510 occurrences in 12 translations

'Dwell' in the Bible

yea, he casteth out the man, and causeth to dwell at the east of the garden of Eden the cherubs and the flame of the sword which is turning itself round to guard the way of the tree of life.

Verse ConceptsBefore The FloodGuardsGuardiansSwordsEdenCherubim, Description ofSeeking LifeMetaphorical TreesFire From God's ServantsGod's SwordTree Of LifeAngelic GuardianshipGardensCherubimDirectionautonomyclosure

And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle.

Verse ConceptsNomadsTentsSpiritual FathersThose Who Kept Stock

God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.

Verse ConceptsEnlargementTents

and it cometh to pass, in their journeying from the east, that they find a valley in the land of Shinar, and dwell there;

Verse ConceptsFacing EastLiving In The Land

And Terah taketh Abram his son, and Lot, son of Haran, his son's son, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, wife of Abram his son, and they go out with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go towards the land of Canaan; and they come unto Charan, and dwell there.

Verse ConceptsAbrahamGrandchildrenAbraham, Calling And LifeLiving In The LandLand Promised To Israel

And there was a famine in the land. And Abram went down to Egypt to dwell as an alien there, for the famine was severe in the land.

Verse ConceptsFamine, Examples OfFamine, Kinds OfempiresSuffering, Causes OfSuffering, Nature OfAbraham, Calling And LifeSojourning

And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell together: for their substance was great, so that they could not dwell together.

Verse ConceptsAbraham, Calling And LifeLiving TogetherPeople Providing

And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.

Verse ConceptsIndependenceOpposite SidesWild DonkeysConflictFamily Conflictislam

But they said, "Step aside!" Then they said, "{This fellow} came to dwell as a foreigner and he acts as a judge! Now we shall do worse to you than them!" And they pressed very hard against the man, against Lot, and they drew near to break the door.

Verse ConceptsSeductionThreateningsSojourningPressingBroken ThingsSuffering From ForeignersWorse

And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain, and his two daughters with him; for he feared to dwell in Zoar: and he dwelt in a cave, he and his two daughters.

Verse ConceptsCavesFear, Of NaturalEscaping To MountainsPeople In CavesSetting OutTwo WomenCaves As Places Of Refuge

And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is before thee: dwell where it pleaseth thee.

Verse ConceptsLiving In The Land

And I will make thee swear by the LORD, the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell:

Verse ConceptsdaughtersGod, Sovereignty OfHeaven, Glimpsed By HumansWives, Duties OfIntermarriageSwearing

And my master made me swear, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife to my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I dwell:

Verse ConceptsIntermarriage

And the LORD appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of:

Verse ConceptsGod AppearingGod Forbiddingland

Live temporarily [as a resident] in this land and I will be with you and will bless and favor you, for I will give all these lands to you and to your descendants, and I will establish and carry out the oath which I swore to Abraham your father.

Verse ConceptsBlessings, To AbrahamOaths, DivineSojourningGod Swearing BlessingsGod Will Be With YouGod Will Blessland

and Laban saith, 'It is better for me to give her to thee than to give her to another man; dwell with me;'

Verse ConceptsGood ActivityStaying TemporarilyGiving In Marriage

And Leah said, God hath endued me with a good dowry; now will my husband dwell with me, because I have born him six sons: and she called his name Zebulun.

Verse ConceptsGiftsGifts Of GodOther Gifts Of GodPeople With Apt Names

And ye shall dwell with us: and the land shall be before you; dwell and trade ye therein, and get you possessions therein.

Verse ConceptsTradeLiving In The LandProperty

Then will we give our daughters unto you, and we will take your daughters to us, and we will dwell with you, and we will become one people.

Verse ConceptsUnified PeopleLiving In The Land

These men are peaceable with us; therefore let them dwell in the land, and trade therein; for the land, behold, it is large enough for them; let us take their daughters to us for wives, and let us give them our daughters.

Verse ConceptsMoney, Stewardship OfLiving In The LandMen Of Peace

Only herein will the men consent unto us for to dwell with us, to be one people, if every male among us be circumcised, as they are circumcised.

Verse ConceptsUnified PeopleBecoming Like PeopleConsentLiving In The LandNecessity Of Circumcision

Shall not their cattle and their substance and every beast of theirs be ours? only let us consent unto them, and they will dwell with us.

Verse ConceptsLiving In The LandTaking Possession

And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there: and make there an altar unto God, that appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother.

Verse ConceptsFugitivesAppearances Of God In OtCommemorationSpeech, DivineWorship, Places OfBuilding AltarsGod AppearingBethel The House Of GodLiving In The Land

For their riches were more than that they might dwell together; and the land wherein they were strangers could not bear them because of their cattle.

Verse ConceptsAbundance, MaterialPeople ProvidingWealthy Peoplepossessions

And thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen, and thou shalt be near unto me, thou, and thy children, and thy children's children, and thy flocks, and thy herds, and all that thou hast:

Verse ConceptsGrandchildrenLiving In The LandNeighboursImmigrantsland

That ye shall say, Thy servants' trade hath been about cattle from our youth even until now, both we, and also our fathers: that ye may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is an abomination unto the Egyptians.

Verse ConceptsAbominationsWork From YouthThose Who Kept StockHating PeoplesStock Keeping

They said moreover unto Pharaoh, For to sojourn in the land are we come; for thy servants have no pasture for their flocks; for the famine is sore in the land of Canaan: now therefore, we pray thee, let thy servants dwell in the land of Goshen.

Verse ConceptsSojourningNo FoodLiving In The Land

The land of Egypt is before thee; in the best of the land make thy father and brethren to dwell; in the land of Goshen let them dwell: and if thou knowest any men of activity among them, then make them rulers over my cattle.

Verse ConceptsAbilityCompetence

Zebulun shall dwell at the haven of the sea; and he shall be for an haven of ships; and his border shall be unto Zidon.

Verse ConceptsSeafaringMediterranean SeaShipsSeashoresLiving In The Land

For if you do not let My people go, behold, I will send swarms of flies on you and on your servants and on your people and into your houses; and the houses of the Egyptians will be full of swarms of flies, and also the ground on which they dwell.

Verse ConceptsFliesbugs

And I will sever in that day the land of Goshen, in which my people dwell, that no swarms of flies shall be there; to the end thou mayest know that I am the LORD in the midst of the earth.

Verse ConceptsAbominationsFliesGod DifferentiatingI Am The Lord

Thou shalt bring them in, and plant them in the mountain of thine inheritance, in the place, O LORD, which thou hast made for thee to dwell in, in the Sanctuary, O Lord, which thy hands have established.

Verse ConceptsHousesSanctuaryGod's DwellingMetaphorical Planting

They shall not dwell in thy land, lest they make thee sin against me: for if thou serve their gods, it will surely be a snare unto thee.

Verse ConceptsSin, Causes OfTrapWorldly SnaresWarnings Of Evil AssociationsEvil TrappingLiving In The LandPenalties For Serving Other GodsThe Entrance Of Sin

And they shall know that I am the LORD their God, that brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, that I may dwell among them: I am the LORD their God.

Verse ConceptsAssurance, basis ofGod, The LordGod Living With UsI Am The LordGod Bringing Israel Out Of Egypt

All the days wherein the plague shall be in him he shall be defiled; he is unclean: he shall dwell alone; without the camp shall his habitation be.

Verse ConceptsCamps, Unclean ThingsQuarantiningQuarantineIsolated PersonsOutside The Camp

And he that is to be cleansed shall wash his clothes, and shave off all his hair, and bathe himself in water; and he shall be clean: and after that he shall come into the camp, but shall dwell outside his tent seven days.

Verse ConceptsQuarantiningBathing, For CleansingHealingPurity, Nature OfShavingSanitation, DisinfectionQuarantineSeven DaysWashing ClothesClean ClothesSeven Days For Legal PurposesOutside The House

“Then you shall say to them, ‘Any man from the house of Israel or any of the strangers living temporarily among you, who offers a burnt offering or sacrifice

Verse ConceptsForeignersForeigners Included In The LawStrangers in israel

‘Any man from the house of Israel, or any stranger living temporarily among you, who eats any blood, against that person I shall set My face and I will cut him off from his people [excluding him from the atonement made for them].

Verse ConceptsFace Of GodGod OpposingForeigners Included In The LawForbidden FoodThose To Be Cut Off From IsraelStrangers in israel

Ye shall therefore keep all my statutes, and all my judgments, and do them: that the land, whither I bring you to dwell therein, spue you not out.

Verse ConceptsKeep The Commandments!Eviction

Ye shall dwell in booths seven days; all that are Israelites born shall dwell in booths:

Verse ConceptsSeven Days

That your generations may know that I made the children of Israel to dwell in booths, when I brought them out of the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.

Verse ConceptsBoothsThe Lord Is GodGod Bringing Israel Out Of Egypt

Wherefore ye shall do my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them; and ye shall dwell in the land in safety.

Verse ConceptsKeep The Commandments!Obedience

And the land shall yield her fruit, and ye shall eat your fill, and dwell therein in safety.

Verse ConceptsLand Producingland

Moreover of the children of them that dwell as sojourners with you, of them may ye buy, and of their family that is with you, which they beget in your land, and they shall be your possession.

Verse ConceptsForeignersMaking SlavesLaws Restricting ForeignersPropertyImmigrantsAliens

And your threshing shall reach unto the vintage, and the vintage shall reach unto the sowing time: and ye shall eat your bread to the full, and dwell in your land safely.

Verse ConceptsGrapesHarvestSafetyThreshingVintageLiving In The Land

And I will bring the land into desolation: and your enemies which dwell therein shall be astonished at it.

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.

Verse ConceptsGod Living With UsRegulations For Men And Women

When [it was] two days, a month, {or a year} that the cloud prolonged to dwell on the tabernacle, the {Israelites} encamped, and they did not set out; when it lifted up they set out.

Verse ConceptsTwo DaysOne MonthSetting Out

and ye shall see the land, what it is; and the people that dwell in it, whether they are strong or weak, few or many;

Verse ConceptsWeakness, PhysicalDealing With Many PeopleWhat Is This?Strong Nations

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;

Verse ConceptsWhat Is This?

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.

Verse ConceptsFortificationsFortified CitiesLargenessGiantsStrong Nations

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.

Verse ConceptsJerusalem, History OfThe Region Of Jordan

(Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites dwell in the valley.) To-morrow turn you, and take your journey into the wilderness, on the way to the Red sea.

Verse ConceptsValleysComing To The Red SeaGod Led Them Through The Wilderness

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.

Verse ConceptsHomeHand Of GodReward, For God's PeopleExclusionland

that our fathers go down to Egypt, and we dwell in Egypt many days, and the Egyptians do evil to us and to our fathers;

Verse ConceptsPeople Actually Doing EvilStaying A Long Time

So he sent messengers to Balaam [a famous prophet-diviner] the son of Beor at Pethor, which is by the [Euphrates] River, in the land of the descendants of his people, to call for him, saying, “There is a people who have come out of Egypt; behold, they cover the surface of the land, and they are living opposite me.

Verse ConceptsBalaams DonkeyMessengers Sent Out

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.

Verse ConceptsExclusivenessSeparation From Evil PeopleA Solitary People

“Water [that is, great blessings] will flow from his buckets,And his offspring will live by many waters,And his king will be higher than Agag,And his kingdom shall be exalted.

Verse ConceptsAbundance, MaterialBucketsGod Providing WaterSpilling Your Seed On The Ground

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.

Verse ConceptsFortificationsCityWarriors

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

Verse Conceptspossessionsland

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.

Verse ConceptsThornsWeedsEvil AssociationsNot Driving Them OutEyes HarmedTroubling Groups Of Peopleharassmentlandislam

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.

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.

and the congregation shall deliver the manslayer out of the hand of the avenger of blood, and the congregation shall restore him to his city of refuge, whither he was fled: and he shall dwell therein until the death of the high priest, who was anointed with the holy oil.

Verse ConceptsRankManslaughterAnointing PriestsDeath Of Office Holders

for in the city of his refuge he doth dwell till the death of the chief priest; and after the death of the chief priest doth the man-slayer turn back unto the city of his possession.

Verse ConceptsDeath Of Office HoldersPermission To Return Home

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.

Verse ConceptsDeath Of Office HoldersNot Redeemed

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

Verse ConceptsDefilement, Ceremonial CausesGod Living With UsGod Is Among YouDefilementrelaxation

and ye dwell in Kadesh many days, according to the days which ye had dwelt.

Verse ConceptsStaying A Long Time

And command thou the people, saying, Ye are to pass through the coast of your brethren the children of Esau, which dwell in Seir; and they shall be afraid of you: take ye good heed unto yourselves therefore:

Verse ConceptsFearing Other People

So we passed by from our brethren the children of Esau, that dwell in Seir, from the way of the Arabah from Elath and from Ezion-geber. And we turned and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab.

Verse ConceptsHighway

And in Seir have the Horim dwelt formerly; and the sons of Esau dispossess them, and destroy them from before them, and dwell in their stead, as Israel hath done to the land of his possession, which Jehovah hath given to them;

Verse ConceptsGod Gave The Land

a people great, and numerous, and tall, as the Anakim, and Jehovah destroyeth them before them, and they dispossess them, and dwell in their stead,

as He hath done for the sons of Esau, who are dwelling in Seir, when He destroyed the Horim from before them, and they dispossess them, and dwell in their stead, unto this day.

Verse ConceptsWhere People Live To This Day

As to the Avim who are dwelling in Hazerim unto Azzah, the Caphtorim -- who are coming out from Caphtor -- have destroyed them, and dwell in their stead.

Verse ConceptsExchange Of NationsImmigrants

(As the children of Esau which dwell in Seir, and the Moabites which dwell in Ar, did unto me;) until I shall pass over Jordan into the land which the LORD our God giveth us.

Verse ConceptsCrossing Into The Promised Land

Only, your wives, and your infants, and your cattle -- I have known that ye have much cattle -- do dwell in your cities which I have given to you,

Verse ConceptsOther WivesRules About Young People

'And we dwell in a valley over-against Beth-Peor.

Verse ConceptsValleys

Are they not on the other side Jordan, by the way where the sun goeth down, in the land of the Canaanites, which dwell in the champaign over against Gilgal, beside the plains of Moreh?

Verse ConceptsThe SunWestOaksBeyond Jordan

For ye shall pass over Jordan to go in to possess the land which the LORD your God giveth you, and ye shall possess it, and dwell therein.

Verse ConceptsCrossing Into The Promised Land

But when ye go over Jordan, and dwell in the land which the LORD your God giveth you to inherit, and when he giveth you rest from all your enemies round about, so that ye dwell in safety;

Verse ConceptsSafetyCrossing Into The Promised LandTime Of Peace

Then there shall be a place which the LORD your God shall choose to cause his name to dwell there; thither shall ye bring all that I command you; your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the heave offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which ye vow unto the LORD:

Verse ConceptsGiftsChoicesOfferingsSacred PlacesAnimal Sacrifices, Heave OfferingBringing In The TitheRegulating SacrificesA Place For God's NameTithes And Offering

“When the Lord your God cuts off before you the nations which you are going in to dispossess, and you dispossess them and dwell in their land,

Verse ConceptsGod KillingGod Will Kill The Peoples

If thou shalt hear say in one of thy cities, which the LORD thy God hath given thee to dwell there, saying,

You are to eat a tenth of your grain, new wine, and oil, and the firstborn of your herd and flock, in the presence of Yahweh your God at the place where He chooses to have His name dwell, so that you will always learn to fear the Lord your God.

Verse ConceptsLearningFirstbornChoicesGrainReverence, And ObedienceSacred PlacesThe Fear Of The LordTithes And Offeringfriendliness

Sacrifice to Yahweh your God a Passover animal from the herd or flock in the place where the Lord chooses to have His name dwell.

Verse ConceptsAnimals, religious role ofChoicesSacred PlacesA Place For God's Name

You must only sacrifice the Passover animal at the place where Yahweh your God chooses to have His name dwell. Do this in the evening as the sun sets at the same time of day you departed from Egypt.

Verse ConceptsSunsetsA Place For God's Nameanniversary

Rejoice before Yahweh your God in the place where He chooses to have His name dwell—you, your son and daughter, your male and female slave, the Levite within your gates, as well as the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow among you.

Verse ConceptsOrphansPoverty, Attitudes TowardsWidowsWidows, Should BeRejoicingForeigners Permitted At The FeastsPeople Helping OrphansEating Drinking And RejoicingA Place For God's Name

When thou art come unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, and shalt possess it, and shalt dwell therein, and shalt say, I will set a king over me, like as all the nations that are about me;

Verse ConceptsLike The Nations

“When the Lord your God cuts off (destroys) the nations whose land He is giving you, and you dispossess them and live in their cities and in their houses,

Verse ConceptsGod KillingGod Saves From Sin And DeathGod Will Kill The Peoples

He shall dwell with thee, even among you, in that place which he shall choose in one of thy gates, where it liketh him best: thou shalt not oppress him.

Verse ConceptsTroubling Groups Of People

If brethren dwell together, and one of them die, and have no child, the wife of the dead shall not marry without unto a stranger: her husband's brother shall go in unto her, and take her to him to wife, and perform the duty of an husband's brother unto her.

Verse Conceptsethics, personalBrothersLoyaltyStrangersLack Of SonsBrothers in lawDutyDeath Of A Family MemberRelationships With BoyfriendDeath Of A ChildMarriage Between Man And WomanRaising ChildrenWomen's RolesRelationships And DatingFamily Deathculture

It shall be, when you are come in to the land which Yahweh your God gives you for an inheritance, and possess it, and dwell therein,

Verse ConceptsLand, As A Divine ResponsibilityFirst fruits

you must take some of the first of all the land’s produce that you harvest from the land Yahweh your God is giving you and put it in a container. Then go to the place where the Lord your God chooses to have His name dwell.

Verse ConceptsChoicesBaskets, Uses OfWorship, Places OfA Place For God's NameFirst fruits

Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her: thou shalt build an house, and thou shalt not dwell therein: thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not gather the grapes thereof.

Verse ConceptsEnjoyment, Lack OfVineyardPlanting VineyardsEngagementRelationship TroublesMarriage KjvBuilding Relationshipsmatrimony

That thou mayest love the LORD thy God, and that thou mayest obey his voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto him: for he is thy life, and the length of thy days: that thou mayest dwell in the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.

Verse ConceptsCommitment, to GodGod, Living And Self sustainingGod, The CreatorGod Of The FathersOrigins Of Spiritual LifeLove Towards God, Results InAncestorsLife Through Keeping The LawThe Need To Love God

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Root Form
Definition
Usage
מעין מעוןo 
Ma`own 
Usage: 19

נוה נוה 
Naveh 
Usage: 35

ἐνοικέω 
Enoikeo 
dwell in , vr dwell in
Usage: 5

אהל 
'ohel 
Usage: 345

גּוּר 
Guwr 
Usage: 98

דּוּר 
Duwr (Aramaic) 
Usage: 7

זבל זבוּל 
Z@buwl 
Usage: 5

זבל 
Zabal 
dwell with me
Usage: 1

ישׁב 
Yashab 
Usage: 1081

יתב 
Y@thiyb (Aramaic) 
Usage: 5

לין לוּן 
Luwn 
lodge , murmur , ... the night , abide , remain , tarry , lodge in , continue , dwell , endure , grudge , left , lie , variant
Usage: 84

מגר מגוּר 
Maguwr 
Usage: 11

מדר מדר מדור 
M@dowr (Aramaic) 
Usage: 4

משׁב מושׁב 
Mowshab 
Usage: 44

מענה מעונה 
M@`ownah 
Usage: 9

משׁכּן 
Mishkan 
Usage: 139

שׁכן 
Shakan 
Usage: 128

שׁכן 
Sh@kan (Aramaic) 
Usage: 2

שׁרא 
Sh@re' (Aramaic) 
Usage: 6

ἐγκατοικέω 
Egkatoikeo 
Usage: 1

κάθημαι 
Kathemai 
sit , sit down , sit by , be set down , dwell
Usage: 78

κατοικέω 
Katoikeo 
Usage: 40

κατοίκησις 
Katoikesis 
Usage: 1

μένω 
meno 
Usage: 85

οἰκέω 
Oikeo 
Usage: 9

παροικία 
Paroikia 
Usage: 2

περιοικέω 
Perioikeo 
Usage: 1

σκηνόω 
Skenoo 
Usage: 5

συνοικέω 
sunoikeo 
dwell with
Usage: 1

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