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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53 occurrences in 49 verses.
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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
And the men of Israel said unto the Hivites, Peradventure ye dwell among us; and how shall we make a league with you?
H3427
And Joshua called for them, and he spake unto them, saying, Wherefore have ye beguiled us, saying, We are very far from you; when ye dwell among us?
H3427
And the men of Gibeon sent unto Joshua to the camp to Gilgal, saying, Slack not thy hand from thy servants; come up to us quickly, and save us, and help us: for all the kings of the Amorites that dwell in the mountains are gathered together against us.
H3427
Nevertheless the children of Israel expelled not the Geshurites, nor the Maachathites: but the Geshurites and the Maachathites dwell among the Israelites until this day.
H3427
For the children of Joseph were two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim: therefore they gave no part unto the Levites in the land, save cities to dwell in, with their suburbs for their cattle and for their substance.
H3427
As for the Jebusites the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the children of Judah could not drive them out: but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Judah at Jerusalem unto this day.
H3427
And they drave not out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer: but the Canaanites dwell among the Ephraimites unto this day, and serve under tribute.
H3427
Yet the children of Manasseh could not drive out the inhabitants of those cities; but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.
H3427
And the children of Joseph said, The hill is not enough for us: and all the Canaanites that dwell in the land of the valley have chariots of iron, both they who are of Bethshean and her towns, and they who are of the valley of Jezreel.
H3427
And when he that doth flee unto one of those cities shall stand at the entering of the gate of the city, and shall declare his cause in the ears of the elders of that city, they shall take him into the city unto them, and give him a place, that he may dwell among them.
H3427
And he shall dwell in that city, until he stand before the congregation for judgment, and until the death of the high priest that shall be in those days: then shall the slayer return, and come unto his own city, and unto his own house, unto the city from whence he fled.
no direct Strong's tag
And they spake unto them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, The LORD commanded by the hand of Moses to give us cities to dwell in, with the suburbs thereof for our cattle.
H3427
And I have given you a land for which ye did not labour, and cities which ye built not, and ye dwell in them; of the vineyards and oliveyards which ye planted not do ye eat.
H3427
And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.
H3427
And the children of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites that inhabited Jerusalem; but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Benjamin in Jerusalem unto this day.
H3427
Neither did Manasseh drive out the inhabitants of Bethshean and her towns, nor Taanach and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Dor and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Ibleam and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Megiddo and her towns: but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.
H3427
But the Amorites would dwell in mount Heres in Aijalon, and in Shaalbim: yet the hand of the house of Joseph prevailed, so that they became tributaries.
H3427
And I said unto you, I am the LORD your God; fear not the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but ye have not obeyed my voice.
H3427
And Abimelech dwelt at Arumah: and Zebul thrust out Gaal and his brethren, that they should not dwell in Shechem.
H3427
And Micah said unto him, Dwell with me, and be unto me a father and a priest, and I will give thee ten shekels of silver by the year, and a suit of apparel, and thy victuals. So the Levite went in.
H3427
And the Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man was unto him as one of his sons.
no direct Strong's tag
In those days there was no king in Israel: and in those days the tribe of the Danites sought them an inheritance to dwell in; for unto that day all their inheritance had not fallen unto them among the tribes of Israel.
H3427
When Jacob was come into Egypt, and your fathers cried unto the LORD, then the LORD sent Moses and Aaron, which brought forth your fathers out of Egypt, and made them dwell in this place.
H3427
And David said unto Achish, If I have now found grace in thine eyes, let them give me a place in some town in the country, that I may dwell there: for why should thy servant dwell in the royal city with thee?
H3427
And David said unto Achish, If I have now found grace in thine eyes, let them give me a place in some town in the country, that I may dwell there: for why should thy servant dwell in the royal city with thee?
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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