H4585: מְעוֹנָה
mᵉʻôwnâh · pronounced meh-o-naw' · “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, habitation, (dwelling) place, refuge.
Word origin: or מְעֹנָה; feminine of H4583 (מָעוֹן), and meaning the same
Extended definition
1a) den, lair (of animals)
1b) dwelling-place (of God) (fig.)
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H4585 is translated
- its ×3
- is a hiding place ×1
- dens ×1
- his ×1
- their ×1
- the dens of ×1
- our ×1
Bible verses with H4585 (mᵉʻôwnâh)
Mᵉʻôwnâh appears in 9 verses.
- Deuteronomy 33:27
The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms: and he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee; and shall say, Destroy them.
- Job 37:8
Then the beasts go into dens, and remain in their places.
- Job 38:40
When they couch in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in wait?
- Psalms 76:2
In Salem also is his tabernacle, and his dwelling place in Zion.
- Psalms 104:22
The sun ariseth, they gather themselves together, and lay them down in their dens.
- Song of Solomon 4:8
Come with me from Lebanon, my spouse, with me from Lebanon: look from the top of Amana, from the top of Shenir and Hermon, from the lions’ dens, from the mountains of the leopards.
- Jeremiah 21:13
Behold, I am against thee, O inhabitant of the valley, and rock of the plain, saith the Lord; which say, Who shall come down against us? or who shall enter into our habitations?
- Amos 3:4
Will a lion roar in the forest, when he hath no prey? will a young lion cry out of his den, if he have taken nothing?
- Nahum 2:12
The lion did tear in pieces enough for his whelps, and strangled for his lionesses, and filled his holes with prey, and his dens with ravin.