1. Maon (place name) — A town in the hill country of Judah (Joshua 15:55), associated with the wilderness region where David hid from Saul (1 Samuel 23:24-25, 25:2). Also listed among Calebite settlements (1 Chronicles 2:45). The name refers to a single geographic location throughout all eight occurrences. Cross-linguistic transliterations are consistent: Arabic مَاعُون (Maa'uun), Spanish 'Maón', Hindi माओन (Maaon), Korean 마온 (Maon), Swahili 'Maoni'. The gentillic מְעוּנִים/'Meunites' derives from this toponym. All grammatical variants — bare proper noun, with conjunctive waw (וּמָעוֹן), and with locative preposition בְּ (בְּמָעוֹן 'in Maon') — are inflectional variations of the same place name, not distinct senses. 8×
AR["في-مَعونَ","ماعون","ماعونُ","مَاعُون","وَ-ماعون","وَ-ماعونُ"]·ben["এবং-মাওনীয়দের","ও-মায়োন","মাওন","মায়োন","মায়োনে","মায়োনের"]·DE["Maon","[ומעון]","[מעון]","in-Maon","und-Maon"]·EN["Ma'on","Maon","and-Ma'on","and-Maon","in-Maon"]·FR["Maon","[ומעון]","[מעון]","dans-Maon","et-Maon"]·heb["ב-מעון","ו-מעון","מעון"]·HI["और-माओन","और-माओनने","माओन","माओन-का","माओन-में"]·ID["Maon","dan-Maon","di-Maon"]·IT["Maon","[ומעון]","[מעון]","e-Maon","in-Maon"]·jav["Maon","ing-Maon","lan-Maon"]·KO["그-와-마온","그리고-마온이","마온","마온에서","마온의"]·PT["Ma'on","Maon","e-Ma'on","em-Ma'on"]·RU["Маон","в-Маоне","и-Маон"]·ES["Maon","Maón","en-Maón","y-Maon","y-Maón"]·SW["Maoni","katika-Maoni","na-Maoni","na-Wamaoni"]·TR["-de-Maon","Maon","Maon'un","ve-Maon","ve-Maonlular"]·urd["اور-ماعون-نے","معون","معون-میں","معون۔","و-معون"]
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BDB / Lexicon Reference
† II. מָעוֹן n.pr. 1. loc. in Judah Jos 15:55 (P), 1 S 25:2 (𝔊 Μααν, Μαων), now Maʿîn (BuhlGeogr. 163 and reff.), 8 miles S. of Hebron; hence מִדְבַּר מ׳ 23:24, 25(×2), so read also 25:1 (for MT פארן) 𝔊 Th We Dr Bu Klo Kit Löhr; cf. 2. m. in Judah 1 Ch 2:45(×2), 𝔊 Μεων, Μαων. 3. gent. Ju 10:12 named with Sidonians and Amalek as ancient foes of Isr.; poss. intended by writer as = מְעוּנִים q.v.…