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מָעוֹן

ma.onhabitationHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentNoun · masculine18 occurrences8 books18 verses

Definition

or מָעִין; (1 Chronicles 4:41), from the same as H5772; an abode, of God (the Tabernacle or the Temple), men (their home) or animals (their lair); hence, a retreat (asylum)
Traditional renderings: den, dwelling((-) place), habitation.

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders מָעוֹן:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

18 total
  1. Deuteronomy 26:15מִמְּע֨וֹן · habitation
    Look down from Your holy habitation, from heaven, and bless Your people Israel and the land You have given us as You swore to our fathers—a land flowing with milk and honey.”
  2. 1 Samuel 2:29מָע֑וֹן · for [My] dwelling place
    Why 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.’
  3. 1 Samuel 2:32מָע֔וֹן · [in My] dwelling place
    You 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.
  4. 2 Chronicles 30:27לִמְע֥וֹן · into His holy dwelling
    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.
  5. 2 Chronicles 36:15מְעוֹנֽוֹ׃ · His dwelling place
    Again 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.
  6. Psalm 26:8מְע֣וֹן · where You dwell
    O LORD, I love the house where You dwell, the place where Your glory resides.
  7. Psalm 68:5בִּמְע֥וֹן · habitation
    A father of the fatherless and a defender of widows is God in His holy habitation.
  8. Psalm 71:3מָע֡וֹן · of refuge
    Be my rock of refuge, where I can always go. Give the command to save me, for You are my rock and my fortress.
  9. Psalm 90:1מָע֣וֹן · dwelling place
    A prayer of Moses the man of God. Lord, You have been our dwelling place through all generations.
  10. Psalm 91:9מְעוֹנֶֽךָ׃ · your dwelling
    Because you have made the LORD your dwelling—my refuge, the Most High—
  11. Jeremiah 9:11מְע֣וֹן · a haunt
    “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.”
  12. Jeremiah 10:22מְע֥וֹן · a haunt
    Listen! The sound of a report is coming—a great commotion from the land to the north. It will make the cities of Judah a desolation, a haunt for jackals.
  13. Jeremiah 25:30וּמִמְּע֤וֹן · habitation
    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.
  14. Jeremiah 49:33לִמְע֥וֹן · a haunt
    “Hazor will become a haunt for jackals, a desolation forever. No one will dwell there; no man will abide there.”
  15. Jeremiah 51:37מְעוֹן־ · a haunt
    Babylon will become a heap of rubble, a haunt for jackals, an object of horror and scorn, without inhabitant.
  16. Nahum 2:11מְע֣וֹן · lair
    Where is the lions’ lair or the feeding ground of the young lions, where the lion and lioness prowled with their cubs, with nothing to frighten them away?
  17. Zephaniah 3:7מְעוֹנָ֔הּ · Then her dwelling place
    I said, ‘Surely you will fear Me and accept correction.’ Then her dwelling place would not be cut off despite all for which I punished her. But they rose early to corrupt all their deeds.
  18. Zechariah 2:13מִמְּע֥וֹן · dwelling
    Be silent before the LORD, all people, for He has roused Himself from His holy dwelling.”