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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/A/abode/#m1)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/A/abode/#x1)
- And so they abode with the goose all night. (Grimm's Fairy Stories) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/A/abode/#x2)
- From Kibroth-hattaavah the people journeyed unto Hazeroth; and they abode at Hazeroth. (Torah NUM.11.35, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/A/abode/#x3)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.470/)
- [And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit harlotry with the daughters of Moab.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.894/)
- [So ye abode in Kadesh many days, according unto the days that ye abode there.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.45/)
- [So we abode in the valley over against Beth-peor.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.112/)
- [Gilead abode beyond the Jordan; and Dan, why doth he sojourn by the ships?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JDG.139/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «abode» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/A/abode/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.