To dwell
דּוּרStrong’s H1752dur
Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Dur is the Hebrew word usually translated “more than dwelling” and “pile up”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.
“For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.”
Meaning
- To heap up, pile
- To dwell(Qal)
How it's translated
- more than dwelling 1
- pile up 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Psalms 1
- Ezekiel 1
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
Hebrew dictionary
דּוּר dur · to dwell
1) to heap up, pile 2) to dwell 2a) (Qal) 2a1) to dwell 2a2) heap up (imp.) Aramaic equivalent: dur (דּוּר "to dwell" H1753)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “dwell” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
DWELL, verb intransitive
preterit tense dwelled, usually contracted into dwelt. [See Dally.]
- To abide as a permanent resident, or to inhabit for a time; to live in a place; to have a habitation for some time or permanence.“God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem” Genesis 9:27“Ye shall dwell in booths seven days” Leviticus 23:42“The word was made flesh, and dwelt among us” John 1:14
- To be in any state or condition; to continue.
- To continue; to be fixed in attention; to hang upon with fondness.
- To continue long; as, to dwell on a subject, in speaking, debate or writing; to dwell on a note in music.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.