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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 87 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 - He said, "Here, my lords, please turn aside to your servant's house. Stay the night and wash your feet. Then you can be on your way early in the morning." "No," they replied, "we'll spend the night in the town square."

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:23 - "Whose daughter are you?" he asked. "Tell me, is there room in your father's house for us to spend the night?"

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:25 - We have plenty of straw and feed," she added, "and room for you to spend the night."

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:54

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:54 - After this, he and the men who were with him ate a meal and stayed there overnight. When they got up in the morning, he said, "Let me leave now so I can return to my master."

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:11 - He reached a certain place where he decided to camp because the sun had gone down. He took one of the stones and placed it near his head. Then he fell asleep in that place

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:54 - Then Jacob offered a sacrifice on the mountain and invited his relatives to eat the meal. They ate the meal and spent the night on the mountain.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:13 - Jacob stayed there that night. Then he sent as a gift to his brother Esau

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:21 - So the gifts were sent on ahead of him while he spent that night in the camp.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:24 - So the people murmured against Moses, saying, "What can we drink?"

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:2 - The entire company of Israelites murmured against Moses and Aaron in the desert.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 16:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:7 - and in the morning you will see the glory of the LORD, because he has heard your murmurings against the LORD. As for us, what are we, that you should murmur against us?"

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 17:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:3 - But the people were very thirsty there for water, and they murmured against Moses and said, "Why in the world did you bring us up out of Egypt - to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst?"

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:18 - "You must not offer the blood of my sacrifice with bread containing yeast; the fat of my festal sacrifice must not remain until morning.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:25 - "You must not offer the blood of my sacrifice with yeast; the sacrifice from the feast of Passover must not remain until the following morning.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:13 - You must not oppress your neighbor or commit robbery against him. You must not withhold the wages of the hired laborer overnight until morning.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:2 - And all the Israelites murmured against Moses and Aaron, and the whole congregation said to them, "If only we had died in the land of Egypt, or if only we had perished in this wilderness!

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:27 - "How long must I bear with this evil congregation that murmurs against me? I have heard the complaints of the Israelites that they murmured against me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:29 - Your dead bodies will fall in this wilderness - all those of you who were numbered, according to your full number, from twenty years old and upward, who have murmured against me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:36 - The men whom Moses sent to investigate the land, who returned and made the whole community murmur against him by producing an evil report about the land,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 16:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:11 - Therefore you and all your company have assembled together against the LORD! And Aaron - what is he that you murmur against him?"

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 16:41

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:41 - But on the next day the whole community of Israelites murmured against Moses and Aaron, saying, "You have killed the LORD's people!"

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 17:5 - And the staff of the man whom I choose will blossom; so I will rid myself of the complaints of the Israelites, which they murmur against you."

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:8 - He replied to them, "Stay here tonight, and I will bring back to you whatever word the LORD may speak to me." So the princes of Moab stayed with Balaam.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:4 - There must not be a scrap of yeast within your land for seven days, nor can any of the meat you sacrifice on the evening of the first day remain until the next morning.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 21:23

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:23 - his body must not remain all night on the tree; instead you must make certain you bury him that same day, for the one who is left exposed on a tree is cursed by God. You must not defile your land which the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:1 - Bright and early the next morning Joshua and the Israelites left Shittim and came to the Jordan. They camped there before crossing the river.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:3 - Instruct them, 'Pick up twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan, from the very place where the priests stand firmly, and carry them over with you and put them in the place where you camp tonight.'"

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:11 - So Joshua made sure they marched the ark of the LORD around the city one time. Then they went back to the camp and spent the night there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:9 - Joshua sent them away and they went to their hiding place west of Ai, between Bethel and Ai. Joshua spent that night with the army.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 9:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:18 - The Israelites did not attack them because the leaders of the community had sworn an oath to them in the name of the LORD God of Israel. The whole community criticized the leaders,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 18:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:2 - The Danites sent out from their whole tribe five representatives, capable men from Zorah and Eshtaol, to spy out the land and explore it. They said to them, "Go, explore the land." They came to the Ephraimite hill country and spent the night at Micah's house.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 19:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:4 - His father-in-law, the girl's father, persuaded him to stay with him for three days, and they ate and drank together, and spent the night there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 19:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:6 - So the two of them sat down and had a meal together. Then the girl's father said to the man, "Why not stay another night and have a good time!"

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 19:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:7 - When the man got ready to leave, his father-in-law convinced him to stay another night.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 19:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:9 - When the man got ready to leave with his concubine and his servant, his father-in-law, the girl's father, said to him, "Look! The day is almost over! Stay another night! Since the day is over, stay another night here and have a good time. You can get up early tomorrow and start your trip home."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 19:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:10 - But the man did not want to stay another night. He left and traveled as far as Jebus (that is, Jerusalem). He had with him a pair of saddled donkeys and his concubine.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 19:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:11 - When they got near Jebus, it was getting quite late and the servant said to his master, "Come on, let's stop at this Jebusite city and spend the night in it."

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:13 - He said to his servant, "Come on, we will go into one of the other towns and spend the night in Gibeah or Ramah."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 19:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:15 - They stopped there and decided to spend the night in Gibeah. They came into the city and sat down in the town square, but no one invited them to spend the night.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:20 - The old man said, "Everything is just fine! I will take care of all your needs. But don't spend the night in the town square."

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:4 - The Levite, the husband of the murdered woman, spoke up, "I and my concubine stopped in Gibeah in the territory of Benjamin to spend the night.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 1:16

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:16 - But Ruth replied, "Stop urging me to abandon you! For wherever you go, I will go. Wherever you live, I will live. Your people will become my people, and your God will become my God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:13 - Remain here tonight. Then in the morning, if he agrees to marry you, fine, let him do so. But if he does not want to do so, I promise, as surely as the LORD lives, to marry you. Sleep here until morning."

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:16 - Then David prayed to God for the child and fasted. He would even go and spend the night lying on the ground.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:8 - Hushai went on to say, "You know your father and his men - they are soldiers and are as dangerous as a bear out in the wild that has been robbed of her cubs. Your father is an experienced soldier; he will not stay overnight with the army.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:16 - Now send word quickly to David and warn him, "Don't spend the night at the fords of the desert tonight. Instead, be sure you cross over, or else the king and everyone who is with him may be overwhelmed."

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:7 - So get up now and go out and give some encouragement to your servants. For I swear by the LORD that if you don't go out there, not a single man will stay here with you tonight! This disaster will be worse for you than any disaster that has overtaken you from your youth right to the present time!"

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:9 - He went into a cave there and spent the night. All of a sudden the LORD spoke to him, "Why are you here, Elijah?"

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:27 - They would spend the night in their posts all around God's sanctuary, for they were assigned to guard it and would open it with the key every morning.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:22 - At that time I instructed the people, "Let every man and his coworker spend the night in Jerusalem and let them be guards for us by night and workers by day.

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