Hitchcock's Bible Names
Maonhouse; place of sin
Smith's Bible Dictionary
Maon(habitation), one of the cities of the tribe of Judah, in the district of the mountains. (Joshua 15:55) Its interest for us lies in its connection with David. (1 Samuel 23:24,25) The name of Maon still exists in Main , a lofty conical hill, south of and about seven miles distant from Hebron.
ATS Bible Dictionary
MaonA town in the edge of the hill-country of Judah, Joshua 15:55, near which Nabal lived and David took refuge from Saul, 1 Samuel 23:24 25; 25:2. Dr Robinson finds it the ruinous place called Main, seven miles south by east from Hebron.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
MAON; MAONITESma'-on, ma'-on-its, ma-o'-nits (ma`on; Septuagint: Codex Vaticanus Maor, Maan; Codex Alexandrinus Maon):
(1) A town in the mountain of Judah named along with Carmel and Ziph (Joshua 15:55). It appears again as the home of Nabal, the great flockmaster (1 Samuel 25:2). In the genealogical list of 1 Chronicles 2, Maon stands as the "son" of Shammai and the "father" of Beth-zur (2:44, 45). This evidently means that Shammai was the founder of Maon. About a mile South of el-Karmil, the ancient Carmel, lies Tell Ma`in. This may be confidently identified with Maon, the radicals of the names being the same. It suits the requirements of the narratives in other respects, being near to Carmel, while the surrounding wilderness is still used as the wide pasture land for multitudinous flocks. In this district, the wilderness of Maon, David was hiding when his whereabouts was betrayed to Saul by the men of Ziph (1 Samuel 23:24 f), and only a timely raid by the Philistines delivered him out of that monarch's hands (1 Samuel 23:27).
(2) (Madiam): Maon is named along with the Zidonians and Amalek as having at some time, not mentioned, oppressed Israel (Judges 10:12). The Septuagint "Midian" has been accepted by some scholars as restoring the original text, since, otherwise, the Midianites remain unmentioned. But the Maonites are evidently identical with the Meunim of 1 Chronicles 4:41 (Revised Version), the pastoral people destroyed by Hezekiah. In 2 Chronicles 20:1 the King James Version, instead of "other beside the Ammonites" we must read "some of the Meunim," as associated with the Ammonites in the battle with Jehoshaphat. Against them also Uzziah was helped of God (2 Chronicles 26:7). They are included among the inhabitants of Mt. Seir (2 Chronicles 20:10, 23), so that an Edomite tribe is intended. It is natural to connect them with Ma`an, a place on the great pilgrimage road, and now a station on the Damascus-Hejaz Railway, to the Southeast of Petra. It undoubtedly represents an ancient stronghold.
The Maonites appear in the lists of those who returned from exile (Ezra 2:50, the King James Version "Mehunim," the Revised Version (British and American) "Meunim"; Nehemiah 7:52, "Meunim"). These may possibly be the descendants of prisoners taken in the wars of Jehoshaphat and Uzziah, to whom menial tasks may have been appointed in the temple services.
W. Ewing
Easton's Bible Dictionary
Habitation, a town in the tribe of Judah, about 7 miles south of Hebron, which gave its name to the wilderness, the district round the conical hill on which the town stood. Here David hid from Saul, and here Nabal had his possessions and his home (
1 Samuel 23:24, 25;
25:2). "Only some small foundations of hewn stone, a square enclosure, and several cisterns are now to be seen at Maon. Are they the remains of Nabal's great establishment?" The hill is now called Tell M'ain.
Strong's Hebrew
4584. Maon -- "habitation," a place in Judah, also a man of Judah ...... << 4583, 4584.
Maon. 4585 >>. "habitation," a
... Isr. Transliteration:
Maon Phonetic Spelling: (maw-ohn') Short Definition:
Maon. Word
... /hebrew/4584.htm - 6k 4583. maon -- dwelling, habitation
maon or main. << 4582, 4583. maon or main. 4584 >>. dwelling, habitation.
Transliteration: maon or main Phonetic Spelling: (maw-ohn') Short Definition: ...
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4586. Meunim -- a people Southeast of the Dead Sea
... Mehunims, Meunim. Or Msiyniy {meh-ee-nee'}; probably patrial from Ma'own; a Meunite,
or inhabitant of Maon (only in plural) -- Mehunim(-s), Meunim. ...
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1010. Beth Baal Meon -- "house of Baal of (the) habitation," a ...
... Word Origin from bayith, Baal, and maon Definition "house of Baal of (the) habitation,"
a place E. of the Jordan NASB Word Usage Beth-baal-meon (1), Beth-meon ...
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4585. meonah -- habitation
... Word Origin fem. of maon Definition habitation NASB Word Usage den (2), dens (4),
dwelling place (2), habitations (1). den, habitation, dwelling place, refuge. ...
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1186. Baal Meon -- "Baal of (the) habitation," a place East of the ...
... Word Origin from Baal and maon Definition "Baal of (the) habitation," a place
E. of the Jordan NASB Word Usage Baal-meon (3). Baal-meon. ...
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