בַּעַל מְעוֹן
Baʻal Mᵉʻôwn · bah-al meh-one'
Baal-Meon, a place East of the Jordan
Lexicon
Derivation: from H1168 (בַּעַל) and H4583 (מָעוֹן); Baal of (the) habitation (of) (compare H1010 (בֵּית בַּעַל מְעוֹן));
Baal-Meon, a place East of the Jordan
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Baal-meon.
Letters
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the house, what is within › to see and know › authority, the one who leads › water, chaos, the mighty deep › to see and know › to fasten and establish › the seed, life continuing
The house, what is within that works to see and know of authority, the one who leads of water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to see and know that works to fasten and establish of the seed, life continuing.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of בַּעַל מְעוֹן above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
8 occurrences · 8 OT · 0 NT · 6 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and baalmeon2 · 67%
- baalmeon1 · 33%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.