שָׁכַן
shâkan(shaw-kan')
“to reside or permanently stay (literally or figuratively)”
128 occurrencesOld TestamentCommon word
Definition
Strong’s Definition
to reside or permanently stay (literally or figuratively)
Translated in KJV as
abidecontinue(cause to, make to) dwell(-er)have habitationinhabitlayplace(cause to) remainrestset (up).
Etymology
a primitive root (apparently akin (by transmission) to H7901 (שָׁכַב) through the idea of lodging; compare H5531 (סִכְלוּת), H7925 (שָׁכַם));
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“Or whether it were two days, or a month, or a year, that the cloud tarried upon the tabernacle, remaining thereon, the children of Israel abode in their tents, and journeyed not: but when it was taken…”