Strong’s H4631 · Hebrew

מְעָרָה
mᵉʻârâh
meh-aw-raw'

Definition

a cavern (as dark)

Etymology

from H5783 (עוּר);

Word family

How the KJV renders it

  • cave
  • den
  • hole

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.