Lodging
מָלוֹןStrong’s H4411malon (ma-lon)
Appears in 8 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Malon is the Hebrew word usually translated “at the lodging place”, “lodging place” and “lodging place of”. It appears in 8 verses of the Old Testament.
“And as one of them opened his sack to give his ass provender in the inn, he espied his money; for, behold, it was in his sack’s mouth.”
Meaning
- Place of lodging, inn, khan
How it's translated
- at the lodging place 3
- the lodging place 2
- lodging place of 1
- a lodging place 1
- a lodging place of 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Genesis 2
- Joshua 2
- Exodus 1
- 2 Kings 1
- Isaiah 1
- Jeremiah 1
6 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Genesis 43:21And it came to pass, when we came to the inn, that we opened our sacks, and, behold, every man’s money was in the mouth of his sack, our money in full weight: and we have brought it again in our hand.
- Exodus 4:24And it came to pass by the way in the inn, that the LORD met him, and sought to kill him.
- Joshua 4:3And command ye them, saying, Take you hence out of the midst of Jordan, out of the place where the priests’ feet stood firm, twelve stones, and ye shall carry them over with you, and leave them in the lodging place, where ye shall lodge this night.
- Joshua 4:8And the children of Israel did so as Joshua commanded, and took up twelve stones out of the midst of Jordan, as the LORD spake unto Joshua, according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel, and carried them over with them unto the place where they lodged, and laid them down there.
- 2 Kings 19:23By thy messengers thou hast reproached the LORD, and hast said, With the multitude of my chariots I am come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon, and will cut down the tall cedar trees thereof, and the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into the lodgings of his borders, and into the forest of his Carmel.
- Isaiah 10:29They are gone over the passage: they have taken up their lodging at Geba; Ramah is afraid; Gibeah of Saul is fled.
Hebrew dictionary
מָלוֹן malon · lodging
place of lodging, inn, khan
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “lodging” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
LODG'ING, participle present
tense
- Placing at rest; depositing; furnishing lodgings.
- Resting for a night; residing for a time.
All definitions and other forms of “lodging”
LODG'ING, noun
- A place of rest for a night, or of residence for a time; temporary habitation; apartment.
- Place of residence.
- Harbor; cover; place of rest.
- Convenience for repose at night.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.