KJV dictionary & concordance
Natural or hollow chambers, openings, or recesses in the earth or rocks, used for dwelling, refuge, or hiding.
Definition sources
First occurrence: Judges 6:2
Complete exact-word concordance
And the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel: and because of the Midianites the children of Israel made them the dens which are in the mountains, and caves, and strong holds.
And the hand of Midian preuailed against Israel: and because of the Midianites, the children of Israel made them the dennes which are in the mountaines, and caues, & strong holds.
1611 marginal noteHeb. was strong.
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 high places, and in pits.
When the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait: (for the people were distressed:) then the people did hide themselues in caues, and in thickets, and in rocks, and in high places, and in pits.
To dwell in the clifts of the valleys, in caves of the earth, and in the rocks.
To dwell in the clifts of the valleys, in caues of the earth, and in the rockes.
1611 marginal noteHeb. holes.
And they shall go into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves of the earth, for fear of the Lord, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.
And they shall goe into the holes of the rocks, and into the caues of the earth for feare of the LORD, and for the glory of his Maiestie; when hee ariseth to shake terribly the earth.
1611 marginal noteHebr. the dust.
1611 marginal noteHos. 10.8. luke 23.30. reuel. 6.16. and 9.6.
Say thou thus unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; As I live, surely they that are in the wastes shall fall by the sword, and him that is in the open field will I give to the beasts to be devoured, and they that be in the forts and in the caves shall die of the pestilence.
Say thou thus vnto them, Thus saith the LORD God, As I liue, surely they that are in the wastes, shall fall by the sword, and him that is in the open field will I giue to the beasts to be deuoured: and they that be in the forts and in the caues, shall die of the pestilence.
1611 marginal noteHebr. to deuoure him.
(Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.
Of whome the world was not worthy: they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dennes and caues of the earth.
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