hab-i-ta'-shun: Properly a place of sojourn or dwelling. The term in the King James Version representing some 16 Hebrew words (moshabh, ma`-on, mishkan, naweh, etc.), and 5 Greek words, is variously changed in certain passages in the Revised Version (British and American), asGe 49:5, "swords";Le 13:46"dwelling";Job 5:24;Jer 25:30b,37, "fold";Ps 89:14;97:2, etc., "foundation";Ps 132:5, "tabernacle";Lu 16:9, "tabernacles," etc. Conversely, "habitation" appears in the Revised Version (British and American) for the King James Version "dwelling place" in2Ch 30:27;Ps 79:7, "house";Ps 83:12;2Co 5:2, "tabernacle,"Ac 7:46, etc.
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James Orr