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. Genesis 20:1 וַיֵּ֥שֶׁב vai.Ye.shev · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the land of the South, and dwelt between Kadesh and Shur; and he sojourned in Gerar.

  2. Genesis 20:15 שֵֽׁב׃ Shev · A command to you: simple action

    And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is before thee: dwell where it pleaseth thee.

  3. Genesis 21:16 וַתֵּ֨שֶׁב va.Te.shev · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And she went, and sat her down over against him a good way off, as it were a bowshot: for she said, Let me not look upon the death of the child. And she sat over against him, and lifted up her voice, and wept.

  4. Genesis 21:16 וַתֵּ֣שֶׁב va.Te.shev · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And she went, and sat her down over against him a good way off, as it were a bowshot: for she said, Let me not look upon the death of the child. And she sat over against him, and lifted up her voice, and wept.

  5. Genesis 21:20 וַיֵּ֙שֶׁב֙ vai.Ye.shev · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And God was with the lad, and he grew; and he dwelt in the wilderness, and became, as he grew up, an archer.

  6. Genesis 21:21 וַיֵּ֖שֶׁב vai.Ye.shev · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran: and his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt.

  7. Genesis 22:5 שְׁבוּ־ she.vu- · A command to all of you: simple action

    And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye here with the ass, and I and the lad will go yonder; and we will worship, and come again to you.

  8. Genesis 22:19 וַיֵּ֥שֶׁב vai.Ye.shev · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    So Abraham returned unto his young men, and they rose up and went together to Beer-sheba; and Abraham dwelt at Beer-sheba.

  9. Genesis 23:10 יֹשֵׁ֖ב yo.Shev · An -ing word: simple action

    Now Ephron was sitting in the midst of the children of Heth: and Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the audience of the children of Heth, even of all that went in at the gate of his city, saying,

  10. Genesis 24:3 יוֹשֵׁ֥ב yo.Shev · An -ing word: simple action

    and I will make thee swear by Jehovah, the God of heaven and the God of the earth, that thou wilt not take a wife for my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell:

  11. Genesis 24:37 יֹשֵׁ֥ב yo.Shev · An -ing word: simple action

    And my master made me swear, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife for my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I dwell:

  12. Genesis 24:55 תֵּשֵׁ֨ב te.Shev · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    And her brother and her mother said, Let the damsel abide with us a few days, at the least ten; after that she shall go.

  13. Genesis 24:62 יוֹשֵׁ֖ב yo.Shev · An -ing word: simple action

    And Isaac came from the way of Beer-lahai-roi; for he dwelt in the land of the South.

  14. Genesis 25:11 וַיֵּ֣שֶׁב vai.Ye.shev · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And it came to pass after the death of Abraham, that God blessed Isaac his son: and Isaac dwelt by Beer-lahai-roi.

  15. Genesis 25:27 יֹשֵׁ֖ב yo.Shev · An -ing word: simple action

    And the boys grew: and Esau was a skilful hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob was a quiet man, dwelling in tents.

  16. Genesis 26:6 וַיֵּ֥שֶׁב vai.Ye.shev · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And Isaac dwelt in Gerar:

  17. Genesis 26:17 וַיֵּ֥שֶׁב vai.Ye.shev · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And Isaac departed thence, and encamped in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.

  18. Genesis 27:19 שְׁבָ֗ה she.Vah · A command to you: simple action

    And Jacob said unto his father, I am Esau thy first-born; I have done according as thou badest me: arise, I pray thee, sit and eat of my venison, that thy soul may bless me.

  19. Genesis 27:44 וְיָשַׁבְתָּ֥ ve.ya.shav.Ta · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by you

    and tarry with him a few days, until thy brother's fury turn away;

  20. Genesis 29:14 וַיֵּ֥שֶׁב vai.Ye.shev · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And Laban said to him, Surely thou art my bone and my flesh. And he abode with him the space of a month.

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