Maon (mâ'on). 1. Founder of Beth-zur, 1 Chronicles 2:45.. One of the cities of Judah, in the mountains. Joshua 15:55, and a district where David hid from Saul, and near which Nabal had possessions. 1 Samuel 23:24. 1 Samuel 1:23. The name of Maon still exists in Main, a lofty conical hill 100 feet high, about eight miles south from Hebron.