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. Isaiah 22:21 לְיוֹשֵׁ֥ב le.yo.Shev · An -ing word: simple action

    and I will clothe him with thy robe, and strengthen him with thy girdle, and I will commit thy government into his hand; and he shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to the house of Judah.

  2. Isaiah 23:2 יֹ֣שְׁבֵי Yo.she.vei · An -ing word: simple action

    Be still, ye inhabitants of the coast, thou whom the merchants of Sidon, that pass over the sea, have replenished.

  3. Isaiah 23:6 יֹ֥שְׁבֵי Yo.she.vei · An -ing word: simple action

    Pass ye over to Tarshish; wail, ye inhabitants of the coast.

  4. Isaiah 23:18 לַיֹּשְׁבִ֞ים lai.yo.she.Vim · An -ing word: simple action

    And her merchandise and her hire shall be holiness to Jehovah: it shall not be treasured nor laid up; for her merchandise shall be for them that dwell before Jehovah, to eat sufficiently, and for durable clothing.

  5. Isaiah 24:1 יֹשְׁבֶֽיהָ׃ yo.she.Vei.ha · An -ing word: simple action

    Behold, Jehovah maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof.

  6. Isaiah 24:5 יֹשְׁבֶ֑יהָ yo.she.Vei.ha · An -ing word: simple action

    The earth also is polluted under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, violated the statutes, broken the everlasting covenant.

  7. Isaiah 24:6 יֹ֣שְׁבֵי Yo.she.vei · An -ing word: simple action

    Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth, and they that dwell therein are found guilty: therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left.

  8. Isaiah 24:6 יֹ֣שְׁבֵי Yo.she.vei · An -ing word: simple action

    Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth, and they that dwell therein are found guilty: therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left.

  9. Isaiah 24:17 יוֹשֵׁ֥ב yo.Shev · An -ing word: simple action

    Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are upon thee, O inhabitant of the earth.

  10. Isaiah 26:5 יֹשְׁבֵ֣י yo.she.Vei · An -ing word: simple action

    For he hath brought down them that dwell on high, the lofty city: he layeth it low, he layeth it low even to the ground; he bringeth it even to the dust.

  11. Isaiah 26:9 יֹשְׁבֵ֥י yo.she.Vei · An -ing word: simple action

    With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee earnestly: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.

  12. Isaiah 26:18 יֹשְׁבֵ֥י yo.she.Vei · An -ing word: simple action

    We have been with child, we have been in pain, we have as it were brought forth wind; we have not wrought any deliverance in the earth; neither have the inhabitants of the world fallen.

  13. Isaiah 26:21 יֹֽשֵׁב־ yo.shev- · An -ing word: simple action

    For, behold, Jehovah cometh forth out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.

  14. Isaiah 28:6 לַיּוֹשֵׁב֙ lai.yo.Shev · An -ing word: simple action

    and a spirit of justice to him that sitteth in judgment, and strength to them that turn back the battle at the gate.

  15. Isaiah 30:19 יֵשֵׁ֖ב ye.Shev · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem; thou shalt weep no more; he will surely be gracious unto thee at the voice of thy cry; when he shall hear, he will answer thee.

  16. Isaiah 32:16 תֵּשֵֽׁב׃ te.Shev · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    Then justice shall dwell in the wilderness; and righteousness shall abide in the fruitful field.

  17. Isaiah 32:18 וְיָשַׁ֥ב ve.ya.Shav · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by him, her or it

    And my people shall abide in a peaceable habitation, and in safe dwellings, and in quiet resting-places.

  18. Isaiah 33:24 הַיֹּשֵׁ֥ב hai.yo.Shev · An -ing word: simple action

    And the inhabitant shall not say, I am sick: the people that dwell therein shall be forgiven their iniquity.

  19. Isaiah 36:12 הַיֹּֽשְׁבִים֙ hai.yo.she.Vim · An -ing word: simple action

    But Rabshakeh said, Hath my master sent me to thy master, and to thee, to speak these words? hath he not sent me to the men that sit upon the wall, to eat their own dung, and to drink their own water with you?

  20. Isaiah 37:16 יֹשֵׁ֣ב yo.Shev · An -ing word: simple action

    O Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, that sittest above the cherubim, thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; thou hast made heaven and earth.

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