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. Jeremiah 12:4 יֹֽשְׁבֵי־ yo.she.vei- · An -ing word: simple action

    How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of the whole country wither? for the wickedness of them that dwell therein, the beasts are consumed, and the birds; because they said, He shall not see our latter end.

  2. Jeremiah 13:13 יֹשְׁבֵ֣י yo.she.Vei · An -ing word: simple action

    Then shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith Jehovah, Behold, I will fill all the inhabitants of this land, even the kings that sit upon David's throne, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, with drunkenness.

  3. Jeremiah 13:13 הַיֹּשְׁבִים֩ hai.yo.she.Vim · An -ing word: simple action

    Then shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith Jehovah, Behold, I will fill all the inhabitants of this land, even the kings that sit upon David's throne, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, with drunkenness.

  4. Jeremiah 13:13 יֹשְׁבֵ֥י yo.she.Vei · An -ing word: simple action

    Then shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith Jehovah, Behold, I will fill all the inhabitants of this land, even the kings that sit upon David's throne, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, with drunkenness.

  5. Jeremiah 13:18 שֵׁ֑בוּ She.vu · A command to all of you: simple action

    Say thou unto the king and to the queen-mother, Humble yourselves, sit down; for your headtires are come down, even the crown of your glory.

  6. Jeremiah 15:17 יָשַׁ֥בְתִּי ya.Shav.ti · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by me

    I sat not in the assembly of them that make merry, nor rejoiced; I sat alone because of thy hand; for thou hast filled me with indignation.

  7. Jeremiah 15:17 יָשַׁ֔בְתִּי ya.Shav.ti · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by me

    I sat not in the assembly of them that make merry, nor rejoiced; I sat alone because of thy hand; for thou hast filled me with indignation.

  8. Jeremiah 16:8 לָשֶׁ֣בֶת la.She.vet · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    And thou shalt not go into the house of feasting to sit with them, to eat and to drink.

  9. Jeremiah 17:6 תֵשֵֽׁב׃ ס te.Shev · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh, but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, a salt land and not inhabited.

  10. Jeremiah 17:20 יֹשְׁבֵ֣י yo.she.Vei · An -ing word: simple action

    and say unto them, Hear ye the word of Jehovah, ye kings of Judah, and all Judah, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, that enter in by these gates:

  11. Jeremiah 17:25 יֹשְׁבִים֩ yo.she.Vim · An -ing word: simple action

    then shall there enter in by the gates of this city kings and princes sitting upon the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses, they, and their princes, the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and this city shall remain for ever.

  12. Jeremiah 17:25 וְיֹשְׁבֵ֣י ve.yo.she.Vei · An -ing word: simple action

    then shall there enter in by the gates of this city kings and princes sitting upon the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses, they, and their princes, the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and this city shall remain for ever.

  13. Jeremiah 17:25 וְיָשְׁבָ֥ה ve.ya.she.Vah · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by him, her or it

    then shall there enter in by the gates of this city kings and princes sitting upon the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses, they, and their princes, the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and this city shall remain for ever.

  14. Jeremiah 18:11 יוֹשְׁבֵ֨י yo.she.Vei · An -ing word: simple action

    Now therefore, speak to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I frame evil against you, and devise a device against you: return ye now every one from his evil way, and amend your ways and your doings.

  15. Jeremiah 19:3 וְיֹשְׁבֵ֖י ve.yo.she.Vei · An -ing word: simple action

    and say, Hear ye the word of Jehovah, O kings of Judah, and inhabitants of Jerusalem: thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, which whosoever heareth, his ears shall tingle.

  16. Jeremiah 19:12 וּלְיֽוֹשְׁבָ֑יו u.le.yo.she.Vav · An -ing word: simple action

    Thus will I do unto this place, saith Jehovah, and to the inhabitants thereof, even making this city as Topheth:

  17. Jeremiah 20:6 יֹשְׁבֵ֣י yo.she.Vei · An -ing word: simple action

    And thou, Pashhur, and all that dwell in thy house shall go into captivity; and thou shalt come to Babylon, and there thou shalt die, and there shalt thou be buried, thou, and all thy friends, to whom thou hast prophesied falsely.

  18. Jeremiah 21:6 יֽוֹשְׁבֵי֙ yo.she.Vei · An -ing word: simple action

    And I will smite the inhabitants of this city, both man and beast: they shall die of a great pestilence.

  19. Jeremiah 21:9 הַיֹּשֵׁב֙ hai.yo.Shev · An -ing word: simple action

    He that abideth in this city shall die by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence; but he that goeth out, and passeth over to the Chaldeans that besiege you, he shall live, and his life shall be unto him for a prey.

  20. Jeremiah 21:13 יֹשֶׁ֧בֶת yo.She.vet · An -ing word: simple action

    Behold, I am against thee, O inhabitant of the valley, and of the rock of the plain, saith Jehovah; you that say, Who shall come down against us? or who shall enter into our habitations?

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