Words the Bible translates as dwell
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 14 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- yashavיָשַׁבto sit, to dwell, or to stay: to settle into a fixed place and remain there, whether for a moment, a lifetime, or a reign.
- katoikeōκατοικέωto live in a place as a settled resident; to settle down somewhere.
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- to take up residence within someone or something, of a presence that makes it its home; to indwell.
- kathēmaiκάθημαιto be seated: to be in a sitting position, or to stay settled in a place
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- to sit enthroned: to occupy a throne or seat of power, and so to rule or judge
- 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
- oikeōοἰκέωto dwell: to make one's home in a place, or to reside within a person as a settled, active presence
- gurגּוּרto live somewhere as a resident outsider: to settle for a time among people not your own, without owning the land or holding the rights of a native
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- to be afraid, to dread: to shrink back in fear before a person, a threat, or God
- to assail, to stir up strife: to gather in hostility against someone, to attack
- kataskēnoōκατασκηνόωto dwellnot studied yet
- skēnoōσκηνόωto dwell, take up residence (pictured as pitching a tent)
- durדּוּרto live somewhere: to have one's home in a place and stay settled there
- yetivיְתִבto dwellnot studied yet
- durדּוּרto dwellnot studied yet
- shekhanשְׁכֵןto dwellnot studied yet
- episkēnoōἐπισκηνόωto rest upon/dwellnot studied yet
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