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Lexicon :: Strong's H3885 - lûn

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לוּן
Transliteration
lûn
Pronunciation
loon
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 1096,1097

Strong’s Definitions

לוּן lûwn, loon; or לִין lîyn; a primitive root; to stop (usually over night); by implication, to stay permanently; hence (in a bad sense) to be obstinate (especially in words, to complain):—abide (all night), continue, dwell, endure, grudge, be left, lie all night, (cause to) lodge (all night, in, -ing, this night), (make to) murmur, remain, tarry (all night, that night).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 87x

The KJV translates Strong's H3885 in the following manner: lodge (33x), murmur (14x), ... the night (14x), abide (7x), remain (6x), tarry (2x), lodge in (2x), continue (1x), dwell (1x), endure (1x), grudge (1x), left (1x), lie (1x), variant (3x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 87x
The KJV translates Strong's H3885 in the following manner: lodge (33x), murmur (14x), ... the night (14x), abide (7x), remain (6x), tarry (2x), lodge in (2x), continue (1x), dwell (1x), endure (1x), grudge (1x), left (1x), lie (1x), variant (3x).

  1. to lodge, stop over, pass the night, abide

    1. (Qal)

      1. to lodge, pass the night

      2. to abide, remain (fig.)

    2. (Hiphil) to cause to rest or lodge

    3. (Hithpalpel) to dwell, abide

  2. to grumble, complain, murmur

    1. (Niphal) to grumble

    2. (Hiphil) to complain, cause to grumble

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
לוּן lûwn, loon; or לִין lîyn; a primitive root; to stop (usually over night); by implication, to stay permanently; hence (in a bad sense) to be obstinate (especially in words, to complain):—abide (all night), continue, dwell, endure, grudge, be left, lie all night, (cause to) lodge (all night, in, -ing, this night), (make to) murmur, remain, tarry (all night, that night).
STRONGS H3885: Abbreviations
I. לוּן, לִין verb lodge, pass the night, figurative abide (Late Hebrew לִינָה noun lodging, spending the night; compare NöZMG xxxvii (1883), 535 ff.; according to Thes kindred with לַיְלָה (which see below), with change of ל and ן) —
Qal Perfect לָן Genesis 32:22; 2 Samuel 12:16; 3rd person feminine singular וְ֫לָנֶה consecutive (before monosyl.) Zechariah 5:4; 1st person plural וְלַנּוּ consecutive Judges 19:13 (see Ges§ 73. R. 1 Köi. 508); Imperfect יָלִין Exodus 23:18 + 13 times + 2 Samuel 17:8, but compare Hiph.; וַיָּ֫לֶן Genesis 28:11 +4 times; 3rd person feminine singular תָּלִין Leviticus 19:13 + 4 times; תָּלַ֫ן Job 17:2 (see Köi. 509); 2nd person masculine singular jussive אַלתָּֿ֫לֶן 2 Samuel 17:16; תַָּל֑ן Judges 19:20 (see Köi.c.), etc.; Imperative לִין Judges 9:6, 19, etc.; Infinitive construct לָלוּן Genesis 24:25 + 5 times; לָלִין Genesis 24:23; Participle plural לֵנִים Nehemiah 13:21; —
1. lodge, pass the night:
a. literally, human subject, often with preposition or adverb of place, Genesis 19:2; Genesis 28:11; Judges 19:13, 15; 2 Samuel 17:16; Job 24:7 + often (on 2 Samuel 17:8 see Hiph.); with ה locative, וְלָן וְשָׁכַב אַ֫רְצָה 2 Samuel 12:16; with ב location + ב temporal בַּלַּיְלָה הַהוּא Genesis 32:14; Genesis 32:22; Joshua 8:9; with הַלַּיְלָה (accusative temporal), Numbers 22:8; Joshua 4:3; 2 Samuel 17:16; 2 Samuel 19:8; Ruth 3:13; of the wicked Psalm 59:16, according to Hup De Pe and others; < from II. לון Greek Version of the LXX Vulgate Aq Che Bae and others, compare AV; simile of temporary sojourn Jeremiah 14:8 (of י׳ in Israel)
b. of animals: wild ox (span class="Hb maroon">רְאֵם) Job 39:9 (followed by עַלאֲֿבוּסֶ֑ךָ), porcupine (קִפּד) Zephaniah 2:14.
c. inanimate subject = remain all night: of fat of sacrifice Exodus 23:18 (E; followed by עַדבֹּֿקֶר), passover meal Exodus 34:25 (P; followed by לַבֹּקֶר), Deuteronomy 16:4 (followed by לַבֹּקֶר; all these without local designation), wages of hireling Leviticus 19:13 (H; אֶת = with + עַדבֹּֿקֶר); of dead body Deuteronomy 21:23 (עַל location); dew Job 29:19 (ב location); bunch of myrrh Songs 1:13 בֵּין location)
d. figurative יָלִין בֶּ֑כִי בָּעֶרֶב Psalm 30:6 at evening weeping may come to lodge (opposed to וְלַבֹּקֶר רִנָּה).
† 2. figurative abide, remain, subject עַיִן ( = look upon), with ב Job 17:2; of error, Job 19:4 (with preposition אֵת person), strength Job 41:14 (of crocodile; with ב); of righteousness, Isaiah 1:21 (with ב); תָּלִין נַפְשׁוֺ בְטוֺב Psalm 25:13; of hearkening ear Proverbs 15:31, with בְּקֶרֶב; of thoughts Jeremiah 4:14, with id.; absolute, of man, continue, endure, Psalm 49:13, שָׂבֵעַ יָלִין Proverbs 19:23 he shall continue satisfied.
Hiph. Imperfect יָלִין cause to rest, lodge, followed by accusative, 2 Samuel 17:8 see Köi. 509.
Hithpalp. Imperfect יִתְלֹנָ֑ן Job 39:28 dwell, abide, of eagle; figurative יִתְלוֺנָ֑ן בְּצֵל שַׁדַּי Psalm 91:1 of one trusting in י׳.

† II. [לוּן] verb murmur, only Exodus 15; Exodus 16; Exodus 17; Numbers 14; Numbers 16; Numbers 17; and Joshua 9:18 (SAM always defective, hence NöZMG xxxvii.1883, 535 n. thinks possibly לנן [compare רנן ?]; from limited occurrence, he supposes it disappeared early; but found chiefly in P); —
Niph. Imperfect 3rd person masculine plural וַיִּלּוֺ֫נוּ Exodus 15:24 +3 times + Exodus 16:2 Qr (Kt וילינו) + Numbers 14:36 Kt (Qr וַיַּלִּי֫נוּ, Hiph.); 2nd person masculine plural תִּלּוֺ֫נוּ Exodus 16:7; Numbers 16:11, both Kt (Qr תַּלִּי֫נוּ); on forms see Ges§ 72 Anm. 8 Köi. 509; — murmur against, followed by עַל Exodus 15:24 (JE), Exodus 16:2, 7; Numbers 14:2; Numbers 16:11; Numbers 17:6; Joshua 9:18 (all P; all of people Israel); absolute Psalm 59:16 (see I.לון 1a).
Hiph. Perfect 2nd person masculine plural הֲלִינֹתֶם Numbers 14:29; Imperfect וַיָּ֫לֶן Exodus 17:3; וַיַּלִּי֫נוּ Exodus 16:2 Kt, Numbers 14:36 Qr; 2nd person masculine plural תַּלִּי֫נוּ Exodus 16:7 Qr, Numbers 16:11 Qr (on all see above); Participle plural מַלִּינִים Exodus 16:8 +3 times; — murmur = Niph., followed by על Exodus 17:3 (E), elsewhere P: Exodus 16:8; Numbers 14:27 (twice in verse); Numbers 14:29; Numbers 17:20; cause to murmur, followed by accusative + עַל Numbers 14:36 Qr; (compare also above Niph.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

19:2; 24:23; 24:25; 28:11; 28:11; 32:14; 32:22; 32:22

Exodus

15; 15:24; 15:24; 16; 16:2; 16:2; 16:2; 16:7; 16:7; 16:7; 16:8; 16:8; 17; 17:3; 17:3; 23:18; 23:18; 34:25

Leviticus

19:13; 19:13

Numbers

14; 14:2; 14:27; 14:29; 14:29; 14:36; 14:36; 14:36; 16; 16:11; 16:11; 16:11; 17; 17:6; 22:8

Deuteronomy

16:4; 21:23

Joshua

4:3; 8:9; 9:18; 9:18

Judges

9:6; 9:19; 19:13; 19:13; 19:15; 19:20

Ruth

3:13

2 Samuel

12:16; 12:16; 17:8; 17:8; 17:8; 17:16; 17:16; 17:16; 19:8

Nehemiah

13:21

Job

17:2; 17:2; 19:4; 24:7; 29:19; 39:9; 39:28; 41:14

Psalms

25:13; 30:6; 49:13; 59:16; 59:16; 91:1

Proverbs

15:31; 19:23

Song of Songs

1:13

Isaiah

1:21

Jeremiah

4:14; 14:8

Zephaniah

2:14

Zechariah

5:4

H3885

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Strong's Number H3885 matches the Hebrew לוּן (lûn),
which occurs 83 times in 78 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 19:2–Neh 4:22)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:2 - Lo! my lords, turn aside to the house of your servant, and rest from your journey, and wash your feet, and having risen early in the morning ye shall depart on your journey. And they said, Nay, but we will lodge in the street.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:23 - And he asked her, and said, Whose daughter art thou? Tell me if there is room for us to lodge with thy father.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:25 - And she said to him, We have both straw and much provender, and a place for resting.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:54

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:54 - And both he and the men with him ate and drank and went to sleep. And he arose in the morning and said, Send me away, that I may go to my master.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:11 - And came to a certain place and slept there, for the sun had gone down; and he took one of the stones of the place, and put it at his head, and lay down to sleep in that place,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:54 - And he offered a sacrifice in the mountain, and called his brethren, and they ate and drank, and slept in the mountain.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:13 - (LXX 32:14) And he slept there that night, and took of the gifts which he carried with him, and sent out to Esau his brother,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:21 - (LXX 32:22) So the presents went on before him, but he himself lodged that night in the camp.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:24 - And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drink?

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:2 - all the congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:7 - and in the morning ye shall see the glory of the Lord, inasmuch as he hears your murmuring against God; and who are we, that ye continue to murmur against us?

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:3 - And the people thirsted there for water, and there the people murmured against Moses, saying, Why is this? hast thou brought us up out of Egypt to slay us and our children and our cattle with thirst?

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:18 - For when I shall have cast out the nations from before thee, and shall have widened thy borders, thou shalt not offer the blood of my [fn]sacrifice with leaven, neither must the fat of my feast abide till the morning.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:25 - Thou shalt not [fn]offer the blood of my [fn]sacrifices [fn]with leaven, neither shall the sacrifices of the feast of the passover [fn]remain till the morning.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:13 - Thou shalt not injure thy neighbour, neither do thou rob him, neither shall the wages of thy hireling remain with thee until the morning.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:2 - And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron; and all the congregation said to them,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:27 - How long shall I endure this wicked congregation? I have heard their murmurings against me, even the murmuring of the children of Israel, which they have murmured concerning you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:29 - Your carcases shall fall in this wilderness; and all those of you that were reviewed, and those of you that were numbered from twenty years old and upward, all that murmured against me,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:36 - And the men whom Moses sent to spy out the land, and who came and murmured against it to the assembly so as to bring out evil words concerning the land,—

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:11 - Thus it is with thee and all thy congregation which is gathered together against God: and who is Aaron, that ye murmur against him?

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:41 - (LXX 17:6) And the children of Israel murmured the next day against Moses and Aaron, saying, Ye have killed the people of the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 17:5 - (LXX 17:20) And it shall be, the man whom I shall choose, his rod shall blossom; and I will remove from me the murmuring of the children of Israel, which they murmur against you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:8 - And he said to them, Tarry here the night, and I will answer you the things which the Lord shall say to me; and the princes of Moab stayed with Balaam.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:4 - Leaven shall not be seen with thee in all thy borders for seven days, and there shall not be left of the flesh which thou shalt sacrifice at even on the first day until the morning.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:23 - his body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but ye shall by all means bury it in that day; for [fn] every one that is hanged on a tree is cursed of God; and ye shall by no means defile the land which the Lord thy God gives thee for an inheritance.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:1 - And Joshua rose up early in the morning, and departed from Sattin; and they came as far as Jordan, and lodged there before they crossed over.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:3 - and charge them; and ye shall take out of the midst of Jordan twelve [fn]fit stones, and having carried them across together with yourselves, place them in your camp, where ye shall encamp for the night.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:11 - And the ark of the covenant of God having gone round immediately returned into the camp, and lodged there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:9 - And Joshua sent them, and they went to lie in ambush; and they lay between Bæthel and Gai, westward of Gai.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:18 - And the children of Israel fought not with them, because all the princes sware to them by the Lord God of Israel; and all the congregation murmured at the princes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:2 - And the sons of Dan sent from their families five men of valour, from Saraa and from Esthaol, to spy out the land and to [fn]search it; and they said to them, Go and search out the land. And they came as far as the mount of Ephraim to the house of Michaias and they lodged there,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:4 - And his father-in-law, the father of the damsel, constrained him, and he staid with him for three days; and they ate and drank, and lodged there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:6 - So they two sat down together and ate and drank: and the father of the damsel said to her husband, Tarry now the night, and let thy heart be merry.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:7 - And the man rose up to depart; but his father-in-law constrained him, and he staid and lodged there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:9 - And the man rose up to depart, he and his concubine, and his young man; but his father-in-law the father of the damsel said to him, Behold now, the day has declined toward evening; lodge here, and let thy heart rejoice; and ye shall rise early to-morrow for your journey, and thou shalt go to thy habitation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:10 - But the man would not lodge there, but he arose and departed, and came to the part opposite Jebus, (this is Jerusalem,) and there was with him a pair of asses saddled, and his concubine was with him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:11 - And they came as far as Jebus: and the day had far advanced, and the young man said to his master, Come, I pray thee, and let us turn aside to this city of the Jebusites, and let us lodge in it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:13 - And he said to his young man, Come, and let us draw nigh to one of the places, and we will lodge in Gabaa or in Rama.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:15 - And they turned aside thence to go in to lodge in Gabaa; and they went in, and sat down in the street of the city, and there was no one who conducted them into a house to lodge.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:20 - And the old man said, Peace be to thee; only be every want of thine upon me, only do thou by no means lodge in the street.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:4 - And the Levite, the husband of the woman that was slain, answered and said, I and my concubine went to Gabaa of Benjamin to lodge.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:16 - And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following thee; for whithersoever thou goest, I will go, and wheresoever thou lodgest, I will lodge; thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:13 - Lodge here for the night, and it shall be in the morning, if he will do the part of a kinsman to thee, well—let him do it: but if he will not do the part of a kinsman to thee, I will do the kinsman's part to thee, as the Lord lives; lie down till the morning.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:16 - And David enquired of God concerning the child, and David fasted, and went in and lay all night upon the ground.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:8 - And Chusi said, Thou knowest thy father and his men, that they are very mighty, and bitter in their spirit, as a bereaved bear in the field, [[fn]and as a wild boar in the plain]: and thy father is a man of war, and will not give the people rest.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:16 - And now send quickly and report to David, saying, Lodge not this night in Araboth of the wilderness: even go and make haste, lest one [fn]swallow up the king, and all the people with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:7 - (LXX 19:8) And now arise, and go forth, and speak comfortably to thy servants; for I have sworn by the Lord, that unless thou wilt go forth to-day, there shall not a man remain with thee this night: and know for thyself, this thing will indeed be evil to thee beyond all the evil that has come upon thee from thy youth until now.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:9 - And he entered there into a cave, and rested there; and, behold, the word of the Lord came to him, and he said, What doest thou here, Eliu?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:27 - For the charge was upon them, and these were charged with the keys to open the doors of the temple every morning.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:22 - (LXX 4:16) And at that time I said to the people, Lodge ye every man with his servant in the midst of Jerusalem, and let the night be a watch-time to you, and the day a work-time.

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