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 49:19 מִיּוֹשֵׁ֔ב mi.yo.Shev · An -ing word: simple action

    For, as for thy waste and thy desolate places, and thy land that hath been destroyed, surely now shalt thou be too strait for the inhabitants, and they that swallowed thee up shall be far away.

  2. Isaiah 49:20 וְאֵשֵֽׁבָה׃ ve.'e.She.vah · A wish or plan to act: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by me

    The children of thy bereavement shall yet say in thine ears, The place is too strait for me; give place to me that I may dwell.

  3. Isaiah 51:6 וְיֹשְׁבֶ֖יהָ ve.yo.she.Vei.ha · An -ing word: simple action

    Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth beneath; for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment; and they that dwell therein shall die in like manner: but my salvation shall be for ever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished.

  4. Isaiah 52:2 שְּׁבִ֖י she.Vi · A command to you: simple action

    Shake thyself from the dust; arise, sit on thy throne, O Jerusalem: loose thyself from the bonds of thy neck, O captive daughter of Zion.

  5. Isaiah 54:3 יוֹשִֽׁיבוּ׃ yo.Shi.vu · An action: causing it, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by them

    For thou shalt spread abroad on the right hand and on the left; and thy seed shall possess the nations, and make the desolate cities to be inhabited.

  6. Isaiah 58:12 לָשָֽׁבֶת׃ la.Sha.vet · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    And they that shall be of thee shall build the old waste places; thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations; and thou shalt be called The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in.

  7. Isaiah 65:4 הַיֹּֽשְׁבִים֙ hai.yo.she.Vim · An -ing word: simple action

    that sit among the graves, and lodge in the secret places; that eat swine's flesh, and broth of abominable things is in their vessels;

  8. Isaiah 65:21 וְיָשָׁ֑בוּ ve.ya.Sha.vu · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by them

    And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them.

  9. Isaiah 65:22 יֵשֵׁ֔ב ye.Shev · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat: for as the days of a tree shall be the days of my people, and my chosen shall long enjoy the work of their hands.

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