King James Bible
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STRONGS NUMBER H4585
Transliteration: meonah
Phonetic Spelling: (meh-o-naw')
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: habitation
Meaning: an abode, of God, men, animals, a retreat
Word Summary
meonah: habitation
Original Word: מְעוֹנָהTransliteration: meonah
Phonetic Spelling: (meh-o-naw')
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: habitation
Meaning: an abode, of God, men, animals, a retreat
Strong's Concordance
den, habitation, dwelling place, refuge Or msonah {meh-o-naw'}; feminine of ma'own, and meaning the same -- den, habitation, (dwelling) place, refuge.
see HEBREW ma'own
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H4585. meonah
מְעֹנָה noun feminine id.; —
1 den, lair of wild beasts: of מְעֹנָתוֺ כְּפִיר, Amos 3:4, so plural absolute מְעוֺנוֺת Job 38:40 ("" סֻכָּה), suffix מְעוֺנֹתָם Psalm 104:22; construct אֲרָיוֺת מְעֹנוֺת Song of Solomon 4:8; מְעֹנֹתָיו Nahum 2:13 ("" חֹרָיו; of אַרְיֵה, figurative of Nineveh); of חַיָּה in General, תִשְׁכֹּן בִּמְעוֺנֹתֶיהָ Job 37:8 ("" אָ֑רֶב); so apparently figurative of men, hunted by מְעוֺנוֺתֵינוּ ׳י, Jeremiah 21:13, figurative also of ׳י dwelling in temple, singular suffix, בְּצִיּוֺן מְעוֺנָתוֺ Psalm 76:3 ("" סוּכּוֺ).
2 figurative קֶדֶם אֱלֹהֵי מְעֹנָה Deuteronomy 33:27 the ancient God is a dwelling-place (for his people; compare I. מָעוֺן 3).