Topic
Dwell
32 passages cited, from 2 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Genesis 4:20ISBE
And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle.
- Exodus 25:8ISBE
And let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them.
- Joshua 20:4ISBE
And when he that doth flee unto one of those cities shall stand at the entering of the gate of the city, and shall declare his cause in the ears of the elders of that city, they shall take him into the city unto them, and give him a place, that he may…
- 1 Chronicles 17:1ISBE
Now it came to pass, as David sat in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, Lo, I dwell in an house of cedars, but the ark of the covenant of the LORD remaineth under curtains.
- 1 Chronicles 17:4ISBE
Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith the LORD, Thou shalt not build me an house to dwell in:
- 1 Chronicles 17:5ISBE
For I have not dwelt in an house since the day that I brought up Israel unto this day; but have gone from tent to tent, and from one tabernacle to another.
- Job 24:16Easton
In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in the daytime: they know not the light.
- Psalms 9:11Easton
Sing praises to the LORD, which dwelleth in Zion: declare among the people his doings.
- Psalms 90:1ISBE
Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations.
- Psalms 91:1ISBE
He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
- Psalms 119:11Easton
Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.
- Psalms 123:1Easton
Unto thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens.
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- Jeremiah 49:8 Easton
- Matthew 6:19 Easton
- Matthew 6:20 Easton
- John 1:14 Easton
- John 4:15 ISBE
- John 6:56 ISBE
- John 14:10 ISBE
- John 14:17 ISBE
- 1 Corinthians 3:16 Easton
- Ephesians 3:17–19 Easton
- Ephesians 3:17 ISBE
- Colossians 1:19 ISBE
- Colossians 2:9 ISBE
- Colossians 3:16 Easton
- 1 Timothy 6:16 Easton
- 2 Timothy 1:14 Easton
- 1 John 1:7 Easton
- 1 John 3:24 ISBE
- 1 John 4:12 Easton
- 1 John 4:15 ISBE
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 15 references
Tents were in primitive times the common dwellings of men. Houses were afterwards built, the walls of which were frequently of mud (Job 24:16; Matt. 6:19, 20) or of sun-dried bricks.
God “dwells in light” (1 Tim. 6:16; 1 John 1:7), in heaven (Ps. 123:1), in his church (Ps. 9:11; 1 John 4:12). Christ dwelt on earth in the days of his humiliation (John 1:14). He now dwells in the hearts of his people (Eph. 3:17-19). The Holy Spirit dwells in believers (1 Cor. 3:16; 2 Tim. 1:14). We are exhorted to “let the word of God dwell in us richly” (Col. 3:16; Ps. 119:11).
Dwell deep occurs only in Jer. 49:8, and refers to the custom of seeking refuge from impending danger, in retiring to the recesses of rocks and caverns, or to remote places in the desert.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 17 references
dwel:
(1) In the Old Testament "dwell" is a translation of 9 words, of which by far the most frequent is yashabh, "to sit down," translated "dwell" over 400 times (Ge 4:20; Jos 20:4; 1Ch 17:1,4,5, etc.); also very frequently "sit," and sometimes "abide," "inhabit," "remain." Another word often rendered "dwell" is shakhan or shakhen ("to settle down"), from which is derived the rabbinic word shekhinah (literally, "that which dwells"), the light on the mercy-seat which symbolized the Divine presence (Ex 25:8, etc.). In order to avoid appearing to localize the Divine Being, wherever God is said to "dwell" in a place, the Targum renders that He "causes His Shekinah to dwell" there.
(2) In the New Testament "dwell" most frequently stands for oikeo, or one of its compounds; also skenoo, and (chiefly in the Johannine writings) meno, which, however, is always translated "abide" in the Revised Version (British and American), and generally in the King James Version. Mention may be made of the mystical significance of the word in some New Testament passages, of the indwelling of the Father or of the Godhead in Christ (Joh 14:10; Col 1:19; 2:9), of the believer in Christ (Joh 6:56 the King James Version; Eph 3:17), and in God (1 Joh 4:15 the King James Version; compare Ps 90:1; 91:1), and of the Holy Spirit or God in the believer (Joh 14:17; the King James Version 1Joh 3:24; 4:15 f).
D. Miall Edwards
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.