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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 91:1
    He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
  • Psalms 98:7
    Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.
  • Psalms 99:1
    The LORD reigneth; let the people tremble: he sitteth between the cherubims; let the earth be moved.
  • Psalms 101:6
    Mine eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me: he that walketh in a perfect way, he shall serve me.
  • Psalms 101:7
    He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house: he that telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight.
  • Psalms 102:12
    But thou, O LORD, shalt endure for ever; and thy remembrance unto all generations.
  • Psalms 107:10
    Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron;
  • Psalms 107:34
    A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.
  • Psalms 107:36
    And there he maketh the hungry to dwell, that they may prepare a city for habitation;
  • Psalms 110:1
    A Psalm of David. The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.