TBESH · H4631
מְעָרָה · me.a.rah · cave
cave, den, hole
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me.a.rah H4631
מְעָרָה (me.a.rah) means “cave” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
מְעָרָה Hebrew · H4631 39 tagged occurrences in 36 verses
Pronunciation guide: meh-aw-raw' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
Lexicon entries
Strong’s Hebrew dictionary
from H5783 (עוּר); a cavern (as dark)
KJV glosses: cave, den, hole.
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How translators render H4631
Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| the cave | 13 |
| in the cave | 5 |
| of the cave | 5 |
| a cave | 2 |
| caves | 2 |
| per cave | 2 |
| a den | 1 |
| and caves | 1 |
| and the cave | 1 |
| cave | 1 |
| in a cave | 1 |
| in caves | 1 |
| into the cave | 1 |
| to caves | 1 |
| you the cave | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| of the cave | 5 |
| in a cave | 4 |
| in the cave | 4 |
| and the cave | 2 |
| him in the cave | 2 |
| a cave | 1 |
| and caves | 1 |
| and in the caves | 1 |
| and of the cave | 1 |
| become a den | 1 |
| in the caves | 1 |
| into the cave | 1 |
| into the holes | 1 |
| me the cave | 1 |
| out of the cave | 1 |
| shall be for dens | 1 |
| thee and the cave | 1 |
| them into the cave | 1 |
| themselves in a cave | 1 |
| themselves in caves | 1 |
| thither unto a cave | 1 |
| to the cave | 1 |
| unto him out of the cave | 1 |
| unto me out of the cave | 1 |
| unto the cave | 1 |
Verses containing H4631
Page 1 of 1. 36 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
- Genesis 19:30
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Lot and his two daughters left Zoar and settled in the mountains—for he was afraid to stay in Zoar—where they lived in a cave.
Read word by word - Genesis 23:9
· BSB · 1 occurrence
to sell me the cave of Machpelah that belongs to him; it is at the end of his field. Let him sell it to me in your presence for full price, so that I may have a burial site.”
Read word by word - Genesis 23:11
· BSB · 1 occurrence
“No, my lord. Listen to me. I give you the field, and I give you the cave that is in it. I give it to you in the presence of my people. Bury your dead.”
Read word by word - Genesis 23:17
· BSB · 1 occurrence
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
Read word by word - Genesis 23:19
· BSB · 1 occurrence
After this, Abraham buried his wife Sarah in the cave of the field at Machpelah near Mamre (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan.
Read word by word - Genesis 23:20
· BSB · 1 occurrence
So the field and its cave were deeded by the Hittites to Abraham as a burial site.
Read word by word - Genesis 25:9
· BSB · 1 occurrence
His sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah near Mamre, in the field of Ephron son of Zohar the Hittite.
Read word by word - Genesis 49:29
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Jacob instructed them, “I am about to be gathered to my people. Bury me with my fathers in the cave in the field of Ephron the Hittite.
Read word by word - Genesis 49:30
· BSB · 1 occurrence
The cave is in the field of Machpelah near Mamre, in the land of Canaan. This is the field Abraham purchased from Ephron the Hittite as a burial site.
Read word by word - Genesis 49:32
· BSB · 1 occurrence
The field and the cave that is in it were purchased from the Hittites.”
Read word by word - Genesis 50:13
· BSB · 1 occurrence
They carried him to the land of Canaan and buried him in the cave at Machpelah in the field near Mamre, which Abraham had purchased from Ephron the Hittite as a burial site.
Read word by word - Joshua 10:16
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Now the five kings had fled and hidden in the cave at Makkedah.
Read word by word - Joshua 10:17
· BSB · 1 occurrence
And Joshua was informed: “The five kings have been found; they are hiding in the cave at Makkedah.”
Read word by word - Joshua 10:18
· BSB · 1 occurrence
So Joshua said, “Roll large stones against the mouth of the cave, and post men there to guard them.
Read word by word - Joshua 10:22
· BSB · 2 occurrences
Then Joshua said, “Open the mouth of the cave and bring those five kings out to me.”
Read word by word - Joshua 10:23
· BSB · 1 occurrence
So they brought the five kings out of the cave—the kings of Jerusalem, Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish, and Eglon.
Read word by word - Joshua 10:27
· BSB · 2 occurrences
At sunset Joshua ordered that they be taken down from the trees and thrown into the cave in which they had hidden. Then large stones were placed against the mouth of the cave, and the stones are there to this day.
Read word by word - Judges 6:2
· BSB · 1 occurrence
and the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel. Because of the Midianites, the Israelites prepared shelters for themselves in the mountains, caves, and strongholds.
Read word by word - 1 Samuel 13:6
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Seeing that they were in danger because their troops were hard-pressed, the men of Israel hid in caves and thickets, among the rocks, and in cellars and cisterns.
Read word by word - 1 Samuel 22:1
· BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
Read word by word - 1 Samuel 24:3
· BSB · 2 occurrences
Soon Saul came to the sheepfolds along the road, where there was a cave, and he went in to relieve himself. And David and his men were hiding in the recesses of the cave.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 24.4
- 1 Samuel 24:7
· BSB · 1 occurrence
With these words David restrained his men, and he did not let them rise up against Saul. Then Saul left the cave and went on his way.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 24.8
- 1 Samuel 24:8
· BSB · 1 occurrence
After that, David got up, went out of the cave, and called out to Saul, “My lord the king!” When Saul looked behind him, David bowed facedown in reverence
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 24.9
- 1 Samuel 24:10
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Behold, this day you have seen with your own eyes that the LORD delivered you into my hand in the cave. I was told to kill you, but I spared you and said, ‘I will not lift my hand against my lord, since he is the LORD’s anointed.’
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 24.11
- 2 Samuel 23:13
· BSB · 1 occurrence
At harvest time, three of the thirty chief men went down to David at the cave of Adullam, while a company of Philistines was encamped in the Valley of Rephaim.
Read word by word - 1 Kings 18:4
· BSB · 1 occurrence
for when Jezebel had slaughtered the prophets of the LORD, Obadiah had taken a hundred prophets and hidden them, fifty men per cave, providing them with food and water.)
Read word by word - 1 Kings 18:13
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Was it not reported to my lord what I did when Jezebel slaughtered the prophets of the LORD? I hid a hundred prophets of the LORD, fifty men per cave, and I provided them with food and water.
Read word by word - 1 Kings 19:9
· BSB · 1 occurrence
There Elijah entered a cave and spent the night. And the word of the LORD came to him, saying, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”
Read word by word - 1 Kings 19:13
· BSB · 1 occurrence
When Elijah heard it, he wrapped his face in his cloak and went out and stood at the mouth of the cave. Suddenly a voice came to him and said, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”
Read word by word - 1 Chronicles 11:15
· BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
Read word by word - Psalms 57:0
· KJV · 1 occurrence
The source numbers this heading or verse separately; read it in the interlinear.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 57.1
- Psalms 142:0
· KJV · 1 occurrence
The source numbers this heading or verse separately; read it in the interlinear.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 142.1
- Isaiah 2:19
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Men will flee to caves in the rocks and holes in the ground, away from the terror of the LORD and from the splendor of His majesty, when He rises to shake the earth.
Read word by word - Isaiah 32:14
· BSB · 1 occurrence
For the palace will be forsaken, the busy city abandoned. The hill and the watchtower will become caves forever—the delight of wild donkeys and a pasture for flocks—
Read word by word - Jeremiah 7:11
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Has this house, which bears My Name, become a den of robbers in your sight? Yes, I too have seen it, declares the LORD.
Read word by word - Ezekiel 33:27
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘As surely as I live, those in the ruins will fall by the sword, those in the open field I will give to be devoured by wild animals, and those in the strongholds and caves will die by plague.
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