Dictionary entry

Lodge

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

loj (lin; kataskenoo, etc.): To stay or dwell, temporarily, as for the night (Ge 32:13,21;Nu 22:8;Jos 2:1the King James Version;Jos 4:3;Lu 13:19;Mt 21:17, aulizomai), or permanently (Ru 1:16). InIsa 1:8, "a lodge (melunah) in a garden of cucumbers," the meaning is "hut," "cottage." "Evil thoughts" are said to "lodge" in the wicked (Jer 4:14).