Definition

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

Etymology

or מָעִין; (1 Chronicles 4:41), from the same as H5772 (עוֹנָה);

Where the KJV renders it

• den
• dwelling((-) place)
• habitation

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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