hoÌ‚nt, hant: The verb in Old English was simply “to resort to,†“frequentâ€; a place of dwelling or of business was a haunt. The noun occurs in as the translation of reghel, “foot,†“See his place where his haunt is,†the Revised Version margin, “Hebrew 'foot'â€; the verb is the translation of yaÌ„shabh, “to sit down,†“to dwell†(, “on all that haunt it,†the Revised Version (British and American) “dwelt there,†margin “inhabited herâ€), and of haÌ„lakh, “to go,â€' or “live†(, “all the places where David himself and his men were wont to hauntâ€).