מָכוֹן
ma.khon
foundation
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredThe Hebrew word "ma.khon" (H4349) refers to a "foundation." This term is part of the semantic domain of Construction & Crafts, indicating its association with building and architecture. With 17 occurrences in the Bible, "ma.khon" is a relatively common word used to describe the base or starting point of a structure. In its various uses, "ma.khon" can refer to the literal foundation of a building, as well as the metaphorical foundation of a person's life or a community. This versatility highlights the importance of a strong foundation in both physical and spiritual contexts. By examining the occurrences of "ma.khon" in the Bible, we can gain insight into the significance of establishing a solid base for our lives and communities.
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Occurrences in Scripture
17 total occurrences across the text
Some of the heads of fathers’ households, when they came to Yahweh’s house which is in Jerusalem, offered willingly for God’s house to set it up in its place.
Psalms 33:14From the place of his habitation he looks out on all the inhabitants of the earth,
Psalms 89:14Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne. Loving kindness and truth go before your face.
Psalms 97:2Clouds and darkness are around him. Righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.
Psalms 104:5He laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be moved forever.
Isaiah 4:5Yahweh will create over the whole habitation of Mount Zion and over her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night, for over all the glory will be a canopy.
Isaiah 18:4For Yahweh said to me, “I will be still, and I will see in my dwelling place, like clear heat in sunshine, like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.”
Daniel 8:11Yes, it magnified itself, even to the prince of the army; and it took away from him the continual burnt offering, and the place of his sanctuary was cast down.
Exodus 15:17You will bring them in, and plant them in the mountain of your inheritance, the place, Yahweh, which you have made for yourself to dwell in; the sanctuary, Lord, which your hands have established.
1 Kings 8:13I have surely built you a house of habitation, a place for you to dwell in forever.”
1 Kings 8:39then hear in heaven, your dwelling place, and forgive, and act, and give to every man according to all his ways, whose heart you know (for you, even you only, know the hearts of all the children of men);
1 Kings 8:43hear in heaven, your dwelling place, and do according to all that the foreigner calls to you for; that all the peoples of the earth may know your name, to fear you, as do your people Israel, and that they may know that this house which I have built is called by your name.
1 Kings 8:49then hear their prayer and their supplication in heaven, your dwelling place, and maintain their cause;
2 Chronicles 6:2But I have built you a house and home, a place for you to dwell in forever.”
2 Chronicles 6:30then hear from heaven your dwelling place and forgive, and render to every man according to all his ways, whose heart you know (for you, even you only, know the hearts of the children of men)
2 Chronicles 6:33then hear from heaven, even from your dwelling place, and do according to all that the foreigner calls to you for; that all the peoples of the earth may know your name and fear you, as do your people Israel, and that they may know that this house which I have built is called by your name.
2 Chronicles 6:39then hear from heaven, even from your dwelling place, their prayer and their petitions, and maintain their cause, and forgive your people who have sinned against you.