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<div> '''1: '''''Σπήλαιον''''' ''' (Strong'S #4693 — Noun Neuter — spelaion — spay'-lah-yon ) </div> <p> see Cave. </p>

<p> the rendering in the Auth. Vers. of the followving Heb. and Greek words: '''''מְעָרָה''''' , mearah' (Isaoah 32:14; &nbsp;Jeremiah 7:11), a cave (as elsewhere rendered); '''''מְאוּרָה''''' , ''Meirah''' , a hole (as of a venomous reptile, &nbsp;Isaiah 11:8); '''''סֹךְ''''' , ''Sok'' , a booth or thicket ("pavilion," &nbsp;Psalms 27:5; "tabernacle," &nbsp;Psalms 76:2), hence a "covert" (&nbsp;Jeremiah 25:38) or lair of a wild animal (&nbsp;Psalms 10:9); so '''''מָעוֹן''''' , ''Maon''' (&nbsp;Jeremiah 9:11; &nbsp;Jeremiah 10:22), or '''''מְעוֹנָה''''' , ''Meoinah''' (&nbsp;Job 38:40; &nbsp;Psalms 104:22; &nbsp;Song of [[Solomon]] 4:8; &nbsp;Amos 3:4; &nbsp;Nahum 2:12), properly a dwelling-place or habitation (as elsewhere rendered); '''''מַנְהָרָה''''' , a fissure in the rocks, used for hiding (&nbsp;Judges 6:2); '''''אֶרֶב''''' , ''E'Reb'' , an ambush ("lie in wait," &nbsp;Job 38:40), hence lair of a beast of prey (&nbsp;Job 37:8); '''''Σπήλαιον''''' , a cave (as rendered &nbsp;John 11:38), hence a recess for secrecy (&nbsp;Hebrews 11:38; &nbsp;Revelation 6:15), or a resort of thieves (&nbsp;Matthew 21:13; &nbsp;Mark 11:17; &nbsp;Luke 11:38). (See [[Cave]]). </p> <p> In Daniel 6, the "[[Den]] (Chald. '''''גֹּב''''' , [[Gob]] , a pit; Sept. '''''Λάκκος''''' ; Vulg. ''Lacus'' ) of lions" is repeatedly named as a peculiar means of punishment for state offenders at Babylon. This usage, although not mentioned by any other ancient authority, has received remarkable confirmation (see " ''Truths Of Revelation Demonstrated By An [[Appeal]] To Monuments'' ," etc., "by a [[Fellow]] of seven learned Societies," Lond. 1831) from certain remains discovered in that region by modern travelers (Kitto, Pict. Bible, note on &nbsp;Daniel 6:16), especially one on a block of white marble found near the tomb of Daniel at Susa, and thus described by Sir R. K. [[Porter]] in his Travels in [[Persia]] (ii. 416): "It does not exceed ten inches in width and depth, measures twenty in length, and is hollow within, as if to receive some deposit. Three of its sides are cut in bas-relief, two of them with similar representations of a man apparently naked, except a sash round his waist and a sort of cap on his head. His hands are bound behind him. The corner of the stone forms the neck of the figure, so that its head forms one of its ends. Two lions in sitting posture appear on either side at the top, each having a paw on the head of the man." (See [[Lion]]). </p>

<p> (מעון , <i> ''''' mā‛ōn ''''' </i> , מעונה , <i> ''''' me‛ōnāh ''''' </i> , "habitation"; מערה , <i> ''''' me‛ārāh ''''' </i> , and σπήλαιον , <i> ''''' spḗlaion ''''' </i> , "cave"; מאוּרה , <i> ''''' me'ūrāh ''''' </i> (&nbsp;Isaiah 11:8 ), "a light-hole," from אור , <i> ''''' 'ōr ''''' </i> , "light," perhaps for <i> ''''' me‛ārāh ''''' </i> ; סך , <i> ''''' ṣōkh ''''' </i> (&nbsp;Psalm 10:9 the King James Version), and סכּה , <i> ''''' ṣukkāh ''''' </i> (&nbsp;Job 38:40 ), "a covert," elsewhere "booth"; ארב , <i> ''''' 'erebh ''''' </i> (&nbsp;Job 37:8 ), "covert," as in the Revised Version (British and American); גּב , <i> ''''' gōbh ''''' </i> ; compare Arabic <i> ''''' jubb ''''' </i> , "pit" (&nbsp;Daniel 6:7 ); מנהרות , <i> ''''' minhārōth ''''' </i> , "fissure" or "cleft" (&nbsp;Judges 6:2 )): In the limestone mountains of [[Palestine]] caves, large and small, are abundant, the calcium carbonate, of which the rock is mainly composed, being dissolved by the water as it trickles over them or through their crevices. Even on the plains, by a similar process, pits or "lime sinks" are formed, which are sometimes used by the Arabs for storing straw or grain. Of this sort may have been the pit, <i> ''''' bōr ''''' </i> , into which [[Joseph]] was cast by his brethren (&nbsp;Genesis 37:20 ). [[Caves]] and crevices and sometimes spaces among piled-up boulders at the foot of a cliff or in a stream bed are used as dens by jackals, wolves and other wild animals. Even the people, for longer or shorter periods, have lived as troglodytes. Compare &nbsp;Judges 6:2 : "Because of [[Midian]] the children of Israel made them the dens ( <i> ''''' minhārōth ''''' </i> ) which are in the mountains, and the caves ( <i> ''''' me‛ārāh ''''' </i> ), and the strongholds ( <i> ''''' mecādh ''''' </i> )." The precipitous sides of the valleys contain many caves converted by a little labor into human habitations. [[Notable]] instances are the valley of the [[Kidron]] near <i> ''''' Mār ''''' </i> - <i> ''''' Sāba ''''' </i> , and <i> ''''' Wādi ''''' </i> - <i> ''''' ul ''''' </i> - <i> ''''' Ḥamām ''''' </i> near the Sea of Tiberias. See Cave . </p>