Strong H4585מְעֹנָה
habitation
- Transliteration
- me‛ônâh me‛ônâh
- Pronunciation
- {meh-o-naw'} meh-o-naw'
- Morphology
- Hebrew Noun (Feminine)
Definition
Feminine of {H4583 } and meaning the same: - {den} {habitation} (dwelling) {place} refuge.
Detailed definition
1) dwelling, habitation, refuge
1a) den, lair (of animals)
1b) dwelling-place (of God) (fig.)
1a) den, lair (of animals)
1b) dwelling-place (of God) (fig.)
In the Bible
Strong H4585 appears in 9 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- den5
- place2
- habitation1
- refuge1
First verses
- Deuteronomy 33:27The 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.
- Job 37:8Then the beasts go into dens, and remain in their places.
- Job 38:40When they couch in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in wait?
- Psalms 76:2In Salem also is his tabernacle, and his dwelling place in Zion.
- Psalms 104:22The sun ariseth, they gather themselves together, and lay them down in their dens.
- Song of Songs 4:8Come with me from Lebanon, my spouse, with me from Lebanon: look from the top of Amana, from the top of Shenir and Hermon, from the lions’ dens, from the mountains of the leopards.
- Jeremiah 21:13Behold, 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?
- Amos 3:4Will 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?
- Nahum 2:12The 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.