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. Esther 1:2 כְּשֶׁ֣בֶת׀ ke.She.vet · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

   that in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the palace,

2. Esther 1:14 הַיֹּשְׁבִ֥ים hai.yo.she.Vim · An -ing word: simple action

   and the next unto him were Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media, who saw the king's face, and sat first in the kingdom),

3. Esther 2:19 יֹשֵׁ֥ב yo.Shev · An -ing word: simple action

   And when the virgins were gathered together the second time, then Mordecai was sitting in the king's gate.

4. Esther 2:21 יֹשֵׁ֣ב yo.Shev · An -ing word: simple action

   In those days, while Mordecai was sitting in the king's gate, two of the king's chamberlains, Bigthan and Teresh, of those that kept the threshold, were wroth, and sought to lay hands on the king Ahasuerus.

5. Esther 3:15 יָשְׁב֣וּ ya.she.Vu · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by them

   The posts went forth in haste by the king's commandment, and the decree was given out in Shushan the palace. And the king and Haman sat down to drink; but the city of Shushan was perplexed.

6. Esther 5:1 יוֹשֵׁ֞ב yo.Shev · An -ing word: simple action

   Now it came to pass on the third day, that Esther put on her royal apparel, and stood in the inner court of the king's house, over against the king's house: and the king sat upon his royal throne in the royal house, over against the entrance of the house.

7. Esther 5:13 יוֹשֵׁ֖ב yo.Shev · An -ing word: simple action

   Yet all this availeth me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king's gate.

8. Esther 6:10 הַיּוֹשֵׁ֖ב hai.yo.Shev · An -ing word: simple action

   Then the king said to Haman, Make haste, and take the apparel and the horse, as thou hast said, and do even so to Mordecai the Jew, that sitteth at the king's gate: let nothing fail of all that thou hast spoken.

9. Esther 9:19 הַיֹּשְׁבִים֮ hai.yo.she.Vim · An -ing word: simple action

   Therefore do the Jews of the villages, that dwell in the unwalled towns, make the fourteenth day of the month Adar a day of gladness and feasting, and a good day, and of sending portions one to another.

American Standard Version (1901). Public domain.