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. 2 Chronicles 2:3 לָשֶׁ֥בֶת la.She.vet · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    And Solomon sent to Huram the king of Tyre, saying, As thou didst deal with David my father, and didst send him cedars to build him a house to dwell therein, even so deal with me.

  2. 2 Chronicles 6:2 לְשִׁבְתְּךָ֖ le.shiv.te.Kha · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

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

  3. 2 Chronicles 6:10 וָאֵשֵׁ֣ב׀ va.'e.Shev · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by me

    And Jehovah hath performed his word that he spake; for I am risen up in the room of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as Jehovah promised, and have built the house for the name of Jehovah, the God of Israel.

  4. 2 Chronicles 6:16 יוֹשֵׁ֖ב yo.Shev · An -ing word: simple action

    Now therefore, O Jehovah, the God of Israel, keep with thy servant David my father that which thou hast promised him, saying, There shall not fail thee a man in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel, if only thy children take heed to their way, to walk in my law as thou hast walked before me.

  5. 2 Chronicles 6:18 יֵשֵׁ֧ב ye.Shev · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    But will God in very deed dwell with men on the earth? behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house which I have builded!

  6. 2 Chronicles 6:21 שִׁבְתְּךָ֙ shiv.te.Kha · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    And hearken thou to the supplications of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, when they shall pray toward this place: yea, hear thou from thy dwelling-place, even from heaven; and when thou hearest forgive.

  7. 2 Chronicles 6:30 שִׁבְתֶּ֙ךָ֙ shiv.Te.kha · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    then hear thou from heaven thy dwelling-place and forgive, and render unto every man according to all his ways, whose heart thou knowest; (for thou, even thou only, knowest the hearts of the children of men;)

  8. 2 Chronicles 6:33 שִׁבְתֶּ֔ךָ shiv.Te.kha · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    then hear thou from heaven, even from thy dwelling-place, and do according to all that the foreigner calleth to thee for; that all the peoples of the earth may know thy name, and fear thee, as doth thy people Israel, and that they may know that this house which I have built is called by thy name.

  9. 2 Chronicles 6:39 שִׁבְתְּךָ֗ shiv.te.Kha · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    then hear thou from heaven, even from thy dwelling-place, their prayer and their supplications, and maintain their cause, and forgive thy people who have sinned against thee.

  10. 2 Chronicles 8:2 וַיּ֥וֹשֶׁב vai.Yo.o.shev · An action: causing it, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    that the cities which Huram had given to Solomon, Solomon built them, and caused the children of Israel to dwell there.

  11. 2 Chronicles 8:11 תֵשֵׁ֨ב te.Shev · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    And Solomon brought up the daughter of Pharaoh out of the city of David unto the house that he had built for her; for he said, My wife shall not dwell in the house of David king of Israel, because the places are holy, whereunto the ark of Jehovah hath come.

  12. 2 Chronicles 10:17 הַיֹּֽשְׁבִ֖ים hai.yo.she.Vim · An -ing word: simple action

    But as for the children of Israel that dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.

  13. 2 Chronicles 11:5 וַיֵּ֥שֶׁב vai.Ye.shev · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And Rehoboam dwelt in Jerusalem, and built cities for defence in Judah.

  14. 2 Chronicles 15:5 יוֹשְׁבֵ֖י yo.she.Vei · An -ing word: simple action

    And in those times there was no peace to him that went out, nor to him that came in; but great vexations were upon all the inhabitants of the lands.

  15. 2 Chronicles 16:2 הַיּוֹשֵׁ֥ב hai.yo.Shev · An -ing word: simple action

    Then Asa brought out silver and gold out of the treasures of the house of Jehovah and of the king's house, and sent to Ben-hadad king of Syria, that dwelt at Damascus, saying,

  16. 2 Chronicles 18:9 יוֹשְׁבִים֩ yo.she.Vim · An -ing word: simple action

    Now the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah sat each on his throne, arrayed in their robes, and they were sitting in an open place at the entrance of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets were prophesying before them.

  17. 2 Chronicles 18:9 וְיֹשְׁבִ֣ים ve.yo.she.Vim · An -ing word: simple action

    Now the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah sat each on his throne, arrayed in their robes, and they were sitting in an open place at the entrance of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets were prophesying before them.

  18. 2 Chronicles 18:18 יוֹשֵׁ֣ב yo.Shev · An -ing word: simple action

    And Micaiah said, Therefore hear ye the word of Jehovah: I saw Jehovah sitting upon his throne, and all the host of heaven standing on his right hand and on his left.

  19. 2 Chronicles 19:4 וַיֵּ֥שֶׁב vai.Ye.shev · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And Jehoshaphat dwelt at Jerusalem: and he went out again among the people from Beer-sheba to the hill-country of Ephraim, and brought them back unto Jehovah, the God of their fathers.

  20. 2 Chronicles 19:10 הַיֹּשְׁבִ֣ים hai.yo.she.Vim · An -ing word: simple action

    And whensoever any controversy shall come to you from your brethren that dwell in their cities, between blood and blood, between law and commandment, statutes and ordinances, ye shall warn them, that they be not guilty towards Jehovah, and so wrath come upon you and upon your brethren: this do, and ye shall not be guilty.

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