H4583: מָעוֹן
mâʻôwn · pronounced maw-ohn' · “habitation”
Definition
an abode, of God (the Tabernacle or the Temple), men (their home) or animals (their lair); hence, a retreat (asylum)
KJV translates it as: den, dwelling((-) place), habitation.
Word origin: or מָעִין; (1 Chronicles 4:41), from the same as H5772 (עוֹנָה);
Extended definition
1a) lair, refuge (of jackals)
1b) dwelling
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H4583 is translated
- a dwelling place ×4
- a habitation of ×4
- the habitation of ×2
- the dwelling of ×2
- the dwelling place of ×2
- his ×1
- your ×1
- is the dwelling place of ×1
- its ×1
Bible verses with H4583 (mâʻôwn)
Mâʻôwn appears in 18 verses.
- Deuteronomy 26:15
Look down from thy holy habitation, from heaven, and bless thy people Israel, and the land which thou hast given us, as thou swarest unto our fathers, a land that floweth with milk and honey.
- 1 Samuel 2:29
Wherefore kick ye at my sacrifice and at mine offering, which I have commanded in my habitation; and honourest thy sons above me, to make yourselves fat with the chiefest of all the offerings of Israel my people?
- 1 Samuel 2:32
And thou shalt see an enemy in my habitation, in all the wealth which God shall give Israel: and there shall not be an old man in thine house for ever.
- 2 Chronicles 30:27
Then the priests the Levites arose and blessed the people: and their voice was heard, and their prayer came up to his holy dwelling place, even unto heaven.
- 2 Chronicles 36:15
And the Lord God of their fathers sent to them by his messengers, rising up betimes, and sending; because he had compassion on his people, and on his dwelling place:
- Psalms 26:8
Lord, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thine honour dwelleth.
- Psalms 68:5
A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.
- Psalms 71:3
Be thou my strong habitation, whereunto I may continually resort: thou hast given commandment to save me; for thou art my rock and my fortress.
- Psalms 90:1
A Prayer of Moses the man of God. Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations.
- Psalms 91:9
Because thou hast made the Lord, which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation;
- Jeremiah 9:11
And I will make Jerusalem heaps, and a den of dragons; and I will make the cities of Judah desolate, without an inhabitant.
- Jeremiah 10:22
Behold, the noise of the bruit is come, and a great commotion out of the north country, to make the cities of Judah desolate, and a den of dragons.
- Jeremiah 25:30
Therefore prophesy thou against them all these words, and say unto them, The Lord shall roar from on high, and utter his voice from his holy habitation; he shall mightily roar upon his habitation; he shall give a shout, as they that tread the grapes, against all the inhabitants of the earth.
- Jeremiah 49:33
And Hazor shall be a dwelling for dragons, and a desolation for ever: there shall no man abide there, nor any son of man dwell in it.
- Jeremiah 51:37
And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwellingplace for dragons, an astonishment, and an hissing, without an inhabitant.
- Nahum 2:11
Where is the dwelling of the lions, and the feedingplace of the young lions, where the lion, even the old lion, walked, and the lion’s whelp, and none made them afraid?
- Zephaniah 3:7
I said, Surely thou wilt fear me, thou wilt receive instruction; so their dwelling should not be cut off, howsoever I punished them: but they rose early, and corrupted all their doings.
- Zechariah 2:13
Be silent, O all flesh, before the Lord: for he is raised up out of his holy habitation.