יָשַׁב

ya.shav · to dwell

Hebrew · Strong's H3427 · Verb · Sounds like: yaw-shab' · 1,079 occurrences

English

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. Joshua 11:19 יֹשְׁבֵ֣י yo.she.Vei · An -ing word: simple action

    There was not a city that made peace with the children of Israel, save the Hivites the inhabitants of Gibeon: they took all in battle.

  2. Joshua 12:2 הַיּוֹשֵׁ֖ב hai.yo.Shev · An -ing word: simple action

    Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Heshbon, and ruled from Aroer, which is on the edge of the valley of the Arnon, and the city that is in the middle of the valley, and half Gilead, even unto the river Jabbok, the border of the children of Ammon;

  3. Joshua 12:4 הַיּוֹשֵׁ֥ב hai.yo.Shev · An -ing word: simple action

    and the border of Og king of Bashan, of the remnant of the Rephaim, who dwelt at Ashtaroth and at Edrei,

  4. Joshua 13:6 יֹשְׁבֵ֣י yo.she.Vei · An -ing word: simple action

    all the inhabitants of the hill-country from Lebanon unto Misrephoth-maim, even all the Sidonians; them will I drive out from before the children of Israel: only allot thou it unto Israel for an inheritance, as I have commanded thee.

  5. Joshua 13:13 וַיֵּ֨שֶׁב vai.Ye.shev · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    Nevertheless the children of Israel drove not out the Geshurites, nor the Maacathites: but Geshur and Maacath dwell in the midst of Israel unto this day.

  6. Joshua 13:21 יֹשְׁבֵ֖י yo.she.Vei · An -ing word: simple action

    and all the cities of the plain, and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon, whom Moses smote with the chiefs of Midian, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, the princes of Sihon, that dwelt in the land.

  7. Joshua 14:4 לָשֶׁ֔בֶת la.She.vet · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    For the children of Joseph were two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim: and they gave no portion unto the Levites in the land, save cities to dwell in, with the suburbs thereof for their cattle and for their substance.

  8. Joshua 15:15 יֹשְׁבֵ֖י yo.she.Vei · An -ing word: simple action

    And he went up thence against the inhabitants of Debir: now the name of Debir beforetime was Kiriath-sepher.

  9. Joshua 15:63 יוֹשְׁבֵ֣י yo.she.Vei · An -ing word: simple action

    And as for the Jebusites, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the children of Judah could not drive them out: but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Judah at Jerusalem unto this day.

  10. Joshua 15:63 וַיֵּ֨שֶׁב vai.Ye.shev · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And as for the Jebusites, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the children of Judah could not drive them out: but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Judah at Jerusalem unto this day.

  11. Joshua 16:10 הַיּוֹשֵׁ֣ב hai.yo.Shev · An -ing word: simple action

    And they drove not out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer: but the Canaanites dwell in the midst of Ephraim unto this day, and are become servants to do taskwork.

  12. Joshua 16:10 וַיֵּ֨שֶׁב vai.Ye.shev · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And they drove not out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer: but the Canaanites dwell in the midst of Ephraim unto this day, and are become servants to do taskwork.

  13. Joshua 17:7 יֹשְׁבֵ֖י yo.she.Vei · An -ing word: simple action

    And the border of Manasseh was from Asher to Michmethath, which is before Shechem; and the border went along to the right hand, unto the inhabitants of En-tappuah.

  14. Joshua 17:11 יֹשְׁבֵ֧י yo.she.Vei · An -ing word: simple action

    And Manasseh had in Issachar and in Asher Beth-shean and its towns, and Ibleam and its towns, and the inhabitants of Dor and its towns, and the inhabitants of En-dor and its towns, and the inhabitants of Taanach and its towns, and the inhabitants of Megiddo and its towns, even the three heights.

  15. Joshua 17:11 וְיֹשְׁבֵ֤י ve.yo.she.Vei · An -ing word: simple action

    And Manasseh had in Issachar and in Asher Beth-shean and its towns, and Ibleam and its towns, and the inhabitants of Dor and its towns, and the inhabitants of En-dor and its towns, and the inhabitants of Taanach and its towns, and the inhabitants of Megiddo and its towns, even the three heights.

  16. Joshua 17:11 וְיֹשְׁבֵ֤י ve.yo.she.Vei · An -ing word: simple action

    And Manasseh had in Issachar and in Asher Beth-shean and its towns, and Ibleam and its towns, and the inhabitants of Dor and its towns, and the inhabitants of En-dor and its towns, and the inhabitants of Taanach and its towns, and the inhabitants of Megiddo and its towns, even the three heights.

  17. Joshua 17:11 וְיֹשְׁבֵ֥י ve.yo.she.Vei · An -ing word: simple action

    And Manasseh had in Issachar and in Asher Beth-shean and its towns, and Ibleam and its towns, and the inhabitants of Dor and its towns, and the inhabitants of En-dor and its towns, and the inhabitants of Taanach and its towns, and the inhabitants of Megiddo and its towns, even the three heights.

  18. Joshua 17:12 לָשֶׁ֖בֶת la.She.vet · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    Yet the children of Manasseh could not drive out the inhabitants of those cities; but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.

  19. Joshua 17:16 הַיֹּשֵׁ֣ב hai.yo.Shev · An -ing word: simple action

    And the children of Joseph said, The hill-country is not enough for us: and all the Canaanites that dwell in the land of the valley have chariots of iron, both they who are in Beth-shean and its towns, and they who are in the valley of Jezreel.

  20. Joshua 19:47 וַיֵּ֣שְׁבוּ vai.Ye.she.vu · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by them

    And the border of the children of Dan went out beyond them; for the children of Dan went up and fought against Leshem, and took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and possessed it, and dwelt therein, and called Leshem, Dan, after the name of Dan their father.

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