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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. Joshua 2:9יֹשְׁבֵ֥י · who dwell
    …and said to them, “I know that the LORD has given you this land and that the fear of you has fallen on us, so that all who dwell in the land are melting in fear of you.
  2. Joshua 2:15יוֹשָֽׁבֶת׃ · lived
    Then Rahab let them down by a rope through the window, since the house where she lived was built into the wall of the city.
  3. Joshua 2:22וַיֵּ֤שְׁבוּ · and stayed
    So the spies went out into the hill country and stayed there three days, until their pursuers had returned without finding them, having searched all along the road.
  4. Joshua 2:24יֹשְׁבֵ֥י · who dwell
    “The LORD has surely delivered the entire land into our hands,” they said to Joshua. “Indeed, all who dwell in the land are melting in fear of us.”
  5. Joshua 5:8וַיֵּשְׁב֥וּ · they stayed
    And after all the nation had been circumcised, they stayed there in the camp until they were healed.
  6. Joshua 6:25וַתֵּ֙שֶׁב֙ · So she has lived
    And Joshua spared Rahab the prostitute, with her father’s household and all who belonged to her, because she hid the men Joshua had sent to spy out Jericho. So she has lived among the Israelites to this day.
  7. Joshua 7:7וַנֵּ֔שֶׁב · to stay
    “O, Lord GOD,” Joshua said, “why did You ever bring this people across the Jordan to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites to be destroyed? If only we had been content to stay on the other side of the Jordan!
  8. Joshua 7:9יֹשְׁבֵ֣י · who live
    When the Canaanites and all who live in the land hear about this, they will surround us and wipe out our name from the earth. Then what will You do for Your great name?”
  9. Joshua 8:9וַיֵּשְׁב֗וּ · and lay in wait
    So Joshua sent them out, and they went to the place of ambush and lay in wait between Bethel and Ai, to the west of Ai. But Joshua spent that night among the people.
  10. Joshua 8:24יֹשְׁבֵ֨י · the men
    When Israel had finished killing all the men of Ai who had pursued them into the field and wilderness, and when every last one of them had fallen by the sword, all the Israelites returned to Ai and put it to the sword as well.
  11. Joshua 8:26יֹשְׁבֵ֥י · who lived
    Joshua did not draw back the hand that held his battle lance until he had devoted to destruction all who lived in Ai.
  12. Joshua 9:3וְיֹשְׁבֵ֨י · But the people
    But the people of Gibeon, having heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and Ai,
  13. Joshua 9:7יוֹשֵׁ֔ב · dwell
    But the men of Israel said to the Hivites, “Perhaps you dwell near us. How can we make a treaty with you?”
  14. Joshua 9:11יֹשְׁבֵ֨י · inhabitants
    So the elders and inhabitants of our land told us, ‘Take provisions for your journey; go to meet them and say to them: We are your servants. Please make a treaty with us.’
  15. Joshua 9:16יֹשְׁבִֽים׃ · living
    Three days after they had made the treaty with the Gibeonites, the Israelites learned that they were neighbors, living among them.
  16. Joshua 9:22יֹשְׁבִֽים׃ · live
    Then Joshua summoned the Gibeonites and said, “Why did you deceive us by telling us you live far away from us, when in fact you live among us?
  17. Joshua 9:24יֹשְׁבֵ֥י · its inhabitants
    The Gibeonites answered, “Your servants were told clearly that the LORD your God had commanded His servant Moses to give you all the land and wipe out all its inhabitants before you. So we greatly feared for our lives because of you, and that is why we have done this.
  18. Joshua 10:1יֹשְׁבֵ֤י · the people
    Now Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem heard that Joshua had captured Ai and devoted it to destruction—doing to Ai and its king as he had done to Jericho and its king—and that the people of Gibeon had made peace with Israel and were living near them.
  19. Joshua 10:6יֹשְׁבֵ֥י · from
    Then the men of Gibeon sent word to Joshua in the camp at Gilgal: “Do not abandon your servants. Come quickly and save us! Help us, because all the kings of the Amorites from the hill country have joined forces against us.”
  20. Joshua 11:19יֹשְׁבֵ֣י · living
    No city made peace with the Israelites except the Hivites living in Gibeon; all others were taken in battle.
  21. Joshua 12:2הַיּוֹשֵׁ֖ב · who lived
    Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon. He ruled from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, along the middle of the valley, up to the Jabbok River (the border of the Ammonites), that is, half of Gilead,
  22. Joshua 12:4הַיּוֹשֵׁ֥ב · who lived
    And Og king of Bashan, one of the remnant of the Rephaim, who lived in Ashtaroth and Edrei.
  23. Joshua 13:6יֹשְׁבֵ֣י · the inhabitants
    All the inhabitants of the hill country from Lebanon to Misrephoth-maim—all the Sidonians—I Myself will drive out before the Israelites. Be sure to divide it by lot as an inheritance to Israel, as I have commanded you.
  24. Joshua 13:13וַיֵּ֨שֶׁב · dwell
    …but the Israelites did not drive out the Geshurites or the Maacathites. So Geshur and Maacath dwell among the Israelites to this day.
  25. Joshua 13:21יֹשְׁבֵ֖י · who lived
    …all the cities of the plateau and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon until Moses killed him and the chiefs of Midian (Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba), the princes of Sihon who lived in the land.
  26. Joshua 14:4לָשֶׁ֔בֶת · in which to live
    The descendants of Joseph became two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim. And no portion of the land was given to the Levites, except for cities in which to live, along with pasturelands for their flocks and herds.
  27. Joshua 15:15יֹשְׁבֵ֖י · the inhabitants
    From there he marched against the inhabitants of Debir (formerly known as Kiriath-sepher).
  28. Joshua 15:63יוֹשְׁבֵ֣י · living; וַיֵּ֨שֶׁב · live
    But the descendants of Judah could not drive out the Jebusites living in Jerusalem. So to this day the Jebusites live there among the descendants of Judah.
  29. Joshua 16:10הַיּוֹשֵׁ֣ב · who lived; וַיֵּ֨שֶׁב · dwell
    But they did not drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer. So the Canaanites dwell among the Ephraimites to this day, but they are forced laborers.
  30. Joshua 17:7יֹשְׁבֵ֖י · the inhabitants
    Now the border of Manasseh went from Asher to Michmethath near Shechem, then southward to include the inhabitants of En-tappuah.
  31. Joshua 17:11יֹשְׁבֵ֧י; וְיֹשְׁבֵ֤י; וְיֹשְׁבֵ֤י; וְיֹשְׁבֵ֥י · [and]
    Within Issachar and Asher, Manasseh was assigned Beth-shean, Ibleam, Dor (that is, Naphath), Endor, Taanach, and Megiddo, each with their surrounding settlements.
  32. Joshua 17:12לָשֶׁ֖בֶת · to stay
    But the descendants of Manasseh were unable to occupy these cities, because the Canaanites were determined to stay in this land.
  33. Joshua 17:16הַיֹּשֵׁ֣ב · who live
    “The hill country is not enough for us,” they replied, “and all the Canaanites who live in the valley have iron chariots, both in Beth-shean with its towns and in the Valley of Jezreel.”
  34. Joshua 19:47וַיֵּ֣שְׁבוּ · settled
    (Later, when the territory of the Danites was lost to them, they went up and fought against Leshem, captured it, and put it to the sword. So they took possession of Leshem, settled there, and renamed it after their father Dan.)
  35. Joshua 19:50וַיֵּ֥שֶׁב · and settled
    …as the LORD had commanded. They gave him the city of Timnath-serah in the hill country of Ephraim, as he requested. He rebuilt the city and settled in it.
  36. Joshua 20:4וְיָשַׁ֥ב · to live
    When someone flees to one of these cities, stands at the entrance of the city gate, and states his case before its elders, they are to bring him into the city and give him a place to live among them.
  37. Joshua 20:6וְיָשַׁ֣ב׀ · He is to stay
    He is to stay in that city until he stands trial before the assembly and until the death of the high priest serving at that time. Then the manslayer may return to his own home in the city from which he fled.”
  38. Joshua 21:2לָשָׁ֑בֶת · in which to live
    …at Shiloh in the land of Canaan and said to them, “The LORD commanded through Moses that we be given cities in which to live, together with pasturelands for our livestock.”
  39. Joshua 21:43וַיֵּ֥שְׁבוּ · and settled
    Thus the LORD gave Israel all the land He had sworn to give their fathers, and they took possession of it and settled in it.
  40. Joshua 22:33יֹשְׁבִ֥ים · lived
    The Israelites were satisfied with the report, and they blessed God and spoke no more about going to war against them to destroy the land where the Reubenites and Gadites lived.
  41. Joshua 24:2יָשְׁב֤וּ · lived
    And Joshua said to all the people, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Long ago your fathers, including Terah the father of Abraham and Nahor, lived beyond the Euphrates and worshiped other gods.
  42. Joshua 24:7וַתֵּשְׁב֥וּ · Then you lived
    So your fathers cried out to the LORD, and He put darkness between you and the Egyptians, over whom He brought the sea and engulfed them. Your very eyes saw what I did to the Egyptians. Then you lived in the wilderness for a long time.
  43. Joshua 24:8הַיּוֹשֵׁב֙ · who lived
    Later, I brought you to the land of the Amorites who lived beyond the Jordan. They fought against you, but I delivered them into your hand, that you should possess their land when I destroyed them before you.
  44. Joshua 24:13וַתֵּשְׁב֖וּ · and now you live
    So I gave you a land on which you did not toil and cities that you did not build, and now you live in them and eat from vineyards and olive groves that you did not plant.’
  45. Joshua 24:15יֹשְׁבִ֣ים · are living
    But if it is unpleasing in your sight to serve the LORD, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living. As for me and my house, we will serve the LORD!”