מָעוֹן

ma.onMaon

hebrewOld TestamentName of a place8 occurrences4 books6 verses

This name belongs to 2 different people and places in the Bible:

Maon: Son of Shammai, a descendant of Caleb
Maon: A city in Judah; home of Nabal and Abigail

Definition

the same as H4583; a residence; Maon, the name of an Israelite and of a place in Palestine
Traditional renderings: Maon, Maonites. Compare H1010, H4586.

Glossary entries

Maon (Place) Maon (Person), Maonite

Where it occurs

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Occurrences

8 total

Joshua 15:55מָע֥וֹן׀ · Maon
Maon, Carmel, Ziph, Juttah,
Judges 10:12וּמָע֔וֹן · and Maonites
Sidonians, Amalekites, and Maonites oppressed you and you cried out to Me, did I not save you from their hands?
1 Samuel 23:24מָעוֹן֙ · of Maon
So they set out and went to Ziph ahead of Saul. Now David and his men were in the Wilderness of Maon in the Arabah south of Jeshimon,
1 Samuel 23:25 (2×)מָע֑וֹן · of Maon; מָעֽוֹן׃
…and Saul and his men went to seek him. When David was told about it, he went down to the rock and stayed in the Wilderness of Maon. And when Saul heard of this, he pursued David there.
1 Samuel 25:2בְּמָע֜וֹן · in Maon
Now there was a man in Maon whose business was in Carmel. He was a very wealthy man with a thousand goats and three thousand sheep, which he was shearing in Carmel.
1 Chronicles 2:45 (2×)מָע֑וֹן · was Maon; וּמָע֖וֹן · and Maon
The son of Shammai was Maon, and Maon was the father of Beth-zur.