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. Exodus 2:15 וַיֵּ֥שֶׁב vai.Ye.shev · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

   Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian: and he sat down by a well.

2. Exodus 2:15 וַיֵּ֥שֶׁב vai.Ye.shev · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

   Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian: and he sat down by a well.

3. Exodus 2:21 לָשֶׁ֣בֶת la.She.vet · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

   And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter.

4. Exodus 11:5 הַיֹּשֵׁ֣ב hai.yo.Shev · An -ing word: simple action

   and all the first-born in the land of Egypt shall die, from the first-born of Pharaoh that sitteth upon his throne, even unto the first-born of the maid-servant that is behind the mill; and all the first-born of cattle.

5. Exodus 12:29 הַיֹּשֵׁ֣ב hai.yo.Shev · An -ing word: simple action

   And it came to pass at midnight, that Jehovah smote all the first-born in the land of Egypt, from the first-born of Pharaoh that sat on his throne unto the first-born of the captive that was in the dungeon; and all the first-born of cattle.

6. Exodus 12:40 יָשְׁב֖וּ ya.she.Vu · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by them

   Now the time that the children of Israel dwelt in Egypt was four hundred and thirty years.

7. Exodus 15:14 יֹשְׁבֵ֖י yo.she.Vei · An -ing word: simple action

   The peoples have heard, they tremble: Pangs have taken hold on the inhabitants of Philistia.

8. Exodus 15:15 יֹשְׁבֵ֥י yo.she.Vei · An -ing word: simple action

   Then were the chiefs of Edom dismayed; The mighty men of Moab, trembling taketh hold upon them: All the inhabitants of Canaan are melted away.

9. Exodus 15:17 לְשִׁבְתְּךָ֛ le.shiv.te.Kha · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

   Thou wilt bring them in, and plant them in the mountain of thine inheritance, The place, O Jehovah, which thou hast made for thee to dwell in, The sanctuary, O Lord, which thy hands have established.

10. Exodus 16:3 בְּשִׁבְתֵּ֙נוּ֙ be.shiv.Te.nu · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    and the children of Israel said unto them, Would that we had died by the hand of Jehovah in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh-pots, when we did eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger.

11. Exodus 16:29 שְׁב֣וּ׀ she.Vu · A command to all of you: simple action

    See, for that Jehovah hath given you the sabbath, therefore he giveth you on the sixth day the bread of two days; abide ye every man in his place, let no man go out of his place on the seventh day.

12. Exodus 16:35 נוֹשָׁ֑בֶת no.Sha.vet · An -ing word: receiving the action

    And the children of Israel did eat the manna forty years, until they came to a land inhabited; they did eat the manna, until they came unto the borders of the land of Canaan.

13. Exodus 17:12 וַיֵּ֣שֶׁב vai.Ye.shev · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    But Moses' hands were heavy; and they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat thereon; and Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side; And his hands were steady until the going down of the sun.

14. Exodus 18:13 וַיֵּ֥שֶׁב vai.Ye.shev · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses sat to judge the people: and the people stood about Moses from the morning unto the evening.

15. Exodus 18:14 יוֹשֵׁב֙ yo.Shev · An -ing word: simple action

    And when Moses' father-in-law saw all that he did to the people, he said, What is this thing that thou doest to the people? why sittest thou thyself alone, and all the people stand about thee from morning unto even?

16. Exodus 23:31 יֹשְׁבֵ֣י yo.she.Vei · An -ing word: simple action

    And I will set thy border from the Red Sea even unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the wilderness unto the River: for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand; and thou shalt drive them out before thee.

17. Exodus 23:33 יֵשְׁבוּ֙ ye.she.Vu · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by them

    They shall not dwell in thy land, lest they make thee sin against me; for if thou serve their gods, it will surely be a snare unto thee.

18. Exodus 24:14 שְׁבוּ־ she.vu- · A command to all of you: simple action

    And he said unto the elders, Tarry ye here for us, until we come again unto you: and, behold, Aaron and Hur are with you; whosoever hath a cause, let him come near unto them.

19. Exodus 32:6 וַיֵּ֤שֶׁב vai.Ye.shev · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And they rose up early on the morrow, and offered burnt-offerings, and brought peace-offerings; and the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play.

20. Exodus 34:12 לְיוֹשֵׁ֣ב le.yo.Shev · An -ing word: simple action

    Take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land whither thou goest, lest it be for a snare in the midst of thee:

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