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. 1 Samuel 1:9 יֹשֵׁב֙ yo.Shev · An -ing word: simple action

   So Hannah rose up after they had eaten in Shiloh, and after they had drunk. Now Eli the priest was sitting upon his seat by the door-post of the temple of Jehovah.

2. 1 Samuel 1:22 וְיָ֥שַׁב ve.Ya.shav · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by him, her or it

   But Hannah went not up; for she said unto her husband, I will not go up until the child be weaned; and then I will bring him, that he may appear before Jehovah, and there abide for ever.

3. 1 Samuel 1:23 שְׁבִי֙ she.Vi · A command to you: simple action

   And Elkanah her husband said unto her, Do what seemeth thee good; tarry until thou have weaned him; only Jehovah establish his word. So the woman tarried and gave her son suck, until she weaned him.

4. 1 Samuel 1:23 וַתֵּ֤שֶׁב va.Te.shev · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

   And Elkanah her husband said unto her, Do what seemeth thee good; tarry until thou have weaned him; only Jehovah establish his word. So the woman tarried and gave her son suck, until she weaned him.

5. 1 Samuel 2:8 לְהוֹשִׁיב֙ le.ho.Shiv · The “to do” form of an action: causing it

   He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, He lifteth up the needy from the dunghill, To make them sit with princes, And inherit the throne of glory: For the pillars of the earth are Jehovah's, And he hath set the world upon them.

6. 1 Samuel 4:4 יֹשֵׁ֣ב yo.Shev · An -ing word: simple action

   So the people sent to Shiloh; and they brought from thence the ark of the covenant of Jehovah of hosts, who sitteth above the cherubim: and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God.

7. 1 Samuel 4:13 יֹשֵׁ֨ב yo.Shev · An -ing word: simple action

   And when he came, lo, Eli was sitting upon his seat by the wayside watching; for his heart trembled for the ark of God. And when the man came into the city, and told it, all the city cried out.

8. 1 Samuel 5:7 יֵשֵׁ֞ב ye.Shev · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

   And when the men of Ashdod saw that it was so, they said, The ark of the God of Israel shall not abide with us; for his hand is sore upon us, and upon Dagon our god.

9. 1 Samuel 6:21 יוֹשְׁבֵ֥י yo.she.Vei · An -ing word: simple action

   And they sent messengers to the inhabitants of Kiriath-jearim, saying, The Philistines have brought back the ark of Jehovah; come ye down, and fetch it up to you.

10. 1 Samuel 7:2 שֶׁ֤בֶת She.vet · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    And it came to pass, from the day that the ark abode in Kiriath-jearim, that the time was long; for it was twenty years: and all the house of Israel lamented after Jehovah.

11. 1 Samuel 12:8 וַיֹּשִׁב֖וּם vai.yo.shi.Vum · An action: causing it, and then it happened, done by them

    When Jacob was come into Egypt, and your fathers cried unto Jehovah, then Jehovah sent Moses and Aaron, who brought forth your fathers out of Egypt, and made them to dwell in this place.

12. 1 Samuel 12:11 וַתֵּשְׁב֖וּ va.te.she.Vu · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by all of you

    And Jehovah sent Jerubbaal, and Bedan, and Jephthah, and Samuel, and delivered you out of the hand of your enemies on every side; and ye dwelt in safety.

13. 1 Samuel 13:16 יֹשְׁבִ֖ים yo.she.Vim · An -ing word: simple action

    And Saul, and Jonathan his son, and the people that were present with them, abode in Geba of Benjamin: but the Philistines encamped in Michmash.

14. 1 Samuel 14:2 יוֹשֵׁב֙ yo.Shev · An -ing word: simple action

    And Saul abode in the uttermost part of Gibeah under the pomegranate-tree which is in Migron: and the people that were with him were about six hundred men;

15. 1 Samuel 19:2 וְיָשַׁבְתָּ֥ ve.ya.shav.Ta · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by you

    And Jonathan told David, saying, Saul my father seeketh to slay thee: now therefore, I pray thee, take heed to thyself in the morning, and abide in a secret place, and hide thyself:

16. 1 Samuel 19:9 יוֹשֵׁ֔ב yo.Shev · An -ing word: simple action

    And an evil spirit from Jehovah was upon Saul, as he sat in his house with his spear in his hand; and David was playing with his hand.

17. 1 Samuel 19:18 וַיֵּשְׁב֖וּ vai.ye.she.Vu · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by them

    Now David fled, and escaped, and came to Samuel to Ramah, and told him all that Saul had done to him. And he and Samuel went and dwelt in Naioth.

18. 1 Samuel 20:5 יָשֹׁב־ ya.shov- · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    And David said unto Jonathan, Behold, to-morrow is the new moon, and I should not fail to sit with the king at meat: but let me go, that I may hide myself in the field unto the third day at even.

19. 1 Samuel 20:5 אֵשֵׁ֥ב 'e.Shev · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by me

    And David said unto Jonathan, Behold, to-morrow is the new moon, and I should not fail to sit with the king at meat: but let me go, that I may hide myself in the field unto the third day at even.

20. 1 Samuel 20:19 וְיָ֣שַׁבְתָּ֔ ve.Ya.shav.ta · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by you

    And when thou hast stayed three days, thou shalt go down quickly, and come to the place where thou didst hide thyself when the business was in hand, and shalt remain by the stone Ezel.

American Standard Version (1901). Public domain.