מָכוֹן makhon
Hebrew word for “foundation” · Strong’s H4349 · used 17 times in 17 verses
Meaning
1) fixed or established place, foundation; 1a) fixed place; 1b) foundation
How it is translated
Glosses given for makhon in context, with how often each is used:
- place 14
- foundation 2
- foundations 1
Where it is used
Chapters where it is used most
1 Kings 8 (4), 2 Chronicles 6 (4), Exodus 15 (1), Ezra 2 (1), Psalms 33 (1), Psalms 89 (1), Psalms 97 (1), Psalms 104 (1), Isaiah 4 (1), Isaiah 18 (1)
Forms
- מכון 10
- ממכון 3
- ומכון 1
- מכונו 1
- מכוניה 1
- במכוני 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with makhon more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- יָשַׁב yashav “to dwell” 10
- שָׁמַיִם shamayim “heaven” 6
- סָלַח salach “to forgive” 3
- שָׁמַע shama “to hear” 6
- זְבֻל zevul “elevation” 2
- בָּנָה banah “to build” 4
- מִשְׁפָּט mishpat “justice” 4
- תְּחִנָּה techinnah “supplication” 2
- יָדַע yada “to know” 4
- אַתָּה attah “you(m.s.)” 4
- נׇכְרִי nokhri “foreign” 2
- מִן־ min “from” 4
Key verses
The verses using makhon that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Exodus 15:17 — Thou shalt bring them in, and plant them in the mountain of thine inheritance, in the place, O LORD, which thou hast made for thee to dwell in, in the…
- 1 Kings 8:13 — I have surely built thee an house to dwell in, a settled place for thee to abide in for ever.
- 1 Kings 8:39 — Then hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and do, and give to every man according to his ways, whose heart thou knowest; (for thou, even thou…
- 1 Kings 8:43 — Hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for: that all people of the earth may know thy name, to fear…
- 2 Chronicles 6:30 — Then hear thou from heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and render unto every man according unto all his ways, whose heart thou knowest; (for thou only…
- Ezra 2:68 — And some of the chief of the fathers, when they came to the house of the LORD which is at Jerusalem, offered freely for the house of God to set it up in his…
- Psalms 89:14 — Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face.
- Psalms 97:2 — Clouds and darkness are round about him: righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his throne.
- Psalms 104:5 — Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be removed for ever.
- Isaiah 4:5 — And the LORD will create upon every dwelling place of mount Zion, and upon her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by…
- Isaiah 18:4 — For so the LORD said unto me, I will take my rest, and I will consider in my dwelling place like a clear heat upon herbs, and like a cloud of dew in the heat…
- Daniel 8:11 — Yea, he magnified himself even to the prince of the host, and by him the daily sacrifice was taken away, and the place of his sanctuary was cast down.
See all 17 verses in the Word Atlas
Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.