Maon מָעוֹן

Maon (Hebrew מָעוֹן, Strong's H4583) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “habitation”. It occurs 18 times in 18 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Verses

Every verse with Maon, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Deuteronomy

• 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 our fathers, a land that floweth with milk and honey.Look down from Your holy habitation, from heaven, and bless Your people Israel and the land You have given us as You swore to our fathers—a land flowing with milk and honey.”

1 Samuel

• 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 yourselves fat with the chiefest of all the offerings of Israel my people?Why then do you kick at My sacrifice and offering that I have prescribed for My dwelling place? You have honored your sons more than Me by fattening yourselves with the best of all the offerings of My people Israel.’
• 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 house for ever.You will see distress in My dwelling place. Despite all that is good in Israel, no one in your house will ever again reach old age.

2 Chronicles

• 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, even unto heaven.Then the priests and the Levites stood to bless the people, and God heard their voice, and their prayer came into His holy dwelling place in heaven.
• 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, and on his dwelling place:Again and again the LORD, the God of their fathers, sent word to His people through His messengers because He had compassion on them and on His dwelling place.

Psalms

• Psalm 26:8
  LORD, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thine honour dwelleth.O LORD, I love the house where You dwell, the place where Your glory resides.
• Psalm 68:5
  A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.A father of the fatherless, and a defender of the widows, is God in His holy habitation.
• Psalm 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 fortress.Be my rock of refuge, where I can always go. Give the command to save me, for You are my rock and my fortress.
• Psalm 90:1
  Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations.Lord, You have been our dwelling place through all generations.
• Psalm 91:9
  Because thou hast made the LORD, which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation;Because you have made the LORD your dwelling— my refuge, the Most High—

Jeremiah

• 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.“And I will make Jerusalem a heap of rubble, a haunt for jackals; and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant.”
• 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 dragons.Listen! The sound of a report is coming— a great commotion from the land to the north. The cities of Judah will be made a desolation, a haunt for jackals.
• 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 holy habitation; he shall mightily roar upon his habitation; he shall give a shout, as they that tread the grapes, against all the inhabitants of the earth.So you are to prophesy all these words against them and say to them: ‘The LORD will roar from on high; He will raise His voice from His holy habitation. He will roar loudly over His pasture; like those who tread the grapes, He will call out with a shout against all the inhabitants of the earth.
• 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.“Hazor will become a haunt for jackals, a desolation forever. No one will dwell there; no man will abide there.”
• Jeremiah 51:37
  And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwellingplace for dragons, an astonishment, and an hissing, without an inhabitant.Babylon will become a heap of rubble, a haunt for jackals, an object of horror and scorn, without inhabitant.

Nahum

• 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 whelp, and none made them afraid?Where is the lions’ lair or the feeding ground of the young lions, where the lion and lioness prowled with their cubs, with nothing to frighten them away?

Zephaniah

• Zephaniah 3:7
  I said, Surely thou wilt fear me, thou wilt receive instruction; so their dwelling should not be cut off, howsoever I punished them: but they rose early, and corrupted all their doings.I said, ‘Surely you will fear Me and accept correction.’ Then her dwelling place would not be cut off despite all for which I punished her. But they rose early to corrupt all their deeds.

Zechariah

• Zechariah 2:13
  Be silent, O all flesh, before the Lord: for he is raised up out of his holy habitation.Be silent before the LORD, all people, for He has roused Himself from His holy dwelling.”

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).