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to indwell

to indwell

1 9.9
To be present inside someone or something like a feeling that affects them
  • verb
  • /ɪnˈdwɛl/
  • Literature
translation icon : habitar
  • I have accepted Jesus Christ as my Lord and have allowed the Holy Spirit to indwell in me....

Nothing has a spirit that is grounded within itself and indwells it, but each has its being in something outside of it and alien to it.

Examples

  • The Spirit of the living God indwells within us and goes with us.

    Blog text (24)
  • As we affirm our depravity and the remnant of indwelling sin, we can start to think that we can obey God.

    Blog text (24)
  • Nothing has a spirit that is grounded within itself and indwells it, but each has its being in something outside of it and alien to it.

  • The good and the just, the true and the omnipotent had to be indwelling somewhere.

    Fiction book (1998)
  • As Congar's theology of the Holy Spirit expresses so well, the Spirit of Christ actively indwells all of the faithful.

    Academic text (2001)
  • Whether manifesting herself as a living, breathing organism like a dove, or an inanimate lifeform such as wind or fire, the Spirit indwells nature as its interanimating force in order to lead all creation into a peaceable relationship with itself.

    Academic text (2000)
  • In this essay, I have proposed that one of the most compelling Christian responses to the threat of ecocide lies in a recovery of the Holy Spirit as God's power of life-giving breath (ruah) who indwells and sustains all life forms.

    Academic text (2000)
  • From the perspective of Congar's theology, however, we must also recognize the truth underlying the position of the proponents of ecclesial "democracy" even as we give this a more pneumatological expression: the Holy Spirit indwells all of the faithful, and this personal indwelling has important implications for the life, structure, and mission of the Church.

    Academic text (2001)
  • The Spirit of God indwells the believer and accomplishes a spiritual work within us.

  • The God we worship is a community of mutually indwelling love.

Antonyms

176 1.3

To leave a place to start a journey

129 1.0

The act of leaving a place or situation

How Present

to saturate
55 5.2
to pervade
22 6.7
to indwell
  • Literature
1 9.9
to reside
91 3.0

Surface Forms

indwell infinitive
indwelled past
indwelled past participle
indwelling present participle
indwells third person singular

Morphology

indwell = dwell (transparent) = in + dwell

The meaning is a straightforward extension of 'dwell' with the locative prefix 'in-', meaning 'dwell within'.

Etymology

The word indwell is made from in- meaning 'in' and dwell meaning 'to live' or 'stay', like dwelling, which means 'home'. So to indwell is to 'live inside' something, which is why we talk about a spirit, energy, or feeling that exists within a person or thing.