Strong's Lexicon

H4411

H4411 — מָלוֹן

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewmalownnoun mascOccurrences: 8TWOT: 1096a

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H4411
Word:מָלוֹן
Part of Speech:noun masc
Etymology:from H3885
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:8
Transliteration:malown
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:maw-lone'
Meaning:1. a lodgment, i.e. caravanserai or encampment
KJV Renderings:inn, place where...lodge, lodging (place).

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB4375

מָלוֺן noun masculine lodging-place, inn, khan; — absolute ׳ מ Gen 42:27 + 5 t.; construct מְלוֺן 2Kgs 19:23; Jer 9:1 — lodging-place, inn, khan (?) Gen 42:27; Gen 43:21; Exod 4:24 אֹרְתִים ׳ מְ Jer 9:1 = camp (of Israel) for a night, Josh 4:3 ( + לין), Josh 4:8 of Assyrians Isa 10:29 figurative מְלוֺן קִצֹּה֯ 2Kgs 19:23, i.e. its (Lebanon's) remotest camping-ground, hyperb. of Assyrian conquest; so read probably in || Isa 37:24 for ᵑ0 ׳ מְרוֺם ק, compare Di Du Kit CheHpt.


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

מלון (mah-l)

Genesis 42:27

KJV: And as one of them opened his sack to give his ass provender in the inn, he espied his money; for, behold, it was in his sack’s mouth.
EHCC: to give his ass provender in the ian,

Genesis 43:21

KJV: And it came to pass, when we came to the inn, that we opened our sacks, and, behold, every man’s money was in the mouth of his sack, our money in full weight: and we have brought it again in our hand.
EHCC: when we came to the inn,

Exodus 4:24

KJV: And it came to pass by the way in the inn, that the Lord met him, and sought to kill him.
EHCC: by the way in the inn,

Joshua 4:3

KJV: And command ye them, saying, Take you hence out of the midst of Jordan, out of the place where the priests’ feet stood firm, twelve stones, and ye shall carry them over with you, and leave them in the lodging place, where ye shall lodge this night.
EHCC: leave them in the lodging place,

2 Kings 19:23

KJV: By thy messengers thou hast reproached the Lord, and hast said, With the multitude of my chariots I am come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon, and will cut down the tall cedar trees thereof, and the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into the lodgings of his borders, and into the forest of his Carmel.By: Heb. By the hand oftall…: Heb. tallness, etcof his Carmel: or, and his fruitful field
EHCC: 1 will enter into the lodgings of

Isaiah 10:29

KJV: They are gone over the passage: they have taken up their lodging at Geba; Ramah is afraid; Gibeah of Saul is fled.
EHCC: they have taken up their lodging

Jeremiah 9:2

KJV: Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfaring men; that I might leave my people, and go from them! for they be all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.
EHCC: (1).a lodging place of wayfaring men ;
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