

A haunt H4583 of jackals;

And I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:22 -

The sound of a report! Behold, it comes—

A great quaking out of the land of the north—

To make the cities of Judah

A desolation, a haunt H4583 of jackals.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:30 -

“Therefore you shall prophesy against them all these words, and you shall say to them,

‘Yahweh will roar from on high

And give forth His voice from His holy habitation H4583;

He will roar mightily against His [fn]pasture.

He will bellow a shout like those who tread the grapes,

Against all the inhabitants of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 49:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:33 -

“Hazor will become a haunt H4583 of jackals,

A desolation forever;

No one will inhabit there,

Nor will a son of man sojourn in it.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:37

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:37 -

“Babylon will become a heap of ruins, a haunt H4583 of jackals,

An object of horror and hissing, without inhabitants.

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:11 -

Where is the den H4583 of the lions

And the feeding place of the young lions,

Where the lion, lioness, and lion’s cub prowled,

With nothing to make them tremble?

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 2:13

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 2:13 -

“[fn]Be silent, all flesh, before Yahweh; for He is aroused from His holy habitation H4583.”

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