Strong's Hebrew · H4585
מְעוֹנָה
mᵉʻôwnâh · meh-o-naw'
Definition{an abode, of God (the Tabernacle or the Temple), men (their home) or animals (their lair); hence, a retreat (asylum)}
Derivationor מְעֹנָה; feminine of H4583 (מָעוֹן), and meaning the same
KJV usageden, habitation, (dwelling) place, refuge.
Occurrences9 in the KJV · 9 verses
מְעוֹנָה in Scripture
Deuteronomy 33:27
The 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 37:8
Then the beasts go into dens, and remain in their places.
Job 38:40
When they couch in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in wait?
Psalms 76:2
In Salem also is his tabernacle, and his dwelling place in Zion.
Psalms 104:22
The sun ariseth, they gather themselves together, and lay them down in their dens.
Song of Solomon 4:8
Come 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 21:13
Behold, 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 3:4
Will 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 2:12
The 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.