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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 113:5
    Who is like unto the LORD our God, who dwelleth on high,
  • Psalms 113:8
    That he may set him with princes, even with the princes of his people.
  • Psalms 113:9
    He maketh the barren woman to keep house, and to be a joyful mother of children. Praise ye the LORD.
  • Psalms 119:23
    Princes also did sit and speak against me: but thy servant did meditate in thy statutes.
  • Psalms 122:5
    For there are set thrones of judgment, the thrones of the house of David.
  • Psalms 123:1
    A Song of degrees. Unto thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens.
  • Psalms 125:1
    A Song of degrees. They that trust in the LORD shall be as mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth for ever.
  • Psalms 127:2
    It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep.
  • Psalms 132:12
    If thy children will keep my covenant and my testimony that I shall teach them, their children shall also sit upon thy throne for evermore.
  • Psalms 132:14
    This is my rest for ever: here will I dwell; for I have desired it.