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יָרַשׁ

ya.rashto possess: possessHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentVerb231 occurrences27 books204 verses

Definition

or יָרֵשׁ; a primitive root; to occupy (by driving out previous tenants, and possessing in their place); by implication, to seize, to rob, to inherit; also to expel, to impoverish, to ruin
Traditional renderings: cast out, consume, destroy, disinherit, dispossess, drive(-ing) out, enjoy, expel, × without fail, (give to, leave for) inherit(-ance, -or) magistrate, be (make) poor, come to poverty, (give to, make to) possess, get (have) in (take) possession, seize upon, succeed, × utterly.

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders יָרַשׁ:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

231 total
  1. Isaiah 34:17יִֽירָשׁ֔וּהָ · They will possess
    He has allotted their portion; His hand has distributed it by measure. They will possess it forever; they will dwell in it from generation to generation.
  2. Isaiah 54:3יִירָ֔שׁ · will dispossess
    For you will spread out to the right and left; your descendants will dispossess the nations and inhabit the desolate cities.
  3. Isaiah 57:13וְיִירַ֖שׁ · and possess
    When you cry out, let your companies of idols deliver you! Yet the wind will carry off all of them, a breath will take them away. But he who seeks refuge in Me will inherit the land and possess My holy mountain.”
  4. Isaiah 60:21יִ֣ירְשׁוּ · they will possess
    Then all your people will be righteous; they will possess the land forever; they are the branch of My planting, the work of My hands, so that I may be glorified.
  5. Isaiah 61:7יִירָ֔שׁוּ · they will inherit
    Instead of shame, My people will have a double portion, and instead of humiliation, they will rejoice in their share; and so they will inherit a double portion in their land, and everlasting joy will be theirs.
  6. Isaiah 63:18יָרְשׁ֖וּ · possessed
    For a short while Your people possessed Your holy place, but our enemies have trampled Your sanctuary.
  7. Isaiah 65:9יוֹרֵ֣שׁ · and heirs; וִירֵשׁ֣וּהָ · will possess
    And I will bring forth descendants from Jacob, and heirs from Judah; My elect will possess My mountains, and My servants will dwell there.
  8. Jeremiah 8:10לְי֣וֹרְשִׁ֔ים · to new owners
    Therefore I will give their wives to other men and their fields to new owners. For from the least of them to the greatest, all are greedy for gain; from prophet to priest, all practice deceit.
  9. Jeremiah 30:3וִֽירֵשֽׁוּהָ׃פ · and they will possess it
    For behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will restore from captivity My people Israel and Judah, declares the LORD. I will restore them to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they will possess it.’”
  10. Jeremiah 32:23וַיִּֽרְשׁ֣וּ · and possessed it
    They came in and possessed it, but they did not obey Your voice or walk in Your law. They failed to perform all that You commanded them to do, and so You have brought upon them all this disaster.
  11. Jeremiah 49:1יוֹרֵ֖שׁ · heir; יָרַ֤שׁ · taken possession
    Concerning the Ammonites, this is what the LORD says: “Has Israel no sons? Is he without heir? Why then has Milcom taken possession of Gad? Why have his people settled in their cities?
  12. Jeremiah 49:2וְיָרַ֧שׁ · will drive out; יֹרְשָׁ֖יו · their dispossessors
    Therefore, behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will sound the battle cry against Rabbah of the Ammonites. It will become a heap of ruins, and its villages will be burned. Then Israel will drive out their dispossessors, says the LORD.
  13. Ezekiel 7:24וְיָרְשׁ֖וּ · to take possession of
    So I will bring the most wicked of nations to take possession of their houses. I will end the pride of the mighty, and their holy places will be profaned.
  14. Ezekiel 33:24וַיִּירַ֖שׁ · yet he possessed
    “Son of man, those living in the ruins in the land of Israel are saying, ‘Abraham was only one man, yet he possessed the land. But we are many; surely the land has been given to us as a possession.’
  15. Ezekiel 33:25תִּירָֽשׁוּ׃ · Should you then possess
    Therefore tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘You eat meat with the blood in it, lift up your eyes to your idols, and shed blood. Should you then possess the land?
  16. Ezekiel 33:26תִּירָֽשׁוּ׃ס · Should you then possess
    You have relied on your swords, you have committed detestable acts, and each of you has defiled his neighbor’s wife. Should you then possess the land?’
  17. Ezekiel 35:10וִֽירַשְׁנ֑וּהָ · and we will possess them
    Because you have said, ‘These two nations and countries will be ours, and we will possess them,’ even though the LORD was there,
  18. Ezekiel 36:12וִֽירֵשׁ֔וּךָ · they will possess you
    Yes, I will cause My people Israel to walk upon you; they will possess you, and you will be their inheritance, and you will no longer deprive them of their children.
  19. Hosea 9:6יִֽירָשֵׁ֔ם · will be taken over
    For even if they flee destruction, Egypt will gather them and Memphis will bury them. Their precious silver will be taken over by thistles, and thorns will overrun their tents.
  20. Amos 2:10לָרֶ֖שֶׁת · that you might take possession
    And I brought you up from the land of Egypt and led you forty years in the wilderness, that you might take possession of the land of the Amorite.
  21. Amos 9:12יִֽירְשׁ֜וּ · they may possess
    …that they may possess the remnant of Edom and all the nations that bear My name,” declares the LORD, who will do this.
  22. Obadiah 1:17וְיָֽרְשׁוּ֙ · will reclaim
    But on Mount Zion there will be deliverance, and it will be holy, and the house of Jacob will reclaim their possession.
  23. Obadiah 1:19וְיָרְשׁ֨וּ · will possess; וְיָרְשׁוּ֙ · They will occupy
    Those from the Negev will possess the mountains of Esau; those from the foothills will possess the land of the Philistines. They will occupy the fields of Ephraim and Samaria, and Benjamin will possess Gilead.
  24. Obadiah 1:20יִֽרְשׁ֕וּ · will possess
    And the exiles of this host of the Israelites will possess the land of the Canaanites as far as Zarephath; and the exiles from Jerusalem who are in Sepharad will possess the cities of the Negev.
  25. Micah 1:15הַיֹּרֵשׁ֙ · a conqueror
    I will again bring a conqueror against you, O dweller of Mareshah. The glory of Israel will come to Adullam.
  26. Habakkuk 1:6לָרֶ֖שֶׁת · to seize
    For behold, I am raising up the Chaldeans—that ruthless and impetuous nation which marches through the breadth of the earth to seize dwellings not their own.
  27. Zechariah 9:4יֽוֹרִשֶׁ֔נָּה · will impoverish her
    Behold, the Lord will impoverish her and cast her wealth into the sea, and she will be consumed by fire.