Definition

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

Etymology

or מְעֹנָה; feminine of H4583 (מָעוֹן), and meaning the same

Where the KJV renders it

• den
• habitation
• (dwelling) place
• refuge

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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