Limitless Word
מְעוֹנָהmᵉʻôwnâh/meh-o-naw'/
HebrewH45859 occurrences (KJV)

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

KJV renders it: den, habitation, (dwelling) place, refuge.

Where it appears

  • Deut 33:27The eternal God is your dwelling place. Underneath are the everlasting arms. He thrust out the enemy from before you, and said, ‘Destroy!’
  • Job 37:8Then the animals take cover, and remain in their dens.
  • Job 38:40when they crouch in their dens, and lie in wait in the thicket?
  • Ps 76:2His tabernacle is also in Salem; His dwelling place in Zion.
  • Ps 104:22The sun rises, and they steal away, and lay down in their dens.
  • Song 4:8Come with me from Lebanon, my bride, with me from Lebanon. Look from the top of Amana, from the top of Senir and Hermon, from the lions’ dens, from the mountains of the leopards.
  • Jer 21:13Behold, I am against you, O inhabitant of the valley, and of the rock of the plain,’ says Yahweh. ‘You that say, “Who would come down against us?” or “Who would enter into our homes?”
  • Amos 3:4Will a lion roar in the thicket, when he has no prey? Does a young lion cry out of his den, if he has caught nothing?
  • Nah 2:12The lion tore in pieces enough for his cubs, and strangled for his lionesses, and filled his caves with the kill, and his dens with prey.

Lexical data: Strong’s Hebrew & Greek Dictionaries (1890, public domain; openscriptures, CC-BY-SA). Word tagging from the Strong’s-numbered KJV.