5 occurrences in 7 translations

'Settlement' in the Bible

For the fortified city stands desolate, a settlement abandoned and forsaken like the desert; calves graze there, and there they lie down and strip bare its branches.

Verse ConceptsChaosCities Under AttackEmpty CitiesChaos As JudgmentHomestead

And my people will dwell in a settlement of peace and in a dwelling place of security and in undisturbed resting places.

Verse ConceptsHomePeaceablenessInhabitationPeaceRestPeace And ComfortLiveStress And Hard TimesSleeping PeacefullyProtecting Your FamilyThe Environmentpeople

Look at Zion, the city where we hold religious festivals! You will see Jerusalem, a peaceful settlement, a tent that stays put; its stakes will never be pulled up; none of its ropes will snap in two.

Verse ConceptsStretching OutZion, As A PlaceThe Prophecy Towards JerusalemMotionlessnessUndisturbedFestivals Observed

And thorns shall go up her citadel fortress, weeds and thistle plants in her fortresses; and it shall be [the] settlement of jackals, green grass for [the] daughters of an ostrich.

Verse ConceptsNettlesCitadelsThornsBramblesOstriches

And the parched ground shall become pool, and [the] thirsty ground springs of water. Her resting place [is] in a settlement of jackals; [the] grass [shall become] like reeds and rushes.

Verse ConceptsSpiritual RenewalGrassPapyrusReedsPoolsMetaphorical Springs

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Resolution (3 instances)
Settlement (19 instances)
Village (31 instances)

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Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
ἑδραῖος 
hedraios 
Usage: 3

θεμελιόω 
themelioo 
Usage: 4

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