Cave
מִנְהָרָהStrong’s H4492minharah (min-ha-rah)
Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament
In short
Minharah is the Hebrew word usually translated “dens”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.
“And the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel: and because of the Midianites the children of Israel made them the dens which are in the mountains, and caves, and strong holds.”
Meaning
- Crevices, ravines, mountain clefts, den, dugout holesmeaning uncertain
How it's translated
- the dens 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Judges 1
1 book in all.
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Hebrew dictionary
מִנְהָרָה minharah · cave
1) crevices, ravines, mountain clefts, den, dugout holes 1a) meaning uncertain
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “cave” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
CAVE, noun
A hollow place in the earth; a subterraneous cavern; a den. This may be natural or artificial. The primitive inhabitants of the earth, in many countries, lived in caves; and the present inhabitants of some parts of the earth, especially in the high northern latitudes, occupy caves, particularly in winter.
- “Lot dwelt in a cave he and his daughters” Genesis 19:30“Abraham buried Sarah in the cave of the field of Machpelab” Genesis 23:19
All definitions and other forms of “cave”
CAVE, verb transitive
To make hollow.
CAVE, verb intransitive
To dwell in a cave
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.