# מָעוֹן (maon)

Israeli respelling: maon. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H4583. 17 Old Testament occurrences.

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

King James renderings: den, dwelling((-) place), habitation.

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/maon-h4583

## Occurrences

- [Deuteronomy 26:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/26/15) — Look down from thy holy habitation, from heaven, and bless thy people Israel, and the land which thou hast given us, as thou swarest unto o…
- [1 Samuel 2:29](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/2/29) — Wherefore kick ye at my sacrifice and at mine offering, which I have commanded in my habitation; and honourest thy sons above me, to make y…
- [1 Samuel 2:32](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/2/32) — And thou shalt see an enemy in my habitation, in all the wealth which God shall give Israel: and there shall not be an old man in thine hou…
- [2 Chronicles 30:27](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/30/27) — Then the priests the Levites arose and blessed the people: and their voice was heard, and their prayer came up to his holy dwelling place,…
- [2 Chronicles 36:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/36/15) — And the LORD God of their fathers sent to them by his messengers, rising up betimes, and sending; because he had compassion on his people,…
- [Psalms 26:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/26/8) — LORD, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thine honour dwelleth.
- [Psalms 68:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/68/5) — A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.
- [Psalms 71:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/71/3) — Be thou my strong habitation, whereunto I may continually resort: thou hast given commandment to save me; for thou art my rock and my fortr…
- [Psalms 90:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/90/1) — Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations.
- [Psalms 91:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/91/9) — Because thou hast made the LORD, which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation;
- [Jeremiah 9:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/9/11) — And I will make Jerusalem heaps, and a den of dragons; and I will make the cities of Judah desolate, without an inhabitant.
- [Jeremiah 10:22](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/10/22) — Behold, the noise of the bruit is come, and a great commotion out of the north country, to make the cities of Judah desolate, and a den of…
- [Jeremiah 25:30](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/25/30) — Therefore prophesy thou against them all these words, and say unto them, The LORD shall roar from on high, and utter his voice from his hol…
- [Jeremiah 49:33](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/49/33) — And Hazor shall be a dwelling for dragons, and a desolation for ever: there shall no man abide there, nor any son of man dwell in it.
- [Jeremiah 51:37](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/51/37) — And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwellingplace for dragons, an astonishment, and an hissing, without an inhabitant.
- [Nahum 2:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/nahum/2/11) — Where is the dwelling of the lions, and the feedingplace of the young lions, where the lion, even the old lion, walked, and the lion’s whel…
- [Zechariah 2:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/zechariah/2/13) — Be silent, O all flesh, before the LORD: for he is raised up out of his holy habitation.