Mᵉʻôwnâh — H4585

Definition

feminine noun

an abode, of God (the Tabernacle or the Temple), men (their home) or animals (their lair); hence, a retreat (asylum)

1. dwelling, habitation, refuge
1. den, lair (of animals)
2. dwelling-place (of God) (fig.)

Usually translated as

den, place, refuge, habitation

Origin

or mᵉʻônâh; feminine of H4583, and meaning the same

• Mâʻôwn (H4583)

Occurrences

Mᵉʻôwnâh occurs 9 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Deuteronomy (1), Job (2), Psalms (2), Song of Songs (1), Jeremiah (1), Amos (1), Nahum (1)

• Deuteronomy 33:27 — The eternal God is thy refuge (מְעֹנָה֙), 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 (וּבִמְע֖וֹנֹתֶ֣יהָ).
• Job 38:40 — When they couch in their dens (בַמְּעוֹנ֑וֹת), and abide in the covert to lie in wait?
• Psalms 76:2 — In Salem also is his tabernacle, and his dwelling place (וּמְע֖וֹנָת֣וֹ) in Zion.
• Psalms 104:22 — The sun ariseth, they gather themselves together, and lay them down in their dens (מְ֝עוֹנֹתָ֗ם).
• Song of Songs 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 (מִמְּעֹנ֣וֹת), 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 (בִּמְעוֹנוֹתֵֽינוּ)?
• Amos 3:4 — Will a lion roar in the forest, when he hath no prey? will a young lion cry out of his den (מִמְּעֹ֣נָת֔וֹ), 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 (וּמְעֹֽנֹתָ֖יו) with ravin.