לוּן

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)

Etymology & 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).

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.to lodge, stop over, pass the night, abide
• 2.(qal)
• 3.(niphal) to grumble
• 4.(hiphil) to complain, cause to grumble
• 5.to grumble, complain, murmur
• 6.(hiphil) to cause to rest or lodge
• 7.(hithpalpel) to dwell, abide

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: lûwn; Pronunciation: loon