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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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36 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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Psalms 4:8
H3427

I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, LORD, only makest me dwell in safety.

Psalms 5:4
H1481

For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with thee.

Psalms 15:1
H7931

<<A Psalm of David.>> LORD, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in thy holy hill?

Psalms 23:6
H3427

Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.

Psalms 24:1
H3427

<<A Psalm of David.>> The earth is the LORD's, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.

Psalms 25:13
H3885

His soul shall dwell at ease; and his seed shall inherit the earth.

Psalms 27:4
H3427

One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to inquire in his temple.

Psalms 37:3
H7931

Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.

Psalms 37:27
H7931

Depart from evil, and do good; and dwell for evermore.

Psalms 37:29
H7931

The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein for ever.

Psalms 65:4
H7931

Blessed is the man whom thou choosest, and causest to approach unto thee, that he may dwell in thy courts: we shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house, even of thy holy temple.

Psalms 65:8
H3427

They also that dwell in the uttermost parts are afraid at thy tokens: thou makest the outgoings of the morning and evening to rejoice.

Psalms 68:6
H7931

God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out those which are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry land.

Psalms 68:16
no direct Strong's tag

Why leap ye, ye high hills? this is the hill which God desireth to dwell in; yea, the LORD will dwell in it for ever.

Psalms 68:16
H7931

Why leap ye, ye high hills? this is the hill which God desireth to dwell in; yea, the LORD will dwell in it for ever.

Psalms 68:18
H7931

Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive: thou hast received gifts for men; yea, for the rebellious also, that the LORD God might dwell among them.

Psalms 69:25
H3427

Let their habitation be desolate; and let none dwell in their tents.

Psalms 69:35
H3427

For God will save Zion, and will build the cities of Judah: that they may dwell there, and have it in possession.

Psalms 69:36
H7931

The seed also of his servants shall inherit it: and they that love his name shall dwell therein.

Psalms 72:9
no direct Strong's tag

They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; and his enemies shall lick the dust.

Psalms 78:55
H7931

He cast out the heathen also before them, and divided them an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.

Psalms 84:4
H3427

Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: they will be still praising thee. Selah.

Psalms 84:10
H1752

For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.

Psalms 85:9
H7931

Surely his salvation is nigh them that fear him; that glory may dwell in our land.

Psalms 98:7
H3427

Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.

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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