לוּן

hebrewOld TestamentVerb83 occurrences21 books78 verses

Definition

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)
Traditional 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).

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders לוּן:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

83 total
  1. Genesis 19:2וְלִ֙ינוּ֙ · and spend the night; נָלִֽין׃ · we will spend the night
    …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.”
  2. Genesis 24:23לָלִֽין׃ · to spend the night
    “Whose daughter are you?” he asked. “Please tell me, is there room in your father’s house for us to spend the night?”
  3. Genesis 24:25לָלֽוּן׃ · to spend the night
    Then she added, “We have plenty of straw and feed, as well as a place for you to spend the night.”
  4. Genesis 24:54וַיָּלִ֑ינוּ · and spent the night there
    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.”
  5. Genesis 28:11וַיָּ֤לֶן · he spent the 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.
  6. Genesis 31:54וַיָּלִ֖ינוּ · they spent the 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.
  7. Genesis 32:13וַיָּ֥לֶן · [Jacob] spent
    Jacob spent the night there, and from what he had brought with him, he selected a gift for his brother Esau:
  8. Genesis 32:21לָ֥ן · spent
    So Jacob’s gifts went on before him, while he spent the night in the camp.
  9. Exodus 15:24וַיִּלֹּ֧נוּ · grumbled
    So the people grumbled against Moses, saying, “What are we to drink?”
  10. Exodus 16:2וַיִּלִּינוּ · grumbled
    And there in the desert the whole congregation of Israel grumbled against Moses and Aaron.
  11. Exodus 16:7תַלּוֹנוּ · you should grumble
    …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?”
  12. Exodus 17:3וַיָּ֥לֶן · and they grumbled
    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?”
  13. Exodus 23:18יָלִ֥ין · remain
    You must not offer the blood of My sacrifices with anything leavened, nor may the fat of My feast remain until morning.
  14. Exodus 34:25יָלִ֣ין · remain
    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.
  15. Leviticus 19:13תָלִ֞ין · withhold
    You must not defraud your neighbor or rob him. You must not withhold until morning the wages due a hired hand.
  16. Numbers 14:2וַיִּלֹּ֙נוּ֙ · grumbled
    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!
  17. Numbers 14:27מַלִּינִ֖ים · grumble; מַלִּינִ֛ים
    “How long will this wicked congregation grumble against Me? I have heard the complaints that the Israelites are making against Me.
  18. Numbers 14:29הֲלִֽינֹתֶ֖ם · you have grumbled
    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.
  19. Numbers 14:36וַיִּלּוֹנוּ · grumble
    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—
  20. Numbers 16:11תִלּוֹנוּ · you should 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?”
  21. Numbers 16:41וַיִּלֹּ֜נוּ · grumbled
    The next day the whole congregation of Israel grumbled against Moses and Aaron, saying, “You have killed the LORD’s people!”
  22. Numbers 17:5מַלִּינִ֖ם
    The staff belonging to the man I choose will sprout, and I will rid Myself of the constant grumbling of the Israelites against you.”
  23. Numbers 22:8לִ֤ינוּ · Spend
    “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.
  24. Deuteronomy 16:4יָלִ֣ין · shall remain
    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.
  25. Deuteronomy 21:23תָלִ֨ין · 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.
  26. Joshua 3:1וַיָּלִ֥נוּ · where they camped
    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.
  27. Joshua 4:3תָּלִ֥ינוּ · you spend
    …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.’”
  28. Joshua 6:11וַיָּלִ֖ינוּ · and spent the night there
    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.
  29. Joshua 8:9וַיָּ֧לֶן · spent
    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.
  30. Joshua 9:18וַיִּלֹּ֥נוּ · grumbled
    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.
  31. Judges 18:2וַיָּלִ֖ינוּ · where they spent the night
    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.
  32. Judges 19:4וַיָּלִ֖ינוּ · and lodging
    His father-in-law, the girl’s father, persuaded him to stay, so he remained with him three days, eating, drinking, and lodging there.
  33. Judges 19:6וְלִ֖ין · to stay overnight
    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.”
  34. Judges 19:7וַיָּ֥לֶן · so he stayed
    The man got up to depart, but his father-in-law persuaded him, so he stayed there that night.
  35. Judges 19:9לִֽינוּ־ · spend the night; לִ֥ין · Spend the 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.”
  36. Judges 19:10לָל֔וּן · to spend the 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.
  37. Judges 19:11וְנָלִ֥ין · and spend the 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.”
  38. Judges 19:13וְלַ֥נּוּ · to spend the night
    He continued, “Come, let us try to reach one of these towns to spend the night in Gibeah or Ramah.”
  39. Judges 19:15לָל֣וּן · and lodge; לָלֽוּן׃ · for the 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.
  40. Judges 19:20תָּלַֽן׃ · spend the night
    “Peace to you,” said the old man. “Let me supply everything you need. Only do not spend the night in the square.”
  41. Judges 20:4לָלֽוּן׃ · to spend the night
    So the Levite, the husband of the murdered woman, answered: “I and my concubine came to Gibeah in Benjamin to spend the night.
  42. Ruth 1:16תָּלִ֙ינִי֙ · you live; אָלִ֔ין · I will live
    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.
  43. Ruth 3:13לִ֣ינִי׀ · Stay here tonight
    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.”
  44. 2 Samuel 12:16וְלָ֖ן · and spent the night
    David pleaded with God for the boy. He fasted and went into his house and spent the night lying in sackcloth on the ground.
  45. 2 Samuel 17:8יָלִ֖ין · spend the 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.