Strong H4584H4584Gמָעוֹן

Maon

Transliteration: mâ‛ôn
Pronunciation: maw-ohn'
Morphology: Proper Name of a Location with no gender

Definition

Maon, a city in the hill country of Judah (Joshua 15:55), home of Nabal and Abigail (1 Samuel 25:2).

Meaning of the name

Maon or Maonites = "habitation"

General definition

The same as H4583; a residence;
{Maon} the name of an Israelite and of a place in Palestine: - {Maon} Maonites. Compare {H1010 } H4586 .

In the biblical story

Maon

A city in Judah; home of Nabal and Abigail

Maon, a city in the hill country of Judah (Joshua 15:55), home of Nabal and Abigail (1 Samuel 25:2).

In the Bible

Strong H4584G appears in 5 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

maon4
maonites1

First verses

Joshua 15:55
Maon, Carmel, and Ziph, and Juttah,
Judges 10:12
The Zidonians also, and the Amalekites, and the Maonites, did oppress you; and ye cried to me, and I delivered you out of their hand.
1 Samuel 23:24
And they arose, and went to Ziph before Saul: but David and his men were in the wilderness of Maon, in the plain on the south of Jeshimon.
1 Samuel 23:25
Saul also and his men went to seek him. And they told David: wherefore he came down into a rock, and abode in the wilderness of Maon. And when Saul heard that, he pursued after David in the wilderness of Maon.
1 Samuel 25:2
And there was a man in Maon, whose possessions were in Carmel; and the man was very great, and he had three thousand sheep, and a thousand goats: and he was shearing his sheep in Carmel.

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