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Strong's #7931: shakan (pronounced shaw-kan')

a primitive root (apparently akin (by transmission) to 7901 through the idea of lodging; compare 5531, 7925); to reside or permanently stay (literally or figuratively):--abide, continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-er), have habitation, inhabit, lay, place, (cause to) remain, rest, set (up).




Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:

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shâkan

1) to settle down, abide, dwell, tabernacle, reside

1a) (Qal)

1a1) to settle down to abide

1a2) to abide, dwell, reside

1b) (Piel)

1b1) to make settle down, establish

1b2) to make or cause to dwell

1c) (Hiphil)

1c1) to lay, place, set, establish, settle, fix

1c2) to cause to dwell or abide

Part of Speech: verb

Relation: a primitive root [apparently akin (by transmission) to H7901 through the idea of lodging]



Usage:

This word is used 128 times:

Job 15:28: " And he dwelleth in desolate cities, and in houses which no man inhabiteth, which are ready"
Job 18:15: " It shall dwell in his tabernacle, because it is none of his: brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation."
Job 26:5: "things are formed from under the waters, and the inhabitants"
Job 29:25: "their way, and sat chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as one that comforteth"
Job 30:6: " To dwell in the clefts of the valleys, in caves of the earth, and in the rocks."
Job 37:8: "go into dens, and remain in their places."
Job 38:19: "Where is the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness, where"
Job 39:28: " She dwelleth and abideth on the rock, upon the crag of the rock, and the strong place."
Psalms 7:5: "it; yea, let him tread down my life upon the earth, and lay mine honor in the dust. Selah."
Psalms 15:1: "shall abide in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in thy holy hill?"
Psalms 16:9: "rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope."
Psalms 37:3: "in the LORD, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed."
Psalms 37:27: "evil, and do good; and dwell forevermore."
Psalms 37:29: "The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein forever."
Psalms 55:6: "wings like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be at rest."
Psalms 65:4: "Blessed is the man whom thou choosest, and causest to approach unto thee, that he may dwell in thy courts: we shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house,"
Psalms 68:6: "with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry"
Psalms 68:16: "to dwell in; yea, the LORD will dwell in it forever."
Psalms 68:18: "yea, for the rebellious also, that the LORD God might dwell"
Psalms 69:36: "shall inherit it: and they that love his name shall dwell"
Psalms 74:2: "this mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt."
Psalms 78:55: "them an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents."
Psalms 78:60: "the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent which he placed among men;"
Psalms 85:9: "is nigh them that fear him; that glory may dwell in our land."
Psalms 94:17: "had been my help, my soul had almost dwelt in silence."
Psalms 102:28: "The children of thy servants shall continue, and their seed shall be established before"
Psalms 104:12: "By them shall the fowls of the heaven have their habitation, which sing among"
Psalms 120:5: "is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, that I dwell in the tents of Kedar!"
Psalms 120:6: "My soul hath long dwelt with him that hateth peace."
Psalms 135:21: "Blessed be the LORD out of Zion, which dwelleth at Jerusalem. Praise ye the LORD."
Psalms 139:9: "If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;"
Proverbs 1:33: "But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil."
Proverbs 2:21: "For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain"
Proverbs 7:11: "is loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house:"
Proverbs 8:12: "I wisdom dwell with prudence, and find out knowledge of witty inventions."
Proverbs 10:30: "shall never be removed: but the wicked shall not inhabit the earth."
Isaiah 8:18: "from the LORD of hosts, which dwelleth in mount Zion."
Isaiah 13:20: "It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation:"
Isaiah 13:21: "shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and satyrs shall dance"
Isaiah 18:3: "All ye inhabitants of the world, and dwellers on the earth, see ye, when he lifteth up an ensign"
Isaiah 26:19: "shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is as the dew"
Isaiah 32:16: "Then judgment shall dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness remain in the fruitful field."
Isaiah 33:5: "The LORD is exalted; for he dwelleth on high: he hath filled Zion with judgment"
Isaiah 33:16: "He shall dwell on high: his place of defense shall be the munitions of rocks: bread shall be given"
Isaiah 34:11: "shall possess it; the owl also and the raven shall dwell in it: and he shall stretch out upon it the line of confusion,"
Isaiah 34:17: "it forever, from generation to generation shall they dwell"
Isaiah 57:15: "saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell"
Isaiah 57:15: "eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite"
Isaiah 65:9: "an inheritor of my mountains: and mine elect shall inherit it, and my servants shall dwell there."
Jeremiah 7:3: "Amend your ways and your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place."









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