מְעָרָה mearah
Hebrew word for “cave” · Strong’s H4631 · used 39 times in 36 verses
Meaning
cave, den, hole
How it is translated
Glosses given for mearah in context, with how often each is used:
- cave 33
- caves 5
- ¿ a den 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Genesis | 11 | 0.5 | |
| Joshua | 8 | 0.8 | |
| 1 Samuel | 7 | 0.5 | |
| 1 Kings | 4 | 0.3 | |
| Psalms | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Isaiah | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Judges | 1 | 0.1 | |
| 2 Samuel | 1 | 0.1 | |
| 1 Chronicles | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Jeremiah | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Ezekiel | 1 | 0.1 |
Chapters where it is used most
Joshua 10 (6), Genesis 23 (5), 1 Samuel 24 (4), Genesis 49 (3), 1 Kings 18 (2), 1 Kings 19 (2), Genesis 19 (1), Genesis 25 (1), Genesis 50 (1), Judges 6 (1)
Forms
- המערה 10
- במערה 9
- מערת 6
- והמערה 4
- במערות 2
- מהמערה 2
- במערת 1
- המערות 1
- מערה 1
- מערות 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with mearah more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- מַכְפֵּלָה makhpelah “Machpelah” 6
- שָׂדֶה sadeh “land” 11
- חָבָא chava “to hide” 6
- מַמְרֵא mamre “Mamre” 5
- עֶפְרוֹן ephron “Ephron” 5
- קָבַר qavar “to bury” 5
- דָּוִד david “David” 8
- חִתִּי chitti “Hittite” 4
- אֲחֻזָּה achuzzah “possession” 4
- עֲדֻלָּם adullam “Adullam” 3
- קֶבֶר qever “grave” 4
- אַבְרָהָם avraham “Abraham” 4
Key verses
The verses using mearah that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Genesis 49:29 — And he charged them, and said unto them, I am to be gathered unto my people: bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite,
- Genesis 50:13 — For his sons carried him into the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, which Abraham bought with the field for a possession of…
- 1 Samuel 13:6 — When the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait, (for the people were distressed,) then the people did hide themselves in caves, and in thickets, and in…
- 1 Samuel 22:1 — David therefore departed thence, and escaped to the cave Adullam: and when his brethren and all his father’s house heard it, they went down thither to him.
- 1 Kings 18:4 — For it was so, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the LORD, that Obadiah took an hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread…
- 1 Kings 18:13 — Was it not told my lord what I did when Jezebel slew the prophets of the LORD, how I hid an hundred men of the LORD’s prophets by fifty in a cave, and fed them…
- Psalms 57:1 — [To the chief Musician, Al-taschith, Michtam of David, when he fled from Saul in the cave.] Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me: for my soul…
- Psalms 142:1 — [Maschil of David; A Prayer when he was in the cave.] I cried unto the LORD with my voice; with my voice unto the LORD did I make my supplication.
- Isaiah 2:19 — And they shall go into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves of the earth, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to…
- Isaiah 32:14 — Because the palaces shall be forsaken; the multitude of the city shall be left; the forts and towers shall be for dens for ever, a joy of wild asses, a pasture…
- Jeremiah 7:11 — Is this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, even I have seen it, saith the LORD.
- Ezekiel 33:27 — Say thou thus unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; As I live, surely they that are in the wastes shall fall by the sword, and him that is in the open field will…
See all 36 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.