מָעוֹןMâʻôwn
Maon, the name of an Israelite and of a place in Palestine
Pronunciation: maw-ohn' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H4584
Meanings
1. in Judah, 8 miles south of Hebron (Joshua 15:55; 1 Samuel 25:2; 1 Samuel 23:24)
2. in Judah (1 Chronicles 2:45)
3. named with Sidonians and Amalek as ancient foes of Israel (Judges 10:12; 1 Chronicles 4:41)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 8 times in the Bible.
- Joshua 15:55 Besides these, there were Maon, Carmel, Ziph, Juttah,
- Judges 10:12 the Sidonians, the Amalekites, and the Maonites? When they oppressed you, you cried out to me for help, and I rescued you.
- 1 Samuel 23:24 So the men of Ziph returned home ahead of Saul. Meanwhile, David and his men had moved into the wilderness of Maon in the Arabah Valley south of Jeshimon.
- 1 Samuel 23:25 When David heard that Saul and his men were searching for him, he went even farther into the wilderness to the great rock, and he remained there in the wilderness of Maon. But Saul kept after him in the wilderness.
- 1 Samuel 25:2 There was a wealthy man from Maon who owned property near the town of Carmel. He had 3,000 sheep and 1,000 goats, and it was sheep-shearing time.
- 1 Chronicles 2:45 The son of Shammai was Maon. Maon was the father of Beth-zur.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).