H4583 - מָעוֹן (mâʻôwn)

H4583 מָעוֹן (mâʻôwn) maw-ohn'

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

habitation

Strong's Definition

an abode, of God (the Tabernacle or the Temple), men (their home) or animals (their lair); hence, a retreat (asylum)

Derivation: or מָעִין; (1 Chronicles 4:41), from the same as H5772 (עוֹנָה);

KJV Usage: den, dwelling((-) place), habitation.

TWOT Reference: 1581a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) dwelling, habitation, refuge

1a) lair, refuge (of jackals)

1b) dwelling

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G2143 G2732 G3624 G5117

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

1) dwelling, habitation, refuge 1a) lair, refuge (of jackals) 1b) dwelling

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

מָעִין / מָעוֹן mâ‛ôn / mâ‛ý̂yn BDB Definition: 1) dwelling, habitation, refuge 1a) lair, refuge (of jackals) 1b) dwelling Part of Speech: noun masculine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from the same as H5772 Same Word by TWOT Number: 1581a Total KJV Occurrences: 19

Bible Occurrences (18)

26:15

2:29 2:32

30:27 36:15

26:8 68:5 71:3 90:1 91:9

9:11 10:22 25:30 49:33 51:37

2:11

3:7

2:13

Deuteronomy 26:15

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

1 Samuel 2:29

Why then do you kick at My sacrifice and offering that I have prescribed for [My] dwelling place? You have honored your sons more than Me by fattening yourselves with the best of all the offerings of My people Israel.’

1 Samuel 2:32

You will see distress [in My] dwelling place. Despite all that is good in Israel, no one in your house will ever again reach old age.

2 Chronicles 30:27

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

2 Chronicles 36:15

Again and again... the LORD, the God of their fathers, sent word to [His people] through His messengers because He had compassion on [them] and on His dwelling place.

Jeremiah 9:11

And I will make Jerusalem a heap of rubble, a haunt for jackals -; and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant.

Jeremiah 10:22

Listen! The sound of a report is coming — a great commotion from the land to the north. It will make the cities of Judah a desolation, a haunt for jackals.

Jeremiah 25:30

So you are to prophesy all these words against them and say to them: The LORD will roar from on high; He will raise His voice from His holy habitation. He will roar loudly... over His pasture; like those who tread the grapes, He will call out with a shout against all the inhabitants of the earth.