Biblica Analytica
H3885A Hebrew

לוּן

lun

to lodge

Lexicon Entry

Definition
to lodge
Transliteration
lun
Strong's Number
H3885A
Occurrences
69

Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.

What Original Readers Understood

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# The Hebrew Word לוּן (lun): "To Lodge" The Hebrew verb לוּן appears 69 times throughout the biblical text and carries the fundamental meaning of "to lodge"—that is, to stay overnight or take temporary shelter in a place. This straightforward sense anchors the word's usage across the scriptures, whether describing individuals, groups, or even divine presence settling in a location for a night or brief period. The frequency of this word's occurrence (69 instances) indicates it was a common and practical term in biblical Hebrew, likely reflecting the real experiences of ancient Near Eastern life where travel, encampment, and temporary rest were routine matters. The consistent translation as "to lodge" suggests the word maintained a stable semantic range without substantial variation across different biblical books or historical periods. This stability in meaning makes it a reliable term for understanding narratives involving journeys, military campaigns, and the establishment of temporary settlements in biblical accounts. The significance of לוּן lies primarily in its documentary function—it provides precise vocabulary for describing the mundane yet essential human activity of overnight rest and shelter. By appearing regularly throughout the biblical corpus, this word helps structure narrative accounts of movement and settlement, making it an important term for readers seeking to understand the practical, day-to-day realities depicted in scripture.

Source data & methodology
Strong's
H3885A
Lemma
לוּן
Transliteration
lun
Definition
to lodge
Occurrences
69
Model
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Prompt version
1

AI synthesis uses only the lexicon data above as context — never training knowledge.

Occurrences in Scripture

69 total occurrences across the text — showing 50

Nehemiah 13:20

So the merchants and sellers of all kinds of wares camped outside of Jerusalem once or twice.

Nehemiah 13:21

Then I testified against them, and said to them, “Why do you stay around the wall? If you do so again, I will lay hands on you.” From that time on, they didn’t come on the Sabbath.

Nehemiah 4:22

Likewise at the same time I said to the people, “Let everyone with his servant lodge within Jerusalem, that in the night they may be a guard to us, and may labor in the day.”

Job 17:2

Surely there are mockers with me. My eye dwells on their provocation.

Job 19:4

If it is true that I have erred, my error remains with myself.

Job 24:7

They lie all night naked without clothing, and have no covering in the cold.

Job 29:19

My root is spread out to the waters. The dew lies all night on my branch.

Job 31:32

(the foreigner has not camped in the street, but I have opened my doors to the traveler);

Job 39:9

“Will the wild ox be content to serve you? Or will he stay by your feeding trough?

Job 39:28

On the cliff he dwells, and makes his home, on the point of the cliff, and the stronghold.

Job 41:22

There is strength in his neck. Terror dances before him.

Psalms 25:13

His soul will dwell at ease. His offspring will inherit the land.

Psalms 30:5

For his anger is but for a moment. His favor is for a lifetime. Weeping may stay for the night, but joy comes in the morning.

Psalms 49:12

But man, despite his riches, doesn’t endure. He is like the animals that perish.

Psalms 55:7

Behold, then I would wander far off. I would lodge in the wilderness.”

Psalms 91:1

He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.

Proverbs 15:31

The ear that listens to reproof lives, and will be at home among the wise.

Proverbs 19:23

The fear of Yahweh leads to life, then contentment; he rests and will not be touched by trouble.

Song of Solomon 1:13

My beloved is to me a sachet of myrrh, that lies between my breasts.

Song of Solomon 7:11

Come, my beloved! Let’s go out into the field. Let’s lodge in the villages.

Isaiah 1:21

How the faithful city has become a prostitute! She was full of justice. Righteousness lodged in her, but now there are murderers.

Isaiah 21:13

The burden on Arabia. In the forest in Arabia you will lodge, you caravans of Dedanites.

Isaiah 65:4

who sit among the graves, and spend nights in secret places; who eat pig’s meat, and broth of abominable things is in their vessels;

Jeremiah 4:14

Jerusalem, wash your heart from wickedness, that you may be saved. How long will your evil thoughts lodge within you?

Jeremiah 14:8

You hope of Israel, its Savior in the time of trouble, why should you be as a foreigner in the land, and as a wayfaring man who turns aside to stay for a night?

Joel 1:13

Put on sackcloth and mourn, you priests! Wail, you ministers of the altar. Come, lie all night in sackcloth, you ministers of my God, for the meal offering and the drink offering are withheld from your God’s house.

Zephaniah 2:14

Herds will lie down in the middle of her, all the animals of the nations. Both the pelican and the porcupine will lodge in its capitals. Their calls will echo through the windows. Desolation will be in the thresholds, for he has laid bare the cedar beams.

Zechariah 5:4

I will cause it to go out,” says Yahweh of Armies, “and it will enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him who swears falsely by my name; and it will remain in the middle of his house, and will destroy it with its timber and its stones.”

Genesis 19:2

and he said, “See now, my lords, please come into your servant’s house, stay all night, wash your feet, and you can rise up early, and go on your way.” They said, “No, but we will stay in the street all night.”

Genesis 19:2

and he said, “See now, my lords, please come into your servant’s house, stay all night, wash your feet, and you can rise up early, and go on your way.” They said, “No, but we will stay in the street all night.”

Genesis 24:23

and said, “Whose daughter are you? Please tell me. Is there room in your father’s house for us to stay?”

Genesis 24:25

She said moreover to him, “We have both straw and feed enough, and room to lodge in.”

Genesis 24:54

They ate and drank, he and the men who were with him, and stayed all night. They rose up in the morning, and he said, “Send me away to my master.”

Genesis 28:11

He came to a certain place, and stayed there all night, because the sun had set. He took one of the stones of the place, and put it under his head, and lay down in that place to sleep.

Genesis 31:54

Jacob offered a sacrifice in the mountain, and called his relatives to eat bread. They ate bread, and stayed all night in the mountain.

Genesis 32:13

He stayed there that night, and took from that which he had with him a present for Esau, his brother:

Genesis 32:21

So the present passed over before him, and he himself stayed that night in the camp.

Exodus 23:18

“You shall not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread. The fat of my feast shall not remain all night until the morning.

Exodus 34:25

“You shall not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread. The sacrifice of the feast of the Passover shall not be left to the morning.

Leviticus 19:13

“ ‘You shall not oppress your neighbor, nor rob him. “ ‘The wages of a hired servant shall not remain with you all night until the morning.

Numbers 22:8

He said to them, “Lodge here this night, and I will bring you word again, as Yahweh shall speak to me.” The princes of Moab stayed with Balaam.

Deuteronomy 16:4

No yeast shall be seen with you in all your borders seven days; neither shall any of the meat, which you sacrifice the first day at evening, remain all night until the morning.

Deuteronomy 21:23

his body shall not remain all night on the tree, but you shall surely bury him the same day; for he who is hanged is accursed of God. Don’t defile your land which Yahweh your God gives you for an inheritance.

Joshua 3:1

Joshua got up early in the morning; and they moved from Shittim and came to the Jordan, he and all the children of Israel. They camped there before they crossed over.

Joshua 4:3

and command them, saying, ‘Take from out of the middle of the Jordan, out of the place where the priests’ feet stood firm, twelve stones, carry them over with you, and lay them down in the place where you’ll camp tonight.’ ”

Joshua 6:11

So he caused Yahweh’s ark to go around the city, circling it once. Then they came into the camp, and stayed in the camp.

Joshua 8:9

Joshua sent them out; and they went to set up the ambush, and stayed between Bethel and Ai on the west side of Ai; but Joshua stayed among the people that night.

Judges 18:2

The children of Dan sent five men of their family from their whole number, men of valor, from Zorah and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land and to search it. They said to them, “Go, explore the land!” They came to the hill country of Ephraim, to the house of Micah, and lodged there.

Judges 19:4

His father-in-law, the young lady’s father, kept him there; and he stayed with him three days. So they ate and drank, and stayed there.

Judges 19:6

So they sat down, ate, and drank, both of them together. Then the young lady’s father said to the man, “Please be pleased to stay all night, and let your heart be merry.”