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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. Judges 11:21יוֹשֵׁ֖ב · who inhabited
    Then the LORD, the God of Israel, delivered Sihon and all his people into the hand of Israel, who defeated them. So Israel took possession of all the land of the Amorites who inhabited that country,
  2. Judges 11:26בְּשֶׁ֣בֶת · has lived
    For three hundred years Israel has lived in Heshbon, Aroer, and their villages, as well as all the cities along the banks of the Arnon. Why did you not take them back during that time?
  3. Judges 13:9יוֹשֶׁ֣בֶת · was sitting
    And God listened to the voice of Manoah, and the angel of God returned to the woman as she was sitting in the field; but her husband Manoah was not with her.
  4. Judges 15:8וַיֵּ֔שֶׁב · and stayed
    And he struck them ruthlessly with a great slaughter, and then went down and stayed in the cave at the rock of Etam.
  5. Judges 16:9יֹשֵׁ֥ב · were hidden
    While the men were hidden in her room, she called out, “Samson, the Philistines are here!” But he snapped the bowstrings like a strand of yarn seared by a flame. So the source of his strength remained unknown.
  6. Judges 16:12יֹשֵׁ֣ב · were hidden
    So Delilah took new ropes, tied him up with them, and called out, “Samson, the Philistines are here!” But while the men were hidden in her room, he snapped the ropes off his arms like they were threads.
  7. Judges 17:10שְׁבָ֣ה · Stay
    “Stay with me,” Micah said to him, “and be my father and priest, and I will give you ten shekels of silver per year, a suit of clothes, and your provisions.” So the Levite went in
  8. Judges 17:11לָשֶׁ֣בֶת · to stay
    …and agreed to stay with him, and the young man became like a son to Micah.
  9. Judges 18:1לָשֶׁ֔בֶת · to occupy
    In those days there was no king in Israel, and the tribe of the Danites was looking for territory to occupy. For up to that time they had not come into an inheritance among the tribes of Israel.
  10. Judges 18:7יוֹשֶֽׁבֶת־ · were living
    So the five men departed and came to Laish, where they saw that the people were living securely, like the Sidonians, quiet and unsuspecting. There was nothing lacking in the land and no oppressive ruler. And they were far away from the Sidonians and had no alliance with anyone.
  11. Judges 18:28וַיֵּ֥שְׁבוּ · and lived
    There was no one to deliver them, because the city was far from Sidon and had no alliance with anyone; it was in a valley near Beth-rehob. And the Danites rebuilt the city and lived there.
  12. Judges 19:4וַיֵּ֥שֶׁב · so he remained
    His father-in-law, the girl’s father, persuaded him to stay, so he remained with him three days, eating, drinking, and lodging there.
  13. Judges 19:6וַיֵּשְׁב֗וּ · So they sat down
    So they sat down and the two of them ate and drank together. Then the girl’s father said to the man, “Please agree to stay overnight and let your heart be merry.”
  14. Judges 19:15וַיֵּ֙שֶׁב֙ · and sat down
    They stopped to go in and lodge in Gibeah. The Levite went in and sat down in the city square, but no one would take them into his home for the night.
  15. Judges 20:15מִיֹּשְׁבֵ֤י
    On that day the Benjamites mobilized 26,000 swordsmen from their cities, in addition to the 700 select men of Gibeah.
  16. Judges 20:26וַיֵּ֤שְׁבוּ · they sat
    Then the Israelites, all the people, went up to Bethel, where they sat weeping before the LORD. That day they fasted until evening and presented burnt offerings and peace offerings to the LORD.
  17. Judges 20:47וַיֵּֽשְׁבוּ֙ · where they stayed
    But 600 men turned and fled into the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon, where they stayed four months.
  18. Judges 21:2וַיֵּ֤שְׁבוּ · and sat
    So the people came to Bethel and sat there before God until evening, lifting up their voices and weeping bitterly.
  19. Judges 21:9מִיּוֹשְׁבֵ֖י · of the residents
    For when the people were counted, none of the residents of Jabesh-gilead were there.
  20. Judges 21:10יוֹשְׁבֵ֨י · those living
    So the congregation sent 12,000 of their most valiant men and commanded them: “Go and put to the sword those living in Jabesh-gilead, including women and children.
  21. Judges 21:12מִיּוֹשְׁבֵ֣י׀ · among the inhabitants
    So they found among the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead four hundred young women who had not had relations with a man, and they brought them to the camp at Shiloh in the land of Canaan.
  22. Judges 21:23וַיֵּשְׁב֖וּ · and settled
    The Benjamites did as instructed and carried away the number of women they needed from the dancers they caught. They went back to their own inheritance, rebuilt their cities, and settled in them.
  23. Ruth 1:4וַיֵּ֥שְׁבוּ · And after they had lived
    …who took Moabite women as their wives, one named Orpah and the other named Ruth. And after they had lived in Moab about ten years,
  24. Ruth 2:7שִׁבְתָּ֥הּ · that she rested
    She has said, ‘Please let me glean and gather among the sheaves after the harvesters.’ So she came out and has continued from morning until now, except that she rested a short time in the shelter.”
  25. Ruth 2:14וַתֵּ֙שֶׁב֙ · So she sat down
    At mealtime Boaz said to her, “Come over here; have some bread and dip it into the vinegar sauce.” So she sat down beside the harvesters, and he offered her roasted grain, and she ate and was satisfied and had some left over.
  26. Ruth 2:23וַתֵּ֖שֶׁב · And she lived
    So Ruth stayed close to the servant girls of Boaz to glean grain until the barley and wheat harvests were finished. And she lived with her mother-in-law.
  27. Ruth 3:18שְׁבִ֣י · Wait
    “Wait, my daughter,” said Naomi, “until you find out how things go, for he will not rest unless he has resolved the matter today.”
  28. Ruth 4:1וַיֵּ֣שֶׁב · and sat down; שְׁבָה־ · and sit down; וַיֵּשֵֽׁב׃ · and sat down
    Meanwhile, Boaz went to the gate and sat down there. Soon the kinsman-redeemer of whom he had spoken came along, and Boaz said, “Come over here, my friend, and sit down.” So he went over and sat down.
  29. Ruth 4:2שְׁבוּ־ · Sit; וַיֵּשֵֽׁבוּ׃ · and they did so
    Then Boaz took ten of the elders of the city and said, “Sit here,” and they did so.
  30. Ruth 4:4הַֽיֹּשְׁבִים֮ · those seated here
    I thought I should inform you that you may buy it back in the presence of those seated here and in the presence of the elders of my people. If you want to redeem it, do so. But if you will not redeem it, tell me so I may know, because there is no one but you to redeem it, and I am next after you.” “I will redeem it,” he replied.
  31. 1 Samuel 1:9יֹשֵׁב֙ · was sitting
    So after they had finished eating and drinking in Shiloh, Hannah stood up. Now Eli the priest was sitting on a chair by the doorpost of the temple of the LORD.
  32. 1 Samuel 1:22וְיָ֥שַׁב · and to stay
    …but Hannah did not go. “After the boy is weaned,” she said to her husband, “I will take him to appear before the LORD and to stay there permanently.”
  33. 1 Samuel 1:23שְׁבִי֙ · and stay; וַתֵּ֤שֶׁב · stayed
    “Do what you think is best,” her husband Elkanah replied, “and stay here until you have weaned him. Only may the LORD confirm His word.” So Hannah stayed and nursed her son until she had weaned him.
  34. 1 Samuel 2:8לְהוֹשִׁיב֙ · He seats [them]
    He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap. He seats them among princes and bestows on them a throne of honor. For the foundations of the earth are the LORD’s, and upon them He has set the world.
  35. 1 Samuel 4:4יֹשֵׁ֣ב · who sits enthroned
    So the people sent men to Shiloh, and they brought back the ark of the covenant of the LORD of Hosts, who sits enthroned between the cherubim. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God.
  36. 1 Samuel 4:13יֹשֵׁ֨ב · sitting
    When he arrived, there was Eli, sitting on his chair beside the road and watching, because his heart trembled for the ark of God. When the man entered the city to give a report, the whole city cried out.
  37. 1 Samuel 5:7יֵשֵׁ֞ב · stay
    And when the men of Ashdod saw what was happening, they said, “The ark of the God of Israel must not stay here with us, because His hand is heavy upon us and upon our god Dagon.”
  38. 1 Samuel 6:21יוֹשְׁבֵ֥י · the people
    So they sent messengers to the people of Kiriath-jearim, saying, “The Philistines have returned the ark of the LORD. Come down and take it up with you.”
  39. 1 Samuel 7:2שֶׁ֤בֶת · remained
    And from that day a long time passed, twenty years in all, as the ark remained at Kiriath-jearim. And all the house of Israel mournfully sought the LORD.
  40. 1 Samuel 12:8וַיֹּשִׁב֖וּם · and settled them
    When Jacob went to Egypt, your fathers cried out to the LORD, and He sent them Moses and Aaron, who brought your fathers out of Egypt and settled them in this place.
  41. 1 Samuel 12:11וַתֵּשְׁב֖וּ · and you dwelt
    So the LORD sent Jerubbaal, Barak, Jephthah, and Samuel, and He delivered you from the hands of your enemies on every side, and you dwelt securely.
  42. 1 Samuel 13:16יֹשְׁבִ֖ים · were staying
    Now Saul and Jonathan his son and the troops with them were staying in Geba of Benjamin, while the Philistines camped at Michmash.
  43. 1 Samuel 14:2יוֹשֵׁב֙ · was staying
    Meanwhile, Saul was staying under the pomegranate tree in Migron on the outskirts of Gibeah. And the troops who were with him numbered about six hundred men,
  44. 1 Samuel 19:2וְיָשַׁבְתָּ֥ · find
    …so he warned David, saying, “My father Saul intends to kill you. Be on your guard in the morning; find a secret place and hide there.
  45. 1 Samuel 19:9יוֹשֵׁ֔ב · was sitting
    But as Saul was sitting in his house with his spear in his hand, a spirit of distress from the LORD came upon him. While David was playing the harp,
  46. 1 Samuel 19:18וַיֵּשְׁב֖וּ · and stayed
    So David ran away and escaped. And he went to Samuel at Ramah and told him all that Saul had done to him. Then he and Samuel went to Naioth and stayed there.