To dwell
שְׁכֵןStrong’s H7932shekhan (she-khan)
Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Shekhan is the Aramaic word usually translated “has caused to dwell” and “dwelt”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.
“Whose 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:”
Meaning
- To dwell, reside(P'al) to dwell · (Pael) to cause to dwell
How it's translated
- he has caused to dwell 1
- they dwelt 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Ezra 1
- Daniel 1
2 books in all.
Aramaic dictionary
שְׁכֵן shekhan · to dwell
1) to dwell, reside 1a) (P'al) to dwell 1b) (Pael) to cause to dwell
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.