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יָשַׁב

ya.shavto dwellHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentVerb1,078 occurrences38 books973 verses

Definition

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
Traditional renderings: (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.

In the Greek Old Testament

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

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

1,078 total
  1. 2 Kings 22:19יֹשְׁבָ֗יו · its people
    …because your heart was tender and you humbled yourself before the LORD when you heard what I spoke against this place and against its people, that they would become a desolation and a curse, and because you have torn your clothes and wept before Me, I have heard you,’ declares the LORD.
  2. 2 Kings 23:2יֹשְׁבֵ֨י · the people
    And he went up to the house of the LORD with all the people of Judah and Jerusalem, as well as the priests and the prophets—all the people small and great—and in their hearing he read all the words of the Book of the Covenant that had been found in the house of the LORD.
  3. 2 Kings 25:24שְׁב֣וּ · Live
    And Gedaliah took an oath before them and their men, assuring them, “Do not be afraid of the servants of the Chaldeans. Live in the land and serve the king of Babylon, and it will be well with you.”
  4. 1 Chronicles 2:55יֹשְׁבוּ · who lived
    …and the clans of the scribes who lived at Jabez—the Tirathites, Shimeathites, and Sucathites. These are the Kenites who came from Hammath, the father of the house of Rechab.
  5. 1 Chronicles 4:23וְיֹשְׁבֵ֥י · who lived; יָ֥שְׁבוּ · They lived
    These were the potters who lived at Netaim and Gederah. They lived there in the service of the king.
  6. 1 Chronicles 4:28וַיֵּֽשְׁב֛וּ · They lived
    They lived in Beersheba, Moladah, Hazar-shual,
  7. 1 Chronicles 4:40הַיֹּשְׁבִ֥ים · had lived
    There they found rich, good pasture, and the land was spacious, peaceful, and quiet; for some Hamites had lived there formerly.
  8. 1 Chronicles 4:41וַיֵּשְׁב֖וּ · Then they settled
    These who were noted by name came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah. They attacked the Hamites in their dwellings as well as the Meunites who were there, devoting them to destruction even to this day. Then they settled in their place, because there was pasture for their flocks.
  9. 1 Chronicles 4:43וַיֵּ֣שְׁבוּ · And they have lived
    …and struck down the remnant of the Amalekites who had escaped. And they have lived there to this day.
  10. 1 Chronicles 5:8יוֹשֵׁ֣ב · settled
    …and Bela son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel. They settled in Aroer and as far as Nebo and Baal-meon.
  11. 1 Chronicles 5:9יָשַׁב֙ · They also settled
    They also settled in the east as far as the edge of the desert that extends to the Euphrates River, because their livestock had increased in the land of Gilead.
  12. 1 Chronicles 5:10וַיֵּשְׁבוּ֙ · and they occupied
    During the days of Saul they waged war against the Hagrites, who were defeated at their hands, and they occupied the dwellings of the Hagrites throughout the region east of Gilead.
  13. 1 Chronicles 5:11יָֽשְׁב֛וּ · lived
    The descendants of Gad lived next to the Reubenites in the land of Bashan, as far as Salecah:
  14. 1 Chronicles 5:16וַיֵּֽשְׁב֛וּ · They lived
    They lived in Gilead, in Bashan and its towns, and throughout the pasturelands of Sharon.
  15. 1 Chronicles 5:22וַיֵּשְׁב֥וּ · And they occupied
    …and many others fell slain, because the battle belonged to God. And they occupied the land until the exile.
  16. 1 Chronicles 5:23יָשְׁב֖וּ · They settled
    Now the people of the half-tribe of Manasseh were numerous. They settled in the land from Bashan to Baal-hermon (that is, Senir, also known as Mount Hermon).
  17. 1 Chronicles 7:29יָשְׁב֔וּ · lived
    And along the borders of Manasseh were Beth-shean, Taanach, Megiddo, and Dor, together with their villages. The descendants of Joseph son of Israel lived in these towns.
  18. 1 Chronicles 8:6לְי֣וֹשְׁבֵי · living
    These were the descendants of Ehud who were the heads of the families living in Geba and were exiled to Manahath:
  19. 1 Chronicles 8:13לְיוֹשְׁבֵ֖י · living in; י֥וֹשְׁבֵי · the inhabitants
    …and Beriah and Shema (who were the heads of families living in Aijalon and who drove out the inhabitants of Gath).
  20. 1 Chronicles 8:28יָשְׁב֥וּ · and they lived
    All these were heads of families, the chiefs according to their genealogies, and they lived in Jerusalem.
  21. 1 Chronicles 8:29יָשְׁב֖וּ · lived
    Jeiel the father of Gibeon lived in Gibeon. His wife’s name was Maacah,
  22. 1 Chronicles 8:32יָשְׁב֥וּ · lived
    …and Mikloth, who was the father of Shimeah. They too lived alongside their relatives in Jerusalem.
  23. 1 Chronicles 9:2וְהַיּוֹשְׁבִים֙ · to resettle
    Now the first to resettle their own property in their cities were Israelites, priests, Levites, and temple servants.
  24. 1 Chronicles 9:3יָשְׁב֔וּ · lived
    Some of the descendants of Judah, Benjamin, Ephraim, and Manasseh lived in Jerusalem:
  25. 1 Chronicles 9:16הַיּוֹשֵׁ֖ב · who lived
    Obadiah son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun; and Berechiah son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, who lived in the villages of the Netophathites.
  26. 1 Chronicles 9:34יָשְׁב֥וּ · and they lived
    All these were heads of Levite families, chiefs according to their genealogies, and they lived in Jerusalem.
  27. 1 Chronicles 9:35יָשְׁב֥וּ · lived
    Jeiel the father of Gibeon lived in Gibeon. His wife’s name was Maacah.
  28. 1 Chronicles 9:38יָשְׁב֥וּ · lived
    Mikloth was the father of Shimeam. They too lived alongside their relatives in Jerusalem.
  29. 1 Chronicles 10:7וַיֵּשְׁב֖וּ · and occupied
    When all the Israelites in the valley saw that the army had fled and that Saul and his sons had died, they abandoned their cities and ran away. So the Philistines came and occupied their cities.
  30. 1 Chronicles 11:4יֹשְׁבֵ֖י · inhabited
    Then David and all the Israelites marched to Jerusalem (that is, Jebus), where the Jebusites inhabited the land.
  31. 1 Chronicles 11:5יֹשְׁבֵ֤י · The people
    The people of Jebus said to David, “You will never get in here.” Nevertheless, David captured the fortress of Zion (that is, the City of David).
  32. 1 Chronicles 11:7וַיֵּ֥שֶׁב · took up residence
    So David took up residence in the fortress; that is why it was called the City of David.
  33. 1 Chronicles 13:6יוֹשֵׁ֥ב · who is enthroned
    David and all Israel went up to Baalah of Judah (that is, Kiriath-jearim) to bring up from there the ark of God the LORD, who is enthroned between the cherubim—the ark that is called by the Name.
  34. 1 Chronicles 13:14וַיֵּשֶׁב֩ · remained
    Thus the ark of God remained with the family of Obed-edom in his house for three months, and the LORD blessed his household and everything he owned.
  35. 1 Chronicles 17:1יָשַׁ֥ב · had settled; יוֹשֵׁב֙ · living
    After David had settled into his palace, he said to Nathan the prophet, “Here I am, living in a house of cedar, while the ark of the covenant of the LORD is under a tent.”
  36. 1 Chronicles 17:4לָשָֽׁבֶת׃ · in which to dwell
    “Go and tell My servant David that this is what the LORD says: You are not the one to build Me a house in which to dwell.
  37. 1 Chronicles 17:5יָשַׁ֙בְתִּי֙ · dwelt
    For I have not dwelt in a house from the day I brought Israel up out of Egypt until this day, but I have moved from tent to tent and dwelling to dwelling.
  38. 1 Chronicles 17:16וַיֵּ֖שֶׁב · sat
    Then King David went in, sat before the LORD, and said, “Who am I, O LORD God, and what is my house, that You have brought me this far?
  39. 1 Chronicles 19:5שְׁב֣וּ · Stay
    When someone came and told David about his men, he sent messengers to meet them, since the men had been thoroughly humiliated. The king told them, “Stay in Jericho until your beards have grown back, and then return.”
  40. 1 Chronicles 20:1יֹשֵׁ֣ב · remained
    In the spring, at the time when kings march out to war, Joab led out the army and ravaged the land of the Ammonites. He came to Rabbah and besieged it, but David remained in Jerusalem. And Joab attacked Rabbah and demolished it.
  41. 1 Chronicles 22:18יֹשְׁבֵ֣י · the inhabitants
    “Is not the LORD your God with you, and has He not granted you rest on every side? For He has given the inhabitants of the land into my hand, and the land has been subdued before the LORD and His people.
  42. 1 Chronicles 28:5לָשֶׁ֗בֶת · to sit
    And of all my sons—for the LORD has given me many sons—He has chosen Solomon my son to sit on the throne of the kingdom of the LORD over Israel.
  43. 1 Chronicles 29:23וַיֵּ֣שֶׁב · sat
    So Solomon sat on the throne of the LORD as king in place of his father David. He prospered, and all Israel obeyed him.
  44. 2 Chronicles 2:3לָשֶׁ֥בֶת · to live
    Then Solomon sent word to Hiram king of Tyre: “Do for me as you did for my father David when you sent him cedars to build himself a house to live in.
  45. 2 Chronicles 6:2לְשִׁבְתְּךָ֖ · for You to dwell
    But I have built You an exalted house, a place for You to dwell forever.”
  46. 2 Chronicles 6:10וָאֵשֵׁ֣ב׀ · and I sit
    Now the LORD has fulfilled the word that He spoke. I have succeeded my father David, and I sit on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised. I have built the house for the Name of the LORD, the God of Israel.
  47. 2 Chronicles 6:16יוֹשֵׁ֖ב · to sit
    Therefore now, O LORD, God of Israel, keep for Your servant, my father David, what You promised when You said: ‘You will never fail to have a man to sit before Me on the throne of Israel, if only your descendants guard their way to walk in My law as you have walked before Me.’