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Dwell
Dwell—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

DWELL
DWELL<dwel>:1. In the Old Testament “dwell” is a translation of 9 words, of which by far the most frequent is [יָשַׁב, yashabh], “to sit down,” translated “dwell” over 400 times (Genesis 4:20; Joshua 20:4; 1 Chronicles 17:1, 4, 5, etc.); also very frequently “sit,” and sometimes “abide,”

Dwell
DWELL, dwel:(1) In the OT “dwell”. trs 9 words, of which by far the most frequent is יָשַׁב, yāshabh, “to sit down,” trd “dwell” over 400 times (Gen 4:20; Josh 20:4; 1 Ch 17:1, 4, 5, etc); also very frequently “sit,” and sometimes “abide,” “inhabit,” “remain.” Another word often rendered “dwell” is

DWELLING PLACE
DWELLING PLACE [מוֹשָׁכ moshav, מָקוֹם maqom, מָעוֹן maʿon, מִשְׁכָּן mishkan; κατοικητήριον katoikētērion̂, σκήνωμα skēnōma]. At its most basic, a dwelling place is somewhere to live. However, most of its occurrences in the OT have a more figurative meaning. God’s Temple in Jerusalem is God’s dwelling
SIT
SIT, DWELL [יָשַׁב yashav; κάθημαι kathēmai, καθίζω kathizō, κατοικέω katoikeō]. The Hebrew root yshb (ישׁב), the basic meaning of which is “to sit, dwell, remain,” is used 1,088 times in the OT. The term is used in a variety of contexts and with a variety of nuances throughout the OT. Perhaps the