Keraia
Lexicon

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

Old TestamentNew Testament

Occurrences

1,078 total
  1. Leviticus 15:20תֵּשֵׁ֥ב · or sits
    Anything on which she lies or sits during her menstruation will be unclean,
  2. Leviticus 15:22תֵּשֵׁ֣ב · she was sitting
    Whoever touches any furniture on which she was sitting must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening.
  3. Leviticus 15:23יֹשֶֽׁבֶת־ · was sitting
    And whether it is a bed or furniture on which she was sitting, whoever touches it will be unclean until evening.
  4. Leviticus 15:26תֵּשֵׁ֣ב · she sits
    Any bed on which she lies or any furniture on which she sits during the days of her discharge will be unclean, like her bed during her menstrual period.
  5. Leviticus 18:3יְשַׁבְתֶּם־ · you used to live
    You must not follow the practices of the land of Egypt, where you used to live, and you must not follow the practices of the land of Canaan, into which I am bringing you. You must not walk in their customs.
  6. Leviticus 18:25יֹשְׁבֶֽיהָ׃ · inhabitants
    Even the land has become defiled, so I am punishing it for its sin, and the land will vomit out its inhabitants.
  7. Leviticus 20:22לָשֶׁ֥בֶת · you to live
    You are therefore to keep all My statutes and ordinances, so that the land where I am bringing you to live will not vomit you out.
  8. Leviticus 23:42תֵּשְׁב֖וּ · You are to dwell; יֵשְׁב֖וּ · must dwell
    You are to dwell in booths for seven days. All the native-born of Israel must dwell in booths,
  9. Leviticus 23:43הוֹשַׁ֙בְתִּי֙ · dwell
    …so that your descendants may know that I made the Israelites dwell in booths when I brought them out of the land of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.’”
  10. Leviticus 25:10יֹשְׁבֶ֑יהָ · its inhabitants
    So you are to consecrate the fiftieth year and proclaim liberty in the land for all its inhabitants. It shall be your Jubilee, when each of you is to return to his property and to his clan.
  11. Leviticus 25:18וִֽישַׁבְתֶּ֥ם · so that you may dwell
    You are to keep My statutes and carefully observe My judgments, so that you may dwell securely in the land.
  12. Leviticus 25:19וִֽישַׁבְתֶּ֥ם · and dwell
    Then the land will yield its fruit, so that you can eat your fill and dwell in safety in the land.
  13. Leviticus 26:5וִֽישַׁבְתֶּ֥ם · and will dwell
    Your threshing will continue until the grape harvest, and the grape harvest will continue until sowing time; you will have your fill of food to eat and will dwell securely in your land.
  14. Leviticus 26:32הַיֹּשְׁבִ֖ים · who dwell
    And I will lay waste the land, so that your enemies who dwell in it will be appalled.
  15. Leviticus 26:35בְּשִׁבְתְּכֶ֥ם · when you lived
    As long as it lies desolate, the land will have the rest it did not receive during the Sabbaths when you lived in it.
  16. Numbers 13:18הַיֹּשֵׁ֣ב
    See what the land is like and whether its people are strong or weak, few or many.
  17. Numbers 13:19יֹשֵׁ֣ב · live; יוֹשֵׁ֣ב · dwell
    Is the land where they live good or bad? Are the cities where they dwell open camps or fortifications?
  18. Numbers 13:28הַיֹּשֵׁ֖ב · living
    Nevertheless, the people living in the land are strong, and the cities are large and fortified. We even saw the descendants of Anak there.
  19. Numbers 13:29יוֹשֵׁ֖ב · live; יוֹשֵׁ֣ב · live; יֹשֵׁ֣ב · live
    The Amalekites live in the land of the Negev; the Hittites, Jebusites, and Amorites live in the hill country; and the Canaanites live by the sea and along the Jordan.”
  20. Numbers 13:32יוֹשְׁבֶ֙יהָ֙ · its inhabitants
    So they gave the Israelites a bad report about the land that they had spied out: “The land we explored devours its inhabitants, and all the people we saw there are great in stature.
  21. Numbers 14:14יוֹשֵׁב֮ · the inhabitants
    And they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land. They have already heard that You, O LORD, are in the midst of this people, that You, O LORD, have been seen face to face, that Your cloud stands over them, and that You go before them in a pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night.
  22. Numbers 14:25יוֹשֵׁ֣ב · are living
    Now since the Amalekites and Canaanites are living in the valleys, turn back tomorrow and head for the wilderness along the route to the Red Sea.”
  23. Numbers 14:45הַיֹּשֵׁ֖ב · who lived
    Then the Amalekites and Canaanites who lived in that part of the hill country came down, attacked them, and routed them all the way to Hormah.
  24. Numbers 20:1וַיֵּ֥שֶׁב · stayed
    In the first month, the whole congregation of Israel entered the Wilderness of Zin and stayed in Kadesh. There Miriam died and was buried.
  25. Numbers 20:15וַנֵּ֥שֶׁב · where we lived
    …how our fathers went down to Egypt, where we lived many years. The Egyptians mistreated us and our fathers,
  26. Numbers 21:1יֹשֵׁ֣ב · who lived
    When the Canaanite king of Arad, who lived in the Negev, heard that Israel was coming along the road to Atharim, he attacked Israel and captured some prisoners.
  27. Numbers 21:15לְשֶׁ֣בֶת · to the site
    …even the slopes of the wadis that extend to the site of Ar and lie along the border of Moab.”
  28. Numbers 21:25וַיֵּ֤שֶׁב · and occupied
    Israel captured all the cities of the Amorites and occupied them, including Heshbon and all its villages.
  29. Numbers 21:31וַיֵּ֙שֶׁב֙ · lived
    So Israel lived in the land of the Amorites.
  30. Numbers 21:34יוֹשֵׁ֖ב · lived
    But the LORD said to Moses, “Do not fear him, for I have delivered him into your hand, along with all his people and his land. Do to him as you did to Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon.”
  31. Numbers 22:5יֹשֵׁ֖ב · and have settled
    …he sent messengers to summon Balaam son of Beor at Pethor, which is by the Euphrates in the land of his people. “Behold, a people has come out of Egypt,” said Balak. “They cover the face of the land and have settled next to me.
  32. Numbers 22:8וַיֵּשְׁב֥וּ · stayed
    “Spend the night here,” Balaam replied, “and I will give you the answer that the LORD speaks to me.” So the princes of Moab stayed with Balaam.
  33. Numbers 22:19שְׁב֨וּ · stay
    So now, please stay here overnight as the others did, that I may find out what else the LORD has to tell me.”
  34. Numbers 25:1וַיֵּ֥שֶׁב · was staying
    While Israel was staying in Shittim, the men began to indulge in sexual immorality with the daughters of Moab,
  35. Numbers 32:6תֵּ֥שְׁבוּ · sit
    But Moses asked the Gadites and Reubenites, “Shall your brothers go to war while you sit here?
  36. Numbers 32:17וְיָשַׁ֤ב · will remain; יֹשְׁבֵ֥י · the inhabitants
    But we will arm ourselves and be ready to go ahead of the Israelites until we have brought them into their place. Meanwhile, our little ones will remain in the fortified cities for protection from the inhabitants of the land.
  37. Numbers 32:40וַיֵּ֖שֶׁב · and they settled
    So Moses gave Gilead to the clan of Machir son of Manasseh, and they settled there.
  38. Numbers 33:40יֹשֵׁ֥ב · who lived
    Now the Canaanite king of Arad, who lived in the Negev in the land of Canaan, heard that the Israelites were coming.
  39. Numbers 33:52יֹשְׁבֵ֤י · the inhabitants
    …you must drive out before you all the inhabitants of the land, destroy all their carved images and cast idols, and demolish all their high places.
  40. Numbers 33:53וִֽישַׁבְתֶּם־ · and settle
    You are to take possession of the land and settle in it, for I have given you the land to possess.
  41. Numbers 33:55יֹשְׁבֵ֣י · the inhabitants; יֹשְׁבִ֥ים · settle
    But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land before you, those you allow to remain will become barbs in your eyes and thorns in your sides; they will harass you in the land where you settle.
  42. Numbers 35:2לָשָׁ֑בֶת · to live in
    “Command the Israelites to give, from the inheritance they will possess, cities for the Levites to live in and pasturelands around the cities.
  43. Numbers 35:3לָשָׁ֑בֶת · to live in
    The cities will be for them to live in, and the pasturelands will be for their herds, their flocks, and all their other livestock.
  44. Numbers 35:25וְיָ֣שַׁב · and he must live
    The assembly is to protect the manslayer from the hand of the avenger of blood. Then the assembly will return him to the city of refuge to which he fled, and he must live there until the death of the high priest, who was anointed with the holy oil.