יָשַׁב

ya.shav · to dwell

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

English

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 Kings 1:13 יֵשֵׁ֣ב ye.Shev · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    Go and get thee in unto king David, and say unto him, Didst not thou, my lord, O king, swear unto thy handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne? why then doth Adonijah reign?

  2. 1 Kings 1:17 יֵשֵׁ֥ב ye.Shev · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    And she said unto him, My lord, thou swarest by Jehovah thy God unto thy handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne.

  3. 1 Kings 1:20 יֵשֵׁ֛ב ye.Shev · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    And thou, my lord the king, the eyes of all Israel are upon thee, that thou shouldest tell them who shall sit on the throne of my lord the king after him.

  4. 1 Kings 1:24 יֵשֵׁ֥ב ye.Shev · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    And Nathan said, My lord, O king, hast thou said, Adonijah shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne?

  5. 1 Kings 1:27 יֵשֵׁ֛ב ye.Shev · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    Is this thing done by my lord the king, and thou hast not showed unto thy servants who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?

  6. 1 Kings 1:30 יֵשֵׁ֥ב ye.Shev · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    verily as I sware unto thee by Jehovah, the God of Israel, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne in my stead; verily so will I do this day.

  7. 1 Kings 1:35 וְיָשַׁ֣ב ve.ya.Shav · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by him, her or it

    Then ye shall come up after him, and he shall come and sit upon my throne; for he shall be king in my stead; and I have appointed him to be prince over Israel and over Judah.

  8. 1 Kings 1:46 יָשַׁ֣ב ya.Shav · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    And also Solomon sitteth on the throne of the kingdom.

  9. 1 Kings 1:48 יֹשֵׁ֥ב yo.Shev · An -ing word: simple action

    And also thus said the king, Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Israel, who hath given one to sit on my throne this day, mine eyes even seeing it.

  10. 1 Kings 2:12 יָשַׁ֕ב ya.Shav · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    And Solomon sat upon the throne of David his father; and his kingdom was established greatly.

  11. 1 Kings 2:19 וַיֵּ֙שֶׁב֙ vai.Ye.shev · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    Bath-sheba therefore went unto king Solomon, to speak unto him for Adonijah. And the king rose up to meet her, and bowed himself unto her, and sat down on his throne, and caused a throne to be set for the king's mother; and she sat on his right hand.

  12. 1 Kings 2:19 וַתֵּ֖שֶׁב va.Te.shev · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    Bath-sheba therefore went unto king Solomon, to speak unto him for Adonijah. And the king rose up to meet her, and bowed himself unto her, and sat down on his throne, and caused a throne to be set for the king's mother; and she sat on his right hand.

  13. 1 Kings 2:24 וַיּֽוֹשִׁיבַ֙נִי֙ vai.yo.shi.vi.ni · An action: causing it, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    Now therefore as Jehovah liveth, who hath established me, and set me on the throne of David my father, and who hath made me a house, as he promised, surely Adonijah shall be put to death this day.

  14. 1 Kings 2:36 וְיָשַׁבְתָּ֖ ve.ya.shav.Ta · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by you

    And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said unto him, Build thee a house in Jerusalem, and dwell there, and go not forth thence any whither.

  15. 1 Kings 2:38 וַיֵּ֧שֶׁב vai.Ye.shev · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And Shimei said unto the king, The saying is good: as my lord the king hath said, so will thy servant do. And Shimei dwelt in Jerusalem many days.

  16. 1 Kings 3:6 יֹשֵׁ֥ב yo.Shev · An -ing word: simple action

    And Solomon said, Thou hast showed unto thy servant David my father great lovingkindness, according as he walked before thee in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with thee; and thou hast kept for him this great lovingkindness, that thou hast given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day.

  17. 1 Kings 3:17 יֹשְׁבֹ֖ת yo.she.Vot · An -ing word: simple action

    And the one woman said, Oh, my lord, I and this woman dwell in one house; and I was delivered of a child with her in the house.

  18. 1 Kings 4:25 וַיֵּשֶׁב֩ vai.ye.Shev · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And Judah and Israel dwelt safely, every man under his vine and under his fig-tree, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, all the days of Solomon.

  19. 1 Kings 7:8 יֵ֨שֶׁב Ye.shev · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    And his house where he was to dwell, the other court within the porch, was of the like work. He made also a house for Pharaoh's daughter (whom Solomon had taken to wife), like unto this porch.

  20. 1 Kings 8:13 לְשִׁבְתְּךָ֖ le.shiv.te.Kha · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    I have surely built thee a house of habitation, a place for thee to dwell in for ever.

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