How to Pronounce Maon
Mah-OWN
Maon is pronounced Mah-OWN (ˈmeɪɑːn): two syllables, stress on the second. Also heard: MAY-ahn.
What does Maon mean?
Maon means “house; place of sin”.
Hitchcock’s Bible Names (1869), public domain.
Where was Maon?
Maon was a town in the hill country of Judah, listed alongside Carmel and Ziph (Joshua 15:55), and its surrounding wilderness is where David hid while Saul pursued him (1 Samuel 23:24). Nabal, the wealthy sheep owner, was a man of Maon (1 Samuel 25:2). The name is also used for a man in the genealogy of Judah, called the father of Bethzur (1 Chronicles 2:45).
Also pronounced
MAY-ahn
Found in Scripture
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