Strong’s H4631 · Hebrew

מְעָרָה
mᵉʻârâh
meh-aw-raw'

Definition

a cavern (as dark)

Etymology

from H5783 (עוּר);

Where 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.

What the first audience heard

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