Lexicon :: Strong's H3427 - yāšaḇ

יָשַׁב

Transliteration

yāšaḇ

Pronunciation

yaw-shab'

Part of Speech

verb

Root Word (Etymology)

A primitive root

Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 922

Strong's Info

Strong’s Definitions

יָשַׁב 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, × fail, habitation, haunt, (make to) inhabit(-ant), make to keep (house), lurking, × marry(-ing), (bring again to) place, remain, return, seat, set(-tle), (down-) sit(-down, still, -ting down, -ting (place) -uate), take, tarry.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1,088x

The KJV translates Strong's H3427 in the following manner: dwell (437x), inhabitant (221x), sit (172x), abide (70x), inhabit (39x), down (26x), remain (23x), in (22x), tarry (19x), set (14x), continue (5x), place (7x), still (5x), taken (5x), miscellaneous (23x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1,088x

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

to dwell, remain, sit, abide
1. (Qal)
  1. to sit, sit down
  2. to be set
  3. to remain, stay
  4. to dwell, have one's abode
2. (Niphal) to be inhabited
3. (Piel) to set, place
4. (Hiphil)
  1. to cause to sit
  2. to cause to abide, set
  3. to cause to dwell
  4. to cause (cities) to be inhabited
  5. to marry (give an dwelling to)
5. (Hophal)
  1. to be inhabited
  2. to make to dwell

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STRONGS H3427: Abbreviations

יָשַׁב ₁₀₉₀ verb sit, remain, dwell (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic יְתֵיב, ; MI^{10; 31} ישב, 1^8,19, וישב, 1¹³ ואשב, dwell; Phoenician ישב dwell; Zinjirli ישב sit DHM^{Sendsch. 58}; Assyrian ašâbu, sit, dwell, Dl^{HWB 244}; Arabic leap, jump, Himyer. dialect sit, Lane²⁹¹⁹; Ethiopic II. 1 secum cohabitare facere, marry, consummate marriage, compare Hiph. 4) —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular יָשַׁב Genesis 13:12 +; 2nd person masculine singular יָשַׁבְתָּ Judges 5:16, וְיָשַׁבְתָּה נָ֑הּ consecutive Deuteronomy 17:14; 2nd person masculine plural יְשַׁבְתֶּם Deuteronomy 1:46; Leviticus 18:3, וִישַׁבְתֶּם consecutive Leviticus 25:18 + 7 times, etc.; Imperfect יֵשֵׁב 1 Samuel 5:7 +, יֵשֶׁבֿ Genesis 44:33; Ezekiel 44:3, יֵ֫שֶׁב before monosyll. 1 Kings 7:8; Job 22:8; וַיֵּ֫שֶׁב Genesis 4:16 +; וַיֵּשֶׁב֑ Ruth 4:1; 1st person singular אֵשֵׁב Judges 6:18 +, וָאֵשֵׁב Deuteronomy 9:9 + 3 times + Ezekiel 3:15b (but Co אשׁר Kt); אֵשְׁבָה 1 Samuel 27:5; אֵשֵׁבָ֑ה Isaiah 49:20; וָאֵשְׁבָה Ezekiel 9:3; 3rd person masculine plural יֵשְׁבוּ Genesis 47:4 +; 3rd person feminine plural תישׁבנה Ezekiel 35:9 Kt (i.e. תֵּישַׁבְנָה Ol^{§ 242 d} Kö^{i. 401}), Qr תָּשׁוֺבְנָה (√ שׁוב), Co proposes תִּוָּשַׁבְנָה; 1st person plural נֵשֵׁב Jeremiah 42:13, 14, וַנֵּ֫שֶׁב Numbers 20:15 + 5 times; Imperative masculine singular שֵׁב Genesis 20:15 +, שֶׁבֿ Genesis 35:1; שְׁבָה Genesis 27:19 +; feminine singular שְׁבִי Genesis 38:11 +; masculine plural שְׁבוּ Genesis 22:5 +, etc.; Infinitive absolute יָשֹׁבֿ 1 Samuel 20:5; construct שֶׁ֫בֶת 1 Samuel 7:2 +; שָׁ֑בֶת Isaiah 40:22 +; suffix שִׁבְתִּי 2 Samuel 7:5 +, etc.; Participle masculine י(וֺ)שׁב Genesis 4:20; Genesis 24:3 +, etc.; feminine ישְׁבָה Nahum 3:8; י(וֺ)שֶׁבֶת Judges 4:5 +; י(וֺ)שָׁ֑בֶת Joshua 2:5; 2 Kings 4:13; ישַׁבְתְּ֯י Jeremiah 22:23, י(וֺ)שֶׁבֶת֯י Jeremiah 10:17; Lamentations 4:21; Ezekiel 27:3 (Kt preferable in all these, see Ol^{§ 123 d} Ges^{§ 90. 3 a}); feminine plural ישְׁבוֺת 1 Samuel 27:8; —

a. sit on (עַל) a seat 1 Samuel 20:25, stone Exodus 17:12, teraphim Genesis 31:34, couch Genesis 48:2 (all E), Ezekiel 23:41, knees 2 Kings 4:20, throne Exodus 11:5; Exodus 12:29 (J), Deuteronomy 17:18; 1 Samuel 1:9; 1 Samuel 4:13; 1 Kings 1:13, 17, 20 +, see absolute below; of י׳, הַיּשֵׁב עַלחֿוּג הָאֶרֶץ Isaiah 40:22; dust Isaiah 47:1, ground (אֶרֶץ) Ezekiel 26:16, ashes Jonah 3:6 (these in token of humiliation); sit down by (עַל) a well Exodus 2:15 or pool 2 Samuel 2:13; with אֶל 1 Samuel 28:23; sit in (ב) house, street, doorway, assembly, etc. 2 Samuel 7:1; Judges 19:15; Genesis 38:14 (J), Jeremiah 15:17; Jeremiah 26:10; Psalm 1:1; Songs 2:3 so Ezekiel 31:6, 17 (figurative); of No of Amon (personified city) הַיּשְׁבָה בַּיְאֹרִים Nahum 3:8 she who sate amid the rivers; with לְ sit on to (pregnantly) לָאָרֶץ Isaiah 3:26; Isaiah 47:1; Lamentations 2:10, לְכִסֵּא Psalm 9:5, at, לְפֶתַח בית Proverbs 9:14, לִימִינוֺ(יׅ 1 Kings 2:19; Psalm 110:1; לַמַּבּוּל Psalm 29:10; with לִפְנֵי Genesis 43:33 (J), + שָׁם Judges 20:26; Judges 21:2; 2 Samuel 7:18 = 1 Chronicles 17:16; with עִם 1 Samuel 20:5; Proverbs 31:22; with אֶתֿ Jeremiah 16:8; Job 2:13; with תַּחַת Judges 6:11; Micah 4:4, וַיֵּשֶׁב תַּחְתֶּיהָ בַּצֵּל Jonah 4:5; with מִנֶּגֶד Genesis 21:16 (twice in verse) (E), נֶגֶד Isaiah 47:14, מִקֶּדֶם לָעִיר Jonah 4:5; מִצַּד 1 Samuel 20:25; Ruth 2:14; with accusative of congnate meaning with verb Ezekiel 28:2; לִשְׁמֹּט Exodus 18:13; Joel 4:12 (compare Psalm 9:5; Isaiah 28:6); hence absolute of sitting as king or judge Exodus 18:14; Psalm 61:8; Malachi 3:3, יושׁבים Isaiah 10:13, perhaps Amos 1:5, 8, especially of י׳ sitting (enthroned), Psalm 2:4; Psalm 9:8; Psalm 29:10; Psalm 55:20; Psalm 102:13; Lamentations 5:19, so in ישֵׁב (הַ)כְּרוּבִים 1 Samuel 4:4; 2 Samuel 6:2 = 1 Chronicles 13:6; 2 Kings 19:15; Psalm 99:1; ישֵׁב תְּהִלּוֺת יִשְׂרָאֵל Psalm 22:4 (see with עַל, above); by meton. of thrones, for the judges sitting on them לְמִשְׁפָּט כִסְאוֺת יָֽשְׁבוּ שָׁמָּה Psalm 122:5; הַיּשְׁבִים Ruth 4:14, i.e. in the gate (compare Ruth 4:11), those in whose presence purchase of land took place.

b. sit, sit down, absolute, Judges 19:6; Ruth 4:1, 2; Nehemiah 1:4; Jeremiah 36:15 (followed by clause of purpose, to eat, etc.) Genesis 37:25; Esther 3:15 +; opposed to קוּם Exodus 32:6 (JE) Psalm 139:2, מְאַחֲרֵי שֶׁבֶת Psalm 127:2 (opposed to מַשְׁכִּימֵי קוּם); so Isaiah 37:28 = 2 Kings 19:27 (read לְפָנַי קֻמְךָ at end of 2 Kings 19:27 = 2 Kings 19:26 We in Bl^{Einl. 4, 257} Rs^{Proph. 351, and n. 9}); but also קוּמִי שְׁבִי Isaiah 52:2, explained by (וַיָּקָם מֵהָאָרֶץ וַיֵּשֶׁב אֶלהַֿמִּטָּה 1 Samuel 28:23 and) 2 Samuel 19:9.

†c. sit down outside (חוּץ), i.e. perform a necessity of nature Deuteronomy 23:14.

†d. sit = be set (as a jewel), ישְׁבוֺתּ עַלמִֿלֵּאת Songs 5:12 set on a filling (i.e. in a setting, De and others), in description of eyes; (> others sitting by full streams).

a. remain, stay, tarry (for a limited or indefinite time), with אֶת person Genesis 24:55 (J), Judges 19:4; 2 Samuel 16:8; with עִם person Genesis 27:44 (J), עִמָּדִי Genesis 29:19 (E), Judges 17:10; with בְ local 1 Samuel 7:2 (of ark), 1 Samuel 13:16; 1 Samuel 14:2; 1 Samuel 24:4 (1 Samuel 23:25 read אֲשֶׁר for וַיֵּשֶׁב We Dr Klo Kit Bu), 2 Samuel 10:5; 2 Samuel 19:25 (where read שִׁבְתּוֺ for שִׁיבָתוֺ Dr Klo Bu, see We), Numbers 35:25 (P), Job 24:13; with שָׁם 1 Kings 11:16, שָׁם עַדעֿוֺלָם 1 Samuel 1:22; with על (by) 1 Samuel 25:13; 1 Samuel 30:24; פֹּה 2 Kings 7:4; עִם־ פֹּה לָכֶם שְׁבוּ הַחֲמוֺר Genesis 22:5 (E); with בֵּין Judges 5:16, מִחוּץ לְ Leviticus 14:8 (P),אֵצֶל 1 Samuel 20:19; with accusative בית 2 Samuel 6:11; 2 Samuel 13:20; Ruth 2:7; absolute 1 Samuel 1:23 (twice in verse); abide, endure Micah 5:3, וְיהוּדָה לְעוֺלָם תֵּשֵׁב Joel 4:20, so of Mt. Zion Psalm 121:1.

b. with special emphasis on qualifying phrase, וַתֵּשֶׁב בְּאֵיתָן קַשְׁתּוֺ Genesis 49:24 and his bow abode as a firm one (poem in J); 1 Kings 22:1 and they continued three years without war; of woman remaining בִּדְמֵי טָהֳרָה Leviticus 12:4, עלדֿמי וגו׳ Leviticus 12:5.

3. dwell, have one's abode in (ב) a land, city, house, etc., Genesis 4:16; Genesis 13:7, 12 (twice in verse); Genesis 19:29; Genesis 24:37, 62; Deuteronomy 1:4; Deuteronomy 3:2; Joshua 20:6; 2 Samuel 7:6 + often (on 2 Samuel 21:16 see ישׁבו בְנֹב); in tents Jeremiah 35:7, 10; 1 Chronicles 5:10; figurative of justice (צְדָקָה) Isaiah 32:16 (|| מִשְׁפָּט וְשָׁכֵן); in the midst of (בְּקֶרֶב) Genesis 24:3; Joshua 13:13; Joshua 16:10; Judges 1:30, 32, 33; Judges 3:5; so with בְּתוֺךְ Genesis 23:10 (P); with עַל + הארץ, of God 1 Kings 8:27 2 Chronicles 6:18; of people Leviticus 25:18, 19; Leviticus 26:35 (H); with לְ Job 15:28; with בֵּין Genesis 20:1 (E); dwell with (אֶת) Genesis 34:16, 22 (P), Exodus 2:21 (E), Joshua 15:63 (JE), Judges 1:16, 21; Judges 17:11; יֵשְׁבוּ אֶת־פָּיךָ יְשָׁרִים Psalm 140:14; so with עִם Joshua 20:4; Deuteronomy 23:17 (+ בקרב), Psalm 26:4 (i.e. assoc. with); with יַחְדָּו Genesis 13:6 (twice in verse) (J), Genesis 36:7 (P), Deuteronomy 25:5; שֶׁבֶת גַּםיָֿ֑חַד Psalm 133:1; dwell in their stead (תַּחְתָּם) Deuteronomy 2:12 (twice in verse); Deuteronomy 2:22, 23; 1 Chronicles 4:41; 1 Chronicles 5:22; absolute לָשֶׁבֶת יְצָרָהּ Isaiah 45:18 for dwelling he formed it (the earth); (thy) dwelling-place is מְקוֺם שִׁבְתְּךָ 1 Kings 8:30 2 Chronicles 6:21, also מְכוֺן שׁ׳ 1 Kings 8:39, 43, 49 2 Chronicles 6:30, 33, 39, so Psalm 33:14; מָכוֺן לְש֔׳ Exodus 15:17; 1 Kings 8:13 2 Chronicles 6:2. Participle ישֵׁב = substantive, dweller, inhabitant, very often (approximately 215 times): e.g. ישֵׁב אהלים Genesis 25:27 (J); often collective ישֵׁב אהל Genesis 4:20 (J), ישׁב הָאָרֶץ Genesis 34:30; Genesis 50:11 (both J), Exodus 34:12, 15 (JE); also in poetry f., (as collective; see Dr on 1 Samuel 17:21) יוֺשֶׁבֶת שָׁפִיר etc., MI 1 Samuel 1:11 (twice in verse); 1 Samuel 1:12, 13, 15; יוֺשֶׁבֶת צִיּוֺן Isaiah 12:6; Jeremiah 51:35; similarly † Jeremiah 10:17; Jeremiah 21:23; Jeremiah 48:19 (compare Lamentations 4:21) Zechariah 2:11; with בת in app. (Da^{§28 R. 6}), יוֺשֶׁבֶת בַּתמִֿצְרַיִם † Jeremiah 46:19, so Jeremiah 48:18; more usually plural ישְׁבֵי הֶעָרִים Genesis 19:25 (J), compare Deuteronomy 13:14; ישְׁבֵי הָאָרֶץ Exodus 23:21 (JE), compare Exodus 15:14, 15 (poem in E); ישְׁבֵי תֵבֵל Isaiah 18:3, יוֺשְׁבֵי חָ֑דֶל Isaiah 38:11, etc.; ישְׁבֶיהָ Leviticus 18:25; Leviticus 25:10 (H), Numbers 13:32 (P); absolute יוֺשֵׁב (collective) Amos 1:5, 8; Isaiah 49:19; הַיוֺשְׁבִים 1 Chronicles 9:2; also (strangely) ישְׁבוֺת הארץ 1 Samuel 27:8 = the populations of the land We Dr (elsewhere in this sense only feminine singular and in poetry, see above); frequently in phrase without in habitant (i.e. so that there shall be no inhabitants), מֵאֵין ישׁב Isaiah 5:9; Isaiah 6:4; Jeremiah 4:7; Jeremiah 26:9; Jeremiah 33:10; Jeremiah 34:23; Jeremiah 44:22; Jeremiah 46:19; Jeremiah 51:29, 37; Zephaniah 2:5; Zephaniah 3:6; מֵאֵין יוֺשֵׁב בָּהֶן Jeremiah 48:9; מִבְּלִי ישֵׁב Jeremiah 2:15; Jeremiah 9:10; לאֹ יִהְיֶה יוֺשֵב בָּהּ Jeremiah 50:3; לְבִלְתִּי הֱיוֺתבּֿוֺ יוֺשֵׁב Jeremiah 51:62.

4. of a land or city, sit, abide seated in its place, figurative for be inhabited Jeremiah 17:6, 25; Jeremiah 50:13, 39; Ezekiel 26:20; Ezekiel 29:11; Ezekiel 36:35; Isaiah 13:20 (|| לאֹ תִּשְׁכּוֺן), Zechariah 2:8; Zechariah 9:5; Zechariah 14:11; תַּחְתֶּיה יָֽשְׁבָה Zechariah 12:6; Zechariah 14:10; Ezekiel 35:9 Kt is תישׁבנה, Qr תָּשׁוֺבְנָה; Co תושׁבנה, i.e. Niph. תִּוָּשַׁבְנָה (compare Ezekiel 36:10), or Hoph. תּוּשַׁבְנָה (compare Isaiah 44:26); of palace, יֵשֵׁב עַל־סִשְׁפָּטוֹ וְאַרְמוֺן Jeremiah 30:18.

† Niph. Perfect 3rd person feminine singular נוֺשָׁ֑בָה Jeremiah 6:8; 3rd person plural וְנָֽשְׁבוּ consecutive Ezekiel 36:10, נוֺשָׂ֑בוּ Ezekiel 26:19, נוֺשָׁ֑בֻ֯ה Jeremiah 22:6; Participle feminine נוֺשֶׁבֶת Ezekiel 26:17 (< נִשְׁבַּתְּ Co, √ שׁבת), נוֺשָׁ֑בֶת Exodus 16:35; plural נוֺשָׁבוֺת Ezekiel 12:20; Ezekiel 38:12; — be inhabited, of land Exodus 16:35 (perhaps = be habitable), Jeremiah 6:8; of cities Jeremiah 22:6; Ezekiel 12:20; Ezekiel 26:19; Ezekiel 36:10; חֳרָבוֺת נוֺשָׁבוֺת Ezekiel 38:12; — Ezekiel 26:17 see above; Ezekiel 35:9 see Qal 4.
† Pi. Perfect 3rd person masculine plural וְיִשְּׁבוּ טִירוֺתֵיהֶם בָּ֑ךְ Ezekiel 25:4 and they shall set their encampments in thee ( Co וְיֵשְׁבוּ inhabit).
† Hiph. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular השִׁיב Ezra 10:14, suffix הוֺשַׁיבַנִי Lamentations 3:6; Psalm 143:3; 1st person singular הוֺשַׁבְתִּי Leviticus 23:33, וְה(וֺ)שַׁבְתִּים consecutive Hosea 11:11; Jeremiah 32:37; וְהוֺשְׁבוֺתִים consecutive Zechariah 10:6 (Kö^{i, 413}; but probably text error, see Thes and Ges^{Lgb 464}; read probably וַהֲשִׁבוֺתִים as Zechariah 10:10, so Sta^{ZAW. 1881, 21} We), etc.; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular וַיּוֺשֵׁב Genesis 47:11, וַיּוֺ֫שֶׁב 2 Chronicles 8:2; Psalm 107:36; suffix וַיּוֺשִׁיבַי֯נִי 1 Kings 2:24 (Kö^{i, 414. 224}); וַיּשִׁיבֵם Job 36:7; 1st person plural ונּ֫שֶׁב Ezra 10:2, etc.; Imperative masculine singular הוֺשֵׁב Genesis 47:6; masculine plural ה(וֺ)שִׁיבוּ 1 Kings 21:9, 10; Infinitive construct ה(וֺ)שִׁיב 1 Samuel 2:8; Nehemiah 13:27; הוֺשִׁיבִי Psalm 113:8 (Ol^{§ 123 d}; read ־בוֹ, see Che); Participle absolute מוֺשִׁיב Psalm 68:7, construct מוֺשִׁיבִי Psalm 113:9 (Ol^{l. c.} Ges^{l. c.}); —

1. cause to sit with accusative of person + על כסא 1 Kings 2:24; 2 Chronicles 23:20 so (without על כסא) + לָנֶצַח Job 36:7; set, place with accusative of person + נֶגְדּוֺ 1 Kings 21:10, also 1 Kings 21:9, 1 Kings 21:12 (בְּראֹשׁ הָעָם).

2. cause to abide (accusative of person) at (ב) 1 Samuel 30:21.

a. cause to dwell, with accusative of person + ב location 1 Samuel 12:8; 2 Kings 17:6; Hosea 12:10; Genesis 47:6, 11 (P), Leviticus 23:43 (H), Lamentations 3:6; Psalm 143:3; בְּאֶרֶץ תַּחְתִיּוֺת Ezekiel 26:20; accusative of person omitted 2 Kings 17:24, 26; accusative of person + שָׁם 2 Chronicles 8:2; Psalm 107:36; accusative of person + עַלהַֿבָּתִּים Hosea 11:11 (but read וַהֲשִׁבֹתִים We); accusative of person omitted, with עם person 1 Samuel 2:8; Psalm 113:8; מוֺשִׁיב יְחִידִים בַּ֫יְתָה Psalm 68:7 causing solitary ones to dwell in a house (or is מוֺשִׁיב for מֵשִׁיב Bae?); with accusative of person only עֲקֶרֶת הַבַּיִת מושׁ׳ Psalm 113:9 giving a dwelling to her that is barren of house; absolute with לָבֶ֫טַח Jeremiah 32:37; Psalm 4:9; absolute with כְּקַדְמוֺתֵיכֶם Ezekiel 36:11. On Zechariah 10:6, see above.

b. cause cities (עָרִים) to be inhabited Ezekiel 36:33; Isaiah 54:3.

4. marry (properly give a dwelling to, compare Psalm 113:9), only Ezra Nehemiah, and only with accusative נָשִׁים נָכְרִיּוֺת strange or foreign women Ezra 10:2, 10, 14, 17, 18; Nehemiah 13:27; so השִׁיבוּ נָשִׁים אַשְׁדֳּו֯דִיּוֺת Nehemiah 13:23.

† Hoph. Perfect וְהוּשַׁבְתֶּם לְבַדְּכֶם בְּקֶרֶב הָאָ֑רֶץ Isaiah 5:8 and ye be made to dwell alone in the midst of the land. Imperfect הָאֹמֵר לִירוּשָׁלַםִ תּוּשָׁב֑ Isaiah 44:26 he who saith of Jerusalem, she shall be inhabited. Ezekiel 35:9 see Qal 4.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H3488.

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