HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4231
מָחוֹז
ma.choz — haven
city, haven
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Haven
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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GREEK · G8247
μάνδρα
mandra — haven
1. an inclosed space : 2. for cattle, a fold, byre, stable , (Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus), etc. 3. the setting of a ring , [variant datesAnthology Palantina (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5857
עַי
ay — Ai
§ Ai or Aija or Aiath or Hai = "heap of ruins" a city lying east of Bethel and beside Bethaven near Jericho and the second city taken on the invasion of Canaan
34 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1548
גָּלַח
ga.lach — to shave
1) to poll, shave, shave off, be bald 1a) (Piel) 1a1) to shave 1a2) to shave off 1a3) (fig. of devastation) 1b)(Pual) to be shaven 1c) (Hithpael) to shave oneself
17 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G3040
λιμήν
limēn — Havens
λιμήν, -ένος, ὁ [in LXX: Psa.107:30 (מָחוֹז), Psa.107:35, 1Es.5:55 Est.5:1-2 Est.5:1-73 4Macc 7:1-23 * ;] a harbour, haven: Act.27:8, 12 (cf. Καλοὶ Λιμένες).† (AS)
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4644
מֹף
moph — Memphis
Memphis = "haven of the good" a capital of Lower Egypt located on the western bank of the Nile about 9 miles (15 km) south of Cairo Another spelling of noph (נֹף, מֹף "Memphis" H5297)
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →GREEK · G2568
Καλοὶ Λιμένες
Kaloi Limenes — Fair Havens
Καλοί Λιμένες Fair Havens, a harbour in Crete: Act.27:8.† (AS)
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ὅρμος
hormos — a mooring
1. a cord, chain , especially a necklace, collar , (Homer), attic 2. generally, anything strung like a necklace, a wreath, chaplet , (Pindar); στεφάνων ὅρμος a string of crowns, i. e. of praises, (Pindar) 3. a dance performed in a ring , (Lucian) 4. a roadstead, anchorage, moorings , (Iliad by Homer), attic 5. metaphorically a haven, place of shelter or refuge , [Refs 5th c.BC, variant datesAnthology Palantina 6. = ἕρμα 1, [variant datesAnthology Palantina (ML)
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A harbour (Ps. 107:30; Acts 27: 12). The most famous on the coast of Palestine was that of Tyre (Ezek. 27:3). That of Crete, called “Fair Havens,” is mentioned Acts 27:8.
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.