מְעָרָה
me.a.rah
“cave”
Definition
a cavern (as dark)
from H5783 (עוּר);
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Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Feminine)
H:N-F
H:N-F
Occurrences
מְעָרָה appears 30 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
Three of the thirty chief men went down to David, to the rock at the cave of Adullam, while a company of Philistines was encamped in the Valley of Rephaim.
So David left Gath and took refuge in the cave of Adullam. When his brothers and the rest of his father’s household heard about it, they went down to him there.
So Ephron’s field at Machpelah near Mamre, the cave that was in it, and all the trees within the boundaries of the field were deeded over
The field and the cave that is in it were purchased from the Hittites.”
Now the five kings had fled and hidden in the cave at Makkedah.
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