Genesis 4:20
And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle.
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Dwell
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Revelation 21:3
And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.
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Which Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek words stand behind this KJV word?
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יָשַׁב
yâshab · yaw-shab'
196 times translated as this KJV form1,085 total Strong's occurrences
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
Strong's KJV usage: (make to) abide(-ing), continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-ing), ease self, endure, establish, × fail, habitation, haunt, (make to) inhabit(-ant), make to keep (house), lurking, × marry(-ing), (bring again to) place, remain, return, seat, set(-tle), (down-) sit(-down, still, -ting down, -ting (place) -uate), take, tarry.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Genesis 4:20Strong's last: Zechariah 14:11
Open full H3427 profile →שָׁכַן
shâkan · shaw-kan'
69 times translated as this KJV form128 total Strong's occurrences
to reside or permanently stay (literally or figuratively)
Strong's KJV usage: abide, continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-er), have habitation, inhabit, lay, place, (cause to) remain, rest, set (up).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Genesis 9:27Strong's last: Zechariah 8:8
Open full H7931 profile →κατοικέω
katoikéō · kat-oy-keh'-o
18 times translated as this KJV form49 total Strong's occurrences
to house permanently, i.e. reside (literally or figuratively)
Strong's KJV usage: :--dwell(-er), inhabitant(-ter).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Matthew 12:45Strong's last: Revelation 14:6
Open full G2730 profile →גּוּר
gûwr · goor
11 times translated as this KJV form98 total Strong's occurrences
properly, to turn aside from the road (for a lodging or any other purpose), i.e. sojourn (as a guest); also to shrink, fear (as in a strange place); also to gather for hostility (as afraid)
Strong's KJV usage: abide, assemble, be afraid, dwell, fear, gather (together), inhabitant, remain, sojourn, stand in awe, (be) stranger, × surely.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Job 19:15Strong's last: Jeremiah 50:40
Open full H1481 profile →οἰκέω
oikéō · oy-keh'-o
4 times translated as this KJV form9 total Strong's occurrences
to occupy a house, i.e. reside (figuratively, inhabit, remain, inhere); by implication, to cohabit
Strong's KJV usage: :--dwell.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Romans 8:9Strong's last: 1 Corinthians 7:13
Open full G3611 profile →σκηνόω
skēnóō · skay-no'-o
4 times translated as this KJV form5 total Strong's occurrences
to tent or encamp, i.e. (figuratively) to occupy (as a mansion) or (specially), to reside (as God did in the Tabernacle of old, a symbol of protection and communion)
Strong's KJV usage: :-- dwell.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Revelation 7:15Strong's last: Revelation 21:3
Open full G4637 profile →דּוּר
dûwr · dure
3 times translated as this KJV form7 total Strong's occurrences
to reside
Strong's KJV usage: dwell.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Daniel 2:38Strong's last: Daniel 6:25
Open full H1753 profile →ἐνοικέω
enoikéō · en-oy-keh'-o
2 times translated as this KJV form6 total Strong's occurrences
to inhabit (figuratively)
Strong's KJV usage: :--dwell in.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: 2 Corinthians 6:16Strong's last: Colossians 3:16
Open full G1774 profile →μένω
ménō · men'-o
2 times translated as this KJV form127 total Strong's occurrences
to stay (in a given place, state, relation or expectancy)
Strong's KJV usage: :--abide, continue, dwell, endure, be present, remain, stand, tarry (for), X thine own.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Acts 28:16Strong's last: 1 John 4:13
Open full G3306 profile →ἐπί
epí · ep-ee'
1 times translated as this KJV form860 total Strong's occurrences
properly, meaning superimposition (of time, place, order, etc.), as a relation of distribution (with the genitive case), i.e. over, upon, etc.; of rest (with the dative case) at, on, etc.; of direction (with the accusative case) towards, upon, etc.
Strong's KJV usage: :--about (the times), above, after, against, among, as long as (touching), at, beside, X have charge of, (be-, (where-))fore, in (a place, as much as, the time of, -to), (because) of, (up-)on (behalf of), over, (by, for) the space of, through(-out), (un-)to(-ward), with.
Strong's first: Revelation 17:8Strong's last: Revelation 17:8
Open full G1909 profile →κάθημαι
káthēmai · kath'-ay-mahee
1 times translated as this KJV form90 total Strong's occurrences
and ἧμαι (to sit; akin to the base of G1476); to sit down; figuratively, to remain, reside
Strong's KJV usage: :--dwell, sit (by, down).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Luke 21:35Strong's last: Luke 21:35
Open full G2521 profile →דּוּר
dûwr · dure
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
properly, to gyrate (or move in a circle), i.e. to remain
Strong's KJV usage: dwell.
Strong's first: Psalms 84:10Strong's last: Psalms 84:10
Open full H1752 profile →זָבַל
zâbal · zaw-bal'
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
to reside
Strong's KJV usage: dwell with.
Strong's first: Genesis 30:20Strong's last: Genesis 30:20
Open full H2082 profile →יְתִב
yᵉthib · yeth-eeb'
1 times translated as this KJV form5 total Strong's occurrences
to sit or dwell
Strong's KJV usage: dwell, (be) set, sit.
Strong's first: Ezra 4:17Strong's last: Ezra 4:17
Open full H3488 profile →לוּן
lûwn · loon
1 times translated as this KJV form85 total Strong's occurrences
to stop (usually over night); by implication, to stay permanently; hence (in a bad sense) to be obstinate (especially in words, to complain)
Strong's KJV usage: abide (all night), continue, dwell, endure, grudge, be left, lie all night, (cause to) lodge (all night, in, -ing, this night), (make to) murmur, remain, tarry (all night, that night).
Strong's first: Psalms 25:13Strong's last: Psalms 25:13
Open full H3885 profile →מוֹשָׁב
môwshâb · mo-shawb'
1 times translated as this KJV form44 total Strong's occurrences
a seat; figuratively, a site; abstractly, a session; by extension an abode (the place or the time); by implication, population
Strong's KJV usage: assembly, dwell in, dwelling(-place), wherein (that) dwelt (in), inhabited place, seat, sitting, situation, sojourning.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Psalms 107:4Strong's last: Psalms 107:4
Open full H4186 profile →עָמַד
ʻâmad · aw-mad'
1 times translated as this KJV form520 total Strong's occurrences
to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
Strong's KJV usage: abide (behind), appoint, arise, cease, confirm, continue, dwell, be employed, endure, establish, leave, make, ordain, be (over), place, (be) present (self), raise up, remain, repair, serve, set (forth, over, -tle, up), (make to, make to be at a, with-) stand (by, fast, firm, still, up), (be at a) stay (up), tarry.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Exodus 8:22Strong's last: Exodus 8:22
Open full H5975 profile →שְׁכַן
shᵉkan · shek-an'
1 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences
Strong's KJV usage: cause to dwell, have habitation.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Ezra 6:12Strong's last: Ezra 6:12
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H3427
The whole city shall flee for the noise of the horsemen and bowmen; they shall go into thickets, and climb up upon the rocks: every city shall be forsaken, and not a man dwell therein.
H7931
Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Amend your ways and your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place.
H7931
Then will I cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers, for ever and ever.
H3427
The snorting of his horses was heard from Dan: the whole land trembled at the sound of the neighing of his strong ones; for they are come, and have devoured the land, and all that is in it; the city, and those that dwell therein.
no direct Strong's tag
Behold the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people because of them that dwell in a far country: Is not the LORD in Zion? is not her king in her? Why have they provoked me to anger with their graven images, and with strange vanities?
H3427
Egypt, and Judah, and Edom, and the children of Ammon, and Moab, and all that are in the utmost corners, that dwell in the wilderness: for all these nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel are uncircumcised in the heart.
H3427
How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of every field wither, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein? the beasts are consumed, and the birds; because they said, He shall not see our last end.
H3427
And thou, Pashur, and all that dwell in thine house shall go into captivity: and thou shalt come to Babylon, and there thou shalt die, and shalt be buried there, thou, and all thy friends, to whom thou hast prophesied lies.
H7931
In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.
H3427
But, The LORD liveth, which brought up and which led the seed of the house of Israel out of the north country, and from all countries whither I had driven them; and they shall dwell in their own land.
H3427
And as the evil figs, which cannot be eaten, they are so evil; surely thus saith the LORD, So will I give Zedekiah the king of Judah, and his princes, and the residue of Jerusalem, that remain in this land, and them that dwell in the land of Egypt:
H3427
They said, Turn ye again now every one from his evil way, and from the evil of your doings, and dwell in the land that the LORD hath given unto you and to your fathers for ever and ever:
H7931
And all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of the mingled people that dwell in the desert,
H3427
But the nations that bring their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him, those will I let remain still in their own land, saith the LORD; and they shall till it, and dwell therein.
H3427
Build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them;
H3427
For therefore he sent unto us in Babylon, saying, This captivity is long: build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them.
H3427
Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite, and his seed: he shall not have a man to dwell among this people; neither shall he behold the good that I will do for my people, saith the LORD; because he hath taught rebellion against the LORD.
H3427
And there shall dwell in Judah itself, and in all the cities thereof together, husbandmen, and they that go forth with flocks.
H3427
Behold, I will gather them out of all countries, whither I have driven them in mine anger, and in my fury, and in great wrath; and I will bring them again unto this place, and I will cause them to dwell safely:
H7931
In those days shall Judah be saved, and Jerusalem shall dwell safely: and this is the name wherewith she shall be called, The LORD our righteousness.
H3427
Neither shall ye build house, nor sow seed, nor plant vineyard, nor have any: but all your days ye shall dwell in tents; that ye may live many days in the land where ye be strangers.
no direct Strong's tag
Nor to build houses for us to dwell in: neither have we vineyard, nor field, nor seed:
H3427
But it came to pass, when Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon came up into the land, that we said, Come, and let us go to Jerusalem for fear of the army of the Chaldeans, and for fear of the army of the Syrians: so we dwell at Jerusalem.
no direct Strong's tag
I have sent also unto you all my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them, saying, Return ye now every man from his evil way, and amend your doings, and go not after other gods to serve them, and ye shall dwell in the land which I have given to you and to your fathers: but ye have not inclined your ear, nor hearkened unto me.
H3427
Now while he was not yet gone back, he said, Go back also to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon hath made governor over the cities of Judah, and dwell with him among the people: or go wheresoever it seemeth convenient unto thee to go. So the captain of the guard gave him victuals and a reward, and let him go.
English meaning and historical usage.
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dwell
DWELL, verb intransitive preterit tense dwelled, usually contracted into dwelt. [See Dally.]
1. To abide as a permanent resident, or to inhabit for a time; to live in a place; to have a habitation for some time or permanence.
God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem. Genesis 9:27.
DWELL imports a residence of some continuance. We use abide for the resting of a night or an hour; but we never say, he dwelt in a place a day or a night. dwell may signify a residence for life or for a much shorter period, but not for a day. In scripture, it denotes a residence of seven days during the feast of tabernacles.
Ye shall dwell in booths seven days. Leviticus 23:42.
The word was made flesh, and dwelt among us. John 1:38.
2. To be in any state or condition; to continue.
To dwell in doubtful joy.
3. To continue; to be fixed in attention; to hang upon with fondness.
The attentive queen dwelt on his accents.
They stand at a distance, dwelling on his looks and language, fixed in amazement.
4. To continue long; as, to dwell on a subject, in speaking, debate or writing; to dwell on a note in music.
DWELL, as a verb transitive, is not used. We who dwell this wild, in Milton, is not a legitimate phrase.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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