HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1186
בַּ֫עַל מְעוֹן
ba.al me.on — Baal-meon
§ Baal-meon = "lord of the habitation" a town in Reuben, mentioned in connection with Nebo, and in the time of Ezekiel, Moabite
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Baal-meon
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1010
בֵּית מְעוֹן
bet ba.al me.on — Beth-meon
Beth-meon = "house of Meon" a city in the territory of Reuben Another name of ba.al me.on (בַּ֫עַל מְעוֹן "Baal-meon" H1186)
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בְּעֹן
be.on — Beon
Beon = "in the dwelling: indwelling" a place or city in Reuben Another name of ba.al me.on (בַּ֫עַל מְעוֹן "Baal-meon" H1186)
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Lord of dwelling, a town of Reuben (Num. 32:38), called also Beth-meon (Jer. 48:23) and Beth-baal-meon (Josh. 13:17). It is supposed to have been the birth-place of Elisha. It is identified with the modern M’ain, about 3 miles south-east of Heshbon.
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Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.