4631. mearah
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mearah: a cave
Original Word: מְעָרָה
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Transliteration: mearah
Phonetic Spelling: (meh-aw-raw')
Short Definition: cave

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from an unused word
Definition
a cave
NASB Translation
cave (31), caves (5), den (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
מְעָרָה40 noun feminine cave; — absolute ׳מ Genesis 19:30 +; construct מְעָרַת Genesis 23:19 +; plural מְעָרוֺת Judges 6:2 +, construct id. Isaiah 2:19; — cave, especially as place of sojourn or refuge Genesis 19:30 (J), 1 Samuel 24:3 (twice in verse); 1 Samuel 24:7; 1 Samuel 24:8; 1 Samuel 24:10 (Ginsb; v.1 Samuel 24:4; v.1 Samuel 24:8; v.1 Samuel 24:9; v.1 Samuel 24:11 van d. H. Bear), 1 Kings 19:1,13; Ezekiel 33:27; Joshua 10:16 (בַמַּקֵּדָה ׳מ) + 7 t. Joshua 10; Judges 6:2; 1 Samuel 13:6; 1 Kings 18:4,13, compare Psalm 57:1; Psalm 142:1; מְעָרוֺת צֻרִים Isaiah 2:19, hence מָּרִצִים ׳מ Jeremiah 7:11 robbers' cave; Isaiah 32:14 den (of wild beasts); — עֲדֻלָּם ׳מ 1 Samuel 22:1; 2 Samuel 23:13, whence in "" 1 Chronicles 11:15, read probably ׳מְצֻדַת ע or מְצָדַת We, compare Dr, Bu Kit HPS; — as burial place, הַמַּכְמֵּלָה ׳מ Genesis 23:9 + (see מַכְמֵּלָה) = ׳מ alone Genesis 23:11,17,20; Genesis 49:29,32 (all P). אֲשֶׁר לַצִּידֹנִים ׳מ Joshua 13:4 (D), cave-region in Lebanon east of Sidon, modern Mughâr Gezzîn, according to most, but dubious; perhaps, rather, near Tyre BuhlMDPV 1895, 55.



Strong's
cave, den, hole

From uwr; a cavern (as dark) -- cave, den, hole.

see HEBREW uwr

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