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 20:7 יֹשְׁבֵי֙ yo.she.Vei · An -ing word: simple action

    Didst not thou, O our God, drive out the inhabitants of this land before thy people Israel, and give it to the seed of Abraham thy friend for ever?

  2. 2 Chronicles 20:8 וַיֵּשְׁב֖וּ־ vai.ye.she.Vu- · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by them

    And they dwelt therein, and have built thee a sanctuary therein for thy name, saying,

  3. 2 Chronicles 20:15 וְיֹשְׁבֵ֣י ve.yo.she.Vei · An -ing word: simple action

    and he said, Hearken ye, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, and thou king Jehoshaphat: Thus saith Jehovah unto you, Fear not ye, neither be dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle is not yours, but God's.

  4. 2 Chronicles 20:18 וְיֹשְׁבֵ֣י ve.yo.she.Vei · An -ing word: simple action

    And Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground; and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell down before Jehovah, worshipping Jehovah.

  5. 2 Chronicles 20:20 וְיֹשְׁבֵ֣י ve.yo.she.Vei · An -ing word: simple action

    And they rose early in the morning, and went forth into the wilderness of Tekoa: and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, O Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem: believe in Jehovah your God, so shall ye be established; believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper.

  6. 2 Chronicles 20:23 יֹשְׁבֵ֥י yo.she.Vei · An -ing word: simple action

    For the children of Ammon and Moab stood up against the inhabitants of mount Seir, utterly to slay and destroy them: and when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, every one helped to destroy another.

  7. 2 Chronicles 20:23 בְּיוֹשְׁבֵ֣י be.yo.she.Vei · An -ing word: simple action

    For the children of Ammon and Moab stood up against the inhabitants of mount Seir, utterly to slay and destroy them: and when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, every one helped to destroy another.

  8. 2 Chronicles 21:11 יֹשְׁבֵ֣י yo.she.Vei · An -ing word: simple action

    Moreover he made high places in the mountains of Judah, and made the inhabitants of Jerusalem to play the harlot, and led Judah astray.

  9. 2 Chronicles 21:13 יֹשְׁבֵ֣י yo.she.Vei · An -ing word: simple action

    but hast walked in the way of the kings of Israel, and hast made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to play the harlot, like as the house of Ahab did, and also hast slain thy brethren of thy father's house, who were better than thyself:

  10. 2 Chronicles 22:1 יוֹשְׁבֵ֨י yo.she.Vei · An -ing word: simple action

    And the inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ahaziah his youngest son king in his stead; for the band of men that came with the Arabians to the camp had slain all the eldest. So Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah reigned.

  11. 2 Chronicles 23:20 וַיּוֹשִׁ֙יבוּ֙ vai.yo.Shi.vu · An action: causing it, and then it happened, done by them

    And he took the captains of hundreds, and the nobles, and the governors of the people, and all the people of the land, and brought down the king from the house of Jehovah: and they came through the upper gate unto the king's house, and set the king upon the throne of the kingdom.

  12. 2 Chronicles 25:19 שְׁבָ֣ה she.Vah · A command to you: simple action

    Thou sayest, Lo, thou hast smitten Edom; and thy heart lifteth thee up to boast: abide now at home; why shouldest thou meddle to thy hurt, that thou shouldest fall, even thou, and Judah with thee?

  13. 2 Chronicles 26:7 הַיֹּשְׁבִ֥ים hai.yo.she.Vim · An -ing word: simple action

    And God helped him against the Philistines, and against the Arabians that dwelt in Gur-baal, and the Meunim.

  14. 2 Chronicles 26:21 וַיֵּ֜שֶׁב vai.Ye.shev · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And Uzziah the king was a leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt in a separate house, being a leper; for he was cut off from the house of Jehovah: and Jotham his son was over the king's house, judging the people of the land.

  15. 2 Chronicles 28:18 וַיֵּשְׁב֖וּ vai.ye.she.Vu · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by them

    The Philistines also had invaded the cities of the lowland, and of the South of Judah, and had taken Beth-shemesh, and Aijalon, and Gederoth, and Soco with the towns thereof, and Timnah with the towns thereof, Gimzo also and the towns thereof: and they dwelt there.

  16. 2 Chronicles 30:25 וְהַיּוֹשְׁבִ֖ים ve.hai.yo.she.Vim · An -ing word: simple action

    And all the assembly of Judah, with the priests and the Levites, and all the assembly that came out of Israel, and the sojourners that came out of the land of Israel, and that dwelt in Judah, rejoiced.

  17. 2 Chronicles 31:4 לְיוֹשְׁבֵ֣י le.yo.she.Vei · An -ing word: simple action

    Moreover he commanded the people that dwelt in Jerusalem to give the portion of the priests and the Levites, that they might give themselves to the law of Jehovah.

  18. 2 Chronicles 31:6 הַיּֽוֹשְׁבִים֮ hai.yo.she.Vim · An -ing word: simple action

    And the children of Israel and Judah, that dwelt in the cities of Judah, they also brought in the tithe of oxen and sheep, and the tithe of dedicated things which were consecrated unto Jehovah their God, and laid them by heaps.

  19. 2 Chronicles 32:10 וְיֹשְׁבִ֥ים ve.yo.she.Vim · An -ing word: simple action

    Thus saith Sennacherib king of Assyria, Whereon do ye trust, that ye abide the siege in Jerusalem?

  20. 2 Chronicles 32:22 יֹשְׁבֵ֣י yo.she.Vei · An -ing word: simple action

    Thus Jehovah saved Hezekiah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem from the hand of Sennacherib the king of Assyria, and from the hand of all others, and guided them on every side.

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