מָעוֹן maon

Hebrew word for “habitation” · Strong’s H4583 · used 18 times in 18 verses

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Meaning

1) dwelling, habitation, refuge; 1a) lair, refuge (of jackals); 1b) dwelling

How it is translated

Glosses given for maon in context, with how often each is used:

• dwelling place 9
• habitation 6
• dwelling 3

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

1 Samuel 2 (2), Deuteronomy 26 (1), 2 Chronicles 30 (1), 2 Chronicles 36 (1), Psalms 26 (1), Psalms 68 (1), Psalms 71 (1), Psalms 90 (1), Psalms 91 (1), Jeremiah 9 (1)

Forms

• מעון 9
• ממעון 2
• למעון 2
• מעונו 1
• במעון 1
• מעונך 1
• וממעון 1
• מעונה 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with maon more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• תַּן tan “jackal” 4
• קֹדֶשׁ qodesh “holiness” 5
• שְׁמָמָה shemamah “devastation” 3
• גַּל gal “heap” 2
• יָשַׁב yashav “to dwell” 4
• אַתָּה attah “you(m.s.)” 4
• קוֹל qol “voice” 3
• שָׁכַם shakham “to rise” 2
• תְּפִלָּה tephillah “prayer” 2
• אָב av “father” 3
• נוּ nu “us” 2
• בָּרַךְ barakh “to bless” 2

Key verses

The verses using maon that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• 1 Samuel 2:29 — Wherefore kick ye at my sacrifice and at mine offering, which I have commanded in my habitation; and honourest thy sons above me, to make yourselves fat with…
• 2 Chronicles 30:27 — Then the priests the Levites arose and blessed the people: and their voice was heard, and their prayer came up to his holy dwelling place, even unto heaven.
• 2 Chronicles 36:15 — And the LORD God of their fathers sent to them by his messengers, rising up betimes, and sending; because he had compassion on his people, and on his dwelling…
• Psalms 26:8 — LORD, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thine honour dwelleth.
• Psalms 68:5 — A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.
• Psalms 71:3 — Be thou my strong habitation, whereunto I may continually resort: thou hast given commandment to save me; for thou art my rock and my fortress.
• Psalms 90:1 — [A Prayer of Moses the man of God.] Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations.
• Jeremiah 9:11 — And I will make Jerusalem heaps, and a den of dragons; and I will make the cities of Judah desolate, without an inhabitant.
• Jeremiah 25:30 — Therefore prophesy thou against them all these words, and say unto them, The LORD shall roar from on high, and utter his voice from his holy habitation; he…
• Jeremiah 51:37 — And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwellingplace for dragons, an astonishment, and an hissing, without an inhabitant.
• Zephaniah 3:7 — I said, Surely thou wilt fear me, thou wilt receive instruction; so their dwelling should not be cut off, howsoever I punished them: but they rose early, and…
• Zechariah 2:13 — Be silent, O all flesh, before the LORD: for he is raised up out of his holy habitation.

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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.