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. Psalms 1:1 יָשָֽׁב׃ ya.Shav · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the wicked, Nor standeth in the way of sinners, Nor sitteth in the seat of scoffers:

  2. Psalms 2:4 יוֹשֵׁ֣ב yo.Shev · An -ing word: simple action

    He that sitteth in the heavens will laugh: The Lord will have them in derision.

  3. Psalms 4:8 תּוֹשִׁיבֵֽנִי׃ to.shi.Ve.ni · An action: causing it, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by you

    In peace will I both lay me down and sleep; For thou, Jehovah, alone makest me dwell in safety.

  4. Psalms 9:4 יָשַׁ֥בְתָּ ya.Shav.ta · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by you

    For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; Thou sittest in the throne judging righteously.

  5. Psalms 9:7 יֵשֵׁ֑ב ye.Shev · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    But Jehovah sitteth as king for ever: He hath prepared his throne for judgment;

  6. Psalms 9:11 יֹשֵׁ֣ב yo.Shev · An -ing word: simple action

    Sing praises to Jehovah, who dwelleth in Zion: Declare among the people his doings.

  7. Psalms 10:8 יֵשֵׁ֤ב׀ ye.Shev · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    He sitteth in the lurking-places of the villages; In the secret places doth he murder the innocent; His eyes are privily set against the helpless.

  8. Psalms 17:12 יֹשֵׁ֥ב yo.Shev · An -ing word: simple action

    He is like a lion that is greedy of his prey, And as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.

  9. Psalms 22:3 י֝וֹשֵׁ֗ב yo.Shev · An -ing word: simple action

    But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel.

  10. Psalms 24:1 וְיֹ֣שְׁבֵי ve.Yo.she.vei · An -ing word: simple action

    A Psalm of David. The earth is Jehovah's, and the fulness thereof; The world, and they that dwell therein.

  11. Psalms 26:4 יָ֭שַׁבְתִּי Ya.shav.ti · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by me

    I have not sat with men of falsehood; Neither will I go in with dissemblers.

  12. Psalms 26:5 אֵשֵֽׁב׃ 'e.Shev · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by me

    I hate the assembly of evil-doers, And will not sit with the wicked.

  13. Psalms 27:4 שִׁבְתִּ֣י shiv.Ti · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    One thing have I asked of Jehovah, that will I seek after; That I may dwell in the house of Jehovah all the days of my life, To behold the beauty of Jehovah, And to inquire in his temple.

  14. Psalms 29:10 יָשָׁ֑ב ya.Shav · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    Jehovah sat as King at the Flood; Yea, Jehovah sitteth as King for ever.

  15. Psalms 29:10 וַיֵּ֥שֶׁב vai.Ye.shev · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    Jehovah sat as King at the Flood; Yea, Jehovah sitteth as King for ever.

  16. Psalms 33:8 יֹשְׁבֵ֥י yo.she.Vei · An -ing word: simple action

    Let all the earth fear Jehovah: Let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him.

  17. Psalms 33:14 שִׁבְתּ֥וֹ shiv.To · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    From the place of his habitation he looketh forth Upon all the inhabitants of the earth,

  18. Psalms 33:14 יֹשְׁבֵ֣י yo.she.Vei · An -ing word: simple action

    From the place of his habitation he looketh forth Upon all the inhabitants of the earth,

  19. Psalms 47:8 יָשַׁ֤ב׀ ya.Shav · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    God reigneth over the nations: God sitteth upon his holy throne.

  20. Psalms 49:1 יֹ֥שְׁבֵי Yo.she.vei · An -ing word: simple action

    For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. Hear this, all ye peoples; Give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world,

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