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Deuteronomy 33:27
“The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms: and he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee; and shall say, Destroy them.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
מְעוֹנָהmᵉʻôwnâh · meh-o-naw'
H4585 · Hebrew
H4585 · Hebrew
- Definition
- {an abode, of God (the Tabernacle or the Temple), men (their home) or animals (their lair); hence, a retreat (asylum)}
- Derivation
- or מְעֹנָה; feminine of H4583 (מָעוֹן), and meaning the same
- KJV renderings
- den, habitation, (dwelling) place, refuge.
- Grammar
- מְעֹנָה֙ — common noun, both genders, singular, absolute
- Usage
- Occurs 10 times in the Hebrew Bible.Job 37:8Job 38:40Psalms 76:3Psalms 104:22Song of Solomon 4:8
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read מְעוֹנָה here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.