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Strong’s H7931 · Hebrew

שָׁכַן

shâkan · shaw-kan'

Origin a primitive root (apparently akin (by transmission) to שָׁכַב (H7901) through the idea of lodging; compare סִכְלוּת (H5531), שָׁכַם (H7925));

Meaning to reside or permanently stay (literally or figuratively)

In the King James Version abide, continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-er), have habitation, inhabit, lay, place, (cause to) remain, rest, set (up).

In 123 verses of the King James Version

51–100 of 123

  1. Job 29:25I chose out their way, and sat chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as one that comforteth the mourners.
  2. Job 30:6To dwell in the clifts of the valleys, in caves of the earth, and in the rocks.
  3. Job 37:8Then the beasts go into dens, and remain in their places.
  4. Job 38:19Where is the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness, where is the place thereof,
  5. Job 39:28She dwelleth and abideth on the rock, upon the crag of the rock, and the strong place.
  6. Psalms 7:5Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; yea, let him tread down my life upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust. Selah.
  7. Psalms 15:1A Psalm of David. LORD, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in thy holy hill?
  8. Psalms 16:9Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope.
  9. Psalms 37:3Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.
  10. Psalms 37:27Depart from evil, and do good; and dwell for evermore.
  11. Psalms 37:29The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein for ever.
  12. Psalms 55:6And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be at rest.
  13. Psalms 65:4Blessed 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, even of thy holy temple.
  14. Psalms 68:6God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out those which are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry land.
  15. Psalms 68:16Why leap ye, ye high hills? this is the hill which God desireth to dwell in; yea, the LORD will dwell in it for ever.
  16. Psalms 68:18Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive: thou hast received gifts for men; yea, for the rebellious also, that the LORD God might dwell among them.
  17. Psalms 69:36The seed also of his servants shall inherit it: and they that love his name shall dwell therein.
  18. Psalms 74:2Remember thy congregation, which thou hast purchased of old; the rod of thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed; this mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt.
  19. Psalms 78:55He cast out the heathen also before them, and divided them an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.
  20. Psalms 78:60So that he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent which he placed among men;
  21. Psalms 85:9Surely his salvation is nigh them that fear him; that glory may dwell in our land.
  22. Psalms 94:17Unless the LORD had been my help, my soul had almost dwelt in silence.
  23. Psalms 102:28The children of thy servants shall continue, and their seed shall be established before thee.
  24. Psalms 104:12By them shall the fowls of the heaven have their habitation, which sing among the branches.
  25. Psalms 120:5Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, that I dwell in the tents of Kedar!
  26. Psalms 120:6My soul hath long dwelt with him that hateth peace.
  27. Psalms 135:21Blessed be the LORD out of Zion, which dwelleth at Jerusalem. Praise ye the LORD.
  28. Psalms 139:9If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;
  29. Proverbs 1:33But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil.
  30. Proverbs 2:21For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it.
  31. Proverbs 7:11(She is loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house:
  32. Proverbs 8:12I wisdom dwell with prudence, and find out knowledge of witty inventions.
  33. Proverbs 10:30The righteous shall never be removed: but the wicked shall not inhabit the earth.
  34. Isaiah 8:18Behold, I and the children whom the LORD hath given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from the LORD of hosts, which dwelleth in mount Zion.
  35. Isaiah 13:20It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there.
  36. Isaiah 13:21But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and satyrs shall dance there.
  37. Isaiah 18:3All ye inhabitants of the world, and dwellers on the earth, see ye, when he lifteth up an ensign on the mountains; and when he bloweth a trumpet, hear ye.
  38. Isaiah 26:19Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.
  39. Isaiah 32:16Then judgment shall dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness remain in the fruitful field.
  40. Isaiah 33:5The LORD is exalted; for he dwelleth on high: he hath filled Zion with judgment and righteousness.
  41. Isaiah 33:16He shall dwell on high: his place of defence shall be the munitions of rocks: bread shall be given him; his waters shall be sure.
  42. Isaiah 34:11But the cormorant and the bittern shall possess it; the owl also and the raven shall dwell in it: and he shall stretch out upon it the line of confusion, and the stones of emptiness.
  43. Isaiah 34:17And he hath cast the lot for them, and his hand hath divided it unto them by line: they shall possess it for ever, from generation to generation shall they dwell therein.
  44. Isaiah 57:15For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.
  45. Isaiah 65:9And I will bring forth a seed out of Jacob, and out of Judah an inheritor of my mountains: and mine elect shall inherit it, and my servants shall dwell there.
  46. Jeremiah 7:3Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Amend your ways and your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place.
  47. Jeremiah 7:7Then will I cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers, for ever and ever.
  48. Jeremiah 7:12But go ye now unto my place which was in Shiloh, where I set my name at the first, and see what I did to it for the wickedness of my people Israel.
  49. Jeremiah 17:6For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh; but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, in a salt land and not inhabited.
  50. Jeremiah 23:6In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.

From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.

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