Occurrences
Mᵉʻârâh occurs 37 times in 34 verses of the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (11), Joshua (6), Judges (1), 1 Samuel (6), 2 Samuel (1), 1 Kings (4), 1 Chronicles (1), Isaiah (2), Jeremiah (1), Ezekiel (1)
- Genesis 19:30 — And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain, and his two daughters with him; for he feared to dwell in Zoar: and he dwelt in a cave (בַּמְּעָרָ֔ה), he and his two daughters.
- Genesis 23:9 — That he may give me the cave (מְעָרַ֤ת) of Machpelah, which he hath, which is in the end of his field; for as much money as it is worth he shall give it me for a possession of a buryingplace amongst you.
- Genesis 23:11 — Nay, my lord, hear me: the field give I thee, and the cave (וְהַמְּעָרָ֥ה) that is therein, I give it thee; in the presence of the sons of my people give I it thee: bury thy dead.
- Genesis 23:17 — And the field of Ephron, which was in Machpelah, which was before Mamre, the field, and the cave (וְהַמְּעָרָ֣ה) which was therein, and all the trees that were in the field, that were in all the borders round about, were made sure
- Genesis 23:19 — And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave (מְעָרַ֞ת) of the field of Machpelah before Mamre: the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan.
- Genesis 23:20 — And the field, and the cave (וְהַמְּעָרָ֧ה) that is therein, were made sure unto Abraham for a possession of a buryingplace by the sons of Heth.
- Genesis 25:9 — And his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave (מְעָרַ֖ת) of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, which is before Mamre;
- Genesis 49:29 — And he charged them, and said unto them, I am to be gathered unto my people: bury me with my fathers in the cave (הַ֨מְּעָרָ֔ה) that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite,
- Genesis 49:30 — In the cave (בַּמְּעָרָ֞ה) that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field of Ephron the Hittite for a possession of a buryingplace.
- Genesis 49:32 — The purchase of the field and of the cave (וְהַמְּעָרָ֥ה) that is therein was from the children of Heth.
- Genesis 50:13 — For his sons carried him into the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave (בִּמְעָרַ֖ת) of the field of Machpelah, which Abraham bought with the field for a possession of a buryingplace of Ephron the Hittite, before Mamre.
- Joshua 10:16 — But these five kings fled, and hid themselves in a cave (בַמְּעָרָ֖ה) at Makkedah.
- Joshua 10:17 — And it was told Joshua, saying, The five kings are found hid in a cave (בַּמְּעָרָ֖ה) at Makkedah.
- Joshua 10:18 — And Joshua said, Roll great stones upon the mouth of the cave (הַמְּעָרָ֑ה), and set men by it for to keep them:
- Joshua 10:22 — Then said Joshua, Open the mouth of the cave (הַמְּעָרָ֑ה), and bring out those five kings unto me out of the cave.
- Joshua 10:22 — Then said Joshua, Open the mouth of the cave, and bring out those five kings unto me out of the cave (הַמְּעָרָֽה).
- Joshua 10:23 — And they did so, and brought forth those five kings unto him out of the cave (הַמְּעָרָ֑ה), the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, and the king of Eglon.
- Joshua 10:27 — And it came to pass at the time of the going down of the sun, that Joshua commanded, and they took them down off the trees, and cast them into the cave (הַמְּעָרָ֖ה) wherein they had been hid, and laid great stones in the cave’s mouth, which remain until this very day.
- Joshua 10:27 — And it came to pass at the time of the going down of the sun, that Joshua commanded, and they took them down off the trees, and cast them into the cave wherein they had been hid, and laid great stones in the cave’s (הַמְּעָרָ֔ה) mouth, which remain until this very day.
- Judges 6:2 — And the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel: and because of the Midianites the children of Israel made them the dens which are in the mountains, and caves (הַמְּעָר֖וֹת), and strong holds.
- 1 Samuel 13:6 — When the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait, (for the people were distressed,) then the people did hide themselves in caves (בַּמְּעָר֤וֹת), and in thickets, and in rocks, and in high places, and in pits.
- 1 Samuel 22:1 — David therefore departed thence, and escaped to the cave (מְעָרַ֣ת) Adullam: and when his brethren and all his father’s house heard it, they went down thither to him.
- 1 Samuel 24:3 — And he came to the sheepcotes by the way, where was a cave (מְעָרָ֔ה); and Saul went in to cover his feet: and David and his men remained in the sides of the cave.
- 1 Samuel 24:3 — And he came to the sheepcotes by the way, where was a cave; and Saul went in to cover his feet: and David and his men remained in the sides of the cave (הַמְּעָרָ֖ה).
- 1 Samuel 24:7 — So David stayed his servants with these words, and suffered them not to rise against Saul. But Saul rose up out of the cave (מֵהַמְּעָרָ֖ה), and went on his way.
- 1 Samuel 24:8 — David also arose afterward, and went out of the cave (מֵֽהַמְּעָרָ֔ה), and cried after Saul, saying, My lord the king. And when Saul looked behind him, David stooped with his face to the earth, and bowed himself.
- 1 Samuel 24:10 — Behold, this day thine eyes have seen how that the LORD had delivered thee to day into mine hand in the cave (בַּמְּעָרָ֔ה): and some bade me kill thee: but mine eye spared thee; and I said, I will not put forth mine hand against my lord; for he is the LORD’s anointed.
- 2 Samuel 23:13 — And three of the thirty chief went down, and came to David in the harvest time unto the cave (מְעָרַ֖ת) of Adullam: and the troop of the Philistines pitched in the valley of Rephaim.
- 1 Kings 18:4 — For it was so, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the LORD, that Obadiah took an hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave (בַּמְּעָרָ֔ה), and fed them with bread and water.)
- 1 Kings 18:13 — Was it not told my lord what I did when Jezebel slew the prophets of the LORD, how I hid an hundred men of the LORD’s prophets by fifty in a cave (בַּמְּעָרָ֔ה), and fed them with bread and water?
- 1 Kings 19:9 — And he came thither unto a cave (הַמְּעָרָ֖ה), and lodged there; and, behold, the word of the LORD came to him, and he said unto him, What doest thou here, Elijah?
- 1 Kings 19:13 — And it was so, when Elijah heard it, that he wrapped his face in his mantle, and went out, and stood in the entering in of the cave (הַמְּעָרָ֑ה). And, behold, there came a voice unto him, and said, What doest thou here, Elijah?
- 1 Chronicles 11:15 — Now three of the thirty captains went down to the rock to David, into the cave (מְעָרַ֖ת) of Adullam; and the host of the Philistines encamped in the valley of Rephaim.
- Isaiah 2:19 — And they shall go into the holes (בִּמְעָר֣וֹת) of the rocks, and into the caves of the earth, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.
- Isaiah 32:14 — Because the palaces shall be forsaken; the multitude of the city shall be left; the forts and towers shall be for dens (מְעָרוֹת֙) for ever, a joy of wild asses, a pasture of flocks;
- Jeremiah 7:11 — Is this house, which is called by my name, become a den (הַמְעָרַ֣ת) of robbers in your eyes? Behold, even I have seen it, saith the LORD.
- Ezekiel 33:27 — Say thou thus unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; As I live, surely they that are in the wastes shall fall by the sword, and him that is in the open field will I give to the beasts to be devoured, and they that be in the forts and in the caves (וּבַמְּעָר֖וֹת) shall die of the pestilence.