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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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  • Proverbs 23:1
    When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee:
  • Proverbs 25:24
    It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman and in a wide house.
  • Proverbs 31:23
    Her husband is known in the gates, when he sitteth among the elders of the land.
  • Ecclesiastes 10:6
    Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place.
  • Song of Solomon 2:3
    As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.
  • Song of Solomon 5:12
    His eyes are as the eyes of doves by the rivers of waters, washed with milk, and fitly set.
  • Song of Solomon 8:13
    Thou that dwellest in the gardens, the companions hearken to thy voice: cause me to hear it.
  • Isaiah 3:26
    And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she being desolate shall sit upon the ground.
  • Isaiah 5:3
    And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, betwixt me and my vineyard.
  • Isaiah 5:8
    Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth!