KJV dictionary & concordance
A sheltered harbour or safe place for ships.
Definition sources
Some verses contain the word more than once.
First occurrence: Genesis 49:13
Complete exact-word concordance
¶ Zebulun shall dwell at the haven of the sea; and he shall be for an haven of ships; and his border shall be unto Zidon.
¶ Zebulun shall dwell at the hauen of the sea, and hee shall be for an Hauen of ships: and his border shall be vnto Zidon.
Then are they glad because they be quiet; so he bringeth them unto their desired haven.
Then are they glad, because they be quiet: so he bringeth them vnto their desired hauen.
And because the haven was not commodious to winter in, the more part advised to depart thence also, if by any means they might attain to Phenice, and there to winter; which is an haven of Crete, and lieth toward the south west and north west.
And because the hauen was not commodious to winter in, the more part aduised to depart thence also, if by any meanes they might attaine to Phenice, and there to winter; which is an hauen of Creete, and lieth toward the Southwest, and Northwest.
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Historical English dictionary sources
ha'vn. 1. A harbor; a port; a bay, recess or inlet of the sea, or the mouth of a river which affords good anchorage and a safe station for ships; any place in which ships can be sheltered by the land from the force of tempests and a violent sea. 2. A shelter; an asylum; a place of safety.
