HebrewH4631Noun (Feminine)

מְעָרָה

me.a.rah

30Occurrences
H4631Strong's #
Noun (Feminine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

a cavern (as dark)

from H5783 (עוּר);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
cave, den, hole

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Feminine)

Morphology Code

H:N-F

Full Description

H:N-F

Occurrences

מְעָרָה appears 30 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Genesis
11
Joshua
6
1 Kings
4
1 Samuel
2
Isaiah
2
1 Chronicles
1
2 Samuel
1
Ezk
1

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 11:15BSB

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.

1 Samuel 22:1BSB

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.

Genesis 23:17BSB

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

Genesis 49:32BSB

The field and the cave that is in it were purchased from the Hittites.”

Joshua 10:16BSB

Now the five kings had fled and hidden in the cave at Makkedah.

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