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Dwell [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. preterit tense dwelled, usually contracted into dwelt. [ See Dally .]

2. 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.

3. God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem. Genesis 9:27 .

4. DWELL imports a residence of some continuance. We use abide for the resting of a night or an hour; but we never say, he dwelt in a place a day or a night. dwell may signify a residence for life or for a much shorter period, but not for a day. In scripture, it denotes a residence of seven days during the feast of tabernacles.

5. Ye shall dwell in booths seven days. Leviticus 23:42 .

6. The word was made flesh, and dwelt among us. John 1:38 .

7. To be in any state or condition; to continue.

8. To dwell in doubtful joy.

9. To continue; to be fixed in attention; to hang upon with fondness.

10. The attentive queen dwelt on his accents.

11. They stand at a distance, dwelling on his looks and language, fixed in amazement.

12. To continue long; as, to dwell on a subject, in speaking, debate or writing; to dwell on a note in music.

13. DWELL , as a verb transitive, is not used. We who dwell this wild, in Milton, is not a legitimate phrase.

Dwell [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. To delay; to linger.

2. To abide; to remain; to continue.

3. To abide as a permanent resident, or for a time; to live in a place; to reside.

Dwell [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To inhabit.

Dwelled [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Dweller [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

An inhabitant; a resident of some continuance in a place.

Dweller [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

An inhabitant; a resident; as, a cave dweller.

Dwelling [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Habitation; place of residence; abode.

2. Hazor shall be a dwelling for dragons. Jeremiah 49:33 .

3. Continuance; residence; state of life.

4. Thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field. Daniel 4:25 .

Dwelling [Participle present tense] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Inhabiting; residing; sojourning; continuing with fixed attention.

Dwelling [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Habitation; place or house in which a person lives; abode; domicile.

Dwelling [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Dwelling-house [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

The house in which one lives.

Dwelling-place [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

The place of residence.

Permanence Roget’s Thesaurus §141

N. stability, quiescence, obstinacy, permanence, persistence, endurance, durability, standing, status quo, maintenance, preservation, conservation, conservation, law of the medes and persians, standing dish

V. let alone, let be, let it be, persist, remain, stay, tarry, rest, stet, hold, hold on, last, endure, bide, abide, aby, dwell, maintain, keep, stand, stand still, stand fast, subsist, live, outlive, survive, hold one's ground, keep one's ground, hold one's footing, keep one's footing, hold good

Adj. stable, persisting, permanent, established, unchanged &c. (change ), renewed, intact, inviolate, persistent, monotonous, uncheckered, unfailing, undestroyed, unrepealed, unsuppressed, conservative, qualis ab incepto, prescriptive, stationary

Adv. in statu quo, for good, finally, at a stand, at a standstill, uti possidetis, without a shadow of turning

Phr. esto perpetua, nolumus leges angliae mutari, j'y suis et j'y ereste

Presence Roget’s Thesaurus §186

N. presence, occupancy, occupation, attendance, # whereness, permeation, pervasion, diffusion, ubiety, ubiquity, ubiquitariness, omnipresence, bystander

V. exist in space, be present, assister, make one of, make one at, look on, attend, remain, find oneself, present oneself, show one's face, fall in the way of, occur in a place, lie, stand, occupy, be there, people, inhabit, dwell, reside, stay, sojourn, live, abide, lodge, nestle, roost, perch, take up one's abode, tenant, resort to, frequent, haunt, revisit, fill, pervade, permeate, be diffused, be disseminated, be through, over spread, overrun, run through, meet one at every turn

Adj. present, occupying, inhabiting, moored, resiant, resident, residentiary, domiciled, ubiquitous, ubiquitary, omnipresent, universally present, peopled, populous, full of people, inhabited

Adv. here, there, where, everywhere, aboard, on board, at home, afield, here there and everywhere, in presence of, before, under the eyes of, under the nose of, in the face of, in propria persona, on the spot, in person, in the flesh

Phr. nusquam est qui ubique est

Quiescence Roget’s Thesaurus §265

N. rest, stillness, quiescence, stagnation, stagnancy, fixity, immobility, catalepsy, indisturbance, quietism, quiet, tranquility, calm, repose, peace, dead calm, anticyclone|, statue-like repose, silence, not a breath of air, not a mouse stirring, sleep, pause, lull, stand still, standing still, lock, dead lock, dead stop, dead stand, full stop, fix, embargo, resting place, gite, bivouac, home, pillow, haven, goal

V. be quiescent, stand still, lie still, keep quiet, repose, hold the breath, remain, stay, stand, lie to, ride at anchor, remain in situ, tarry, mark time, bring to, heave to, lay to, pull up, draw up, hold, halt, stop, stop short, rest, pause, anchor, cast to an anchor, come to an anchor, rest on one's oars, repose on one's laurels, take breath, stop, stagnate, quieta non movere, let alone, abide, rest and be thankful, keep within doors, stay at home, go to bed, dwell, settle, alight stick, stick fast, stand like a post, not stir a peg, not stir a step, be at a stand, quell, becalm, hush, stay, lull to sleep, lay an embargo on

Adj. quiescent, still, motionless, moveless, fixed, stationary, immotile, at rest at a stand, at a standstill, at anchor, stock, still, standing still, sedentary, untraveled, stay-at-home, becalmed, stagnant, quiet, unmoved, undisturbed, unruffled, calm, restful, cataleptic, immovable, sleeping, silent, still as a statue, still as a post, still as a mouse, still as death, vegetative, vegetating

Adv. at a stand, tout court, at the halt

Phr. requiescat in pace, deus nobis haec otia fecit, "the noonday quiet holds the hill"

Int. stop, stay, avast, halt, hold hard, whoa, hold, sabr karo

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Genesis 4:20

And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle.

Adah gave birth to Jabal; he was the father of those who dwell in tents and raise livestock.

Genesis 9:27

God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.

May God expand the territory of Japheth; may he dwell in the tents of Shem, and may Canaan be his servant.”

Genesis 10:30

And their dwelling was from Mesha, as thou goest unto Sephar a mount of the east.

Their territory extended from Mesha to Sephar, in the eastern hill country.

Genesis 13:6

And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell together: for their substance was great, so that they could not dwell together.

But the land was unable to support both of them while they stayed together, for they had so many possessions that they were unable to coexist.

Genesis 13:7

And there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram’s cattle and the herdmen of Lot’s cattle: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelled then in the land.

And there was discord between the herdsmen of Abram and the herdsmen of Lot. At that time the Canaanites and the Perizzites were also living in the land.

Genesis 13:12

Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the cities of the plain, and pitched his tent toward Sodom.

Abram lived in the land of Canaan, but Lot settled in the cities of the plain and pitched his tent toward Sodom.

Genesis 16:12

And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man’s hand against him; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.

He will be a wild donkey of a man, and his hand will be against everyone, and everyone’s hand against him; he will live in hostility toward all his brothers.”

Genesis 19:30

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.

Lot and his two daughters left Zoar and settled in the mountains—for he was afraid to stay in Zoar—where they lived in a cave.

Genesis 20:1

And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar.

Now Abraham journeyed from there to the region of the Negev and settled between Kadesh and Shur. While he was staying in Gerar,

Genesis 20:15

And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is before thee: dwell where it pleaseth thee.

And Abimelech said, “Look, my land is before you. Settle wherever you please.”

Genesis 21:21

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

And while he was dwelling in the Wilderness of Paran, his mother got a wife for him from the land of Egypt.

Genesis 24:3

And I will make thee swear by the LORD, the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell:

and I will have you swear by the LORD, the God of heaven and the God of earth, that you will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites among whom I am dwelling,

Genesis 24:37

And my master made me swear, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife to my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I dwell:

My master made me swear an oath and said, ‘You shall not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites in whose land I dwell,

Genesis 25:27

And the boys grew: and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob was a plain man, dwelling in tents.

When the boys grew up, Esau became a skillful hunter, a man of the field, while Jacob was a quiet man who stayed at home.

Genesis 26:2

And the LORD appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of:

The LORD appeared to Isaac and said, “Do not go down to Egypt. Settle in the land where I tell you.

Genesis 27:39

And Isaac his father answered and said unto him, Behold, thy dwelling shall be the fatness of the earth, and of the dew of heaven from above;

His father Isaac answered him: “Behold, your dwelling place shall be away from the richness of the land, away from the dew of heaven above.

Genesis 28:4

And give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee, and to thy seed with thee; that thou mayest inherit the land wherein thou art a stranger, which God gave unto Abraham.

And may He give the blessing of Abraham to you and your descendants, so that you may possess the land where you dwell as a foreigner, the land God gave to Abraham.”

Genesis 30:20

And Leah said, God hath endued me with a good dowry; now will my husband dwell with me, because I have born him six sons: and she called his name Zebulun.

“God has given me a good gift,” she said. “This time my husband will honor me, because I have borne him six sons.” And she named him Zebulun.

Genesis 34:10

And ye shall dwell with us: and the land shall be before you; dwell and trade ye therein, and get you possessions therein.

You may settle among us, and the land will be open to you. Live here, move about freely, and acquire your own property.”

Genesis 34:16

Then will we give our daughters unto you, and we will take your daughters to us, and we will dwell with you, and we will become one people.

Then we will give you our daughters and take your daughters for ourselves. We will dwell among you and become one people.