Luwn (לוּן, Strong's H3885) is a Hebrew word. Strong's defines it as 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 Bible translates it as 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).

What is the Strong's number for Luwn?

The Strong's number for Luwn (לוּן) is H3885. It is a Hebrew word from Strong's public-domain dictionary keyed to the King James Bible.

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Luwn (Strong’s H3885): Meaning in the Bible

Luwn (לוּן) is the Hebrew word numbered H3885 in Strong’s concordance of the Bible. Strong’s defines it as to stop (usually over night); by implication, to stay permanently; hence (in a bad sense) to be obstinate (especially in words, to complain). In the King James Bible it is translated abide (all night), continue, dwell, endure, grudge.

לוּן

lûwn · Hebrew

Strong’s H3885 · loon

Original wordלוּן
Transliterationlûwn
Pronunciationloon
Part of speechverb (v)
Strong’s numberH3885
LanguageHebrew

The full 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)

Derivation. or לִין; a primitive root;

How the King James Bible translates 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).

Where Luwn appears in the Bible

In the King James Bible’s text tagged with Strong’s numbers, Luwn (H3885) stands behind 85 English renderings in 79 verses across 21 of the 66 books. It is most frequent in Judges (13), Genesis (10), Numbers (9).

How the King James Bible renders Luwn, by count

lodge19 of 85 (22 percent)
night14 of 85 (16 percent)
lodged12 of 85 (14 percent)
murmur7 of 85 (8 percent)
murmured7 of 85 (8 percent)
abide5 of 85 (6 percent)

Three places to read Luwn

Genesis 19:2 And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your servant’s house, and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and ye shall rise up early, and go on your ways. And they said, Nay; but we will abide in the street all night.
Joshua 3:1 And Joshua rose early in the morning; and they removed from Shittim, and came to Jordan, he and all the children of Israel, and lodged there before they passed over.
Nehemiah 13:21 Then I testified against them, and said unto them, Why lodge ye about the wall? if ye do so again, I will lay hands on you. From that time forth came they no more on the sabbath.

Counts are made at build time from the King James text tagged with Strong’s numbers (eBible.org, public domain). Verses are read from the stored King James text, never typed.

Why the word matters

Every word the biblical writers chose carries weight. Studying Luwn in the original Hebrew lets you read the passages where it appears more carefully, closer to what the first hearers understood, so the meaning is drawn from the text itself rather than from the English alone.

The lexical data on this page comes from the public-domain Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890), a Hebrew and Greek dictionary keyed to the King James Bible. It is a reference tool, not a settled verdict: no single word decides a doctrine, and meaning is finally shaped by how a word is used in its sentences. Read the passages themselves, prayerfully, and in full.

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