To dwell
דּוּרStrong’s H1753dur
Appears in 6 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Dur is the Aramaic word usually translated “dwelling”, “nested” and “it dwelt”. It appears in 6 verses of the Old Testament.
“And wheresoever the children of men dwell, the beasts of the field and the fowls of the heaven hath he given into thine hand, and hath made thee ruler over them all. Thou art this head of gold.”
Meaning
- (P'al) to dwell
How it's translated
- dwelling 3
- they nested 1
- it dwelt 1
- inhabitants of 1
- and inhabitants of 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Daniel 6
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Daniel 4:1In contextNebuchadnezzar the king, unto all people, nations, and languages, that dwell in all the earth; Peace be multiplied unto you.
- Daniel 4:12In contextThe leaves thereof were fair, and the fruit thereof much, and in it was meat for all: the beasts of the field had shadow under it, and the fowls of the heaven dwelt in the boughs thereof, and all flesh was fed of it.
- Daniel 4:21In contextWhose leaves were fair, and the fruit thereof much, and in it was meat for all; under which the beasts of the field dwelt, and upon whose branches the fowls of the heaven had their habitation:
- Daniel 4:35In contextAnd all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou?
- Daniel 6:25In contextThen king Darius wrote unto all people, nations, and languages, that dwell in all the earth; Peace be multiplied unto you.
Aramaic dictionary
דּוּר dur · to dwell
(P'al) to dwell Aramaic of dur (דּוּר "to dwell" H1752)
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 Aramaic, not from any one translation.