Lexical Summary Maon: "habitation", a place in Judah, also a man of Judah, also an enemy of Isr Original Word: מָעוֹןTransliteration: Maon Phonetic Spelling: (maw-ohn') Part of Speech: proper name; location; masculine; of a people Short Definition: "habitation", a place in Judah, also a man of Judah, also an enemy of Isr Meaning: Maon -- "habitation", a place in Judah, also a man of Judah, also an enemy of Israel Strong's Concordance Maon, Maonites The same as ma'own; a residence; Maon, the name of an Israelite and of a place in Palestine -- Maon, Maonites. Compare Beyth Ba'al m'own, m'uwniy. see HEBREW ma'own see HEBREW Beyth Ba'al m'own see HEBREW m'uwniy Brown-Driver-Briggs H4584. Maon II. מָעוֺן proper name 1. location in Judah Joshua 15:55 (P), 1 Samuel 25:2 (ᵐ5 Μααν, Μαων), now Ma`în (BuhlGeogr. 163 and references), 8 miles south of Hebron; hence מ ׳מִדְבַּר 23:24-25, (twice in verse), so read also 25:1 (for פארן ᵑ0) ᵐ5 Th We Dr Bu Klo Kit Löhr; compare 2. masculine in Judah 1 Chronicles 2:45 (twice in verse), ᵐ5 Μεων, Μαων. 3. of a people Judges 10:12 named with Sidonians and Amalek as ancient foes of Israel; possibly intended by writer as = מְעוּנִים q. v.; many read מִדְיָן (ᵐ5B A ᵐ5L Μαδιαμ); see GFM. — מְעוֺן see מְעוֺן בַּעַל בֵּית; 1 Chronicles 4:41 see מְעוּנִים. |
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