Hebrew verb · H3885
לוּן
lunloon
to lodge; to grumble
84 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: lûwn
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H3885is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 21 of 39Old Testament books
- 64spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H3885
to stop (usually over night); by implication, to stay permanently; hence (in a bad sense) to be obstinate (especially in words, to complain)
The King James renders it: 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).
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
lun is rendered "to lodge; to grumble". It stands 84 times in the Hebrew text, across twenty-one books.
- Thirteen of the uses stand in Judges, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "to lodge".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 19:2and said, “My lords, please turn aside into the house of your servant; wash your feet and spend the night. Then you can rise early and go on your way.” “No,” they answered, “we will spend the night in the square.”
- The Greek text spells it sixty-four different ways.
The first use
and said, “My lords, please turn aside into the house of your servant; wash your feet and spend the night. Then you can rise early and go on your way.” “No,” they answered, “we will spend the night in the square.”
Genesis 19:2וְלִ֙ינוּ֙
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
The word stands in twenty-one of the 39 Old Testament books.
What the word means
The word carries two meanings: to lodge, and to grumble.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| to lodgeStrong's entry A | Tagged aslisted under the table | WhereGenesis 19:2and said, “My lords, please turn aside into the house of your servant… |
| to grumbleStrong's entry B | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- it will remain overnight6
- and they grumbled5
- to spend night5
- grumbling4
- it lodges3
- spend night3
- and he spent night2
- and he stayed night2
- and they passed night2
- and they spent night2
- and they stayed2
- and they stayed night2
and 40 more, 84 uses in all
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
The words it stands beside
All 84, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
64 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- וַיָּלִ֖ינוּ4
- יָלִ֥ין4
- יָלִ֣ין4
- לָלֽוּן׃4
- וַיָּ֥לֶן3
- יָלִ֑ינוּ3
- יָ֝לִ֗ין2
- מַלִּינִ֖ם2
- תָּלִ֥ין2
- תַלִּ֖ינוּ2
- אָלִ֖ין1
- אָלִ֔ין1
and 52 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular14HVqi3ms
- Hc/Vqw3mp8Hc/Vqw3mp
- preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)7HR/Vqcc
- verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singular6HVqi3fs
- Hc/VNw3mp5Hc/VNw3mp
- Hc/Vqw3ms5Hc/Vqw3ms
- verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine plural5HVqi3mp
- verb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine plural4HVhrmpa
- verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine plural3HVqv2mp
- verb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine plural2HVhi2mp
- verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singular2HVqi1cs
- verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine plural2HVqi2mp
Genesis
nine uses
and said, “My lords, please turn aside into the house of your servant; wash your feet and spend the night. Then you can rise early and go on your way.” “No,” they answered, “we will spend the night in the square.”
- וְלִ֙ינוּ֙velinuconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: and stay night
- נָלִֽין׃nalinverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common pluraltagged: we will stay night
“Whose daughter are you?” he asked. “Please tell me, is there room in your father’s house for us to spend the night?”
- לָלִֽין׃lalinpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to stay night
Then she added, “We have plenty of straw and feed, as well as a place for you to spend the night.”
- לָלֽוּן׃lalunpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to stay night
Then he and the men with him ate and drank and spent the night there. When they got up the next morning, he said, “Send me on my way to my master.”
- וַיָּלִ֑ינוּvaiyalinuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they stayed night
On reaching a certain place, he spent the night there because the sun had set. And taking one of the stones from that place, he put it under his head and lay down to sleep.
- וַיָּ֤לֶןvaiyalenHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he stayed night
Then Jacob offered a sacrifice on the mountain and invited his relatives to eat a meal. And after they had eaten, they spent the night on the mountain.
- וַיָּלִ֖ינוּvaiyalinuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they stayed night
Jacob spent the night there, and from what he had brought with him, he selected a gift for his brother Esau:
- וַיָּ֥לֶןvaiyalenHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he stayed night
So Jacob’s gifts went on before him, while he spent the night in the camp.
- לָ֥ןlanverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: staying night
Exodus
seven uses
So the people grumbled against Moses, saying, “What are we to drink?”
- וַיִּלֹּ֧נוּvaiyilonuHc/VNw3mptagged: and they grumbled
And there in the desert they all grumbled against Moses and Aaron.
- וַיִּלּ֜וֹנוּvaiyilinuHc/VNw3mptagged: and they grumbled
and in the morning you will see the LORD’s glory, because He has heard your grumbling against Him. For who are we that you should grumble against us?”
- תַלִּ֖ינוּtalonuverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you will cause to grumble
And Moses added, “The LORD will give you meat to eat this evening and bread to fill you in the morning, for He has heard your grumbling against Him. Who are we? Your grumblings are not against us but against the LORD.”
- מַלִּינִ֖םmalinimverb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine pluraltagged: grumbling
But the people thirsted for water there, and they grumbled against Moses: “Why have you brought us out of Egypt—to make us and our children and livestock die of thirst?”
- וַיָּ֥לֶןvaiyalenHc/Vhw3mstagged: and it grumbled
You must not offer the blood of My sacrifices with anything leavened, nor may the fat of My feast remain until morning.
- יָלִ֥יןyalinverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it will remain overnight
Do not offer the blood of a sacrifice to Me along with anything leavened, and do not let any of the sacrifice from the Passover Feast remain until morning.
- יָלִ֣יןyalinverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it will remain overnight
Leviticus
one use
You must not defraud your neighbor or rob him. You must not withhold until morning the wages due a hired hand.
- תָלִ֞יןtalinverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it will remain overnight
Numbers
nine uses
All the Israelites grumbled 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 died in this wilderness!
- וַיִּלֹּ֙נוּ֙vaiyilonuHc/VNw3mptagged: and they grumbled
“How long will this wicked congregation grumble against Me? I have heard the complaints that the Israelites are making against Me.
- מַלִּינִ֖יםmalinimverb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine pluraltagged: grumbling
- מַלִּינִ֛יםmalinimverb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine pluraltagged: grumbling
Your bodies will fall in this wilderness—all who were numbered in the census, everyone twenty years of age or older—because you have grumbled against Me.
- הֲלִֽינֹתֶ֖םhalinotemverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you have grumbled
So the men Moses had sent to spy out the land, who had returned and made the whole congregation grumble against him by bringing out a bad report about the land—
- וַיַּלִּ֤ינוּvaiyilonuHc/Vhw3mptagged: and they caused to grumble
Therefore, it is you and all your followers who have conspired against the LORD! As for Aaron, who is he that you should grumble against him?”
- תַלִּ֖ינוּtilonuverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you will cause to grumble
The next day the whole congregation of Israel grumbled against Moses and Aaron, saying, “You have killed the LORD’s people!”
- וַיִּלֹּ֜נוּvaiyilonuHc/VNw3mptagged: and they grumbled
The staff belonging to the man I choose will sprout, and I will rid Myself of the constant grumbling of the Israelites against you.”
- מַלִּינִ֖םmalinimverb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine pluraltagged: grumbling
“Spend the night here,” Balaam replied, “and I will give you the answer that the LORD speaks to me.” So the princes of Moab stayed with Balaam.
- לִ֤ינוּlinuverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: lodge
Deuteronomy
two uses
No leaven is to be found in all your land for seven days, and none of the meat you sacrifice in the evening of the first day shall remain until morning.
- יָלִ֣יןyalinverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it will remain overnight
you must not leave the body on the tree overnight, but you must be sure to bury him that day, because anyone who is hung on a tree is under God’s curse. You must not defile the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance.
- תָלִ֨יןtalinverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it will remain overnight
Joshua
five uses
Early the next morning Joshua got up and left Shittim with all the Israelites. They went as far as the Jordan, where they camped before crossing over.
- וַיָּלִ֥נוּvaiyalinuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they stayed
and command them: ‘Take up for yourselves twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan where the priests were standing, carry them with you, and set them down in the place where you spend the night.’”
- תָּלִ֥ינוּtalinuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you will stay
So he had the ark of the LORD carried around the city, circling it once. And the people returned to the camp and spent the night there.
- וַיָּלִ֖ינוּvaiyalinuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they stayed
So Joshua sent them out, and they went to the place of ambush and lay in wait between Bethel and Ai, to the west of Ai. But Joshua spent that night among the people.
- וַיָּ֧לֶןvaiyalenHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he stayed
But the Israelites did not attack them, because the leaders of the congregation had sworn an oath to them by the LORD, the God of Israel. And the whole congregation grumbled against the leaders.
- וַיִּלֹּ֥נוּvaiyilonuHc/VNw3mptagged: and they grumbled
Judges
thirteen uses
So the Danites sent out five men from their clans, men of valor from Zorah and Eshtaol, to spy out the land and explore it. “Go and explore the land,” they told them. The men entered the hill country of Ephraim and came to the house of Micah, where they spent the night.
- וַיָּלִ֖ינוּvaiyalinuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they spent night
His father-in-law, the girl’s father, persuaded him to stay, so he remained with him three days, eating, drinking, and lodging there.
- וַיָּלִ֖ינוּvaiyalinuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they spent night
So they sat down and the two of them ate and drank together. Then the girl’s father said to the man, “Please agree to stay overnight and let your heart be merry.”
- וְלִ֖יןvelinconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: and spend night
The man got up to depart, but his father-in-law persuaded him, so he stayed there that night.
- וַיָּ֥לֶןvaiyalenHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he spent night
When the man got up to depart with his concubine and his servant, his father-in-law, the girl’s father, said to him, “Look, the day is drawing to a close. Please spend the night. See, the day is almost over. Spend the night here, that your heart may be merry. Then you can get up early tomorrow for your journey home.”
- לִֽינוּ־linu-verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: spend night
- לִ֥יןlinverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: spend night
But the man was unwilling to spend the night. He got up and departed, and arrived opposite Jebus (that is, Jerusalem), with his two saddled donkeys and his concubine.
- לָל֔וּןlalunpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to spend night
When they were near Jebus and the day was almost gone, the servant said to his master, “Please, let us stop at this Jebusite city and spend the night here.”
- וְנָלִ֥יןvenalinHC/Vqu1cptagged: so we may spend night
He continued, “Come, let us try to reach one of these towns to spend the night in Gibeah or Ramah.”
- וְלַ֥נּוּvelanuHc/Vqq1cptagged: and we will spend night
They stopped to go in and lodge in Gibeah. The Levite went in and sat down in the city square, but no one would take them into his home for the night.
- לָל֣וּןlalunpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to spend night
- לָלֽוּן׃lalunpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to spend night
“Peace to you,” said the old man. “Let me supply everything you need. Only do not spend the night in the square.”
- תָּלַֽן׃talanverb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you spend night
So the Levite, the husband of the murdered woman, answered: “I and my concubine came to Gibeah in Benjamin to spend the night.
- לָלֽוּן׃lalunpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to spend night
Ruth
three uses
But Ruth replied: “Do not urge me to leave you or to turn from following you. For wherever you go, I will go, and wherever you live, I will live; your people will be my people, and your God will be my God.
- תָּלִ֙ינִי֙taliniverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: you will lodge
- אָלִ֔יןʾalinverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will lodge
Stay here tonight, and in the morning, if he wants to redeem you, good. Let him redeem you. But if he does not want to redeem you, as surely as the LORD lives, I will. Now lie here until morning.”
- לִ֣ינִי׀liniverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: stay
2 Samuel
four uses
David pleaded with God for the boy. He fasted and went into his house and spent the night lying in sackcloth on the ground.
- וְלָ֖ןvelanHc/Vqq3mstagged: and he passed night
He continued, “You know your father and his men. They are mighty men, and as fierce as a wild bear robbed of her cubs. Moreover, your father is a man of war who will not spend the night with the troops.
- יָלִ֖יןyalinverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will pass night
Now send quickly and tell David, ‘Do not spend the night at the fords of the wilderness, but be sure to cross over. Otherwise the king and all the people with him will be swallowed up.’”
- תָּ֤לֶןtalenverb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you pass night
Now therefore get up! Go out and speak comfort to your servants, for I swear by the LORD that if you do not go out, not a man will remain with you tonight. This will be worse for you than all the adversity that has befallen you from your youth until now!”
- יָלִ֨יןyalinverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will lodge
1 Kings
one use
There Elijah entered a cave and spent the night. And the word of the LORD came to him, saying, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”
- וַיָּ֣לֶןvaiyalenHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he spent night
1 Chronicles
one use
They would spend the night stationed around the house of God, because they were responsible for guarding it and opening it every morning.
- יָלִ֑ינוּyalinuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they spent night
Nehemiah
three uses
At that time I also said to the people, “Let every man and his servant spend the night inside Jerusalem, so that they can stand guard by night and work by day.”
- יָלִ֖ינוּyalinuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: let them spend night
Once or twice, the merchants and those who sell all kinds of goods camped outside Jerusalem,
- וַיָּלִ֨ינוּvaiyalinuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they passed night
but I warned them, “Why are you camping in front of the wall? If you do it again, I will lay hands on you.” From that time on, they did not return on the Sabbath.
- לֵנִים֙lenimverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: passing night
Job
eight uses
Surely mockers surround me, and my eyes must gaze at their rebellion.
- תָּלַ֥ןtalanverb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: may it dwell
Even if I have truly gone astray, my error concerns me alone.
- תָּלִ֥יןtalinverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it lodges
Without clothing, they spend the night naked; they have no covering against the cold.
- יָ֭לִינוּyalinuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they spend night
My roots will spread out to the waters, and the dew will rest nightly on my branches.
- יָלִ֥יןyalinverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it will remain overnight
but no stranger had to lodge on the street, for my door has been open to the traveler—
- יָלִ֣יןyalinverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he passed night
Will the wild ox consent to serve you? Will he stay by your manger at night?
- יָ֝לִ֗יןyalinverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: will it pass night
He dwells on a cliff and lodges there; his stronghold is on a rocky crag.
- וְיִתְלֹנָ֑ןveyitlonanHC/Vtu3mstagged: and it may pass night
Strength resides in his neck, and dismay leaps before him.
- יָלִ֣יןyalinverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it lodges
Psalms
six uses
His soul will dwell in prosperity, and his descendants will inherit the land.
- תָּלִ֑יןtalinverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it will remain
For His anger is fleeting, but His favor lasts a lifetime. Weeping may stay the night, but joy comes in the morning.
- יָלִ֥יןyalinverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it passes night
But a man, despite his wealth, cannot endure; he is like the beasts that perish.
- יָלִ֑יןyalinverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he remains
How far away I would flee! In the wilderness I would remain. Selah
- אָלִ֖יןʾalinverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I want to lodge
They scavenge for food, and growl if they are not satisfied.
- וַיָּלִֽינוּ׃vaiyalinuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they passed night
He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty.
- יִתְלוֹנָֽן׃yitlonanverb · reflexive (hithpael), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will lodge
Proverbs
two uses
He who listens to life-giving reproof will dwell among the wise.
- תָּלִֽין׃talinverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it will remain
The fear of the LORD leads to life, that one may rest content, without visitation from harm.
- יָ֝לִ֗יןyalinverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: someone will pass night
Song of Solomon
two uses
My beloved is to me a sachet of myrrh resting between my breasts.
- יָלִֽין׃yalinverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it lodges
Come, my beloved, let us go to the countryside; let us spend the night among the wildflowers.
- נָלִ֖ינָהnalinahverb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) · 1st person common pluraltagged: let us pass night
Isaiah
three uses
See how the faithful city has become a harlot! She once was full of justice; righteousness resided within her, but now only murderers!
- יָלִ֥יןyalinverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it lodged
This is the burden against Arabia: In the thickets of Arabia you must lodge, O caravans of Dedanites.
- תָּלִ֔ינוּtalinuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you will lodge
sitting among the graves, spending nights in secret places, eating the meat of pigs and polluted broth from their bowls.
- יָלִ֑ינוּyalinuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they spend night
Jeremiah
two uses
Wash the evil from your heart, O Jerusalem, so that you may be saved. How long will you harbor wicked thoughts within you?
- תָּלִ֥יןtalinverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: will it remain
O Hope of Israel, its Savior in times of distress, why are You like a stranger in the land, like a traveler who stays but a night?
- לָלֽוּן׃lalunpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to spend night
Joel
one use
Put on sackcloth and lament, O priests; wail, O ministers of the altar. Come, spend the night in sackcloth, O ministers of my God, because the grain and drink offerings are withheld from the house of your God.
- לִ֣ינוּlinuverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: spend night
Zephaniah
one use
Herds will lie down in her midst, creatures of every kind. Both the desert owl and screech owl will roost atop her pillars. Their calls will sound from the window, but desolation will lie on the threshold, for He will expose the beams of cedar.
- יָלִ֑ינוּyalinuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will spend night
Zechariah
one use
I will send it out, declares the LORD of Hosts, and it will enter the house of the thief and the house of him who swears falsely by My name. It will remain inside his house and destroy it, down to its timbers and stones.”
- וְלָ֙נֶה֙velanehHc/Vqq3fstagged: and it will lodge
The letters
Gematria 86· 736 mispar gadol
Where it leads
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Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
