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'Dwell' in the Bible

It happened, when David lived in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, "Behold, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of the covenant of Yahweh is under curtains."

"Go and tell David my servant, 'Thus says Yahweh, "You shall not build me a house to dwell in;

I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in their own place, and be moved no more; neither shall the children of wickedness waste them any more, as at the first,

Solomon sent to Huram the king of Tyre, saying, "As you dealt with David my father, and sent him cedars to build him a house in which to dwell, [even so deal with me].

Then Solomon said, "Yahweh has said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.

But I have built you a house of habitation, and a place for you to dwell in forever."

"But will God indeed dwell with men on the earth? Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens can't contain you; how much less this house which I have built!

that the cities which Huram had given to Solomon, Solomon built them, and caused the children of Israel to dwell there.

Solomon brought up the daughter of Pharaoh out of the city of David to the house that he had built for her; for he said, "My wife shall not dwell in the house of David king of Israel, because the places where the ark of Yahweh has come are holy."

Whenever any controversy shall come to you from your brothers who dwell in their cities, between blood and blood, between law and commandment, statutes and ordinances, you shall warn them, that they not be guilty towards Yahweh, and so wrath come on you and on your brothers. Do this, and you shall not be guilty.

[Then] sent the king an answer to Rehum the chancellor, and to Shimshai the scribe, and to the rest of their companions who dwell in Samaria, and in the rest [of the country] beyond the River: Peace, and so forth.

and the God who has caused his name to dwell there overthrow all kings and peoples who shall put forth their hand to alter [the same], to destroy this house of God which is at Jerusalem. I Darius have made a decree; let it be done with all diligence.

but if you return to me, and keep my commandments and do them, though your outcasts were in the uttermost part of the heavens, yet will I gather them from there, and will bring them to the place that I have chosen, to cause my name to dwell there.'

They found written in the law, how that Yahweh had commanded by Moses, that the children of Israel should dwell in booths in the feast of the seventh month;

The princes of the people lived in Jerusalem: the rest of the people also cast lots, to bring one of ten to dwell in Jerusalem the holy city, and nine parts in the [other] cities.

The people blessed all the men who willingly offered themselves to dwell in Jerusalem.

Let darkness and the shadow of death claim it for their own. Let a cloud dwell on it. Let all that makes black the day terrify it.

How much more, those who dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed before the moth!

If iniquity is in your hand, put it far away. Don't let unrighteousness dwell in your tents.

There shall dwell in his tent that which is none of his. Sulfur shall be scattered on his habitation.

Those who dwell in my house, and my maids, count me for a stranger. I am an alien in their sight.

So that they dwell in frightful valleys, and in holes of the earth and of the rocks.

Therefore my heart is glad, and my tongue rejoices. My body shall also dwell in safety.

His soul shall dwell at ease. His seed shall inherit the land.

I will dwell in your tent forever. I will take refuge in the shelter of your wings. Selah.

They also who dwell in faraway places are afraid at your wonders. You call the morning's dawn and the evening with songs of joy.

Why do you look in envy, you rugged mountains, at the mountain where God chooses to reign? Yes, Yahweh will dwell there forever.

You have ascended on high. You have led away captives. You have received gifts among men, yes, among the rebellious also, that Yah God might dwell there.

Let their habitation be desolate. Let no one dwell in their tents.

The children also of his servants shall inherit it. Those who love his name shall dwell therein. For the Chief Musician. By David. A reminder.

Those who dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him. His enemies shall lick the dust.

He also drove out the nations before them, allotted them for an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.

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

Let the sea roar with its fullness; the world, and those who dwell therein.

My eyes will be on the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me. He who walks in a perfect way, he will serve me.

He who practices deceit won't dwell within my house. He who speaks falsehood won't be established before my eyes.

and a fruitful land into a salt waste, for the wickedness of those who dwell in it.

Woe is me, that I live in Meshech, that I dwell among the tents of Kedar!

Surely the righteous will give thanks to your name. The upright will dwell in your presence. A Psalm by David.

For the upright will dwell in the land. The perfect will remain in it.

The righteous will never be removed, but the wicked will not dwell in the land.

You who dwell in the gardens, with friends in attendance, let me hear your voice! Beloved

Therefore the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, says "My people who dwell in Zion, don't be afraid of the Assyrian, though he strike you with the rod, and lift up his staff against you, as Egypt did.

But wild animals of the desert will lie there, and their houses will be full of jackals. Ostriches will dwell there, and wild goats will frolic there.

Let my outcasts dwell with you! As for Moab, be a hiding place for him from the face of the destroyer. For the extortioner is brought to nothing. Destruction ceases. The oppressors are consumed out of the land.

Behold, the land of the Chaldeans. This people was not. The Assyrians founded it for those who dwell in the wilderness. They set up their towers. They overthrew its palaces. They made it a ruin.

Her merchandise and her wages will be holiness to Yahweh. It will not be treasured nor laid up; for her merchandise will be for those who dwell before Yahweh, to eat sufficiently, and for durable clothing.

Therefore the curse has devoured the earth, and those who dwell therein are found guilty. Therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left.

For he has brought down those who dwell on high, the lofty city. He lays it low. He lays it low even to the ground. He brings it even to the dust.

For the people will dwell in Zion at Jerusalem. You will weep no more. He will surely be gracious to you at the voice of your cry. When he hears you, he will answer you.

Then justice will dwell in the wilderness; and righteousness will remain in the fruitful field.

he will dwell on high. His place of defense will be the fortress of rocks. His bread will be supplied. His waters will be sure.

The inhabitant won't say, "I am sick." The people who dwell therein will be forgiven their iniquity.

But the pelican and the porcupine will possess it. The owl and the raven will dwell in it. He will stretch the line of confusion over it, and the plumb line of emptiness.

He has cast the lot for them, and his hand has divided it to them with a measuring line. They shall possess it forever. From generation to generation they will dwell in it.

It is he who sits above the circle of the earth, and its inhabitants are like grasshoppers; who stretches out the heavens like a curtain, and spreads them out like a tent to dwell in;

The children of your bereavement shall yet say in your ears, The place is too small for me; give place to me that I may dwell.

Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look on the earth beneath; for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment; and those who dwell therein shall die in the same way: but my salvation shall be forever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished.

Those who shall be of you shall build the old waste places; you shall raise up the foundations of many generations; and you shall be called The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in.

I will bring forth a seed out of Jacob, and out of Judah an inheritor of my mountains; and my chosen shall inherit it, and my servants shall dwell there.

Thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, Amend your ways and your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place.

then will I cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers, from of old even forevermore.

But go now to my place which was in Shiloh, where I caused my name to dwell at the first, and see what I did to it for the wickedness of my people Israel.

The snorting of his horses is heard from Dan: at the sound of the neighing of his strong ones the whole land trembles; for they are come, and have devoured the land and all that is in it; the city and those who dwell therein.

Egypt, and Judah, and Edom, and the children of Ammon, and Moab, and all that have the corners [of their hair] cut off, who dwell in the wilderness; for all the nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel are uncircumcised in heart.

How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of the whole country wither? for the wickedness of those who dwell therein, the animals are consumed, and the birds; because they said, He shall not see our latter end.

You, Pashhur, and all who dwell in your house shall go into captivity; and you shall come to Babylon, and there you shall die, and there you shall be buried, you, and all your friends, to whom you have prophesied falsely.

but, As Yahweh lives, who brought up and who led the seed of the house of Israel out of the north country, and from all the countries where I had driven them. They shall dwell in their own land.

As the bad figs, which can't be eaten, they are so bad, surely thus says Yahweh, So will I give up Zedekiah the king of Judah, and his princes, and the residue of Jerusalem, who remain in this land, and those who dwell in the land of Egypt,

saying, Return now everyone from his evil way, and from the evil of your doings, and dwell in the land that Yahweh has given to you and to your fathers, from of old and even forevermore;

and all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of the mixed people who dwell in the wilderness;

But the nation that shall bring their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him, that [nation] will I let remain in their own land, says Yahweh; and they shall till it, and dwell therein.

Build houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them.

thus says Yahweh concerning the king who sits on the throne of David, and concerning all the people who dwell in this city, your brothers who haven't gone forth with you into captivity;

because he has sent to us in Babylon, saying, [The captivity] is long: build houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them?

therefore thus says Yahweh, Behold, I will punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite, and his seed; he shall not have a man to dwell among this people, neither shall he see the good that I will do to my people, says Yahweh, because he has spoken rebellion against Yahweh.

Judah and all its cities shall dwell therein together, the farmers, and those who go about with flocks.

Behold, I will gather them out of all the countries, where I have driven them in my anger, and in my wrath, and in great indignation; and I will bring them again to this place, and I will cause them to dwell safely:

In those days shall Judah be saved, and Jerusalem shall dwell safely; and this is [the name] by which she shall be called: Yahweh our righteousness.

neither shall you build house, nor sow seed, nor plant vineyard, nor have any; but all your days you shall dwell in tents; that you may live many days in the land in which you live.

nor to build houses for us to dwell in; neither have we vineyard, nor field, nor seed:

But it happened, when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up into the land, that we said, Come, and let us go to Jerusalem for fear of the army of the Chaldeans, and for fear of the army of the Syrians; so we dwell at Jerusalem.

I have sent also to you all my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them, saying, Return now every man from his evil way, and amend your doings, and don't go after other gods to serve them, and you shall dwell in the land which I have given to you and to your fathers: but you have not inclined your ear, nor listened to me.

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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