Bible Dictionary: Caves

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Greek

4693. spelaion -- a cave
... den, hideout. Word Origin from speos (a cave) Definition a cave NASB Word
Usage cave (1), caves (2), den (3). cave, den. Neuter ...
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Strong's Hebrew

2352b. chur -- a hole
... a hole. Transliteration: chur Short Definition: caves. Word Origin from the same
as chor Definition a hole NASB Word Usage caves (1), hole (1). 2352a, 2352b. ...
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3741. karah -- a cistern, well
... 3740, 3741. karah. 3742 . a cistern, well. Transliteration: karah Phonetic
Spelling: (kaw-raw') Short Definition: caves. Word Origin ...
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6354. pachath -- a pit
... pit. Word Origin from an unused word Definition a pit NASB Word Usage caves
(1), chasm (1), pit (7), pitfall (1). hole, pit, snare. ...
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4631. mearah -- a cave
... Definition: cave. Word Origin from an unused word Definition a cave NASB Word
Usage cave (31), caves (5), den (1). cave, den, hole. From ...
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Library

Subterraneous Places. Mines. Caves.
... Mines. Caves. Thus ... bowels. You may divide the subterraneous country into three
parts: the metal mines, the caves, and the places of burial. ...
/.../from the talmud and hebraica/chapter 99 subterraneous places mines.htm

Herod Takes Sepphoris and Subdues the Robbers that were in the ...
... Herod Takes Sepphoris And Subdues The Robbers That Were In The Caves; He After That
Avenges Himself Upon Macheras, As Upon An Enemy Of His And Goes To Antony ...
/.../chapter 16 herod takes sepphoris.htm

Come, Ye Saints, who Disciplined Yourselves in Mountains and Caves ...
... Piece XLII. Come, ye saints, who disciplined yourselves in mountains and caves
and dens of the earth� Come, ye saints, who disciplined ...
/.../the extant works and fragments of hippolytus/piece xlii come ye saints.htm

How Herod Sailed Out of Italy to Judea, and Fought with Antigonus ...
... He also went thence, and resolved to destroy those robbers that dwelt in the caves,
and did much mischief in the country; so he sent a troop of horsemen, and ...
/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 15 how herod sailed.htm

The Swelling of Jordan
... The first is that a part of its journey is through a rocky country, and caves are
on either side of the river, sometimes one above another; frequently three ...
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How, Upon Antiochus's Prohibition to the Jews to Make Use of the ...
... the village. Many others did the same also, and fled with their children
and wives into the desert, and dwelt in caves. But when ...
/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 6 how upon antiochuss.htm

How the Philistines Made Another Expedition against the Hebrews ...
... when the people about Saul observed how numerous the Philistines were, they were
under a great consternation; and some of them hid themselves in caves and in ...
/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 6 how the philistines.htm

Elijah and the Widow's Son.
... to kill every prophet of God in the land, and thought indeed that she had done so;
but Obadiah, the king's officer, had hidden one hundred in caves by the ...
/.../anonymous/children of the old testament/elijah and the widows son.htm

Hebrews xi. 37, 38
... skins, being destitute, afflicted, tormented (of whom this [3337] world was not
worthy); wandering in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens, and caves of the ...
/.../homilies on the gospel of st john and hebrews/homily xxviii hebrews xi 37.htm

Pagan Cemeteries.
... There are caves hewn out of the natural rock, with the entrance sealed by a block
of the same material; in these are skeletons lying on the funeral beds on ...
/.../lanciani/pagan and christian rome/chapter vi pagan cemeteries.htm

Thesaurus

Caves (17 Occurrences)
...Caves (17 Occurrences). Hebrews 11:38 (of whom the world was not worthy), wandering
in deserts, mountains, caves, and the holes of the earth. ...
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Cave (40 Occurrences)
... There are numerous natural caves among the limestone rocks of Syria, many of
which have been artificially enlarged for various purposes. ...
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Den (19 Occurrences)
... A lair of wild beasts (Psalm 10:9; 104:22; Job 37:8); the hole of a venomous reptile
(Isaiah 11:8); a recess for secrecy "in dens and caves of the earth ...
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Makkedah (8 Occurrences)
... The Palestine Exploration surveyors have, however, identified it with el-Mughar,
or "the caves," 3 miles from Jabneh and 2 1/2 southwest of Ekron, because ...
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Arbela
... out of Antioch and came into Judea and pitched his camp at Arbela, a city of Galilee,
and having besieged and taken those that were there in caves (for many ...
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Dens (10 Occurrences)
... Dens (10 Occurrences). Hebrews 11:38 (Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered
in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth. ...
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Carmel (33 Occurrences)
... There are many caves in its sides, which at one time were inhabited by swarms of
monks. ... There are also caves, tombs and a large reservoir. W. Ewing. ...
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Strongholds (44 Occurrences)
... The hand of Midian prevailed against Israel; and because of Midian the children
of Israel made them the dens which are in the mountains, and the caves, and the ...
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Rocks (48 Occurrences)
... 6:15 The kings of the earth, the princes, the commanding officers, the rich, the
strong, and every slave and free person, hid themselves in the caves and in ...
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Owl (11 Occurrences)
... Tristram says: "The word [ie, kippoz] is very possibly an imitation of the cry of
the scops owl (Scops giu), which is very common among ruins, caves, and old ...
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Bible Concordance

Caves (17 Occurrences)

Hebrews 11:38 (of whom the world was not worthy), wandering in deserts, mountains, caves, and the holes of the earth.
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2 Peter 2:4 For God did not spare angels when they had sinned, but hurling them down to Tartarus consigned them to caves of darkness, keeping them in readiness for judgement.
(WEY)

Revelation 6:15 The kings of the earth, the princes, the commanding officers, the rich, the strong, and every slave and free person, hid themselves in the caves and in the rocks of the mountains.
(WEB WEY ASV DBY NAS RSV NIV)

Judges 6:2 The hand of Midian prevailed against Israel; and because of Midian the children of Israel made them the dens which are in the mountains, and the caves, and the strongholds.
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1 Samuel 13:6 When the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait (for the people were distressed), then the people did hide themselves in caves, and in thickets, and in rocks, and in coverts, and in pits.
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2 Samuel 17:9 Behold, he is now hidden in some pit, or in some other place. It will happen, when some of them have fallen at the first, that whoever hears it will say,'There is a slaughter among the people who follow Absalom!'
(See NAS)

1 Kings 18:4 for it was so, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the LORD, that Obadiah took a hundred prophets, and hid them fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.--
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1 Kings 18:13 Was it not told my lord what I did when Jezebel slew the prophets of the LORD, how I hid a hundred men of the LORD'S prophets by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water?
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Job 30:6 To dwell in the cliffs of the valleys, in caves of the earth, and in the rocks.
(KJV DBY WBS)

Isaiah 2:19 Men shall go into the caves of the rocks, and into the holes of the earth, from before the terror of Yahweh, and from the glory of his majesty, when he arises to shake the earth mightily.
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Isaiah 32:14 For the palace shall be deserted, the multitude of the city shall be forsaken; hill and watchtower shall be caves for ever, a joy of wild asses, a pasture of flocks;
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Isaiah 42:22 But this is a people whose property has been taken away from them by force; they are all taken in holes, and shut up in prisons: they are made prisoners, and no one makes them free; they are taken by force and no one says, Give them back.
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Jeremiah 49:8 Flee, turn back, dwell in the depths, inhabitants of Dedan; for I will bring the calamity of Esau on him, the time that I shall visit him.
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Jeremiah 49:30 Flee, wander far off, dwell in the depths, you inhabitants of Hazor, says Yahweh; for Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has taken counsel against you, and has conceived a purpose against you.
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Ezekiel 33:27 You shall tell them, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: As I live, surely those who are in the waste places shall fall by the sword; and him who is in the open field will I give to the animals to be devoured; and those who are in the strongholds and in the caves shall die of the pestilence.
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Nahum 2:12 The lion tore in pieces enough for his cubs, and strangled for his lionesses, and filled his caves with the kill, and his dens with prey.
(WEB JPS ASV RSV)

Zephaniah 2:6 The sea coast will be pastures, with cottages for shepherds and folds for flocks.
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Subtopics

Caves

Caves were Used as Burial Places

Caves were Used as Dwelling-Places

Caves were Used as Haunts of Robbers

Caves were Used as Hiding Placed of Wild Beasts

Caves were Used as Places of Concealment

Caves were Used as Resting Places

Caves: Adullam

Caves: Afford No Protection from the Judgments of God

Caves: Artificial