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

An abode is a home or place where someone lives. tree →
«Take up one's abode» means to go and live somewhere for a long time. tree →

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 →
They took up their abode in the forest. tree →
The goose let the travellers stay in her abode for the night. tree →
This humble abode is my home. tree →

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 →
From Kibroth-hattaavah the people journeyed unto Hazeroth; and they abode at Hazeroth. (Torah NUM.11.35, JPS 1917) tree →
So ye abode in Kadesh many days, according unto the days that ye abode there. (Torah DEU.1.46, JPS 1917) tree →
And we came to Jerusalem, and abode there three days. (Writings EZR.8.32, JPS 1917) tree →
Gilead abode beyond the Jordan; and Dan, why doth he sojourn by the ships? (Prophets JDG.5.17, JPS 1917) tree →
Zadok therefore and Abiathar carried the ark of God back to Jerusalem; and they abode there. (Prophets 2SA.15.29, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

nothing for maths

Early Modern English

Meaning

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

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 →
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 →

Note

Today: stayed; lived.

On Mova

Trees and pragmatics of «abode» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
«abode» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
Trees and pragmatics of «abode» in the Judaism dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
«abode» in the Judaism dictionary on Mova free.
Trees and pragmatics of «abode» in the Early Modern English dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
«abode» in the Early Modern English dictionary on Mova free.

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