Strong's Definition
to stop (usually over night); by implication, to stay permanently; hence (in a bad sense) to be obstinate (especially in words, to complain)
Derivation: or לִין; a primitive root;
KJV Usage: 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).
TWOT Reference: 1096,1097
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
לוּן (lun) — to lodge. 1) to lodge, stop over, pass the night, abide 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to lodge, pass the night 1a2) to abide, remain (fig.) 1b) (Hiphil) to cause to rest, lodge 1c) (Hithpalpel) to dwell, abide
לוּן (lun) — to grumble. 1) to grumble, complain, murmur 1a) (Niphal) to grumble, murmur 1b) (Hiphil) to complain, cause to grumble
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · תְּלֻנֹּות
Complain | verb nif, verb hif
to complain, to grumble = action by which humans express their dissatisfaction to those in charge
EXO 15:24 · EXO 16:2 · EXO 16:7 · EXO 16:8 · EXO 17:3 · NUM 14:2 · NUM 14:27 · NUM 14:27 · NUM 14:29 · NUM 16:11 · NUM 17:6 · NUM 17:20 · JOS 9:18 · PSA 59:16
Complain | verb hif
to cause to complain, to cause to grumble = causative action by which humans cause other humans to be dissatisfied and express this feeling to those in charge
1 EXO 16:2 MT-K וילינו | MT-Q וַיִּלֹּונוּ 2 EXO 16:7 · EXO 16:7 · NUM 14:36 · NUM 14:36 MT-Q hif. | MT-K nif. 3 NUM 16:11 MT-K תלונו | MT-Q תַלִּינוּ
verb · מָלֹון · מְלוּנָה
Space | verb qal
to spend the night, to lodge = action when people or objects stay overnight in a certain place
GEN 19:2 · GEN 19:2 · GEN 24:23 · GEN 24:25 · GEN 24:54 · GEN 28:11 · GEN 31:54 · GEN 32:14 · GEN 32:22 · EXO 23:18 · EXO 34:25 · LEV 19:13 · NUM 22:8 · DEU 16:4 · DEU 21:23 · JOS 3:1 · JOS 4:3 · JOS 6:11 · JOS 8:9 · JDG 18:2 · JDG 19:4 · JDG 19:6 · JDG 19:7 · JDG 19:9 · JDG 19:9 · JDG 19:10 · JDG 19:11 · JDG 19:13 · JDG 19:15 · JDG 19:15 · JDG 19:20 · JDG 20:4 · RUT 1:16 · RUT 1:16 · RUT 3:13 · 2SA 12:16 · 2SA 17:8 · 2SA 17:16 · 2SA 19:8 · 1KI 19:9 · 1CH 9:27 · EZR 10:6 · NEH 4:16 · NEH 13:20 · NEH 13:21 · JOB 24:7 · JOB 29:19 · JOB 31:32 · JOB 39:9 · PSA 55:8 · SNG 7:12 · ISA 10:29 · ISA 21:13 · ISA 65:4 · JER 14:8 · JOL 1:13 · ZEP 2:14
Space | verb qal, verb hit
to stay, to remain = state in which humans, animals, or objects stay in a certain place for an indefinite amount of time
JOB 39:28 · PSA 25:13 · PSA 49:13 · PSA 91:1 · PRO 15:31 · PRO 19:23 · SNG 1:13 · ZEC 5:4
Happen | verb qal
to remain = state in which a condition or process takes place for an indefnite amount of time, ◄ as if it lives in that place
1 EZR 10:6 RSV NRSV NJB GNT CEV ESV "he spent the night" REB "he stayed" | NIV NJPS omit | MT וַיֵּלֶךְ = הלך
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
לוּן, לִין vb. lodge, pass the night, fig. abide Qal lodge, pass the night
fig. abide, remain
Hiph. cause to rest, lodge
Hithpalp. dwell, abide, of eagle
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[לוּן] vb. murmur Niph. murmur against
Hiph. murmur; cause to murmur
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