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Dwell
King James Dictionary
or DWELL, pret. 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 .
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.
Ye shall dwell in booths seven days. Leviticus 23 .
The word was made flesh, and dwelt among us. John 1 .
2. To be in any state or condition to continue.
To dwell in doubtful joy.
3. To continue to be fixed in attention to hang upon with fondness.
The attentive queen dwelt on his accents.
They stand at a distance, dwelling on his looks and language, fixed in amazement.
4. To continue long as, to dwell on a subject, in speaking, debate or writing to dwell on a note in music.
Dwell, as a verb transitive, is not used. We who dwell this wild, in Milton, is not a legitimate phrase.
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Material presented was supplied by Brandon Staggs and was derived from the KJV Dictionary found on his website located at av1611.com.
The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
Entry for 'Dwell'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/kjd/d/dwell.html.
