Word Study · Strong's H4585 · Hebrew

מְעוֹנָה

meonah

meh-o-naw'

Strong's 1890 spelling: mᵉʻôwnâh

“{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, habitation, (dwelling) place, refuge.

9
occurrencesin the Old Testament
7 of 39
Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
9
inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 9 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 9

בַמְּעוֹנ֑וֹת1
בִּמְעוֹנוֹתֵֽינוּ׃1
וּבִמְע֖וֹנֹתֶ֣יהָ1
וּמְע֖וֹנָת֣וֹ1
וּמְעֹֽנֹתָ֖יו1
מִמְּעֹנ֣וֹת1
מִמְּעֹ֣נָת֔וֹ1
מְ֝עוֹנֹתָ֗ם1
מְעֹנָה֙1

How it is rendered · 9

[is] a hiding place1
and den his1
and dens its1
and in dens its1
dens their1
from [the] dens of1
from den its1
in hiding places our1
in the dens1

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 9

conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1
conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1
conjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular1
noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural1
noun · feminine singular1
preposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)1
preposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine plural1
preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1
preposition with the article + noun · feminine plural1

Show the grammar codes as tagged

HC/Ncfpc/Sp3ms · 1
HC/Ncfsc/Sp3ms · 1
HC/R/Ncfpc/Sp3fs · 1
HNcfpc/Sp3mp · 1
HNcfsa · 1
HR/Ncfpc · 1
HR/Ncfpc/Sp1bp · 1
HR/Ncfsc/Sp3ms · 1
HRd/Ncfpa · 1

All 9, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

Job2 of 9 · 22%
Psalms2 of 9 · 22%
Deuteronomy1 of 9 · 11%
Song of Solomon1 of 9 · 11%
Jeremiah1 of 9 · 11%

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Deuteronomy1 occurrence

Deuteronomy 33:27מְעֹנָה֙meonahnoun · feminine singularThe eternal God is your dwelling place, and underneath are the everlasting arms. He drives out the enemy before you, giving the command, ‘Destroy him!’here: [is] a hiding place

Job2 occurrences

Psalms2 occurrences

Song of Solomon1 occurrence

Song of Solomon 4:8מִמְּעֹנ֣וֹתmimeonotpreposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)Come with me from Lebanon, my bride, come with me from Lebanon! Descend from the peak of Amana, from the summits of Senir and Hermon, from the dens of the lions, from the mountains of the leopards.here: from [the] dens of

Jeremiah1 occurrence

Jeremiah 21:13בִּמְעוֹנוֹתֵֽינוּ׃bimonoteinupreposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine pluralBehold, I am against you who dwell above the valley, atop the rocky plateau— declares the LORD— you who say, “Who can come against us? Who can enter our dwellings?”here: in hiding places our

Amos1 occurrence

Amos 3:4מִמְּעֹ֣נָת֔וֹmimeonatopreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularDoes a lion roar in the forest when he has no prey? Does a young lion growl in his den if he has caught nothing?here: from den its

Nahum1 occurrence

Nahum 2:12וּמְעֹֽנֹתָ֖יוumeonotavconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularThe lion mauled enough for its cubs and strangled prey for the lioness. It filled its dens with the kill, and its lairs with mauled prey.here: and dens its

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