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Dwell

Tents were in primitive times the common dwellings of men. Houses were afterwards built, the walls of which were frequently of mud (Job 24:16; This unified study connects 6 installed resource categories without replacing their source records.

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Subject type: Subject
Strong’s: H1753, H7932, G2521, G3306, G3611, G4637, H1752, H3427, H7931, H3488
Hebrew: דּוּר · dûwr
Greek: κάθημαι · káthēmai

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דּוּר

H1753

Transliteration: dûwr
Pronunciation: dure
Language: Hebrew
Indexed occurrences: 7

Glosses

dwell, dwell.

Lexicon definition

to reside

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שְׁכֵן

H7932

Transliteration: shᵉkan
Pronunciation: shek-an'
Language: Hebrew
Indexed occurrences: 2

Glosses

dwell, cause to dwell, have habitation.

Lexicon definition

{to reside or permanently stay (literally or figuratively)}

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

κάθημαι

G2521

Transliteration: káthēmai
Language: Greek
Indexed occurrences: 91

Glosses

dwell, sit (by, down)

Lexicon definition

and (to sit

akin to the base of G1476 (ἑδραῖος))

to sit down

figuratively, to remain, reside

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μένω

G3306

Transliteration: ménō
Language: Greek
Indexed occurrences: 118

Glosses

abide, continue, dwell, endure, be present, remain, stand, tarry (for), X thine own

Lexicon definition

to stay (in a given place, state, relation or expectancy)

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οἰκέω

G3611

Transliteration: oikéō
Language: Greek
Indexed occurrences: 9

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dwell

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to occupy a house, i.e. reside (figuratively, inhabit, remain, inhere)

by implication, to cohabit

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

σκηνόω

G4637

Transliteration: skēnóō
Language: Greek
Indexed occurrences: 5

Glosses

dwell

Lexicon definition

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)

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דּוּר

H1752

Transliteration: dûwr
Pronunciation: dure
Language: Hebrew
Indexed occurrences: 2

Glosses

heap up, pile, dwell, dwell.

Lexicon definition

properly, to gyrate (or move in a circle), i.e. to remain

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יָשַׁב

H3427

Transliteration: yâshab
Pronunciation: yaw-shab'
Language: Hebrew
Indexed occurrences: 1,080

Glosses

sit, remain, dwell, (make to) abide(-ing), continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-ing), ease self, endure, establish, [idiom] fail, habitation, haunt, (make to) inhabit(-ant), make to keep (house), lurking, [idiom] marry(-ing), (bring again to) place, remain, return, seat, set(-tle), (down-) sit(-down, still, -ting down, -ting (place) -uate), take, tarry.

Lexicon definition

properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet)

by implication, to dwell, to remain

causatively, to settle, to marry

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שָׁכַן

H7931

Transliteration: shâkan
Pronunciation: shaw-kan'
Language: Hebrew
Indexed occurrences: 129

Glosses

settle down, abide, dwell, abide, continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-er), have habitation, inhabit, lay, place, (cause to) remain, rest, set (up).

Lexicon definition

to reside or permanently stay (literally or figuratively)

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יְתִב

H3488

Transliteration: yᵉthib
Pronunciation: yeth-eeb'
Language: Hebrew
Indexed occurrences: 5

Glosses

sit, dwell, dwell, (be) set, sit.

Lexicon definition

to sit or dwell

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

דּוּר

H1753

Transliteration: dûwr
Pronunciation: dure
Language: Hebrew
Indexed occurrences: 7

Glosses

dwell.

Lexicon definition

to reside

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

דּוּר

H1752

Transliteration: dûwr
Pronunciation: dure
Language: Hebrew
Indexed occurrences: 2

Glosses

dwell.

Lexicon definition

properly, to gyrate (or move in a circle), i.e. to remain

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Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)

Dwell

Tents were in primitive times the common dwellings of men. Houses were afterwards built, the walls of which were frequently of mud (Job 24:16; Matt. 6:19, 20) or of sun-dried bricks. God "dwells in light" (1 Tim. 6:16; 1 John 1:7), in heaven (Ps. 123:1), in his church (Ps. 9:11; 1 John 4:12). Christ dwelt on earth in the days of his humiliation (John 1:14). He now dwells in the hearts of his people (Eph. 3:17-19). The Holy Spirit dwells in believers (1 Cor. 3:16; 2 Tim. 1:14). We are exhorted to "let the word of God dwell in us richly" (Col. 3:16; Ps. 119:11). Dwell deep occurs only in Jer. 49:8, and refers to the custom of seeking refuge from impending danger, in retiring to the recesses of rocks and caverns, or to remote places in the desert.

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Concordance

Strong's Concordance

Dwell

Indexed occurrences: 196

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Dwells

Indexed occurrences: 25

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All Scripture references1,178 references

Genesis 72

Genesis 3:24 Genesis 4:16 Genesis 4:20 Genesis 9:27 Genesis 11:2 Genesis 11:31 Genesis 13:6 Genesis 13:7 Genesis 13:12 Genesis 13:18 Genesis 14:7 Genesis 14:12 Genesis 14:13 Genesis 16:3 Genesis 16:12 Genesis 18:1 Genesis 19:1 Genesis 19:25 Genesis 19:29 Genesis 19:30 Genesis 20:1 Genesis 20:15 Genesis 21:16 Genesis 21:20 Genesis 21:21 Genesis 22:5 Genesis 22:19 Genesis 23:10 Genesis 24:3 Genesis 24:37 Genesis 24:55 Genesis 24:62 Genesis 25:11 Genesis 25:18 Genesis 25:27 Genesis 26:2 Genesis 26:6 Genesis 26:17 Genesis 27:19 Genesis 27:44 Genesis 28:4 Genesis 29:14 Genesis 29:19 Genesis 31:34 Genesis 34:10 Genesis 34:16 Genesis 34:21 Genesis 34:22 Genesis 34:23 Genesis 34:30 Genesis 35:1 Genesis 35:22 Genesis 36:7 Genesis 36:8 Genesis 36:20 Genesis 37:1 Genesis 37:25 Genesis 38:11 Genesis 38:14 Genesis 43:33 Genesis 44:33 Genesis 45:10 Genesis 46:34 Genesis 47:4 Genesis 47:6 Genesis 47:11 Genesis 47:27 Genesis 48:2 Genesis 49:13 Genesis 49:24 Genesis 50:11 Genesis 50:22

Exodus 25

Leviticus 23

Numbers 40

Deuteronomy 51

Joshua 49

Judges 58

Ruth 8

Ruth 1:4 Ruth 2:7 Ruth 2:14 Ruth 2:23 Ruth 3:18 Ruth 4:1 Ruth 4:2 Ruth 4:4

1 Samuel 42

2 Samuel 27

1 Kings 54

2 Kings 39

1 Chronicles 42

2 Chronicles 49

2 Chronicles 2:2 2 Chronicles 6:1 2 Chronicles 6:2 2 Chronicles 6:10 2 Chronicles 6:16 2 Chronicles 6:18 2 Chronicles 6:21 2 Chronicles 6:30 2 Chronicles 6:33 2 Chronicles 6:39 2 Chronicles 8:2 2 Chronicles 8:11 2 Chronicles 10:17 2 Chronicles 11:5 2 Chronicles 15:5 2 Chronicles 16:2 2 Chronicles 18:9 2 Chronicles 18:18 2 Chronicles 19:4 2 Chronicles 19:10 2 Chronicles 20:7 2 Chronicles 20:8 2 Chronicles 20:15 2 Chronicles 20:18 2 Chronicles 20:20 2 Chronicles 20:23 2 Chronicles 21:11 2 Chronicles 21:13 2 Chronicles 22:1 2 Chronicles 23:20 2 Chronicles 25:19 2 Chronicles 26:7 2 Chronicles 26:21 2 Chronicles 28:18 2 Chronicles 30:25 2 Chronicles 31:4 2 Chronicles 31:6 2 Chronicles 32:10 2 Chronicles 32:22 2 Chronicles 32:26 2 Chronicles 32:33 2 Chronicles 33:9 2 Chronicles 34:22 2 Chronicles 34:24 2 Chronicles 34:27 2 Chronicles 34:28 2 Chronicles 34:30 2 Chronicles 34:32 2 Chronicles 35:18

Ezra 15

Ezra 2:70 Ezra 4:6 Ezra 4:10 Ezra 4:17 Ezra 6:12 Ezra 8:32 Ezra 9:3 Ezra 9:4 Ezra 10:2 Ezra 10:9 Ezra 10:10 Ezra 10:14 Ezra 10:16 Ezra 10:17 Ezra 10:18

Nehemiah 21

Isaiah 72

Jeremiah 143

Jeremiah 1:14 Jeremiah 2:6 Jeremiah 2:15 Jeremiah 3:2 Jeremiah 4:4 Jeremiah 4:7 Jeremiah 4:29 Jeremiah 6:8 Jeremiah 6:12 Jeremiah 7:3 Jeremiah 7:7 Jeremiah 7:12 Jeremiah 8:1 Jeremiah 8:14 Jeremiah 8:16 Jeremiah 9:5 Jeremiah 9:6 Jeremiah 9:10 Jeremiah 9:25 Jeremiah 10:17 Jeremiah 10:18 Jeremiah 11:2 Jeremiah 11:9 Jeremiah 11:12 Jeremiah 12:4 Jeremiah 13:13 Jeremiah 13:18 Jeremiah 15:17 Jeremiah 16:8 Jeremiah 17:6 Jeremiah 17:20 Jeremiah 17:25 Jeremiah 18:11 Jeremiah 19:3 Jeremiah 19:12 Jeremiah 20:6 Jeremiah 21:6 Jeremiah 21:9 Jeremiah 21:13 Jeremiah 22:2 Jeremiah 22:4 Jeremiah 22:6 Jeremiah 22:23 Jeremiah 22:30 Jeremiah 23:6 Jeremiah 23:8 Jeremiah 23:14 Jeremiah 24:8 Jeremiah 25:2 Jeremiah 25:5 Jeremiah 25:9 Jeremiah 25:24 Jeremiah 25:29 Jeremiah 25:30 Jeremiah 26:9 Jeremiah 26:10 Jeremiah 26:15 Jeremiah 27:11 Jeremiah 29:5 Jeremiah 29:16 Jeremiah 29:28 Jeremiah 29:32 Jeremiah 30:18 Jeremiah 31:24 Jeremiah 32:12 Jeremiah 32:32 Jeremiah 32:37 Jeremiah 33:10 Jeremiah 33:16 Jeremiah 33:17 Jeremiah 34:22 Jeremiah 35:7 Jeremiah 35:9 Jeremiah 35:10 Jeremiah 35:11 Jeremiah 35:13 Jeremiah 35:15 Jeremiah 35:17 Jeremiah 36:12 Jeremiah 36:15 Jeremiah 36:22 Jeremiah 36:30 Jeremiah 36:31 Jeremiah 37:16 Jeremiah 37:21 Jeremiah 38:2 Jeremiah 38:7 Jeremiah 38:13 Jeremiah 38:28 Jeremiah 39:3 Jeremiah 39:14 Jeremiah 40:5 Jeremiah 40:6 Jeremiah 40:9 Jeremiah 40:10 Jeremiah 41:17 Jeremiah 42:10 Jeremiah 42:13 Jeremiah 42:14 Jeremiah 42:18 Jeremiah 43:4 Jeremiah 44:1 Jeremiah 44:2 Jeremiah 44:13 Jeremiah 44:14 Jeremiah 44:15 Jeremiah 44:22 Jeremiah 44:26 Jeremiah 44:28 Jeremiah 46:8 Jeremiah 46:19 Jeremiah 46:26 Jeremiah 47:2 Jeremiah 48:9 Jeremiah 48:18 Jeremiah 48:19 Jeremiah 48:28 Jeremiah 48:43 Jeremiah 49:1 Jeremiah 49:8 Jeremiah 49:16 Jeremiah 49:18 Jeremiah 49:20 Jeremiah 49:30 Jeremiah 49:31 Jeremiah 49:33 Jeremiah 50:3 Jeremiah 50:13 Jeremiah 50:21 Jeremiah 50:34 Jeremiah 50:35 Jeremiah 50:39 Jeremiah 50:40 Jeremiah 51:1 Jeremiah 51:12 Jeremiah 51:13 Jeremiah 51:24 Jeremiah 51:29 Jeremiah 51:30 Jeremiah 51:35 Jeremiah 51:37 Jeremiah 51:43 Jeremiah 51:62

Lamentations 8

Lamentations 1:1 Lamentations 1:3 Lamentations 2:10 Lamentations 3:6 Lamentations 3:28 Lamentations 4:12 Lamentations 4:21 Lamentations 5:19

Ezekiel 59

Daniel 12

Daniel 2:22 Daniel 2:38 Daniel 3:31 Daniel 4:1 Daniel 4:9 Daniel 4:18 Daniel 4:32 Daniel 6:26 Daniel 7:9 Daniel 7:10 Daniel 7:26 Daniel 9:7

Hosea 10

Hosea 3:3 Hosea 3:4 Hosea 4:1 Hosea 4:3 Hosea 9:3 Hosea 11:11 Hosea 12:9 Hosea 12:10 Hosea 14:7 Hosea 14:8

Joel 5

Joel 1:2 Joel 1:14 Joel 2:1 Joel 3:17 Joel 3:21

Amos 7

Amos 1:5 Amos 1:8 Amos 3:12 Amos 5:11 Amos 8:8 Amos 9:5 Amos 9:14

Obadiah 1

Obadiah 1:3

Jonah 2

Jonah 3:6 Jonah 4:5

Micah 13

Micah 1:11 Micah 1:12 Micah 1:13 Micah 1:15 Micah 4:4 Micah 4:10 Micah 5:3 Micah 5:4 Micah 6:12 Micah 6:16 Micah 7:8 Micah 7:13 Micah 7:14

Nahum 3

Nahum 1:5 Nahum 3:8 Nahum 3:18

Habakkuk 2

Habakkuk 2:8 Habakkuk 2:17

Zephaniah 7

Zephaniah 1:4 Zephaniah 1:11 Zephaniah 1:13 Zephaniah 1:18 Zephaniah 2:5 Zephaniah 2:15 Zephaniah 3:6

Haggai 1

Haggai 1:4

Zechariah 27

Malachi 1

Malachi 3:3

Matthew 2

Matthew 12:45 Matthew 23:21

Luke 2

Luke 11:26 Luke 21:35

John 2

John 1:14 John 18:16

Acts 6

Acts 1:20 Acts 2:14 Acts 2:26 Acts 7:48 Acts 12:13 Acts 20:29

Romans 1

Romans 7:23

1 Corinthians 1

1 Corinthians 3:16

2 Corinthians 1

2 Corinthians 6:16

Ephesians 1

Ephesians 3:17

Colossians 3

Colossians 1:19 Colossians 2:9 Colossians 3:16

1 Timothy 1

1 Timothy 6:16

2 Timothy 1

2 Timothy 1:14

James 1

James 4:5

2 Peter 1

2 Peter 3:13

1 John 2

1 John 1:7 1 John 4:12

Revelation 14

Revelation 2:13 Revelation 3:10 Revelation 6:10 Revelation 8:13 Revelation 11:10 Revelation 12:12 Revelation 13:6 Revelation 13:8 Revelation 13:12 Revelation 13:14 Revelation 14:6 Revelation 17:2 Revelation 17:8 Revelation 21:3

Sources

Historical Reference: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)
Historical Reference: concordance
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Ancient Context1 items

Josephus Antiquities Whiston

How Nebuzaradan Set Gedaliah Over The Jews That Were Left In Judea Which Gedaliah Was A Little Afterward Slain By Ishmael; And How Johanan After Ishmael Was Driven Away Went Down Into Egypt With The People Which People Nebuchadnezzar When He Made An Expedition Against The Egyptians Took Captive And Brought Them Away To Babylon.

Antiquities Book 10, Chapter 9

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Door-keeper

This word is used in Ps. 84:10 (R.V. marg., "stand at the threshold of," etc.), but there it signifies properly "sitting at the threshold in the house of God." The psalmist means that he would rather stand at the door of God's house and merely look in, than dwell in houses where iniquity prevailed. Persons were appointed to keep the street door leading into the interior of the house (John 18:16, 17; Acts 12:13). Sometimes females held this post.

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Dwell

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Habitation

God is the habitation of his people, who find rest and safety in him (Ps. 71:3; 91:9). Justice and judgment are the habitation of God's throne (Ps. 89:14, Heb. mekhon, "foundation"), because all his acts are founded on justice and judgment. (See Ps. 132:5, 13; Eph. 2:22, of Canaan, Jerusalem, and the temple as God's habitation.) God inhabits eternity (Isa. 57:15), i.e., dwells not only among men, but in eternity, where time is unknown; and "the praises of Israel" (Ps. 22:3), i.e., he dwells among those praises and is continually surrounded by them.

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Philistines

those who dwell in villages

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Wolf

Heb. zeeb, frequently referred to in Scripture as an emblem of treachery and cruelty. Jacob's prophecy, "Benjamin shall ravin as a wolf" (Gen. 49:27), represents the warlike character of that tribe (see Judg. 19-21). Isaiah represents the peace of Messiah's kingdom by the words, "The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb" (Isa. 11:6). The habits of the wolf are described in Jer. 5:6; Hab. 1:8; Zeph. 3:3; Ezek. 22:27; Matt. 7:15; 10:16; Acts 20:29. Wolves are still sometimes found in Palestine, and are the dread of shepherds, as of old.

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Zibeon

iniquity that dwells

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Zibiah

the Lord dwells; deer; goat

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Concordance

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Dwells

Genesis 72

Exodus 25

Leviticus 23

Numbers 40

Deuteronomy 51

Joshua 49

Judges 58

Ruth 8

1 Samuel 42

2 Samuel 27

1 Kings 54

2 Kings 39

1 Chronicles 42

2 Chronicles 49

Ezra 15

Nehemiah 21

Esther 9

Job 21

Psalms 99

Proverbs 14

Ecclesiastes 1

Song of Solomon 3

Isaiah 72

Jeremiah 143

Lamentations 8

Ezekiel 59

Daniel 12

Hosea 10

Joel 5

Amos 7

Obadiah 1

Jonah 2

Micah 13

Nahum 3

Habakkuk 2

Zephaniah 7

Haggai 1

Zechariah 27

Malachi 1

Matthew 2

Luke 2

John 2

Acts 6

Romans 1

1 Corinthians 1

2 Corinthians 1

Ephesians 1

Colossians 3

1 Timothy 1