Maon מָעוֹן
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| מָעוֹן | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | maon |
| Strong's number | H4584 (H4584G, H4584H) |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | place name |
| Gloss | Maon |
| Occurrences | 8 in 6 verses |
| Most frequent in | 1 Samuel (3) |
Maon (Hebrew מָעוֹן, Strong's H4584) is a place name in the Old Testament, glossed “Maon”. It occurs 8 times.
Definition
H4584G: Maon
§ Maon or Maonites = "habitation"
a city of Judah located 8 miles south of Hebron
a city of Judah located 8 miles south of Hebron
H4584H: Maon
A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Ch.2.45;
son of: Shammai (H8060H)
§ Maon or Maonites = "habitation"
1) a man of Judah
2) the inhabitants of the city of Maon
3) a city of Judah located 8 miles south of Hebron
son of: Shammai (H8060H)
§ Maon or Maonites = "habitation"
1) a man of Judah
2) the inhabitants of the city of Maon
3) a city of Judah located 8 miles south of Hebron
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | maon (7), maonites (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | maon (5), maonites (1), was maon (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Maon, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Joshua
- Joshua 15:55Maon, Carmel, and Ziph, and Juttah,Maon, Carmel, Ziph, Juttah,
Judges
- Judges 10:12The Zidonians also, and the Amalekites, and the Maonites, did oppress you; and ye cried to me, and I delivered you out of their hand.Sidonians, Amalekites, and Maonites oppressed you and you cried out to Me, did I not save you from their hands?
1 Samuel
- 1 Samuel 23:24And they arose, and went to Ziph before Saul: but David and his men were in the wilderness of Maon, in the plain on the south of Jeshimon.So they set out and went to Ziph ahead of Saul. Now David and his men were in the Wilderness of Maon in the Arabah south of Jeshimon,
- 1 Samuel 23:25Saul also and his men went to seek him. And they told David: wherefore he came down into a rock, and abode in the wilderness of Maon. And when Saul heard that, he pursued after David in the wilderness of Maon.and Saul and his men went to seek him. When David was told about it, he went down to the rock and stayed in the Wilderness of Maon. And when Saul heard of this, he pursued David there.
- 1 Samuel 25:2And there was a man in Maon, whose possessions were in Carmel; and the man was very great, and he had three thousand sheep, and a thousand goats: and he was shearing his sheep in Carmel.Now there was a man in Maon whose business was in Carmel. He was a very wealthy man with a thousand goats and three thousand sheep, which he was shearing in Carmel.
1 Chronicles
- 1 Chronicles 2:45And the son of Shammai was Maon: and Maon was the father of Beth–zur.The son of Shammai was Maon, and Maon was the father of Beth-zur.
Notes
- 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.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).