H4585Noun, feminine9 times in the Hebrew BibleWhere it occurs
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In the text
- Deuteronomy 33:27מְעֹנָה
The eternal God is your dwelling place, and underneath are the everlasting arms. He drives out the enemy before you, giving the command, ‘Destroy him!’
- Job 37:8וּבִמְעוֹנֹתֶיהָ
The wild animals enter their lairs; they settle down in their dens.
- Psalm 76:2וּמְעוֹנָתוֹ
His tent is in Salem, His dwelling place in Zion.
- Song of Songs 4:8מִמְּעֹנוֹת
Come with me from Lebanon, my bride, come with me from Lebanon! Descend from the peak of Amana, from the summits of Senir and Hermon, from the dens of the lions, from the mountains of the leopards.
- Jeremiah 21:13בִּמְעוֹנוֹתֵינוּ
Behold, I am against you who dwell above the valley, atop the rocky plateau—declares the LORD—you who say, “Who can come against us? Who can enter our dwellings?”
- Amos 3:4מִמְּעֹנָתוֹ
Does a lion roar in the forest when he has no prey? Does a young lion growl in his den if he has caught nothing?
Brown-Driver-Briggs
Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.