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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 went up out of Tzo`ar, and lived in the mountain, and his two daughters with him; for he was afraid to live in Tzo`ar. He lived in a cave with 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 Makhpelah, which he has, which is in the end of his field. For the full price let him give it to me in the midst of you for a possession of a burying-place."

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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 children 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 `Efron, which was in Makhpelah, which was before Mamre, the field, the cave which was therein, and all the trees that were in the field, that were in all the border of it round about, were made sure

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 23:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:19 - After this, Avraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Makhpelah before Mamre (the same is Hevron), in the land of Kana`an.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 23:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:20 - The field, and the cave that is therein, were made sure to Avraham for a possession of a burying place by the children of Het.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 25:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:9 - Yitzchak and Yishma'el, his sons, buried him in the cave of Makhpelah, in the field of `Efron, the son of Tzochar the Hittite, which is before Mamre,

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 49:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:29 - 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 `Efron 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 Makhpelah, which is before Mamre, in the land of Kana`an, which Avraham bought with the field from `Efron the Hittite as 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 therein, which was purchased from the children of Het."

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 50:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:13 - for his sons carried him into the land of Kana`an, and buried him in the cave of the field of Makhpelah, which Avraham bought with the field, for a possession of a burying-place, from `Efron the Hittite, before Mamre.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 10:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:16 - These five kings fled, and hid themselves in the cave at Makkedah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 10:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:17 - It was told Yehoshua, saying, The five kings are found, hidden in the cave at Makkedah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 10:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:18 - Yehoshua said, Roll great stones to the mouth of the cave, and set men by it to keep them:

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 10:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:22 - Then said Yehoshua, Open the mouth of the cave, and bring forth those five kings to me out of the cave.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 10:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:23 - They did so, and brought forth those five kings to him out of the cave, the king of Yerushalayim, the king of Hevron, the king of Yarmut, the king of Lakhish, the king of `Eglon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 10:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:27 - It happened at the time of the going down of the sun, that Yehoshua commanded, and they took them down off the trees, and cast them into the cave in which they had hidden themselves, and laid great stones on 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 hand of Midyan prevailed against Yisra'el; and because of Midyan the children of Yisra'el made them the dens which are in the mountains, and the caves, and the strongholds.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 13:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:6 - When the men of Yisra'el saw that they were in a strait (for the people were distressed), then the people did hide themselves in caves, and in thickets, and in rocks, and in coverts, and in pits.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 22:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:1 - David therefore departed there, and escaped to the cave of `Adullam: and 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 - He came to the sheep pens by the way, where was a cave; and Sha'ul went in to cover his feet. Now David and his men were abiding in the innermost parts of the cave.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 24:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:7 - So David checked his men with these words, and didn't allow them to rise against Sha'ul. Sha'ul rose up out of the cave, and went on his way.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 24:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:8 - David also arose afterward, and went out of the cave, and cried after Sha'ul, saying, My lord the king. When Sha'ul looked behind him, David bowed with his face to the eretz, and did obeisance.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 24:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:10 - Behold, this day your eyes have seen how that the LORD had delivered you today into my hand in the cave: and some bade me kill you; but my eye spared you; and I said, I will not put forth 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 - Three of the thirty chief men went down, and came to David in the harvest time to the cave of `Adullam; and the troop of the Pelishtim was encamped in the valley of Refa'im.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 18:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:4 - for it was so, when Izevel cut off the prophets of the LORD, that `Ovadyah took one hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.)

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 18:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:13 - Wasn't it told my lord what I did when Izevel killed the prophets of the LORD, how I hid one hundred men of the LORD's prophets by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 19:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:9 - 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, Eliyah?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 19:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:13 - It was so, when Eliyah heard it, that he wrapped his face in his mantle, and went out, and stood in the entrance of the cave. Behold, there came a voice to him, and said, What are you doing here, Eliyah?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 11:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:15 - Three of the thirty chief men went down to the rock to David, into the cave of `Adullam; and the host of the Pelishtim were encamped in the valley of Refa'im.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 57:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:1 - For the Chief Musician. To the tune "Do Not Destroy." A miktam by David, when he fled from Sha'ul, in the cave. Be merciful to me, God, be merciful to me, For my soul takes refuge in you. Yes, in the shadow of your wings, I will take refuge, Until disaster has passed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 142:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 142:1 - A maskil by David, when he was in the cave. A Prayer. I cry with my voice to the LORD. With my voice, I ask the LORD for mercy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:19 - Men shall go into the caves of the rocks, And into the holes of the eretz, From before the terror of the LORD, And from the glory of his majesty, When he arises to shake the eretz mightily.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 32:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:14 - For the palace shall be forsaken; the populous city shall be deserted; the hill and the watch-tower shall be for dens forever, a joy of wild donkeys, a pasture of flocks;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 7:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:11 - Is this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, I, even I, have seen it, says the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 33:27

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:27 - Thus shall you tell them, Thus says the Lord GOD: As I live, surely those who are in the waste places shall fall by the sword; and him who is in the open field will I give to the animals to be devoured; and those who are in the strongholds and in the caves shall die of the pestilence.
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