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Hebrew

To dwell

עוּןStrong’s H6030

un

Appears in 319 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Un is the Hebrew word usually translated “answered”, “answer me” and “answer”. It appears in 319 verses of the Old Testament.

“And the man that stood among the myrtle trees answered and said, These are they whom the LORD hath sent to walk to and fro through the earth.”
Zechariah 1:10 KJV
Meaning
  1. (Qal) to dwell
  2. To answer, respond, testify, speak, shout(Qal) · (Niphal)
  3. (Qal) to sing, utter tunefully
How it's translated
  • and he answered 108
  • and they answered 17
  • answer me 12
  • i will answer 10
  • he will answer 6
  • answered 6
  • and he answered me 6
  • and she answered 5

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Job 60
  • Psalms 39
  • 1 Samuel 38
  • Genesis 18
  • Isaiah 17
  • 1 Kings 16

33 books in all.

Related words
Explore in Scripture
All 319 verses, by book
1 Chronicles 3
12:1721:2621:28
2 Chronicles 3
10:1329:3134:15
Nehemiah 1
8:6
Esther 2
5:77:3
Ecclesiastes 1
10:19
Song of Solomon 2
2:105:6
Ezekiel 2
14:414:7
Joel 1
2:19
Amos 1
7:14
Jonah 1
2:2
Micah 3
3:46:36:5
Habakkuk 2
2:22:11
Haggai 3
2:122:132:14
Malachi 1
2:12
Hebrew dictionary

עוּן un · to dwell

(Qal) to dwell

עָנָה anah · to answer

1) to answer, respond, testify, speak, shout 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to answer, respond to 1a2) to testify, respond as a witness 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to make answer 1b2) to be answered, receive answer Aramaic equivalent: a.nah (עֲנָה "to answer" H6032)

עָנָה anah · to sing

(Qal) to sing, utter tunefully

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.]

  1. 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
  2. To be in any state or condition; to continue.
  3. To continue; to be fixed in attention; to hang upon with fondness.
  4. 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.