Lexical Definition

‎מָכוֹן‎ mâkôwn (maw-kone') foundation ^H:N-M
from ‎כּוּן‎

foundation, habitation, (dwelling-, settled) place.

• properly, a fixture, i.e. a basis
• generally a place, especially as an abode

1) fixed or established place, foundation
1a) fixed place
1b) foundation

See Greek: ἀσφάλεια · ἑτοιμασία · ἕτοιμος · τόπος

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎מָכוֺן‎ noun masculine^{Dan 8:11} fixed or established place, foundation (chiefly in poetry); — absolute ‎׳‎‎מ‎ Exod 15:17 + 2 t.; construct ‎מְכוֺן‎ 1Kgs 8:39 + 10 t.; suffix ‎מְכוֺנִי‎ Isa 18:4, ‎מְכוֺנוֺ‎ Ezra 2:68 plural suffix ‎מְכוֺנֶיהָ‎ Ps 104:5 —

1. fixed place of ‎׳‎‎י‎'s abode on earth Exod 15:17 (song), 1Kgs 8:13 = 2Chr 6:2 (poetic fragment: see ᵐ5 and Dr^{Intr. 182}); = place, or site of God's house Ezra 2:68 ‎כָּלמְֿכוֺן‎ ‎הַרצִֿיּוֺן‎ Isa 4:5, apparently = all the extent of Mt. Zion; redund. (si vera lectio) ‎וְהֻשְׁלַךְ מְכוֺן מִקְדָּשׁוֺ‎ Dan 8:11 and the place of his sanctuary shall be thrown down (on difficulties of see, see Bev); of heavens ‎מְכוֺן‎ ‎שִׁבְתְּךָ‎ 1Kgs 8:39; 1Kgs 8:43; 1Kgs 8:49 = 2Chr 6:30; 2Chr 6:33; 2Chr 6:39, compare Ps 33:14 ‎מְכוֺנִי‎ alone Isa 18:4 figurative ‎צֶדֶק וּמִשְׁפָּט מְכוֺן כִּסְאֶ֑ךָ‎ Ps 89:15*, so Ps 97:2.

2. foundation, only plural, in poetry ‎יָסַד אֶרֶץ‎ ‎עַלמְֿכוֺנֶיהָ‎ Ps 104:5.

Brown-Driver-Briggs References