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# abode

noun (plural abodes; old use)

«abode» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition and Early Modern English — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. An abode is a home or place where someone lives. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/abode/#m1)
2. «Take up one's abode» means to go and live somewhere for a long time. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/abode/#m2)

### In the lessons

in fairy tales, where a character lives or settles, such as a cottage, a forest house or a goose's home

### Examples

- The old woman's abode was a small cottage. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/abode/#x1)
- They took up their abode in the forest. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/abode/#x2)
- The goose let the travellers stay in her abode for the night. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/abode/#x3)
- This humble abode is my home. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/abode/#x4)

### Note

nothing for maths

## In Jewish tradition

In the Torah it is mostly the past tense, meaning the people stayed or camped in a place. In the primary lessons: in fairy tales, where a character lives or settles, such as a cottage, a forest house or a goose's home

### Examples

- So we abode in the valley over against Beth-peor. (Torah DEU.3.29, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/abode/#x1)
- From Kibroth-hattaavah the people journeyed unto Hazeroth; and they abode at Hazeroth. (Torah NUM.11.35, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/abode/#x2)
- So ye abode in Kadesh many days, according unto the days that ye abode there. (Torah DEU.1.46, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/abode/#x3)
- And we came to Jerusalem, and abode there three days. (Writings EZR.8.32, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/abode/#x4)
- Gilead abode beyond the Jordan; and Dan, why doth he sojourn by the ships? (Prophets JDG.5.17, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/abode/#x5)
- Zadok therefore and Abiathar carried the ark of God back to Jerusalem; and they abode there. (Prophets 2SA.15.29, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/abode/#x6)

### Note

nothing for maths

## Early Modern English

### Meaning

Stayed or lived in a place for a time. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/A/abode/#m1)

### Then and now

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://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://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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/A/abode/#x3)

### Note

Today: stayed; lived.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «abode» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/abode/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«abode» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/abode.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «abode» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/abode/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«abode» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/abode.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «abode» in the Early Modern English dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/A/abode/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«abode» in the Early Modern English dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/emode/w/abode.html) on Mova free.