# H4631 מְעָרָה

מְעָרָה (mᵉʻârâh), Strong’s H4631: a cavern (as dark) KJV: cave, den, hole.. Occurs 39 times.

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*mᵉʻârâh* — a cavern (as dark)

KJV: cave, den, hole.

Derived from [עוּר ʻûwr](https://besorah.bible/word/H5783) (to)

Occurs 39 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- מְעָרָה 40 n.f. cave

## Where it occurs
- [Genesis 19:30](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/19?v=30) — Lot went up out of Zoar, and lived in the mountain, and his two daughters with him; for he was afraid to live in Zoar…
- [Genesis 23:9](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/23?v=9) — that he may sell me the cave of Machpelah, which he has, which is in the end of his field. For the full price let him…
- [Genesis 23:11](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/23?v=11) — “No, my lord, hear me. I give you the field, and I give you the cave that is in it. In the presence of the children of…
- [Genesis 23:17](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/23?v=17) — So the field of Ephron, which was in Machpelah, which was before Mamre, the field, the cave which was in it, and all…
- [Genesis 23:19](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/23?v=19) — After this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre (that is, Hebron), in the…
- [Genesis 23:20](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/23?v=20) — The field, and the cave that is in it, were deeded to Abraham by the children of Heth as a possession for a burial…
- [Genesis 25:9](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/25?v=9) — Isaac and Ishmael, his sons, buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron, the son of Zohar the Hittite…
- [Genesis 49:29](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/49?v=29) — He instructed them, and said to them, “I am to be gathered to my people. Bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in…
- [Genesis 49:30](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/49?v=30) — in the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with…
- [Genesis 49:32](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/49?v=32) — the field and the cave that is therein, which was purchased from the children of Heth.”