מָעוֹן
mâʻôwn · H4583 · Hebrew · 18 occurrences
Meanings
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dwelling place, den, lair, habitation
A location that deities, humans or animals have made their dwelling place; associated with security
ExamplesDeuteronomy 26:15 ‘Look down from Your holy dwelling place, from heaven, and bless Your people Israel, and the ground which You have given us, a land flowing with milk and honey just as You swore to our fathers.’
1 Samuel 2:29 ‘Why are you showing contempt for My sacrifice and My offering which I have commanded for My dwelling, and why are you honoring your sons above Me, by making yourselves fat with the choicest of every offering of My people Israel?’
1 Samuel 2:32 ‘And you will look at the distress of My dwelling, in spite of all the good that I do for Israel; and there will never be an old man in your house.
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dwelling place, refuge
Literally: dwelling place; hence: a place where humans find security and confidence
ExamplesPsalm 71:3 Be to me a rock of dwelling to which I may continually come; You have given the commandment to save me, For You are my rock and my fortress.
Psalm 90:1 Lord, You have been our dwelling place in all generations.
Psalm 91:9 For you have made the LORD, my refuge, The Most High, your dwelling place.
How it’s used In 8 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
14 occurrences in 7 groups
- קֹדֶשׁholiness 5
- תַּןsea monster 4
- בַּיִתhouse, household 1
- אֲרִיlion 1
- ךָyour 1
- הוּhis 1
Named alongside itApposition
3 occurrences in 2 groups
- שְׁמָמָהdesolation 2
- צוּרrock 1
What it doesIt is the subject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- כָּרַתto cut off, to make (a covenant) 1
What is done to itIt is the object
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- אָהַבto love 1
- הָיָהto be, to become 1
Second object ofSecond object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- שׂוּםto put, to set, to place 1
What it is said to bePredicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- אַיֵּהwhere? 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
9 occurrences in 4 groups
- לto/for 8
- מִןfrom 5
- עַלon, upon, over, against 1
- בin/on/with 1
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- צַרadversary, foe, distress 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 3 words
- מָגוּר mâgûwr · H4033 · sojourning, fear, terror
- Both terms denote dwelling or habitation places. One emphasizes sojourning or temporary dwelling, with secondary nuances of "stranger" or "pilgrimage," while the other emphasizes a den or dwelling place more broadly — distinct Hebrew words that can substitute for each other in the dwelling sense.
- אֹהֶל ʼôhel · H168 · tent
- Both words denote a place of habitation or shelter. אֹהֶל (ʼôhel, H168) refers specifically to a tent or tabernacle, while מָעוֹן (mâʻôwn, H4583) is more general (a den or dwelling place).
- מוֹשָׁב môwshâb · H4186 · location, situation, dwelling
- Both terms are dwelling or habitation nouns, each able to denote a place where someone dwells.
Semantic domains 5 entries
- Dwell002002001005
- מָעוֹן describes a dwelling place or habitation, illustrated at Deuteronomy 26:15 ("look down from Your holy dwelling place, from heaven") and 1 Samuel 2:29 ("the sacrifice and My offering which I have commanded for My dwelling").
- Confident002001002003
- This domain is not directly illustrated among the sampled citations, which describe מָעוֹן as an ordinary dwelling place rather than a source of confidence; it parallels the neighboring refuge-sense of מָעוֹז (mâʻôwz, H4581).
- Names of Locations003001010
- This domain is shared with the identically-spelled place name Maon (מָעוֹן (Mâʻôwn, H4584)); מָעוֹן's own sampled citations describe an ordinary dwelling place rather than the specific town.
- Names of Groups003001006
- This entry carries no independent "Names of Groups" sense of its own; every genuine tagged occurrence of this lexeme (e.g. Deuteronomy 26:15, 1 Samuel 2:29, 2:32) concerns a dwelling place, not a named group. The domain is bundle-shared with the identically-spelled place/clan name Maon (מָעוֹן (Mâʻôwn, H4584)); see מָעוֹן (Mâʻôwn, H4584).
- Names of People003001007
- This domain is also inherited from the shared spelling with מָעוֹן (Mâʻôwn, H4584) rather than independently attested by מָעוֹן's own common-noun citations.
Word family 3 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H4583. maon or main I. מָעוֺן noun [masculine] dwelling, habitation; — absolute ׳מ Psa…
or main I. מָעוֺן noun [masculine] dwelling, habitation; — absolute ׳מ Psa 71:3 +, construct מְעוֺן Jer 25:30 +, suffix מְעוֺנֶ֑ךָ Psa 91:9, etc.; —
1 lair of jackals Jer 9:10; Jer 10:22; Jer 49:33; Jer 51:37 (all of desolated cities); ׳מ אֲרָיוֺת Nah 2:12 (|| מִרְעֶה; figurative of Nineveh).
2 dwelling of ׳י:
a. in heaven ׳מ קָדְשְׁךָ Deu 26:15 compare Jer 25:30 (|| מָרוֺם), Zechariah 2:17; Psa 68:6; 2Ch 30:27.
b. in temple ׳מ בְּיתֶ֑ךָ Psa 26:8, מְעוֺנוֺ2Ch 36:15 (only here alone).
3 figurative of ׳י as abode of his people, מ ׳צוּר Psa 71:3, ׳מ alone Psa 90:1; Psa 91:9. — ׳מ 1Sa 2:29, 1Sa 2:32 is unintelligible (see Commentaries), possibly read מְעוֺיֵן (eyeing [enviously], see עין denominative) Klo HPS, compare ᵐ5 Bu. מְעוֺנָהּ Zep 3:7 is difficult in context, ᵐ5 We Now read מֵעֵינֶיה (compare Jos 9:23; 2Sa 3:29).
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 5 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
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