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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 Samuel 14:28וַיֵּ֧שֶׁב · lived
    Now Absalom lived in Jerusalem two years without seeing the face of the king.
  2. 2 Samuel 15:8בְּשִׁבְתִּ֥י · while dwelling
    For your servant made a vow while dwelling in Geshur of Aram, saying: ‘If indeed the LORD brings me back to Jerusalem, I will worship the LORD in Hebron.’”
  3. 2 Samuel 15:19וְשֵׁ֤ב · and stay
    Then the king said to Ittai the Gittite, “Why should you also go with us? Go back and stay with the new king, since you are both a foreigner and an exile from your homeland.
  4. 2 Samuel 15:29וַיֵּשְׁב֖וּ · and stayed
    So Zadok and Abiathar returned the ark of God to Jerusalem and stayed there.
  5. 2 Samuel 16:3יוֹשֵׁ֣ב · he is staying
    “Where is your master’s grandson?” asked the king. And Ziba answered, “Indeed, he is staying in Jerusalem, for he has said, ‘Today, the house of Israel will restore to me the kingdom of my grandfather.’”
  6. 2 Samuel 16:18אֵשֵֽׁב׃ · I will remain
    “Not at all,” Hushai answered. “For the one chosen by the LORD, by this people, and by all the men of Israel—his I will be, and with him I will remain.
  7. 2 Samuel 18:24יוֹשֵׁ֖ב · was sitting
    Now David was sitting between the two gates when the watchman went up to the roof of the gateway by the wall, looked out, and saw a man running alone.
  8. 2 Samuel 19:8וַיֵּ֣שֶׁב · and sat; יוֹשֵׁ֣ב · is sitting
    So the king got up and sat in the gate, and all the people were told: “Behold, the king is sitting in the gate.” So they all came before the king. Meanwhile, the Israelites had fled, each man to his home.
  9. 1 Kings 1:13יֵשֵׁ֣ב · will sit
    Go at once to King David and say, ‘My lord the king, did you not swear to your maidservant, “Surely your son Solomon will reign after me, and he will sit on my throne”? Why then has Adonijah become king?’
  10. 1 Kings 1:17יֵשֵׁ֥ב · will sit
    “My lord,” she replied, “you yourself swore to your maidservant by the LORD your God: ‘Surely your son Solomon will reign after me, and he will sit on my throne.’
  11. 1 Kings 1:20יֵשֵׁ֛ב · will sit
    And as for you, my lord the king, the eyes of all Israel are upon you to tell them who will sit on the throne of my lord the king after him.
  12. 1 Kings 1:24יֵשֵׁ֥ב · will sit
    “My lord the king,” said Nathan, “did you say, ‘Adonijah will reign after me, and he will sit on my throne’?
  13. 1 Kings 1:27יֵשֵׁ֛ב · should sit
    Has my lord the king let this happen without informing your servant who should sit on the throne after my lord the king?”
  14. 1 Kings 1:30יֵשֵׁ֥ב · will sit
    I will carry out this very day exactly what I swore to you by the LORD, the God of Israel: Surely your son Solomon will reign after me, and he will sit on my throne in my place.”
  15. 1 Kings 1:35וְיָשַׁ֣ב · and sit
    Then you shall go up with him, and he is to come and sit on my throne and reign in my place. For I have appointed him ruler over Israel and Judah.”
  16. 1 Kings 1:46יָשַׁ֣ב · has taken his seat
    Moreover, Solomon has taken his seat on the royal throne.
  17. 1 Kings 1:48יֹשֵׁ֥ב · to sit
    …saying, ‘Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel! Today He has provided one to sit on my throne, and my eyes have seen it.’”
  18. 1 Kings 2:12יָשַׁ֕ב · sat
    So Solomon sat on the throne of his father David, and his kingdom was firmly established.
  19. 1 Kings 2:19וַיֵּ֙שֶׁב֙ · and sat down; וַתֵּ֖שֶׁב · [who] sat down
    So Bathsheba went to King Solomon to speak to him for Adonijah. The king stood up to greet her, bowed to her, and sat down on his throne. Then the king had a throne brought for his mother, who sat down at his right hand.
  20. 1 Kings 2:24וַיּוֹשִׁיבִינִי · who set me
    And now, as surely as the LORD lives—the One who established me, who set me on the throne of my father David, and who founded for me a dynasty as He promised—surely Adonijah shall be put to death today!”
  21. 1 Kings 2:36וְיָשַׁבְתָּ֖ · and live
    Then the king summoned Shimei and said to him, “Build a house for yourself in Jerusalem and live there, but do not go anywhere else.
  22. 1 Kings 2:38וַיֵּ֧שֶׁב · lived
    “The sentence is fair,” Shimei replied. “Your servant will do as my lord the king has spoken.” And Shimei lived in Jerusalem for a long time.
  23. 1 Kings 3:6יֹשֵׁ֥ב · to sit
    Solomon replied, “You have shown much loving devotion to Your servant, my father David, because he walked before You in faithfulness, righteousness, and uprightness of heart. And You have maintained this loving devotion by giving him a son to sit on his throne this very day.
  24. 1 Kings 3:17יֹשְׁבֹ֖ת · live
    One woman said, “Please, my lord, this woman and I live in the same house, and I gave birth while she was in the house.
  25. 1 Kings 4:25וַיֵּשֶׁב֩ · dwelt
    Throughout the days of Solomon, Judah and Israel dwelt securely from Dan to Beersheba, each man under his own vine and his own fig tree.
  26. 1 Kings 7:8יֵ֨שֶׁב · [Solomon] would live
    And the palace where Solomon would live, set further back, was of similar construction. He also made a palace like this hall for Pharaoh’s daughter, whom he had married.
  27. 1 Kings 8:13לְשִׁבְתְּךָ֖ · for You to dwell
    I have indeed built You an exalted house, a place for You to dwell forever.”
  28. 1 Kings 8:20וָאֵשֵׁ֣ב · 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.
  29. 1 Kings 8:25יֹשֵׁ֖ב · 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 before Me as you have done.’
  30. 1 Kings 8:27יֵשֵׁ֥ב · dwell
    But will God indeed dwell upon the earth? The heavens, even the highest heavens, cannot contain You, much less this temple I have built.
  31. 1 Kings 8:30שִׁבְתְּךָ֙ · Your dwelling
    Hear the plea of Your servant and of Your people Israel when they pray toward this place. May You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place. May You hear and forgive.
  32. 1 Kings 8:39שִׁבְתֶּ֙ךָ֙ · Your dwelling
    …be heard by You from heaven, Your dwelling place. And may You forgive and act, and repay each man according to all his ways, since You know his heart—for You alone know the hearts of all men—
  33. 1 Kings 8:43שִׁבְתֶּ֔ךָ · Your dwelling
    …then may You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place, and do according to all for which the foreigner calls to You. Then all the peoples of the earth will know Your name and fear You, as do Your people Israel, and they will know that this house I have built is called by Your Name.
  34. 1 Kings 8:49שִׁבְתְּךָ֔ · Your dwelling
    …then may You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place, their prayer and petition, and may You uphold their cause.
  35. 1 Kings 9:16הַיֹּשֵׁ֥ב · who lived
    Pharaoh king of Egypt had attacked and captured Gezer. He had set it on fire, killed the Canaanites who lived in the city, and given it as a dowry to his daughter, Solomon’s wife.
  36. 1 Kings 11:16יָֽשַׁב־ · had stayed
    Joab and all Israel had stayed there six months, until he had killed every male in Edom.
  37. 1 Kings 11:24וַיֵּ֣שְׁבוּ · where they settled
    …and had gathered men to himself. When David killed the Zobaites, Rezon captained a band of raiders and went to Damascus, where they settled and gained control.
  38. 1 Kings 12:2וַיֵּ֥שֶׁב · living ever since
    When Jeroboam son of Nebat heard about this, he was still in Egypt where he had fled from King Solomon and had been living ever since.
  39. 1 Kings 12:17הַיֹּשְׁבִ֖ים · living
    …but Rehoboam still reigned over the Israelites living in the cities of Judah.
  40. 1 Kings 12:25וַיֵּ֣שֶׁב · and lived there
    Then Jeroboam built Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim and lived there. And from there he went out and built Penuel.
  41. 1 Kings 13:11יֹשֵׁ֖ב · was living
    Now a certain old prophet was living in Bethel, and his sons came and told him all the deeds that the man of God had done that day in Bethel. They also told their father the words that the man had spoken to the king.
  42. 1 Kings 13:14יֹשֵׁ֖ב · sitting
    …and went after the man of God. He found him sitting under an oak tree and asked, “Are you the man of God who came from Judah?” “I am,” he replied.
  43. 1 Kings 13:20יֹשְׁבִ֖ים · were sitting
    While they were sitting at the table, the word of the LORD came to the prophet who had brought him back,
  44. 1 Kings 13:25יֹשֵׁ֥ב · lived
    And there were men passing by who saw the body lying in the road with the lion standing beside it, and they went and reported this in the city where the old prophet lived.
  45. 1 Kings 15:18הַיֹּשֵׁ֥ב · who was ruling
    So Asa withdrew all the silver and gold that remained in the treasuries of the house of the LORD and the royal palace. He entrusted it to his servants and sent them with this message to Ben-hadad son of Tabrimmon, the son of Hezion, the king of Aram, who was ruling in Damascus:
  46. 1 Kings 15:21וַיֵּ֖שֶׁב · and withdrew
    When Baasha learned of this, he stopped fortifying Ramah and withdrew to Tirzah.
  47. 1 Kings 16:11כְּשִׁבְתּ֣וֹ · and was seated
    As soon as Zimri began to reign and was seated on the throne, he struck down the entire household of Baasha. He did not leave a single male, whether a kinsman or friend.
  48. 1 Kings 17:5וַיֵּ֙שֶׁב֙ · and lived
    So Elijah did what the LORD had told him, and he went and lived by the Brook of Cherith, east of the Jordan.