24 occurrences

'Staying' in the Bible

And as the dawn came up the angels urged Lot saying, "Get up, take your wife and your two daughters {who are staying with you}, lest you be destroyed with the punishment of the city."

Verse ConceptsDawnIniquity, Punishment ForEvil AssociationsDaybreakDestruction Of CitiesAt DaybreakGod UrgingAngels Providing Protection

But on that day I will distinguish the land of Goshen, where my people are staying, by there not being flies there, so that you will know that I [am] Yahweh in the midst of the land.

Verse ConceptsAbominationsFliesGod DifferentiatingI Am The Lord

Saul and Jonathan his son and the army that remained with them [were] staying in Geba [of] Benjamin, and [the] Philistines encamped at Micmash.

Now Saul [was] staying at the outskirts of Gibeah under the pomegranate tree that [was] in Migron, and the troops that [were] with him [were] about six hundred men.

Verse ConceptsFruitPomegranatesSix To Seven HundredSix Hundred And Above

Now Saul was on the hill of Hakilah, which [is] opposite Jeshimon by the road, but David was staying in the wilderness. When he realized that Saul had come to the wilderness after him,

And the king said to Nathan the prophet, "Look, please, I [am] living in a house of cedar, but the ark of God [is] staying in the middle of the tent."

Verse ConceptsArk Of The Covenant, FunctionCedarProperty, HousesTentsBuilding God's DwellingRoyal HousesThe Ark Moved AroundCedar WoodNamed Prophets Of The Lord

for your servant made a vow while I [was] staying in Geshur in Aram, saying, '{If Yahweh will indeed let me return} to Jerusalem, then I will worship Yahweh.'"

Verse ConceptsReinstating People

Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz [were] staying at En Rogel, so a servant girl used to go and tell them, then they would go and tell King David, for they [were] not able to be seen coming to the city.

Verse ConceptsEntering Citiesrisk

Now Barzillai [was] very old, {eighty years old}. Now he had provided the king [with food] while he [was] staying at Mahanaim, for he [was] a very wealthy man.

Verse ConceptsAbundance, MaterialPeople ProvidingWealthy People

Then he said to her, "Give me your son." He took him from her lap and carried him up to the upper room where he was staying, and he laid him on his bed.

Verse ConceptsHousesStairwaysSecret PrayerCarrying Dead BodiesUpper Rooms

Then they returned to him while he [was] staying in Jericho. He said to them, "Did I not tell you not to go?"

{As for me}, look, I [am] staying at Mizpah to represent [you] {before} the Chaldeans who come to us. But you, gather wine and summer fruit and oil, and put [them] in your vessels, and live in your towns that you have seized."

Verse ConceptsSummerSummer Fruit

But if that evil slave should say {to himself}, 'My master is staying away for a long time,'

Verse ConceptsServants Of The LordSoliloquyNot Serving God

But he went out [and] began to proclaim [it] freely and to spread abroad the account, so that he was no longer able to enter publicly into a town. But he was staying outside in deserted places, and they were coming to him from all directions.

Verse ConceptsUnwise ZealGod's Deed RevealedTemporary Stay In The Wildernesslonliness

And Jesus, turning around and seeing them following [him], said to them, "What do you seek?" And they said to him, "Rabbi" (which means [when] translated "Teacher"), "where are you staying?"

Verse ConceptsMoses, Significance OfRabbiTurning RoundChrist SeeingStaying TemporarilyDiscipleshipseekingfollowing

He said to them, "Come and you will see!" So they came and saw where he was staying, and they stayed with him that day (it was about the tenth hour).

Verse ConceptsHourAdventureCalling, Of IndividualsComing To ChristChrist With People On EarthStaying Temporarily

And when they had entered, they went up to the upstairs room where they were staying--Peter and John and James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James [son] of Alphaeus and Simon the Zealot and Judas [son] of James.

Verse ConceptsStairwaysZealAndrewPrayer MeetingsUpper RoomsGuest Roomszealots

This man is staying as a guest with a certain Simon, a tanner, whose house is by the sea."

Verse ConceptsLeatherArts And Crafts, Types ofOccupationsSeashores

And they called out [and] asked if Simon who was also called Peter was staying there as a guest.

Verse ConceptsAsking Particular QuestionsStaying Temporarily

Therefore send to Joppa and summon Simon who is also called Peter. This man is staying as a guest in the house of Simon, a tanner, by the sea.

Verse ConceptsGuestsHospitality, Examples OfSeashoresStaying Temporarily

And behold, at once three men who had been sent to me from Caesarea approached the house in which we were [staying].

Verse ConceptsThree Men

and from there to Philippi, which is a leading city [of that] district of Macedonia, a [Roman] colony. And we were staying in this city for some days.

Verse Conceptsevangelism, kinds ofProvinces

And [while we] were staying [there] many days, a certain prophet {named} Agabus came down from Judea.

Verse ConceptsNamed Prophets Of The Lord

And while they were staying there many days, Festus laid out the [case] against Paul to the king, saying, "There is a certain man left behind by Felix [as] a prisoner,

Bible Theasaurus

Appease (16 instances)
Continue (334 instances)
Delay (59 instances)
Detain (5 instances)
Persist (16 instances)
Quell (1 instance)
Remain (604 instances)

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Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
ἐπέχω 
Epecho 
Usage: 5

κατέχω 
Katecho 
hold , hold fast , keep , possess , stay , take , have , make ,
Usage: 16