Cave
מְעָרָהStrong’s H4631mearah (me-a-rah)
Appears in 36 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Mearah is the Hebrew word usually translated “cave”, “cave of” and “from the cave”. It appears in 36 verses of the Old Testament.
“And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain, and his two daughters with him; for he feared to dwell in Zoar: and he dwelt in a cave, he and his two daughters.”
Meaning
- Cave, den, hole
How it's translated
- the cave 10
- in the cave 9
- cave of 6
- and the cave 4
- from the cave 2
- in cave of 1
- the caves 1
- in caves 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Genesis 11
- Joshua 6
- 1 Samuel 6
- 1 Kings 4
- Psalms 2
- Isaiah 2
11 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Genesis 23:9That he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which he hath, which is in the end of his field; for as much money as it is worth he shall give it me for a possession of a buryingplace amongst you.
- Genesis 23:11Nay, my lord, hear me: the field give I thee, and the cave that is therein, I give it thee; in the presence of the sons of my people give I it thee: bury thy dead.
- Genesis 23:17And the field of Ephron, which was in Machpelah, which was before Mamre, the field, and the cave which was therein, and all the trees that were in the field, that were in all the borders round about, were made sure
- Genesis 23:19And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre: the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan.
- Genesis 23:20And the field, and the cave that is therein, were made sure unto Abraham for a possession of a buryingplace by the sons of Heth.
- Genesis 25:9And his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, which is before Mamre;
Hebrew dictionary
מְעָרָה mearah · cave
cave, den, hole
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.