Lodge

LODGE loj (lin; kataskenoo, etc.):

To stay or dwell, temporarily, as for the night (Genesis 32:13,21; Numbers 22:8; Joshua 2:1 the King James Version; Joshua 4:3; Luke 13:19; Matthew 21:17, aulizomai), or permanently (Ruth 1:16). In Isaiah 1:8, "a lodge (melunah) in a garden of cucumbers," the meaning is "hut," "cottage." "Evil thoughts" are said to "lodge" in the wicked (Jeremiah 4:14).

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Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'LODGE'".  "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia".  1915.