abode

«abode» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: stayed; lived — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

kind

archaic sense

modern equivalent

stayed; lived

part of speech

verb, past tense of abide

meaning for a pupil

Stayed or lived in a place for a time. tree →

how it differs from today

Our manual lists "abode" as a noun meaning a home, but these sentences use it as the past tense of abide, meaning stayed.

examples

• So we abode in the valley over against Beth-peor. (Torah DEU.3.29, JPS 1917) tree →
• And so they abode with the goose all night. (Grimm's Fairy Stories) tree →
• From Kibroth-hattaavah the people journeyed unto Hazeroth; and they abode at Hazeroth. (Torah NUM.11.35, JPS 1917) tree →

primary record

abode

tests

manual 6; corpora 107 (Torah 15, tales 90, Sefer Yetzirah 2); EWT 0; ratio 12.1 (Torah alone 35.0); Wiktionary no archaic label

In the corpora

• From Kibroth-hattaavah the people journeyed unto Hazeroth; and they abode at Hazeroth.
• And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit harlotry with the daughters of Moab.
• So ye abode in Kadesh many days, according unto the days that ye abode there.
• So we abode in the valley over against Beth-peor.
• Gilead abode beyond the Jordan; and Dan, why doth he sojourn by the ships?

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «abode» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.