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 22:2 הַיֹּשֵׁ֖ב hai.yo.Shev · An -ing word: simple action

    And say, Hear the word of Jehovah, O king of Judah, that sittest upon the throne of David, thou, and thy servants, and thy people that enter in by these gates.

  2. Jeremiah 22:4 יֹשְׁבִ֨ים yo.she.Vim · An -ing word: simple action

    For if ye do this thing indeed, then shall there enter in by the gates of this house kings sitting upon the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses, he, and his servants, and his people.

  3. Jeremiah 22:6 נוֹשָֽׁבוּ׃ no.sha.vah · An action: receiving the action, finished, with a lasting result, done by them

    For thus saith Jehovah concerning the house of the king of Judah: Thou art Gilead unto me, and the head of Lebanon; yet surely I will make thee a wilderness, and cities which are not inhabited.

  4. Jeremiah 22:23 יֹשַׁבְתְּ֙ yo.shav.ti · An -ing word: simple action

    O inhabitant of Lebanon, that makest thy nest in the cedars, how greatly to be pitied shalt thou be when pangs come upon thee, the pain as of a woman in travail!

  5. Jeremiah 22:30 יֹשֵׁב֙ yo.Shev · An -ing word: simple action

    Thus saith Jehovah, Write ye this man childless, a man that shall not prosper in his days; for no more shall a man of his seed prosper, sitting upon the throne of David, and ruling in Judah.

  6. Jeremiah 23:8 וְיָשְׁב֖וּ ve.ya.she.Vu · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by them

    but, As Jehovah liveth, who brought up and who led the seed of the house of Israel out of the north country, and from all the countries whither I had driven them. And they shall dwell in their own land.

  7. Jeremiah 23:14 וְיֹשְׁבֶ֖יהָ ve.yo.she.Vei.ha · An -ing word: simple action

    In the prophets of Jerusalem also I have seen a horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in lies; and they strengthen the hands of evil-doers, so that none doth return from his wickedness: they are all of them become unto me as Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrah.

  8. Jeremiah 24:8 וְהַיֹּשְׁבִ֖ים ve.hai.yo.she.Vim · An -ing word: simple action

    And as the bad figs, which cannot be eaten, they are so bad, surely thus saith Jehovah, So will I give up Zedekiah the king of Judah, and his princes, and the residue of Jerusalem, that remain in this land, and them that dwell in the land of Egypt,

  9. Jeremiah 25:2 יֹשְׁבֵ֥י yo.she.Vei · An -ing word: simple action

    which Jeremiah the prophet spake unto all the people of Judah, and to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying:

  10. Jeremiah 25:5 וּשְׁבוּ֙ u.she.Vu · A command to all of you: simple action

    saying, Return ye now every one from his evil way, and from the evil of your doings, and dwell in the land that Jehovah hath given unto you and to your fathers, from of old and even for evermore;

  11. Jeremiah 25:9 יֹ֣שְׁבֶ֔יהָ yo.she.Vei.ha · An -ing word: simple action

    behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith Jehovah, and I will send unto Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants thereof, and against all these nations round about; and I will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and a hissing, and perpetual desolations.

  12. Jeremiah 25:29 יֹשְׁבֵ֣י yo.she.Vei · An -ing word: simple action

    For, lo, I begin to work evil at the city which is called by my name; and should ye be utterly unpunished? Ye shall not be unpunished; for I will call for a sword upon all the inhabitants of the earth, saith Jehovah of hosts.

  13. Jeremiah 25:30 יֹשְׁבֵ֖י yo.she.Vei · An -ing word: simple action

    Therefore prophesy thou against them all these words, and say unto them, Jehovah will roar from on high, and utter his voice from his holy habitation; he will mightily roar against his fold; he will give a shout, as they that tread the grapes, against all the inhabitants of the earth.

  14. Jeremiah 26:9 יוֹשֵׁ֑ב yo.Shev · An -ing word: simple action

    Why hast thou prophesied in the name of Jehovah, saying, This house shall be like Shiloh, and this city shall be desolate, without inhabitant? And all the people were gathered unto Jeremiah in the house of Jehovah.

  15. Jeremiah 26:10 וַיֵּֽשְׁב֛וּ vai.ye.she.Vu · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by them

    And when the princes of Judah heard these things, they came up from the king's house unto the house of Jehovah; and they sat in the entry of the new gate of Jehovah's house.

  16. Jeremiah 26:15 יֹשְׁבֶ֑יהָ yo.she.Vei.ha · An -ing word: simple action

    Only know ye for certain that, if ye put me to death, ye will bring innocent blood upon yourselves, and upon this city, and upon the inhabitants thereof; for of a truth Jehovah hath sent me unto you to speak all these words in your ears.

  17. Jeremiah 27:11 וְיָ֥שַׁב ve.Ya.shav · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by him, her or it

    But the nation that shall bring their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him, that nation will I let remain in their own land, saith Jehovah; and they shall till it, and dwell therein.

  18. Jeremiah 29:5 וְשֵׁ֑בוּ ve.She.vu · A command to all of you: simple action

    Build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them.

  19. Jeremiah 29:16 הַיּוֹשֵׁב֙ hai.yo.Shev · An -ing word: simple action

    thus saith Jehovah concerning the king that sitteth upon the throne of David, and concerning all the people that dwell in this city, your brethren that are not gone forth with you into captivity;

  20. Jeremiah 29:16 הַיּוֹשֵׁ֖ב hai.yo.Shev · An -ing word: simple action

    thus saith Jehovah concerning the king that sitteth upon the throne of David, and concerning all the people that dwell in this city, your brethren that are not gone forth with you into captivity;

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