יָשַׁב

ya.shav · to dwell

Hebrew · Strong's H3427 · Verb · Sounds like: yaw-shab' · 1,079 occurrences

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)

Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
יָשַׁב 1090 vb. sit, remain, dwell
Qal
1.
a. sit
b. sit, sit down
c. sit down
d. sit = be set (as a jewel)
2.
a. remain, stay, tarry
b. with special emphasis of qualifying phr.
3. dwell, have one’s abode
4. of a land or city, sit, abide, seated in its place, fig. for be inhabited
Niph. be inhabited, of land
Pi. and they shall set their encampments in thee
Hiph.
1. cause to sit
2. cause to abide
3.
a. cause to dwell
b. cause cities to be inhabited
4. marry (prop. give a dwelling to)
Hoph. and ye be made to dwell alone in the midst of the land

Every occurrence

  1. 1 Chronicles 8:32 יָשְׁב֥וּ ya.she.Vu · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by them

    And Mikloth begat Shimeah. And they also dwelt with their brethren in Jerusalem, over against their brethren.

  2. 1 Chronicles 9:2 וְהַיּוֹשְׁבִים֙ ve.hai.yo.she.Vim · An -ing word: simple action

    Now the first inhabitants that dwelt in their possessions in their cities were Israel, the priests, the Levites, and the Nethinim.

  3. 1 Chronicles 9:3 יָשְׁב֔וּ ya.she.Vu · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by them

    And in Jerusalem dwelt of the children of Judah, and of the children of Benjamin, and of the children of Ephraim and Manasseh:

  4. 1 Chronicles 9:16 הַיּוֹשֵׁ֖ב hai.yo.Shev · An -ing word: simple action

    and Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun, and Berechiah the son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, that dwelt in the villages of the Netophathites.

  5. 1 Chronicles 9:34 יָשְׁב֥וּ ya.she.Vu · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by them

    These were heads of fathers' houses of the Levites, throughout their generations, chief men: these dwelt at Jerusalem.

  6. 1 Chronicles 9:35 יָשְׁב֥וּ ya.she.Vu · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by them

    And in Gibeon there dwelt the father of Gibeon, Jeiel, whose wife's name was Maacah:

  7. 1 Chronicles 9:38 יָשְׁב֥וּ ya.she.Vu · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by them

    And Mikloth begat Shimeam. And they also dwelt with their brethren in Jerusalem, over against their brethren.

  8. 1 Chronicles 10:7 וַיֵּשְׁב֖וּ vai.ye.she.Vu · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by them

    And when all the men of Israel that were in the valley saw that they fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook their cities, and fled; and the Philistines came and dwelt in them.

  9. 1 Chronicles 11:4 יֹשְׁבֵ֖י yo.she.Vei · An -ing word: simple action

    And David and all Israel went to Jerusalem (the same is Jebus); and the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land, were there.

  10. 1 Chronicles 11:5 יֹשְׁבֵ֤י yo.she.Vei · An -ing word: simple action

    And the inhabitants of Jebus said to David, Thou shalt not come in hither. Nevertheless David took the stronghold of Zion; the same is the city of David.

  11. 1 Chronicles 11:7 וַיֵּ֥שֶׁב vai.Ye.shev · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And David dwelt in the stronghold; therefore they called it the city of David.

  12. 1 Chronicles 13:6 יוֹשֵׁ֥ב yo.Shev · An -ing word: simple action

    And David went up, and all Israel, to Baalah, that is, to Kiriath-jearim, which belonged to Judah, to bring up from thence the ark of God Jehovah that sitteth above the cherubim, that is called by the Name.

  13. 1 Chronicles 13:14 וַיֵּשֶׁב֩ vai.ye.Shev · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And the ark of God remained with the family of Obed-edom in his house three months: and Jehovah blessed the house of Obed-edom, and all that he had.

  14. 1 Chronicles 17:1 יָשַׁ֥ב ya.Shav · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    And it came to pass, when David dwelt in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, Lo, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of the covenant of Jehovah dwelleth under curtains.

  15. 1 Chronicles 17:1 יוֹשֵׁב֙ yo.Shev · An -ing word: simple action

    And it came to pass, when David dwelt in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, Lo, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of the covenant of Jehovah dwelleth under curtains.

  16. 1 Chronicles 17:4 לָשָֽׁבֶת׃ la.Sha.vet · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith Jehovah, Thou shalt not build me a house to dwell in:

  17. 1 Chronicles 17:5 יָשַׁ֙בְתִּי֙ ya.Shav.ti · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by me

    for I have not dwelt in a house since the day that I brought up Israel, unto this day, but have gone from tent to tent, and from one tabernacle to another.

  18. 1 Chronicles 17:16 וַיֵּ֖שֶׁב vai.Ye.shev · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    Then David the king went in, and sat before Jehovah; and he said, Who am I, O Jehovah God, and what is my house, that thou hast brought me thus far?

  19. 1 Chronicles 19:5 שְׁב֣וּ she.Vu · A command to all of you: simple action

    Then there went certain persons, and told David how the men were served. And he sent to meet them; for the men were greatly ashamed. And the king said, Tarry at Jericho until your beards be grown, and then return.

  20. 1 Chronicles 20:1 יֹשֵׁ֣ב yo.Shev · An -ing word: simple action

    And it came to pass, at the time of the return of the year, at the time when kings go out to battle, that Joab led forth the army, and wasted the country of the children of Ammon, and came and besieged Rabbah. But David tarried at Jerusalem. And Joab smote Rabbah, and overthrew it.

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