Strong's Hebrew · H4583
מָעוֹן
mâʻôwn · maw-ohn'
Definitionan abode, of God (the Tabernacle or the Temple), men (their home) or animals (their lair); hence, a retreat (asylum)
Derivationor מָעִין; (1 Chronicles 4:41), from the same as H5772 (עוֹנָה);
KJV usageden, dwelling((-) place), habitation.
Occurrences19 in the KJV · 19 verses
מָעוֹן in Scripture
Deuteronomy 26:15
Look down from thy holy habitation, from heaven, and bless thy people Israel, and the land which thou hast given us, as thou swarest unto our fathers, a land that floweth with milk and honey.
1 Samuel 2:29
Wherefore kick ye at my sacrifice and at mine offering, which I have commanded in my habitation; and honourest thy sons above me, to make yourselves fat with the chiefest of all the offerings of Israel my people?
1 Samuel 2:32
And thou shalt see an enemy in my habitation, in all the wealth which God shall give Israel: and there shall not be an old man in thine house forever.
1 Chronicles 4:41
And these written by name came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and smote their tents, and the habitations that were found there, and destroyed them utterly unto this day, and dwelt in their rooms: because there was pasture there for their flocks.
2 Chronicles 30:27
Then the priests the Levites arose and blessed the people: and their voice was heard, and their prayer came up to his holy dwelling place, even unto heaven.
2 Chronicles 36:15
And the LORD God of their fathers sent to them by his messengers, rising up betimes, and sending; because he had compassion on his people, and on his dwelling place:
Psalms 26:8
LORD, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thine honour dwelleth.
Psalms 68:5
A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.
Psalms 71:3
Be thou my strong habitation, whereunto I may continually resort: thou hast given commandment to save me; for thou art my rock and my fortress.
Psalms 90:1
Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations.
Psalms 91:9
Because thou hast made the LORD, which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation;
Jeremiah 9:11
And I will make Jerusalem heaps, and a den of dragons; and I will make the cities of Judah desolate, without an inhabitant.
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