מְעוֹנָהmᵉʻôwnâh

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Pronunciation: meh-o-naw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H4585

Meanings

1. den, lair (Amos 3:4; Job 38:40; Psalms 104:22)

2. the ancient God is a dwelling-place (Deuteronomy 33:27)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 9 times in the Bible.

  • Deuteronomy 33:27 The eternal God is your refuge, and his everlasting arms are under you. He drives out the enemy before you; he cries out, ‘Destroy them!’
  • Job 37:8 The wild animals take cover and stay inside their dens.
  • Job 38:40 as they lie in their dens or crouch in the thicket?
  • Psalms 76:2 Jerusalem is where he lives; Mount Zion is his home.
  • Psalms 104:22 At dawn they slink back into their dens to rest.
  • Song of Solomon 4:8 Come with me from Lebanon, my bride, come with me from Lebanon. Come down from Mount Amana, from the peaks of Senir and Hermon, where the lions have their dens and leopards live among the hills.
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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).