Genesis 19:30
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.
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Cave
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John 11:38
Jesus therefore again groaning in himself cometh to the grave. It was a cave, and a stone lay upon it.
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מְעָרָה
mᵉʻârâh · meh-aw-raw'
30 times translated as this KJV form37 total Strong's occurrences
a cavern (as dark)
Strong's KJV usage: cave, den, hole.
Strong's first: Genesis 19:30Strong's last: 1 Chronicles 11:15
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spḗlaion · spay'-lah-yon
1 times translated as this KJV form6 total Strong's occurrences
a cavern; by implication, a hiding-place or resort
Strong's KJV usage: :--cave, den.
Strong's first: John 11:38Strong's last: John 11:38
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H4631
David therefore departed thence, and escaped to the cave Adullam: and when his brethren and all his father's house heard it, they went down thither to him.
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And he came to the sheepcotes by the way, where was a cave; and Saul went in to cover his feet: and David and his men remained in the sides of the cave.
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And he came to the sheepcotes by the way, where was a cave; and Saul went in to cover his feet: and David and his men remained in the sides of the cave.
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So David stayed his servants with these words, and suffered them not to rise against Saul. But Saul rose up out of the cave, and went on his way.
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David also arose afterward, and went out of the cave, and cried after Saul, saying, My lord the king. And when Saul looked behind him, David stooped with his face to the earth, and bowed himself.
H4631
Behold, this day thine eyes have seen how that the LORD had delivered thee to day into mine hand in the cave: and some bade me kill thee: but mine eye spared thee; and I said, I will not put forth mine hand against my lord; for he is the LORD's anointed.
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cave
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.
CAVEs were also used for the burial of the dead.
Abraham buried Sarah in the cave of the field of Machpelab. Genesis 23:9.
Bacon applies the word to the ear, the cave of the ear; but this application is unusual.
CAVE, verb transitive To make hollow.
CAVE, verb intransitive To dwell in a cave
To cave in, to fall in and leave a hollow, as earth on the side of a well or pit. When in digging into the earth, the side is excavated by a falling of a quantity of earth, it is said to cave in.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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