Strong's Lexicon

H4585

H4585 — מְעוֹנָה מְעוֹנָה

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

Hebrewm`ownahnoun femOccurrences: 10TWOT: 1581b

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H4585
Word:	מְעוֹנָה מְעוֹנָה
Part of Speech:	noun fem
Etymology:	feminine of H4583
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	10
Transliteration:	m`ownah
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	meh-o-naw' (or msonah {meh-o-naw'}) n-f.
Meaning:	1. meaning the same as H4583
KJV Renderings:	den, habitation, (dwelling) place, refuge.

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מְעֹנָה noun feminine id.; —

1. den, lair of wild beasts: of כְּפִיר, מְעֹנָתוֺ Amos 3:4, so plural absolute מְעוֺנוֺת Job 38:40 (|| סֻכָּה), suffix מְעוֺנֹתָם Ps 104:22 construct מְעֹנוֺת אֲרָיוֺת Song 4:8 מְעֹנֹתָיו Nah 2:13 (|| חֹרָיו; of אַרְיֵה, figurative of Nineveh); of חַיָּה in general, בִּמְעוֺנֹתֶיהָ תִשְׁכֹּן Job 37:8 (|| אָ֑רֶב); so apparently figurative of men, hunted by ׳ י, מְעוֺנוֺתֵינוּ Jer 21:13, figurative also of ׳ י dwelling in temple, singular suffix, מְעוֺנָתוֺ בְּצִיּוֺן Ps 76:3 (|| סוּכּוֺ).

2. figurative מְעֹנָה אֱלֹהֵי קֶדֶם Deut 33:27 the ancient God is a dwelling-place (for his people; compare I. מָעוֺן 3).

Other Resources

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

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

מעונה (m’gho-nah’)

Deuteronomy 33:27

KJV: The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms: and he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee; and shall say, Destroy them.

EHCC: The eternal God (is thy) refuge,

Job 37:8

KJV: Then the beasts go into dens, and remain in their places.

EHCC: into dens, ard remain in their places.

Job 38:40

KJV: When they couch in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in wait?

EHCC: When they couch אם (their) deat

Psalms 76:2

KJV: In Salem also is his tabernacle, and his dwelling place in Zion.

EHCC: (3).and his duvelling place in Zion.

Psalms 104:22

KJV: The sun ariseth, they gather themselves together, and lay them down in their dens.

EHCC: and lay them down in their dens.

Jeremiah 21:13

KJV: Behold, I am against thee, O inhabitant of the valley, and rock of the plain, saith the Lord; which say, Who shall come down against us? or who shall enter into our habitations?inhabitant: Heb. inhabitress

EHCC: who ahall enter info our ero

Amos 3:4

KJV: Will a lion roar in the forest, when he hath no prey? will a young lion cry out of his den, if he have taken nothing?cry: Heb. give forth his voice

EHCC: will a young lion cry 1 --

Nahum 2:12

KJV: The lion did tear in pieces enough for his whelps, and strangled for his lionesses, and filled his holes with prey, and his dens with ravin.

EHCC: (13).hiy boles with prey, and his deu with