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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 - Afterward Lot left Zoar because he was afraid of the people there, and he went to live in a cave in the mountains with his two daughters.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 23:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:9 - to let me buy his cave at Machpelah, down at the end of his field. I will pay the full price in the presence of witnesses, so I will have a permanent burial place for my family.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 23:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:11 - “No, my lord,” he said to Abraham, “please listen to me. I will give you the field and the cave. Here in the presence of my people, I give it to you. Go and bury your dead.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 23:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:17 - So Abraham bought the plot of land belonging to Ephron at Machpelah, near Mamre. This included the field itself, the cave that was in it, and all the surrounding trees.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 23:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:19 - Then Abraham buried his wife, Sarah, there in Canaan, in the cave of Machpelah, near Mamre (also called Hebron).

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 23:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:20 - So the field and the cave were transferred from the Hittites to Abraham for use as a permanent burial place.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 25:9

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 49:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:29 - Then Jacob instructed them, “Soon I will die and join my ancestors. Bury me with my father and grandfather in the cave in the field of Ephron the Hittite.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 49:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:30 - This is the cave in the field of Machpelah, near Mamre in Canaan, that Abraham bought from Ephron the Hittite as a permanent burial site.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 49:32

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:32 - It is the plot of land and the cave that my grandfather Abraham bought from the Hittites.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 50:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:13 - They carried his body to the land of Canaan and buried him in the cave in the field of Machpelah, near Mamre. This is the cave that Abraham had bought as a permanent burial site from Ephron the Hittite.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 10:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:16 - During the battle the five kings escaped and hid in a cave at Makkedah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 10:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:17 - When Joshua heard that they had been found,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 10:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:18 - he issued this command: “Cover the opening of the cave with large rocks, and place guards at the entrance to keep the kings inside.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 10:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:22 - Then Joshua said, “Remove the rocks covering the opening of the cave, and bring the five kings to me.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 10:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:23 - So they brought the five kings out of the cave—the kings of Jerusalem, Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish, and Eglon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 10:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:27 - As the sun was going down, Joshua gave instructions for the bodies of the kings to be taken down from the poles and thrown into the cave where they had been hiding. Then they covered the opening of the cave with a pile of large rocks, which remains to this very day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:2 - The Midianites were so cruel that the Israelites made hiding places for themselves in the mountains, caves, and strongholds.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 13:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:6 - The men of Israel saw what a tight spot they were in; and because they were hard pressed by the enemy, they tried to hide in caves, thickets, rocks, holes, and cisterns.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 22:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:1 - So David left Gath and escaped to the cave of Adullam. Soon his brothers and all his other relatives joined him there.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 24:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:3 - At the place where the road passes some sheepfolds, Saul went into a cave to relieve himself. But as it happened, David and his men were hiding farther back in that very cave!

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 24:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:7 - So David restrained his men and did not let them kill Saul.
After Saul had left the cave and gone on his way,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 24:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:8 - David came out and shouted after him, “My lord the king!” And when Saul looked around, David bowed low before him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 24:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:10 - This very day you can see with your own eyes it isn’t true. For the LORD placed you at my mercy back there in the cave. Some of my men told me to kill you, but I spared you. For I said, ‘I will never harm the king—he is the LORD’s anointed one.’

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 23:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:13 - Once during the harvest, when David was at the cave of Adullam, the Philistine army was camped in the valley of Rephaim. The Three (who were among the Thirty—an elite group among David’s fighting men) went down to meet him there.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 18:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:4 - Once when Jezebel had tried to kill all the LORD’s prophets, Obadiah had hidden 100 of them in two caves. He put fifty prophets in each cave and supplied them with food and water.)

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 18:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:13 - Has no one told you, my lord, about the time when Jezebel was trying to kill the LORD’s prophets? I hid 100 of them in two caves and supplied them with food and water.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 19:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:9 - There he came to a cave, where he spent the night. But the LORD 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 cloak and went out and stood at the entrance of the cave.
And a voice said, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 11:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:15 - Once when David was at the rock near the cave of Adullam, the Philistine army was camped in the valley of Rephaim. The Three (who were among the Thirty—an elite group among David’s fighting men) went down to meet him there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 57:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:1 - For the choir director: A psalm[fn] of David, regarding the time he fled from Saul and went into the cave. To be sung to the tune “Do Not Destroy!”

Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy!
I look to you for protection.
I will hide beneath the shadow of your wings
until the danger passes by.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 142:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 142:1 - A psalm[fn] of David, regarding his experience in the cave. A prayer.

I cry out to the LORD;
I plead for the LORD’s mercy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:19 - When the LORD rises to shake the earth,
his enemies will crawl into holes in the ground.
They will hide in caves in the rocks
from the terror of the LORD
and the glory of his majesty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 32:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:14 - The palace and the city will be deserted,
and busy towns will be empty.
Wild donkeys will frolic and flocks will graze
in the empty forts[fn] and watchtowers

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 7:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:11 - Don’t you yourselves admit that this Temple, which bears my name, has become a den of thieves? Surely I see all the evil going on there. I, the LORD, have spoken!

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 33:27

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:27 - “Say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: As surely as I live, those living in the ruins will die by the sword. And I will send wild animals to eat those living in the open fields. Those hiding in the forts and caves will die of disease.
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