Word Study · Strong's H4583 · Hebrew
מָעוֹן
maon
maw-ohn'
Strong's 1890 spelling: mâʻôwn
“an abode, of God (the Tabernacle or the Temple), men (their home) or animals (their lair)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
an abode, of God (the Tabernacle or the Temple), men (their home) or animals (their lair); hence, a retreat (asylum)
Rendered in the KJV as
den, dwelling((-) place), habitation.
- 18occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 8 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 15inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 18 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 15
- מְע֣וֹן3
- לִמְע֥וֹן2
- בִּמְע֥וֹן1
- וּמִמְּע֤וֹן1
- מִמְּע֨וֹן1
- מִמְּע֥וֹן1
- מְע֥וֹן1
- מָע֡וֹן1
- מָע֣וֹן1
- מָע֑וֹן1
- מָע֔וֹן1
- מְעוֹן־1
and 3 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 13
- a dwelling place4
- a habitation of3
- [is the] dwelling place of1
- [the] habitation of1
- and from [the] dwelling of1
- dwelling its1
- dwelling place his1
- dwelling place your1
- from [the] dwelling place of1
- from [the] habitation of1
- in [the] dwelling place of1
- into a habitation of1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 7
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)5
- preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)5
- noun · masculine singular4
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular1
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular1
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcmsc · 5
- HR/Ncmsc · 5
- HNcmsa · 4
- HC/R/Ncmsc · 1
- HNcmsc/Sp2ms · 1
- HNcmsc/Sp3fs · 1
- HNcmsc/Sp3ms · 1
All 18, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- Psalms5 of 18 · 28%
- Jeremiah5 of 18 · 28%
- 1 Samuel2 of 18 · 11%
- 2 Chronicles2 of 18 · 11%
- Deuteronomy1 of 18 · 6%
Psalms carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
1 Samuel2 occurrences
- 1 Samuel 2:29מָע֑וֹןmaonnoun · masculine singularWhy 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.’here: a dwelling place
- 1 Samuel 2:32מָע֔וֹןmaonnoun · masculine singularYou 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.here: a dwelling place
2 Chronicles2 occurrences
- 2 Chronicles 30:27לִמְע֥וֹןlimonpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)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.here: to [the] dwelling of
- 2 Chronicles 36:15מְעוֹנֽוֹ׃meononoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularAgain 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.here: dwelling place his
Psalms5 occurrences
- Psalms 26:8מְע֣וֹןmeonnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)O LORD, I love the house where You dwell, the place where Your glory resides.here: [the] habitation of
- Psalms 68:5בִּמְע֥וֹןbimonpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)A father of the fatherless, and a defender of the widows, is God in His holy habitation.here: in [the] dwelling place of
- Psalms 71:3מָע֡וֹןmaonnoun · masculine singularBe my rock of refuge, where I can always go. Give the command to save me, for You are my rock and my fortress.here: a dwelling place
- Psalms 90:1מָע֣וֹןmaonnoun · masculine singularLord, You have been our dwelling place through all generations.here: a dwelling place
- Psalms 91:9מְעוֹנֶֽךָ׃meonekhanoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singularBecause you have made the LORD your dwelling— my refuge, the Most High—here: dwelling place your
Jeremiah5 occurrences
- Jeremiah 9:11מְע֣וֹןmeonnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)“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.”here: a habitation of
- Jeremiah 10:22מְע֥וֹןmeonnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)Listen! The sound of a report is coming— a great commotion from the land to the north. The cities of Judah will be made a desolation, a haunt for jackals.here: a habitation of
- Jeremiah 25:30וּמִמְּע֤וֹןumimeonconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)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.here: and from [the] dwelling of
- Jeremiah 49:33לִמְע֥וֹןlimonpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)“Hazor will become a haunt for jackals, a desolation forever. No one will dwell there; no man will abide there.”here: into a habitation of
- Jeremiah 51:37מְעוֹן־meon-noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)Babylon will become a heap of rubble, a haunt for jackals, an object of horror and scorn, without inhabitant.here: a habitation of
Same headword in Strong's