יָשַׁב

Word meanings

Strong's dictionary

a primitive root; properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry; (make to) abide(-ing), continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-ing), ease self, endure, establish, [idiom] fail, habitation, haunt, (make to) inhabit(-ant), make to keep (house), lurking, [idiom] marry(-ing), (bring again to) place, remain, return, seat, set(-tle), (down-) sit(-down, still, -ting down, -ting (place) -uate), take, tarry.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (public domain)

Every occurrence

1. Genesis 4:16 וַיֵּ֥שֶׁב vai.Ye.shev · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

   And Cain went out from the presence of Jehovah, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.

2. Genesis 4:20 יֹשֵׁ֥ב yo.Shev · An -ing word: simple action

   And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents and have cattle.

3. Genesis 11:2 וַיֵּ֥שְׁבוּ vai.Ye.she.vu · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by them

   And it came to pass, as they journeyed east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.

4. Genesis 11:31 וַיֵּ֥שְׁבוּ vai.Ye.she.vu · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by them

   And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran, his son's son, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram's wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there.

5. Genesis 13:6 לָשֶׁ֣בֶת la.She.vet · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

   And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell together: for their substance was great, so that they could not dwell together.

6. Genesis 13:6 לָשֶׁ֥בֶת la.She.vet · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

   And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell together: for their substance was great, so that they could not dwell together.

7. Genesis 13:7 יֹשֵׁ֥ב yo.Shev · An -ing word: simple action

   And there was a strife between the herdsmen of Abram's cattle and the herdsmen of Lot's cattle: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelt then in the land.

8. Genesis 13:12 יָשַׁ֣ב ya.Shav · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

   Abram dwelt in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelt in the cities of the Plain, and moved his tent as far as Sodom.

9. Genesis 13:12 יָשַׁב֙ ya.Shav · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

   Abram dwelt in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelt in the cities of the Plain, and moved his tent as far as Sodom.

10. Genesis 13:18 וַיֵּ֛שֶׁב vai.Ye.shev · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And Abram moved his tent, and came and dwelt by the oaks of Mamre, which are in Hebron, and built there an altar unto Jehovah.

11. Genesis 14:7 הַיֹּשֵׁ֖ב hai.yo.Shev · An -ing word: simple action

    And they returned, and came to En-mishpat (the same is Kadesh), and smote all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that dwelt in Hazazon-tamar.

12. Genesis 14:12 יֹשֵׁ֖ב yo.Shev · An -ing word: simple action

    And they took Lot, Abram's brother's son, who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and departed.

13. Genesis 16:3 לְשֶׁ֥בֶת le.She.vet · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    And Sarai, Abram's wife, took Hagar the Egyptian, her handmaid, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to Abram her husband to be his wife.

14. Genesis 18:1 יֹשֵׁ֥ב yo.Shev · An -ing word: simple action

    And Jehovah appeared unto him by the oaks of Mamre, as he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day;

15. Genesis 19:1 יֹשֵׁ֣ב yo.Shev · An -ing word: simple action

    And the two angels came to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot saw them, and rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face to the earth;

16. Genesis 19:25 יֹשְׁבֵ֣י yo.she.Vei · An -ing word: simple action

    and he overthrew those cities, and all the Plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.

17. Genesis 19:29 יָשַׁ֥ב ya.Shav · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the Plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in which Lot dwelt.

18. Genesis 19:30 וַיֵּ֣שֶׁב vai.Ye.shev · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain, and his two daughters with him; for he feared to dwell in Zoar: and he dwelt in a cave, he and his two daughters.

19. Genesis 19:30 לָשֶׁ֣בֶת la.She.vet · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain, and his two daughters with him; for he feared to dwell in Zoar: and he dwelt in a cave, he and his two daughters.

20. Genesis 19:30 וַיֵּ֙שֶׁב֙ vai.Ye.shev · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain, and his two daughters with him; for he feared to dwell in Zoar: and he dwelt in a cave, he and his two daughters.

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