Strong's Hebrew · H3427

יָשַׁב

yâshab · yaw-shab'

Definitionproperly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
Derivationa primitive root;
KJV usage(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.
Occurrences1,081 in the KJV · 975 verses

יָשַׁב in Scripture

Genesis 4:16 And Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden. Genesis 4:20 And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle. Genesis 11:2 And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there. Genesis 11:31 And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son' s son, and Sarai his daughter -in-law, his son Abram' s wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there. Genesis 13:6 And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell together: for their substance was great, so that they could not dwell together. Genesis 13:7 And there was a strife between the herdsmen of Abram' s cattle and the herdsmen of Lot' s cattle: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelled then in the land. Genesis 13:12 Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the cities of the plain, and pitched his tent toward Sodom. Genesis 13:18 Then Abram removed his tent, and came and dwelt in the plain of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the LORD. Genesis 14:7 And they returned, and came to En -mishpat, which is Kadesh, and smote all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that dwelt in Hazezon -tamar. Genesis 14:12 And they took Lot, Abram' s brother' s son, who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and departed. Genesis 16:3 And Sarai Abram' s wife took Hagar her maid the Egyptian, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to her husband Abram to be his wife. Genesis 18:1 And the LORD appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day;
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