218 occurrences

'Dwelt' in the Bible

And Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.

Abel and CaineastEdenDriven From God's PresenceLeaving God's PresenceGardens

And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.

Facing EastLiving In The Land

And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son's son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram's wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there.

AbrahamGrandchildrenAbraham, Calling And LifeLiving In The LandLand Promised To Israel

Then Abram removed his tent, and came and dwelt in the plain of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the LORD.

AltarsTreesBuilding AltarsOaks

And they returned, and came to Enmishpat, which is Kadesh, and smote all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that dwelt in Hazezontamar.

And they took Lot, Abram's brother's son, who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and departed.

Examples Of Escaping

And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew; for he dwelt in the plain of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner: and these were confederate with Abram.

AlliancesAbraham, Characteristics OfAllegiancesOaksOthers Who FledTelling Of Happenings

And Sarai Abram's wife took Hagar her maid the Egyptian, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to her husband Abram to be his wife.

ConcubinesTen To Fourteen YearsGiving In Marriagemistress

And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in the which Lot dwelt.

MemoriesRememberingAbraham, Testing And VictoryAbraham, Calling And LifeDivine RemembranceDestruction Of CitiesGod Remembering His PeopleBringing People Out Of Other Places

And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain, and his two daughters with him; for he feared to dwell in Zoar: and he dwelt in a cave, he and his two daughters.

CavesFear, Of NaturalEscaping To MountainsPeople In CavesSetting OutTwo WomenCaves As Places Of Refuge

And God was with the lad; and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer.

Archers, MenHuntingRecreationGrowing UpLiving In The WildernessGod With Specific Peoplemanhood

And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran: and his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt.

BetrothalMarriage, Customs ConcerningLiving In The Wilderness

So Abraham returned unto his young men, and they rose up and went together to Beersheba; and Abraham dwelt at Beersheba.

And Ephron dwelt among the children of Heth: and Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the audience of the children of Heth, even of all that went in at the gate of his city, saying,

empiresCitiesBusiness At The GatewayIn Men's Presence

And Isaac came from the way of the well Lahairoi; for he dwelt in the south country.

And it came to pass after the death of Abraham, that God blessed his son Isaac; and Isaac dwelt by the well Lahairoi.

Blessed By God

And they dwelt from Havilah unto Shur, that is before Egypt, as thou goest toward Assyria: and he died in the presence of all his brethren.

Opposite Sides

And Isaac dwelt in Gerar:

And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.

Camp, Of IsraelValleysLeavingMoving To A New Place

And it came to pass, when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father's concubine: and Israel heard it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve:

IncestConcubinesThe Number TwelveImmorality, Examples Of SexualExtra Marital Sex ExamplesTwelve Beingssex

Thus dwelt Esau in mount Seir: Esau is Edom.

And Jacob dwelt in the land wherein his father was a stranger, in the land of Canaan.

SojourningLiving In The Land

Then said Judah to Tamar his daughter in law, Remain a widow at thy father's house, till Shelah my son be grown: for he said, Lest peradventure he die also, as his brethren did. And Tamar went and dwelt in her father's house.

SinglenessGrowing UpDaughters In LawPossibility Of DeathActual WidowsWaiting Till Marriage

And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the country of Goshen; and they had possessions therein, and grew, and multiplied exceedingly.

Fruitfulness, NaturalPeople Multiplying

And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he, and his father's house: and Joseph lived an hundred and ten years.

Age At DeathLiving In The Land

Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian: and he sat down by a well.

Danger, PhysicalFugitivesSittingPeople Sitting DownAttempting To Kill Specific People

Now the sojourning of the children of Israel, who dwelt in Egypt, was four hundred and thirty years.

Length100 Years And MoreLiving In The Land

After the doings of the land of Egypt, wherein ye dwelt, shall ye not do: and after the doings of the land of Canaan, whither I bring you, shall ye not do: neither shall ye walk in their ordinances.

Evil AssociationsNot Imitating Evilbehaviorpractice

As long as it lieth desolate it shall rest; because it did not rest in your sabbaths, when ye dwelt upon it.

(Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites dwelt in the valley.) To morrow turn you, and get you into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea.

ValleysComing To The Red SeaGod Led Them Through The Wilderness

Then the Amalekites came down, and the Canaanites which dwelt in that hill, and smote them, and discomfited them, even unto Hormah.

Defeat Of God's People

How our fathers went down into Egypt, and we have dwelt in Egypt a long time; and the Egyptians vexed us, and our fathers:

People Actually Doing EvilStaying A Long Time

And when king Arad the Canaanite, which dwelt in the south, heard tell that Israel came by the way of the spies; then he fought against Israel, and took some of them prisoners.

Nations Attacking Israel

And Israel took all these cities: and Israel dwelt in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all the villages thereof.

Thus Israel dwelt in the land of the Amorites.

And the LORD said unto Moses, Fear him not: for I have delivered him into thy hand, and all his people, and his land; and thou shalt do to him as thou didst unto Sihon king of the Amorites, which dwelt at Heshbon.

Do Not Fear MenThose God Gave Into Their Hands

And they burnt all their cities wherein they dwelt, and all their goodly castles, with fire.

CastlesTentsDestruction Of CitiesCities Under AttackBurning Cities

And Moses gave Gilead unto Machir the son of Manasseh; and he dwelt therein.

And king Arad the Canaanite, which dwelt in the south in the land of Canaan, heard of the coming of the children of Israel.

After he had slain Sihon the king of the Amorites, which dwelt in Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, which dwelt at Astaroth in Edrei:

defeat

The LORD our God spake unto us in Horeb, saying, Ye have dwelt long enough in this mount:

ActionsMoving On

And the Amorites, which dwelt in that mountain, came out against you, and chased you, as bees do, and destroyed you in Seir, even unto Hormah.

BeesInsects

And when we passed by from our brethren the children of Esau, which dwelt in Seir, through the way of the plain from Elath, and from Eziongaber, we turned and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab.

Highway

The Emims dwelt therein in times past, a people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims;

Giants

The Horims also dwelt in Seir beforetime; but the children of Esau succeeded them, when they had destroyed them from before them, and dwelt in their stead; as Israel did unto the land of his possession, which the LORD gave unto them.

God Gave The Land

(That also was accounted a land of giants: giants dwelt therein in old time; and the Ammonites call them Zamzummims;

GiantsPeople Naming People

A people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims; but the LORD destroyed them before them; and they succeeded them, and dwelt in their stead:

As he did to the children of Esau, which dwelt in Seir, when he destroyed the Horims from before them; and they succeeded them, and dwelt in their stead even unto this day:

Where People Live To This Day

And the Avims which dwelt in Hazerim, even unto Azzah, the Caphtorims, which came forth out of Caphtor, destroyed them, and dwelt in their stead.)

Exchange Of NationsImmigrants

And the LORD said unto me, Fear him not: for I will deliver him, and all his people, and his land, into thy hand; and thou shalt do unto him as thou didst unto Sihon king of the Amorites, which dwelt at Heshbon.

Do Not Fear Men

On this side Jordan, in the valley over against Bethpeor, in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt at Heshbon, whom Moses and the children of Israel smote, after they were come forth out of Egypt:

defeatLeaving EgyptBeyond JordanGay Marriage

Lest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein;

Building Houses

(For ye know how we have dwelt in the land of Egypt; and how we came through the nations which ye passed by;

And for the precious things of the earth and fulness thereof, and for the good will of him that dwelt in the bush: let the blessing come upon the head of Joseph, and upon the top of the head of him that was separated from his brethren.

HeadsPrinces

Then she let them down by a cord through the window: for her house was upon the town wall, and she dwelt upon the wall.

CityRopesWallsLowered From WindowsLowering People

And Joshua said, Alas, O Lord GOD, wherefore hast thou at all brought this people over Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us? would to God we had been content, and dwelt on the other side Jordan!

SadnessCrossing Into The Promised LandGod Will Cause DefeatWhy Does God Do This?

And it came to pass at the end of three days after they had made a league with them, that they heard that they were their neighbours, and that they dwelt among them.

Neighbours

Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Heshbon, and ruled from Aroer, which is upon the bank of the river Arnon, and from the middle of the river, and from half Gilead, even unto the river Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon;

Rivers And StreamsHalf Of DistrictsArnon

And the coast of Og king of Bashan, which was of the remnant of the giants, that dwelt at Ashtaroth and at Edrei,

And they drave not out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer: but the Canaanites dwell among the Ephraimites unto this day, and serve under tribute.

Slavery, In OtNot Driving Them OutThose Subjected To PeopleForced LabourWhere People Live To This Day

And the coast of the children of Dan went out too little for them: therefore the children of Dan went up to fight against Leshem, and took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and possessed it, and dwelt therein, and called Leshem, Dan, after the name of Dan their father.

SwordsFighting EnemiesPeople Naming Things

According to the word of the LORD they gave him the city which he asked, even Timnathserah in mount Ephraim: and he built the city, and dwelt therein.

TownRebuilding Named Cities

And the LORD gave unto Israel all the land which he sware to give unto their fathers; and they possessed it, and dwelt therein.

Year Of JubileeGod Gave The Land

And the thing pleased the children of Israel; and the children of Israel blessed God, and did not intend to go up against them in battle, to destroy the land wherein the children of Reuben and Gad dwelt.

And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood in old time, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nachor: and they served other gods.

Past, TheHistory Of NationsDifferent GodsServing One's Own GodsBeyond The EuphratesSpecial Revelation

And when they cried unto the LORD, he put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea upon them, and covered them; and your eyes have seen what I have done in Egypt: and ye dwelt in the wilderness a long season.

BeggarsGod Led Them Through The WildernessStaying A Long TimeLooking At God's Works

And I brought you into the land of the Amorites, which dwelt on the other side Jordan; and they fought with you: and I gave them into your hand, that ye might possess their land; and I destroyed them from before you.

Those God Gave Into Their Hands

And the LORD drave out from before us all the people, even the Amorites which dwelt in the land: therefore will we also serve the LORD; for he is our God.

He Is Our GodThe Lord Drove Them Out

And afterward the children of Judah went down to fight against the Canaanites, that dwelt in the mountain, and in the south, and in the valley.

The Shephelah

And Judah went against the Canaanites that dwelt in Hebron: (now the name of Hebron before was Kirjatharba:) and they slew Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai.

And the children of the Kenite, Moses' father in law, went up out of the city of palm trees with the children of Judah into the wilderness of Judah, which lieth in the south of Arad; and they went and dwelt among the people.

Fathers In LawsBrothers in law

Neither did Ephraim drive out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer; but the Canaanites dwelt in Gezer among them.

Tribes Of Israel

Neither did Zebulun drive out the inhabitants of Kitron, nor the inhabitants of Nahalol; but the Canaanites dwelt among them, and became tributaries.

Living TogetherForced Labour

But the Asherites dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land: for they did not drive them out.

Living Together

Neither did Naphtali drive out the inhabitants of Bethshemesh, nor the inhabitants of Bethanath; but he dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land: nevertheless the inhabitants of Bethshemesh and of Bethanath became tributaries unto them.

Living TogetherForced Labour

Namely, five lords of the Philistines, and all the Canaanites, and the Sidonians, and the Hivites that dwelt in mount Lebanon, from mount Baalhermon unto the entering in of Hamath.

RulersFive People

And the children of Israel dwelt among the Canaanites, Hittites, and Amorites, and Perizzites, and Hivites, and Jebusites:

AmoritesDealing With The Nations

And the LORD sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, that reigned in Hazor; the captain of whose host was Sisera, which dwelt in Harosheth of the Gentiles.

Commander

And she dwelt under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in mount Ephraim: and the children of Israel came up to her for judgment.

Palm TreesCourts

And Gideon went up by the way of them that dwelt in tents on the east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and smote the host: for the host was secure.

NomadsSecurity

And Jerubbaal the son of Joash went and dwelt in his own house.

And Jotham ran away, and fled, and went to Beer, and dwelt there, for fear of Abimelech his brother.

FugitivesEscaping From Peoplebeer

And Abimelech dwelt at Arumah: and Zebul thrust out Gaal and his brethren, that they should not dwell in Shechem.

And after Abimelech there arose to defend Israel Tola the son of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar; and he dwelt in Shamir in mount Ephraim.

DefenseRescueTribes Of Israelgrandfathers

Then Jephthah fled from his brethren, and dwelt in the land of Tob: and there were gathered vain men to Jephthah, and went out with him.

Half brothers

While Israel dwelt in Heshbon and her towns, and in Aroer and her towns, and in all the cities that be along by the coasts of Arnon, three hundred years? why therefore did ye not recover them within that time?

100 Years And MoreArnon

And he smote them hip and thigh with a great slaughter: and he went down and dwelt in the top of the rock Etam.

CavesThighs

Then the five men departed, and came to Laish, and saw the people that were therein, how they dwelt careless, after the manner of the Zidonians, quiet and secure; and there was no magistrate in the land, that might put them to shame in any thing; and they were far from the Zidonians, and had no business with any man.

SearchingSecurityMannersMagistratesQuietnessFar From HereMen Of PeaceRelationships And Dating

And there was no deliverer, because it was far from Zidon, and they had no business with any man; and it was in the valley that lieth by Bethrehob. And they built a city, and dwelt therein.

ValleysFar From HereRebuilding Named CitiesBuilding Relationships

And the children of Benjamin did so, and took them wives, according to their number, of them that danced, whom they caught: and they went and returned unto their inheritance, and repaired the cities, and dwelt in them.

Groups going home

So she kept fast by the maidens of Boaz to glean unto the end of barley harvest and of wheat harvest; and dwelt with her mother in law.

WheatLiving Together

So David fled, and escaped, and came to Samuel to Ramah, and told him all that Saul had done to him. And he and Samuel went and dwelt in Naioth.

Escaping From PeopleTelling Of Happenings

And he brought them before the king of Moab: and they dwelt with him all the while that David was in the hold.

Fortifications

And David went up from thence, and dwelt in strong holds at Engedi.

Forts

And David dwelt with Achish at Gath, he and his men, every man with his household, even David with his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the Carmelitess, Nabal's wife.

Actual WidowsDavid's Wives

And the time that David dwelt in the country of the Philistines was a full year and four months.

One Year

And when the men of Israel that were on the other side of the valley, and they that were on the other side Jordan, saw that the men of Israel fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook the cities, and fled; and the Philistines came and dwelt in them.

Cities In IsraelIsrael FleeingBeyond Jordan

And his men that were with him did David bring up, every man with his household: and they dwelt in the cities of Hebron.

So David dwelt in the fort, and called it the city of David. And David built round about from Millo and inward.

FortressesCity Of DavidStrongholdsZion, As A PlaceFortsPeople Naming ThingsRebuilding Jerusalem

Whereas I have not dwelt in any house since the time that I brought up the children of Israel out of Egypt, even to this day, but have walked in a tent and in a tabernacle.

Freedom, Acts Of In OtGod Bringing Israel Out Of EgyptMoving OnMoving To A New Place

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חנה 
Chanah 
pitch , encamp , camp , pitch ... tent , abide , dwelt , lie , rested , grows to an end
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