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DEEP KJV WORD STUDY

Dwell

Begin with the exact English word as it appears in the King James Bible. Follow its whole-Bible usage, book distribution, related indexed forms, Webster 1828, every occurrence, and the occurrence-specific Hebrew/Aramaic/Greek mappings behind it.

338exact KJV occurrences 305Old Testament 33New Testament 42books containing the word 18mapped Strong's IDs 318occurrence-specific Strong's links
FIRST OCCURRENCE

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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LAST OCCURRENCE

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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KJV DISTRIBUTION

Where dwell appears.

This is exact English-word usage from the canonical KJV token index, not a Strong's estimate.

ORIGINAL-LANGUAGE MAP

Which Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek words stand behind this KJV word?

These relationships come from exact verse + token-position mappings. We do not assume that one English spelling always equals one Strong's number. A single English token can also carry more than one source tag, so the Strong's-link total can exceed the number of English occurrences.

HebrewH3427
יָשַׁב

yâshab · yaw-shab'

196 times translated as this KJV form1,085 total Strong's occurrences

v

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.

Strong's first: Genesis 4:20Strong's last: Zechariah 14:11

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HebrewH1481
גּוּר

gûwr · goor

11 times translated as this KJV form98 total Strong's occurrences

v

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.

Strong's first: Job 19:15Strong's last: Jeremiah 50:40

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GreekG3611
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

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GreekG4637
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

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GreekG1909
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

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HebrewH1752
דּוּר

dûwr · dure

1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences

v

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

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AramaicH3488
יְתִב

yᵉthib · yeth-eeb'

1 times translated as this KJV form5 total Strong's occurrences

v

to sit or dwell

Strong's KJV usage: dwell, (be) set, sit.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Ezra 4:17Strong's last: Ezra 4:17

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HebrewH3885
לוּן

lûwn · loon

1 times translated as this KJV form85 total Strong's occurrences

v

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

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HebrewH4186
מוֹשָׁב

môwshâb · mo-shawb'

1 times translated as this KJV form44 total Strong's occurrences

n-m

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.

Strong's first: Psalms 107:4Strong's last: Psalms 107:4

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HebrewH5975
עָמַד

ʻâmad · aw-mad'

1 times translated as this KJV form520 total Strong's occurrences

v

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.

Strong's first: Exodus 8:22Strong's last: Exodus 8:22

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EVERY OCCURRENCE

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17 occurrences match the current filters. Each row keeps its exact KJV token position so Original Word and TSK remain occurrence-specific.

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Numbers 5:3
H7931

Both male and female shall ye put out, without the camp shall ye put them; that they defile not their camps, in the midst whereof I dwell.

Numbers 13:19
no direct Strong's tag

And what the land is that they dwell in, whether it be good or bad; and what cities they be that they dwell in, whether in tents, or in strong holds;

Numbers 13:19
H3427

And what the land is that they dwell in, whether it be good or bad; and what cities they be that they dwell in, whether in tents, or in strong holds;

Numbers 13:28
H3427

Nevertheless the people be strong that dwell in the land, and the cities are walled, and very great: and moreover we saw the children of Anak there.

Numbers 13:29
H3427

The Amalekites dwell in the land of the south: and the Hittites, and the Jebusites, and the Amorites, dwell in the mountains: and the Canaanites dwell by the sea, and by the coast of Jordan.

Numbers 13:29
H3427

The Amalekites dwell in the land of the south: and the Hittites, and the Jebusites, and the Amorites, dwell in the mountains: and the Canaanites dwell by the sea, and by the coast of Jordan.

Numbers 13:29
H3427

The Amalekites dwell in the land of the south: and the Hittites, and the Jebusites, and the Amorites, dwell in the mountains: and the Canaanites dwell by the sea, and by the coast of Jordan.

Numbers 14:30
H7931

Doubtless ye shall not come into the land, concerning which I sware to make you dwell therein, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.

Numbers 23:9
H7931

For from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I behold him: lo, the people shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations.

Numbers 32:17
H3427

But we ourselves will go ready armed before the children of Israel, until we have brought them unto their place: and our little ones shall dwell in the fenced cities because of the inhabitants of the land.

Numbers 33:53
H3427

And ye shall dispossess the inhabitants of the land, and dwell therein: for I have given you the land to possess it.

Numbers 33:55
H3427

But if ye will not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you; then it shall come to pass, that those which ye let remain of them shall be pricks in your eyes, and thorns in your sides, and shall vex you in the land wherein ye dwell.

Numbers 35:2
no direct Strong's tag

Command the children of Israel, that they give unto the Levites of the inheritance of their possession cities to dwell in; and ye shall give also unto the Levites suburbs for the cities round about them.

Numbers 35:3
no direct Strong's tag

And the cities shall they have to dwell in; and the suburbs of them shall be for their cattle, and for their goods, and for all their beasts.

Numbers 35:32
H3427

And ye shall take no satisfaction for him that is fled to the city of his refuge, that he should come again to dwell in the land, until the death of the priest.

Numbers 35:34
H7931

Defile not therefore the land which ye shall inhabit, wherein I dwell: for I the LORD dwell among the children of Israel.

Numbers 35:34
H7931

Defile not therefore the land which ye shall inhabit, wherein I dwell: for I the LORD dwell among the children of Israel.

WEBSTER’S 1828

English meaning and historical usage.

Dictionary data is kept visibly separate from Scripture and from lexical Strong's data.

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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