Dûwr — H1752

Definition

verb

properly, to gyrate (or move in a circle), i.e. to remain

1. to heap up, pile
2. to dwell
1. (Qal)
1. to dwell
2. heap up (imp.)

Usually translated as

dwell

Origin

a primitive root

Greek equivalents

• katoikéō (G2730)
• oikéō (G3611)

Occurrences

Dûwr occurs 2 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Psalms (1), Ezekiel (1)

• Psalms 84:10 — For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell (מִ֝דּ֗וּר) in the tents of wickedness.
• Ezekiel 24:5 — Take the choice of the flock, and burn (דּ֥וּר) also the bones under it, and make it boil well, and let them seethe the bones of it therein.