H4349

מָכוֹן

mâkôwn · maw-kone'

properly, a fixture, i.e. a basis; generally a place, especially as an abode

Lexicon

Derivation: from H3559 (כּוּן);

properly, a fixture, i.e. a basis; generally a place, especially as an abode

properly, a fixture, i.e. a basis
generally, a place, especially as an abode

Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.

KJV renderings: foundation, habitation, (dwelling-, settled) place.

Letters

מMem40
Picture: waves of water
Concrete
water · sea · blood · liquid
Extended
chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
כKaf20
Picture: open palm
Concrete
palm · open hand · sole of the foot
Extended
to open · to allow · to cover · to tame · like / as
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)

water, chaos, the mighty deep › the open hand that covers › to fasten and establish › the seed, life continuing

Water, chaos, the mighty deep of the open hand that covers that works to fasten and establish of the seed, life continuing.

Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מָכוֹן 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

17 occurrences · 17 OT · 0 NT · 12 distinct forms

KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.

place6 · 35%
are the habitation2 · 12%
in the place1 · 6%
a settled place1 · 6%
for thee, and a place1 · 6%
in his place1 · 6%
from the place1 · 6%
the foundations1 · 6%
upon every dwelling place1 · 6%
in my dwelling place1 · 6%
and the place1 · 6%

Where it is used, by book.

Inflected forms found in the text.

מְכ֣וֹן4מִמְּכ֣וֹן2מְכ֤וֹן2וּמָכ֥וֹן1מִֽמְּכוֹן־1מְכ֨וֹן1בִמְכוֹנִ֑י1מְכוֹנֽוֹ׃1מְכ֥וֹן1מָכ֧וֹן1מְכוֹנֶ֑יהָ1מָכ֥וֹן1

Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.