1. cave, cavern, den — A natural underground hollow or rock shelter used for burial, hiding, habitation, or as a lair; includes the metaphorical 'den of robbers' (Jer 7:11) which is literally 'cave of robbers', as well as all singular, plural, construct, and prepositional inflections. 41×
AR["إِلى-المَغارَةِ","ال-مَغارَةِ","المَغارَةِ","الْمَغَارَةِ","بِـ-المَغَارَةِ","في-ال-مَغارَةِ","في-المَغارَةِ","فِي-الْمَغَارَةِ","مَغَارَةَ"]·ben["-গুহায়","গুহা","গুহায়","গুহায়,","গুহার","সেই-গুহায়","সেই-গুহার"]·DE["der-Hoehle","der-Höhle","die-Höhle","in-der-Hoehle","in-der-Höhle","in-der-cave"]·EN["in-the-cave","the-cave","the-cave-of"]·FR["dans-caverne","dans-le-caverne","le-caverne","le-caverne-de"]·heb["ב-ה-מערה","ב-מערה","ה-מערה","מערת"]·HI["गुफ़-मे","गुफ़ा","गुफ़ा-में","गुफा","गुफा-के","गुफा-में","में-गुफा"]·ID["-gua","dalam-gua","di-gua","di-gua-itu","gua","gua-itu"]·IT["caverna","il-caverna","il-grotta","il-grotta-di","in-il-caverna","in-il-grotta"]·jav["Wonten-guwa","guwa","ing-guwa","wonten-guwa","wonten-ing-guwa"]·KO["굴-에","굴-에서","굴에서","굴을","굴의","그-굴","그-굴에","그-굴에서","그-굴의","그-동굴-에서","에-굴에","에-그-굴"]·PT["Na-caverna","a-caverna","caverna-de","na-caverna"]·RU["-пещере","в-пещере","в-пещеру","пещере","пещеру","пещеры"]·ES["En-la-cueva","cueva-de","en-la-cueva","la-cueva"]·SW["ha-pango","katika-ha-pango","katika-mtego","katika-pango","mtego","pango","pangoni","ya-Makipelela"]·TR["-mağarada","-mağaranın","-mağaraya","mağarada","mağaradan","mağaranın","mağarasını","mağaraya"]·urd["بَ-غار","غار","غار-میں","غار-کے","میں-غار"]
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BDB / Lexicon Reference
מְעָרָה40 n.f. cave;—abs. מ׳ Gn 19:30 +; cstr. מְעָרַת 23:19 +; pl. מְעָרוֹת Ju 6:2 +, cstr. id. Is 2:19;—cave, especially as place of sojourn or refuge Gn 19:30 (J), 1 S 24:3(×2), 7, 8, 10 (Ginsb v 4, 8, 9, 11 van d. H. Baer), 1 K 19:1; 13, Ez 33:27; Jos 10:16 (מ׳ בַמַּקֵּדָה) + 7 times Jos 10; Ju 6:2; 1 S 13:6; 1 K 18:4, 13; cf. ψ 57:1; 142:1; מְעָרוֹת צֻרִים Is 2:19, hence מ׳ פָּרִצִים Je 7:11…