Words the Bible translates as abide
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 4 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- menōμένωto remain: to keep on being where, what, or as one is, rather than leaving, ending, or changing
- shakhanשָׁכַןto settle down in a place and stay there: to pitch one's dwelling and make it home
- lunלוּןto spend the night, lodge, or stay put somewhere for a while
+1 more meaning
- to grumble in faithless complaint against God or the leaders he has appointed
- epimenōἐπιμένωto stay on: to remain in a place, or keep on in an action or condition, without stopping
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