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Strong's numbers

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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  • Psalms 9:4
    For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou satest in the throne judging right.
  • Psalms 9:7
    But the LORD shall endure for ever: he hath prepared his throne for judgment.
  • Psalms 9:11
    Sing praises to the LORD, which dwelleth in Zion: declare among the people his doings.
  • Psalms 10:8
    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 poor.
  • Psalms 17:12
    Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.
  • Psalms 22:3
    But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel.
  • Psalms 23:6
    Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.
  • Psalms 24:1
    A Psalm of David. The earth is the LORD'S, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.
  • Psalms 26:4
    I have not sat with vain persons, neither will I go in with dissemblers.
  • Psalms 26:5
    I have hated the congregation of evil doers; and will not sit with the wicked.