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מָעוֹן

Mâʻôwn · H4584 · Hebrew · proper noun · 8 occurrences

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Place

Person

Meanings

  1. Maon

    A town in the hill country of the territory of Judah, the residence of Nabal and his wife Abigail, who later married David

    Examples

    Joshua 15:55 Maon, Carmel, Ziph, and Juttah,

    1 Samuel 23:24 So they set out and went to Ziph ahead of Saul. Now David and his men were in the wilderness of Maon, in the Arabah to the south of Jeshimon.

    1 Samuel 23:25 When Saul and his men went to seek him, they informed David, and he came down to the rock and stayed in the wilderness of Maon. And when Saul heard about it, he pursued David in the wilderness of Maon.

  2. Maon

    An ethnic group or nation, enemies of Israel

    Examples

    Judges 10:12 “And when the Sidonians, the Amalekites, and the Maonites oppressed you, you cried out to Me, and I saved you from their hands.

  3. Maon

    A man who was a descendant of Caleb in the tribe of Judah and the founder of Beth-Zur

    Examples

    1 Chronicles 2:45 The son of Shammai was Maon, and Maon was the father of Bethzur.

How it’s used In 5 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

What it doesIt is the subject

1 occurrences in 1 groups

What it is said to bePredicate

1 occurrences in 1 groups

What is said to be itIt is the predicate

2 occurrences in 2 groups

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

1 occurrences in 1 groups

In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive

3 occurrences in 1 groups

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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Semantic domains 5 entries
Dwell002002001005
This entry carries no independent "Dwell" sense of its own distinct from the place name; every genuine tagged occurrence of this lexeme (Joshua 15:55, 1 Samuel 23:24-25, 25:2) names the town of Maon or its region, and the domain reflects the town's own name being built from the common noun for a dwelling (מָעוֹן (mâʻôwn, H4583)); see מָעוֹן (mâʻôwn, H4583).
Confident002001002003
This domain is inherited from the shared spelling with מָעוֹן (mâʻôwn, H4583) rather than independently attested by the place name Maon's own sampled citations.
Names of Locations003001010
מָעוֹן names the town of Maon in the hill country of Judah, illustrated at Joshua 15:55 ("Maon, Carmel, Ziph, and Juttah") and 1 Samuel 23:24 ("David and his men were in the wilderness of Maon").
Names of Groups003001006
מָעוֹן also names the Maonites, a people oppressing Israel, illustrated at Judges 10:12 ("the Sidonians, the Amalekites, and the Maonites oppressed you").
Names of People003001007
This entry carries no independent "Names of People" sense of its own distinct from the place/clan sense; the genuine tagged occurrences of this lexeme (Joshua 15:55, Judges 10:12, 1 Samuel 23:24-25, 25:2) name either the town of Maon or the Maonite people, not an individual person. The domain is bundle-shared with the place-name sense above.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H4584. Maon II. מָעוֺן proper name 1. location in Judah Jos 15:55 (P), 1Sa 25:2 (ᵐ5 Μααν,…
H4584. Maon
II. מָעוֺן proper name
1. location in Judah Jos 15:55 (P), 1Sa 25:2 (ᵐ5 Μααν, Μαων), now Ma`în (BuhlGeogr. 163 and references), 8 miles south of Hebron; hence מ ׳מִדְבַּר 1Sa 23:24-25, (twice in verse), so read also 1Sa 25:1 (for פארן ᵑ0) ᵐ5 Th We Dr Bu Klo Kit Löhr; compare
2. masculine in Judah 1Ch 2:45 (twice in verse), ᵐ5 Μεων, Μαων.
3. of a people Jdg 10:12 named with Sidonians and Amalek as ancient foes of Israel; possibly intended by writer as = מְעוּנִים q. v.; many read מִדְיָן (ᵐ5B A ᵐ5L Μαδιαμ); see GFM. — מְעוֺן see מְעוֺן בַּעַל בֵּית; 1Ch 4:41 see מְעוּנִים.

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Sources

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