HebrewH3885Verb

לוּן

lun

67Occurrences
H3885Strong's #
VerbPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

to stop (usually over night); by implication, to stay permanently; hence (in a bad sense) to be obstinate (especially in words, to complain)

or לִין; a primitive root;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
  1. to lodge, stop over, pass the night, abide 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to lodge, pass the night 1a2) to abide, remain (fig.) 1b) (Hiphil) to cause to rest, lodge 1c) (Hithpalpel) to dwell, abide

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Verb

Morphology Code

H:V

Full Description

Hebrew Verb

Occurrences

לוּן appears 67 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Judges
11
Exodus
7
Job
7
Genesis
6
Numbers
6
Joshua
5
2 Samuel
3
Isaiah
3

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 9:27BSB

They would spend the night stationed around the house of God, because they were responsible for guarding it and opening it every morning.

Exodus 34:25BSB

Do not offer the blood of a sacrifice to Me along with anything leavened, and do not let any of the sacrifice from the Passover Feast remain until morning.

Judges 19:7BSB

The man got up to depart, but his father-in-law persuaded him, so he stayed there that night.

Job 29:19BSB

My roots will spread out to the waters,and the dew will rest nightly on my branches.

Numbers 14:2BSB

All the Israelites grumbled against Moses and Aaron, and the whole congregation said to them, “If only we had died in the land of Egypt, or if only we had died in this wilderness!

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