Mearah — the meaning of the Hebrew name מְעָרָה

מְעָרָה

Mᵉʻârâh · pronounced meh-aw-raw' · Strong's H4632 · a place

Mearah means cave.

Built from

מְעָרָה mᵉʻârâh (the same as, H4631) — a cavern (as dark) open in the lexicon ›

Strong's definition

the same as H4631; cave; Mearah, a place in Palestine.

First appearance

Josh 13:4 From the south, all the land of the Canaanites, and Mearah that is beside the Sidonians, unto Aphek, to the borders of the Amorites: (KJV)

Every verse that names Mearah

1 occurrence in 1 verse — Joshua

Josh 13:4

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