לוּן
lûwn · loon
to stop (usually over night); by implication, to stay permanently; hence (in a bad sense) to be obstinate (especially in words, to complain)
Lexicon
Derivation: or לִין; 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)
- to stop (usually over night)
- by implication, to stay permanently
- hence, (in a bad sense) to be obstinate (especially in words, to complain)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: 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).
Letters
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
authority, the one who leads › to fasten and establish › the seed, life continuing
Authority, the one who leads that works to fasten and establish of the seed, life continuing.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of לוּן above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
84 occurrences · 84 OT · 0 NT · 64 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- murmured6 · 13%
- that ye murmur4 · 8%
- lodge4 · 8%
- and lodged4 · 8%
- lodged3 · 6%
- all night2 · 4%
- abideth2 · 4%
- to lodge2 · 4%
- remain2 · 4%
- and lodge2 · 4%
- to murmur2 · 4%
- remaineth2 · 4%
- for us to lodge in1 · 2%
- which murmur1 · 2%
- shall not abide1 · 2%
- nay; but we will abide1 · 2%
- which ye murmur1 · 2%
- and himself lodged1 · 2%
- and he lodged1 · 2%
- and tarried all night1 · 2%
- and tarried there all night1 · 2%
- be left1 · 2%
- that were with him, and tarried all night1 · 2%
- to lodge in1 · 2%
- and tarry all night1 · 2%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.