מָעוֹן
māʿôn
dwelling
Strong's H4583NounHebrewTWOT 1581a

מָעוֹן (māʿôn) is a Hebrew noun meaning dwelling. It appears 17 times in 7 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H4583).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1581a)

Range of meaning (TWOT 1581a)dwelling, habitation; abode, retreat; den
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

מָעוֹן noun, masculine: dwelling, habitation

Strong's H4583 מָעוֹן: an abode, of God (the Tabernacle or the Temple), men (their home) or animals (their lair); hence, a retreat (asylum)
KJV:den, dwelling((-) place), habitation.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 1581: עוּן ʿûn — dwell; eye, heed, pay attention, respond, begin to speak, sing, shout, testify, announce; give account, afflict, answer, bring low, cry, hear, Leannoth, lift up, say, speak, utter, witness

See it in Scripture

Deuteronomy 26:151 Samuel 2:292 Chronicles 30:27

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