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יָשַׁב (H3427)

yâshab

yaw-shab'

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.

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

From Brown, Driver, and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), in the public domain.


980 occurrences

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  • Genesis 26:6
    And Isaac dwelt in Gerar:
  • Genesis 26:17
    And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.
  • Genesis 27:19
    And Jacob said unto his father, I am Esau thy firstborn; I have done according as thou badest me: arise, I pray thee, sit and eat of my venison, that thy soul may bless me.
  • Genesis 27:44
    And tarry with him a few days, until thy brother's fury turn away;
  • Genesis 29:14
    And Laban said to him, Surely thou art my bone and my flesh. And he abode with him the space of a month.
  • Genesis 29:19
    And Laban said, It is better that I give her to thee, than that I should give her to another man: abide with me.
  • Genesis 31:34
    Now Rachel had taken the images, and put them in the camel's furniture, and sat upon them. And Laban searched all the tent, but found them not.
  • Genesis 34:10
    And ye shall dwell with us: and the land shall be before you; dwell and trade ye therein, and get you possessions therein.
  • Genesis 34:16
    Then will we give our daughters unto you, and we will take your daughters to us, and we will dwell with you, and we will become one people.
  • Genesis 34:21
    These men are peaceable with us; therefore let them dwell in the land, and trade therein; for the land, behold, it is large enough for them; let us take their daughters to us for wives, and let us give them our daughters.