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. Proverbs 3:29 יוֹשֵׁ֖ב yo.Shev · An -ing word: simple action

    Devise not evil against thy neighbor, Seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.

  2. Proverbs 9:14 וְֽ֭יָשְׁבָה Ve.ya.she.vah · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by him, her or it

    And she sitteth at the door of her house, On a seat in the high places of the city,

  3. Proverbs 20:8 יוֹשֵׁ֥ב yo.Shev · An -ing word: simple action

    A king that sitteth on the throne of judgment Scattereth away all evil with his eyes.

  4. Proverbs 21:9 לָשֶׁ֥בֶת la.She.vet · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, Than with a contentious woman in a wide house.

  5. Proverbs 21:19 שֶׁ֥בֶת She.vet · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    It is better to dwell in a desert land, Than with a contentious and fretful woman.

  6. Proverbs 23:1 תֵ֭שֵׁב Te.shev · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by you

    When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, Consider diligently him that is before thee;

  7. Proverbs 25:24 שֶׁ֥בֶת She.vet · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, Than with a contentious woman in a wide house.

  8. Proverbs 31:23 בְּ֝שִׁבְתּ֗וֹ be.shiv.To · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    Her husband is known in the gates, When he sitteth among the elders of the land.

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