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. Amos 1:5 יוֹשֵׁב֙ yo.Shev · An -ing word: simple action

   And I will break the bar of Damascus, and cut off the inhabitant from the valley of Aven, and him that holdeth the sceptre from the house of Eden; and the people of Syria shall go into captivity unto Kir, saith Jehovah.

2. Amos 1:8 יוֹשֵׁב֙ yo.Shev · An -ing word: simple action

   And I will cut off the inhabitant from Ashdod, and him that holdeth the sceptre from Ashkelon; and I will turn my hand against Ekron; and the remnant of the Philistines shall perish, saith the Lord Jehovah.

3. Amos 3:12 הַיֹּֽשְׁבִים֙ hai.yo.she.Vim · An -ing word: simple action

   Thus saith Jehovah: As the shepherd rescueth out of the mouth of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear, so shall the children of Israel be rescued that sit in Samaria in the corner of a couch, and on the silken cushions of a bed.

4. Amos 5:11 תֵ֣שְׁבוּ Te.she.vu · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by all of you

   Forasmuch therefore as ye trample upon the poor, and take exactions from him of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink the wine thereof.

5. Amos 8:8 יוֹשֵׁ֣ב yo.Shev · An -ing word: simple action

   Shall not the land tremble for this, and every one mourn that dwelleth therein? yea, it shall rise up wholly like the River; and it shall be troubled and sink again, like the River of Egypt.

6. Amos 9:5 י֣וֹשְׁבֵי Yo.o.she.vei · An -ing word: simple action

   For the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, is he that toucheth the land and it melteth, and all that dwell therein shall mourn; and it shall rise up wholly like the River, and shall sink again, like the River of Egypt;

7. Amos 9:14 וְיָשָׁ֔בוּ ve.ya.Sha.vu · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by them

   And I will bring back the captivity of my people Israel, and they shall build the waste cities, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and drink the wine thereof; they shall also make gardens, and eat the fruit of them.

American Standard Version (1901). Public domain.