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dwelling

Meaning of “dwelling”

Sense 1: Residing, remaining, or abiding. Sense 2: A habitation, home, resting place, or territory.

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KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
52 occurrences52 verses23 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Genesis 10:30

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Hebrews 11:9
By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise:
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1611 witness · Hebrews 11:9 · retained source text

By faith hee soiourned in the land of promise, as in a strange countrey, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Iacob, the heires with him of the same promise.

2 Peter 2:8
(For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds;)
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(For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing & hearing, vexed his righteous soule from day to day, with their vnlawfull deeds.)

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Inhabiting; residing; sojourning; continuing with fixed attention. DWELL'ING, noun Habitation; place of residence; abode. Hazor shall be a dwelling for dragons. Jeremiah 49:33. 1. Continuance; residence; state of life. Thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field. Daniel 4:25.

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