International Standard Bible Encyclopedia LODGE loj (lin; kataskenoo, etc.): To stay or dwell, temporarily, as for the night (Genesis 32:13, 21 Numbers 22:8 Joshua 2:1 the King James Version; Joshua 4:3 Luke 13:19 Matthew 21:17, aulizomai), or permanently (Ruth 1:16). In Isaiah 1:8, "a lodge (melunah) in a garden of cucumbers," the meaning is "hut," "cottage." "Evil thoughts" are said to "lodge" in the wicked (Jeremiah 4:14).
|