STRONGS H4585:
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מְעֹנָה noun feminine id.; —
1. den, lair of wild beasts: of
כְּפִיר,
מְעֹנָתוֺ Amos 3:4, so plural absolute
מְעוֺנוֺת Job 38:40 (||
סֻכָּה), suffix
מְעוֺנֹתָם Psalm 104:22; construct
מְעֹנוֺת אֲרָיוֺת Songs 4:8;
מְעֹנֹתָיו Nahum 2:13 (||
חֹרָיו; of
אַרְיֵה, figurative of Nineveh); of
חַיָּה in general,
בִּמְעוֺנֹתֶיהָ תִשְׁכֹּן Job 37:8 (||
אָ֑רֶב); so apparently figurative of men, hunted by
י׳,
מְעוֺנוֺתֵינוּ Jeremiah 21:13, figurative also of
י׳ dwelling in temple, singular suffix,
מְעוֺנָתוֺ בְּצִיּוֺן Psalm 76:3 (||
סוּכּוֺ).
2. figurative
מְעֹנָה אֱלֹהֵי קֶדֶם Deuteronomy 33:27 the ancient God is a dwelling-place (for his people; compare I.
מָעוֺן 3).
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