יָשַׁב
to dwell
also: remain, sit, abide fuller range ↓
Full lexicon entry — Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB)
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB)
Where this word appears
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Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Verb
- An action or state-of-being word.
Noun type
- Common
- A common noun — a general class of person, place, or thing (“king,” “city,” “water”), not a specific name.
Stem
- Qal
- The basic, simple active stem — the plain form of the verb (“he wrote”). Here: ‘sit on’
- Hiphil
- The causative active stem (“he caused / brought about”). Here: ‘cause to sit c. acc. pers. +’
- Niphal
- Usually the simple passive or reflexive of the Qal (“he was written”).
- Hophal
- The passive counterpart of the Hiphil (“he was caused to…”).
- Piel
- An intensive or resultative active stem.
Form
- Participle Active
- A verbal adjective expressing ongoing or characteristic action (“writing / one who writes”).
- Sequential Imperfect
- An imperfect with prefixed waw — the standard past-narrative form (waw-consecutive imperfect).
- Infinitive Construct
- A bound verbal noun, frequently with prepositions (“to write / in writing”).
- Perfect
- A completed action or state — Hebrew marks aspect (completeness) more than strict tense (“he wrote”).
- Imperfect
- An incomplete, ongoing, or future action (“he will / would write”).
- Sequential Perfect
- A perfect with prefixed waw continuing a preceding imperfect or command (waw-consecutive perfect).
- Imperative
- A direct command (“write!”).
- Cohortative
- A first-person volitional form expressing wish or resolve (“let me / let us write”).
- Participle Passive
- A verbal adjective expressing action received (“written”).
- Jussive
- A third- or second-person volitional form expressing wish or command (“let him write”).
- Infinitive Absolute
- An unbound verbal noun, often intensifying or standing in for a finite verb.
State
- Construct
- A noun bound to a following noun in a possessive / “of” relationship (the construct chain).
- Absolute
- The independent form of a noun, not bound to a following word.
Person
- 3rd Person
- The one spoken about (“he / she / it / they”).
- 2nd Person
- The one addressed (“you”).
- 1st Person
- The speaker (“I / we”).
Gender
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
- Common
- Either gender — not distinguished for this form.
- Feminine
- Grammatically feminine.
Number
- Plural
- More than one (in Hebrew, generally three or more).
- Singular
- One.
62 verses where H3427 appears in the Qal stem in the Book of Genesis. Filtered view — show all forms. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Hebrew form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Hebrew Bible; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences are not indexed here.
Genesis
- Genesis 4:16 וַ/יֵּ֥שֶׁב conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Cain went out from Yahweh's presence, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.
- Genesis 4:20 יֹשֵׁ֥ב Qal ptcp.act ms cs Adah gave birth to Jabal, who was the father of those who dwell in tents and have cattle.
- Genesis 11:2 וַ/יֵּ֥שְׁבוּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp It happened, as they traveled east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they lived there.
- Genesis 11:31 וַ/יֵּ֥שְׁבוּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp Terah took Abram his son, Lot the son of Haran, his son's son, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram's wife. They went forth from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan. They came to Haran, and lived there.
- Genesis 13:6 לָ/שֶׁ֣בֶת לָ/שֶׁ֥בֶת prep + Qal inf.cs prep + Qal inf.cs The land was not able to bear them, that they might live together: for their substance was great, so that they could not live together.
- Genesis 13:7 יֹשֵׁ֥ב Qal ptcp.act ms There was a strife between the herdsmen of Abram's cattle and the herdsmen of Lot's cattle: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite lived then in the land.
- Genesis 13:12 יָשַׁ֣ב יָשַׁב֙ Qal pf 3ms Qal pf 3ms Abram lived in the land of Canaan, and Lot lived in the cities of the plain, and moved his tent as far as Sodom.
- Genesis 13:18 וַ/יֵּ֛שֶׁב conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Abram moved his tent, and came and lived by the oaks of Mamre, which are in Hebron, and built an altar there to Yahweh.
- Genesis 14:7 הַ/יֹּשֵׁ֖ב ptcl def.art + Qal ptcp.act ms They returned, and came to En-mishpat (the same is Kadesh), and struck all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that lived in Hazazon Tamar.
- Genesis 14:12 יֹשֵׁ֖ב Qal ptcp.act ms They took Lot, Abram's brother's son, who lived in Sodom, and his goods, and departed.
- Genesis 16:3 לְ/שֶׁ֥בֶת prep + Qal inf.cs Sarai, Abram's wife, took Hagar the Egyptian, her handmaid, after Abram had lived ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to Abram her husband to be his wife.
- Genesis 18:1 יֹשֵׁ֥ב Qal ptcp.act ms Yahweh appeared to him by the oaks of Mamre, as he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day.
- Genesis 19:1 יֹשֵׁ֣ב Qal ptcp.act ms The two angels came to Sodom at evening. Lot sat in the gate of Sodom. Lot saw them, and rose up to meet them. He bowed himself with his face to the earth,
- Genesis 19:25 יֹשְׁבֵ֣י Qal ptcp.act mp cs He overthrew those cities, all the plain, all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew on the ground.
- Genesis 19:29 יָשַׁ֥ב Qal pf 3ms It happened, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in which Lot lived.
- Genesis 19:30 וַ/יֵּ֣שֶׁב לָ/שֶׁ֣בֶת וַ/יֵּ֨שֶׁב֙ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms prep + Qal inf.cs conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Lot went up out of Zoar, and lived in the mountain, and his two daughters with him; for he was afraid to live in Zoar. He lived in a cave with his two daughters.
- Genesis 20:1 וַ/יֵּ֥שֶׁב conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Abraham traveled from there toward the land of the South, and lived between Kadesh and Shur. He lived as a foriegner in Gerar.
- Genesis 20:15 שֵֽׁב Qal impv 2ms Abimelech said, "Behold, my land is before you. Dwell where it pleases you."
- Genesis 21:16 וַ/תֵּ֨שֶׁב וַ/תֵּ֣שֶׁב conj + Qal wimpf 3fs conj + Qal wimpf 3fs She went and sat down opposite him, a good way off, about a bow shot away. For she said, "Don't let me see the death of the child." She sat over against him, and lifted up her voice, and wept.
- Genesis 21:20 וַ/יֵּ֨שֶׁב֙ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms God was with the boy, and he grew. He lived in the wilderness, and became, as he grew up, an archer.
- Genesis 21:21 וַ/יֵּ֖שֶׁב conj + Qal wimpf 3ms He lived in the wilderness of Paran. His mother took a wife for him out of the land of Egypt.
- Genesis 22:5 שְׁבוּ Qal impv 2mp Abraham said to his young men, "Stay here with the donkey. The boy and I will go yonder. We will worship, and come back to you.
- Genesis 22:19 וַ/יֵּ֥שֶׁב conj + Qal wimpf 3ms So Abraham returned to his young men, and they rose up and went together to Beersheba. Abraham lived at Beersheba.
- Genesis 23:10 יֹשֵׁ֖ב Qal ptcp.act ms Now Ephron was sitting in the midst of the children of Heth. Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the hearing of the children of Heth, even of all who went in at the gate of his city, saying,
- Genesis 24:3 יוֹשֵׁ֥ב Qal ptcp.act ms I will make you swear by Yahweh, the God of heaven and the God of the earth, that you shall not take a wife for my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I live.
- Genesis 24:37 יֹשֵׁ֥ב Qal ptcp.act ms My master made me swear, saying, 'You shall not take a wife for my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I live,
- Genesis 24:55 תֵּשֵׁ֨ב Qal impf 3fs Her brother and her mother said, "Let the young lady stay with us a few days, at least ten. After that she will go."
- Genesis 24:62 יוֹשֵׁ֖ב Qal ptcp.act ms Isaac came from the way of Beer Lahai Roi. For he lived in the land of the South.
- Genesis 25:11 וַ/יֵּ֣שֶׁב conj + Qal wimpf 3ms It happened after the death of Abraham, that God blessed Isaac, his son. Isaac lived by Beer Lahai Roi.
- Genesis 25:27 יֹשֵׁ֖ב Qal ptcp.act ms The boys grew. Esau was a skillful hunter, a man of the field. Jacob was a quiet man, living in tents.
- Genesis 26:6 וַ/יֵּ֥שֶׁב conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Isaac lived in Gerar.
- Genesis 26:17 וַ/יֵּ֥שֶׁב conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Isaac departed from there, encamped in the valley of Gerar, and lived there.
- Genesis 27:19 שְׁבָ֗/ה Qal impv 2ms + sfx h Jacob said to his father, "I am Esau your firstborn. I have done what you asked me to do. Please arise, sit and eat of my venison, that your soul may bless me."
- Genesis 27:44 וְ/יָשַׁבְתָּ֥ conj + Qal wpf 2ms Stay with him a few days, until your brother's fury turns away;
- Genesis 29:14 וַ/יֵּ֥שֶׁב conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Laban said to him, Surely you are my bone and my flesh. He lived with him for a month.
- Genesis 29:19 שְׁבָ֖/ה Qal impv 2ms + sfx h Laban said, "It is better that I give her to you, than that I should give her to another man. Stay with me."
- Genesis 31:34 וַ/תֵּ֣שֶׁב conj + Qal wimpf 3fs Now Rachel had taken the teraphim, put them in the camel's saddle, and sat on them. Laban felt about all the tent, but didn't find them.
- Genesis 34:10 תֵּשֵׁ֑בוּ שְׁבוּ֙ Qal impf 2mp Qal impv 2mp You shall dwell with us: and the land will be before you. Live and trade in it, and get possessions in it."
- Genesis 34:16 וְ/יָשַׁ֣בְנוּ conj + Qal wpf 1cp then will we give our daughters to you, and we will take your daughters to us, and we will dwell with you, and we will become one people.
- Genesis 34:21 וְ/יֵשְׁב֤וּ conj + Qal impf 3mp "These men are peaceful with us. Therefore let them live in the land and trade in it. For, behold, the land is large enough for them. Let us take their daughters to us for wives, and let us give them our daughters.
- Genesis 34:22 לָ/שֶׁ֣בֶת prep + Qal inf.cs Only on this condition will the men consent to us to dwell with us, to become one people, if every male among us be circumcised, as they are circumcised.
- Genesis 34:23 וְ/יֵשְׁב֖וּ conj + Qal impf 3mp Won't their cattle and their substance and all their animals be ours? Only let us give our consent to them, and they will dwell with us."
- Genesis 34:30 בְּ/יֹשֵׁ֣ב prep + Qal ptcp.act ms cs Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, "You have troubled me, to make me odious to the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites. I am few in number. They will gather themselves together against me and strike me, and I will be destroyed, I and my house."
- Genesis 35:1 וְ/שֶׁב conj + Qal impv 2ms God said to Jacob, "Arise, go up to Bethel, and live there. Make there an altar to God, who appeared to you when you fled from the face of Esau your brother."
- Genesis 36:7 מִ/שֶּׁ֣בֶת prep + Qal inf.cs For their substance was too great for them to dwell together, and the land of their travels couldn't bear them because of their cattle.
- Genesis 36:8 וַ/יֵּ֤שֶׁב conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Esau lived in the hill country of Seir. Esau is Edom.
- Genesis 36:20 יֹשְׁבֵ֖י Qal ptcp.act mp cs These are the sons of Seir the Horite, the inhabitants of the land: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah,
- Genesis 37:1 וַ/יֵּ֣שֶׁב conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Jacob lived in the land of his father's travels, in the land of Canaan.
- Genesis 37:25 וַ/יֵּשְׁבוּ֮ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp They sat down to eat bread, and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites was coming from Gilead, with their camels bearing spices and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt.
- Genesis 38:11 שְׁבִ֧י וַ/תֵּ֖שֶׁב Qal impv 2fs conj + Qal wimpf 3fs Then Judah said to Tamar, his daughter-in-law, "Remain a widow in your father's house, until Shelah, my son, is grown up;" for he said, "Lest he also die, like his brothers." Tamar went and lived in her father's house.
- Genesis 38:14 וַ/תֵּ֨שֶׁב֙ conj + Qal wimpf 3fs She took off of her the garments of her widowhood, and covered herself with her veil, and wrapped herself, and sat in the gate of Enaim, which is by the way to Timnah; for she saw that Shelah was grown up, and she wasn't given to him as a wife.
- Genesis 43:33 וַ/יֵּשְׁב֣וּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp They sat before him, the firstborn according to his birthright, and the youngest according to his youth, and the men marveled one with another.
- Genesis 44:33 יֵֽשֶׁב Qal juss 3ms Now therefore, please let your servant stay instead of the boy, a bondservant to my lord; and let the boy go up with his brothers.
- Genesis 45:10 וְ/יָשַׁבְתָּ֣ conj + Qal wpf 2ms You shall dwell in the land of Goshen, and you will be near to me, you, your children, your children's children, your flocks, your herds, and all that you have.
- Genesis 46:34 תֵּשְׁבוּ֙ Qal impf 2mp that you shall say, 'Your servants have been keepers of cattle from our youth even until now, both we, and our fathers:' that you may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is an abomination to the Egyptians."
- Genesis 47:4 יֵֽשְׁבוּ Qal juss 3mp They said to Pharaoh, "We have come to live as foreigners in the land, for there is no pasture for your servants' flocks. For the famine is severe in the land of Canaan. Now therefore, please let your servants dwell in the land of Goshen."
- Genesis 47:6 הוֹשֵׁ֥ב יֵשְׁבוּ֙ Hiphil impv 2ms Qal impf 3mp The land of Egypt is before you. Make your father and your brothers dwell in the best of the land. Let them dwell in the land of Goshen. If you know any able men among them, then put them in charge of my cattle."
- Genesis 47:27 וַ/יֵּ֧שֶׁב conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Israel lived in the land of Egypt, in the land of Goshen; and they got themselves possessions therein, and were fruitful, and multiplied exceedingly.
- Genesis 48:2 וַ/יֵּ֖שֶׁב conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Someone told Jacob, and said, "Behold, your son Joseph comes to you," and Israel strengthened himself, and sat on the bed.
- Genesis 49:24 וַ/תֵּ֤שֶׁב conj + Qal wimpf 3fs But his bow abode in strength, The arms of his hands were made strong, By the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, (From there is the shepherd, the stone of Israel),
- Genesis 50:11 יוֹשֵׁב֩ Qal ptcp.act ms cs When the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning in the floor of Atad, they said, "This is a grievous mourning by the Egyptians." Therefore, the name of it was called Abel Mizraim, which is beyond the Jordan.
- Genesis 50:22 וַ/יֵּ֤שֶׁב conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Joseph lived in Egypt, he, and his father's house. Joseph lived one hundred ten years.
About this entry
At a glance — auto-summarized from this page’s data, not written by a person. Every figure links to its source below. This summary describes the numbers; it doesn’t interpret them.
ישב — transliterated yâshab — is a Hebrew verb carrying the sense “to dwell.” The King James Version usually renders it “dwelt,” while modern versions prefer “lived” (Berean Standard Bible) and “dwellers of” (unfoldingWord Literal Text) — see the renderings breakdown. Spanning 977 verses in 38 books, it ranks among the most common words of the Hebrew Bible. Debuting at Genesis 4:16, it then recurs through the corpus. Different stems carry different senses — BDB groups them under 5 stems, among them Qal and Niphal. Each statement above links to its evidence; the full detail follows below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's H3427 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 977
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 977 distinct verses.
- 38 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 38 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #36
- by frequency
- Top 50 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 36 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 977 occurrences in the concordance →
By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 977 distinct verses.
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 574 verses · 59%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 227 verses · 23%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 176 verses · 18%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
BDB lists this Strong’s number as 2 distinct words (homographs). Each count above pools all of them and is not split by sense — see the Senses section below. A low-frequency rendering may belong to a different one of those words, not the primary meaning.
- King James Version†: Dwelt 144×, Inhabitants 114×, Dwell 87×
- American Standard Version†: Dwelt 129×, Inhabitants 101×, Dwell 75×
- Berean Standard Bible†: Lived 76×, Live 62×, People 53×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text†: Dwellers of 80×, Inhabitants of 43×, And 42×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H3427 across 1,085† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 246 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 4 further occurrences.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H3427 across 1,079† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 287 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H3427 across 1,049† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 208 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 28 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H3427 across 1,102† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 156 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
20 senses and sub-senses in the full BDB
Hebrew verbs can shift meaning by stem (binyan): Qal is the basic action, Niphal is often passive or reflexive, Piel often intensifies or makes it factitive, and Hiphil is typically causative. The senses below are grouped under the stem BDB assigns to each. This entry also uses Hophal (the passive of Hiphil).
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 20 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
ישב I sit, remain, dwell (NH id.
Qal
- Pf. 3 ms. יָשַׁב Gn 13:12 +; 2 ms. יָשַׁבְתָּ Ju 5:16, וְיָשַׁבְתָּה בָ֑הּ consec. Dt 17:14; 2 mpl. יְשַׁבְתֶּם Dt 1:46 Lv 18:3, וִישַׁבְתֶּם consec. Lv 25:18 + 7 times, etc.; Impf. יֵשֵׁב 1 S 5:7 +, יֵשֶׁב־ Gn 44:33; Ez 44:3, יֵ֫שֶׁב before monosyll. 1 K 7:8; Jb 22:8; וַיֵּ֫שֶׁב Gn 4:16 +; וַיֵּשֵֽׁב Ru 4:1; 1 s. אֵשֵׁב Ju 6:18 +, וָאֵשֵׁב Dt 9:9 + 3 times + Ez 3:15b (but Co אשׁר Kt); אֵשְׁבָה 1 S 27:5; אֵשֵׁ֑בָה Is 49:20; וָאֵשְׁבָה Ez 9:3; 3 mpl. יֵשְׁבוּ Gn 47:4 +; 3 fpl. תישׁבנה Ez 35:9 Kt (i.e. תֵּישַׁבְנָה Ol§ 242 d Köi. 401), Qr תָּשׁוֹבְנָה (√ שׁוב), Co proposes תִּוָּשַׁבְנָה; 1 pl. נֵשֵׁב Je 42:13, 14, וַנֵּ֫שֶׁב Nu 20:15 + 5 times; Imv. ms. שֵׁב Gn 20:15 +, שֶׁב־ Gn 35:1; שְׁבָה Gn 27:19 +; fs. שְׁבִי Gn 38:11 +; mpl. שְׁבוּ Gn 22:5 +, etc.; Inf. abs. יָשֹׁב־ 1 S 20:5; cstr. שֶׁ֫בֶת 1 S 7:2 +; שָׁ֑בֶת Is 40:22 +; sf. שִׁבְתִּי 2 S 7:5 +, etc.; Pt. m. י(וֹ)שֵׁב Gn 4:20; 24:3 +, etc.; f. ישְׁבָה Na 3:8; י(וֹ)שֶׁבֶת Ju 4:5 +; י(וֹ)שָׁ֑בֶת Jos 2:5; 2 K 4:13; ישַׁבְתְּ֯י Je 22:23, י(וֹ)שֶׁבֶת֯י Je 10:17; La 4:21; Ez 27:3 (Kt preferable in all these, v. Ol§ 123 d Ges§ 90.3a); fpl. ישְׁבוֹת 1 S 27:8;— e.g. Genesis 13:12
- 1.
- a. sit on (עַל) a seat 1 S 20:25, stone Ex 17:12, teraphim Gn 31:34, couch 48:2 (all E), Ez 23:41, knees 2 K 4:20; throne Ex 11:5; 12:29 (J), Dt 17:18; 1 S 1:9; 4:13; 1 K 1:13, 17, 20 +, v. abs. infr.; of י׳, הַיּשֵׁב עַל־חוּג הָאָרֶץ Is 40:22; dust Is 47:1, ground (אֶרֶץ) Ez 26:16, ashes Jon 3:6 (these in token of humiliation); sit down by (עַל) a well Ex 2:15 or pool 2 S 2:13; c. אֶל 1 S 28:23; sit in (ב) house, street, doorway, assembly, etc. 2 S 7:1; Ju 19:15 Gn 38:14 (J), Je 15:17; 26:10 ψ 1:1 Ct 2:3 so Ez 31:6, 17 (fig.); of No of Amon (personif. city) הַוּשְׁבָה בַּיְאֹרִים Na 3:8 she who sate amid the rivers; c. לְ sit on to (pregn.) לָאָרֶץ Is 3:26; 47:1 La 2:10, לְכִסֵּא ψ 9:5, at, לְפֶתַח בית Pr 9:14, לִימִינוֹ(י) 1 K 2:19, ψ 110:1; לַמַּבּוּל ψ 29:10; c. לִפְנֵי Gn 43:33 (J), + שָׁם Ju 20:26; 21:2; 2 S 7:18 = 1 Ch 17:16; c. עִם 1 S 20:5 Pr 31:22; c. אֶת־ Je 16:8; Jb 2:13; c. תַּחַת Ju 6:11; Mi 4:4, וַיֵּשֶׁב תַּחְתֶּיהָ בַּצֵּל Jon 4:5; c. מִנֶּגֶד Gn 21:16(×2) (E), נֶגֶד Is 47:14, מִקֶּדֶם לָעִיר Jon 4:5; מִצַּד 1 S 20:25; Ru 2:14; c. acc. cogn. Ez 28:2; לִשְׁפֹּט Ex 18:13; Jo 4:12 (cf. ψ 9:5; Is 28:6); hence abs. of sitting as king or judge Ex 18:14 ψ 61:8 Mal 3:3, יושׁבים Is 10:13, perhaps Am 1:5, 8, especially of י׳ sitting (enthroned), ψ 2:4; 9:8; 29:10; 55:20; 102:13 La 5:19, so in ישֵׁב (הַ)כְּרוּבִים 1 S 4:4; 2 S 6:2 = 1 Ch 13:6, 2 K 19:15 ψ 99:1; ישֵׁב תְּהִלּוֹת יִשְׂרָאֵל ψ 22:4 (v. c. עַל, supr.); by meton. of thrones, for the judges sitting on them שָׁמָּה יָֽשְׁבוּ כִסְאוֹת לְמִשְׁפָּט ψ 122:5; הַיּשְׁבִים Ru 4:14, i.e. in the gate (cf. v 11), those in whose presence purchase of land took place. e.g. 1 Samuel 20:25
- b. sit, sit down, abs., Ju 19:6; Ru 4:1, 2; Ne 1:4; Je 36:15 (sq. cl. of purpose, to eat, etc.) Gn 37:25 Est 3:15 +; opp. קוּם Ex 32:6 (JE) ψ 139:2, מְאַחֲרֵי שֶׁבֶת ψ 127:2 (opp. מַשְׁכִּימֵי קוּם); so Is 37:28 = 2 K 19:27 (read לְפָנַי קֻמְךָ at end of v 27 = 2 K 19:26 We in BlEinl. 4, 257 RSProph. 351, and n. 9); but also קוּמִי שְׁבִי Is 52:2, expl. by (וַיָּקָם מֵהָאָרֶץ וַיֵּשֶׁב אֶל־הַמִּטָּה 1 S 28:23 and) 2 S 19:9. e.g. Judges 19:6
- c. sit down outside (חוּץ), i.e. perform a necessity of nature Dt 23:14. e.g. Deuteronomy 23:14
- d. sit = be set (as a jewel), ישְׁבוֹת עַל־מִלֵּאת Ct 5:12 set on a filling (i.e. in a setting, De al.), in description of eyes; (> others sitting by full streams). e.g. Song of Solomon 5:12
- 2.
- a. remain, stay, tarry (for a limited or indef. time), c. אֶת pers. Gn 24:55 (J), Ju 19:4; 2 S 16:8; c. עִם pers. Gn 27:44 (J), עִמָּדִי 29:19 (E), Ju 17:10; c. בְ loc. 1 S 7:2 (of ark), 13:16; 14:2; 24:4 (23:25 read אֲשֶׁר for וַיֵּשֶׁב 𝔊 We Dr Klo Kit Bu), 2 S 10:5; 19:25 (where read שִׁבְתּוֹ for שִׁיבָתוֹ Dr Klo Bu, v. We), Nu 35:25 (P), Jb 24:13; c. שָׁם 1 K 11:16, שָׁם עַד־עוֹלָם 1 S 1:22; c. על (by) 1 S 25:13; 30:24; פֹּה 2 K 7:4; שְׁבוּ לָכֶם פֹּה עִם־הַחֲמוֹר Gn 22:5 (E); c. בֵּין Ju 5:16, מִחוּץ לְ Lv 14:8 (P), אֵצֶל 1 S 20:19; c. acc. בית 2 S 6:11; 13:20; Ru 2:7; abs. 1 S 1:23(×2); abide, endure Mi 5:3, וִיהוּדָה לְעוֹלָם תֵּשֵׁב Jo 4:20, so of Mt. Zion ψ 121:1. e.g. Genesis 24:55
- b. with special emphasis on qualifying phr., וַתֵּשֶׁב בְּאֵיתָן קַשְׁתּוֹ Gn 49:24 and his bow abode as a firm one (poem in J); 1 K 22:1 and they continued three years without war; of woman remaining בִּדְמֵי טָהֳרָה Lv 12:4, על־דמי וגו׳ v 5. e.g. Genesis 49:24
- 3. dwell, have one’s abode in (ב) a land, city, house, etc., Gn 4:16; 13:7, 12(×2); 19:29; 24:37, 62; Dt 1:4; 3:2; Jos 20:6; 2 S 7:6 + often (on 2 S 21:16 v. ישׁבו בְנֹב, p. 444); in tents Je 35:7, 10; 1 Ch 5:10; fig. of justice (צְדָקָה) Is 32:16 (‖ וְשָׁכֵן מִשְׁפָּט); in the midst of (בְּקֶרֶב) Gn 24:3; Jos 13:13; 16:10; Ju 1:30, 32, 33; 3:5; so c. בְּתוֹךְ Gn 23:10 (P); c. עַל + הארץ, of God 1 K 8:27 = 2 Ch 6:18; of people Lv 25:18, 19; 26:35 (H); c. לְ Jb 15:28; c. בֵּין Gn 20:1 (E); dwell with (אֶת) Gn 34:16, 22 (P), Ex 2:21 (E), Jos 15:63 (JE), Ju 1:16, 21; 17:11; יֵשְׁבוּ יְשָׁרִים אֶת־פָּנֶיךָ ψ 140:14; so c. עִם Jos 20:4 Dt 23:17 (+ בקרב), ψ 26:4 (i.e. assoc. with); c. יַחְדָּו Gn 13:6(×2) (J), 36:7 (P), Dt 25:5; שֶׁבֶת גַּם־יָ֑חַד ψ 133:1; dwell in their stead (תַּחְתָּם) Dt 2:12, 21, 22, 23; 1 Ch 4:41; 5:22; abs. לָשֶׁבֶת יְצָרָהּ Is 45:18 for dwelling he formed it (the earth); (thy) dwelling-place is מְקוֹם שִׁבְתְּךָ 1 K 8:30 = 2 Ch 6:21, also מְכוֹן שׁ׳ 1 K 8:39, 43, 49 = 2 Ch 6:30, 33, 39, so ψ 33:14; מָכוֹן לְשׁ׳ Ex 15:17 1 K 8:13 = 2 Ch 6:2. Pt. ישֵׁב = subst., dweller, inhabitant, very often (c. 215 times): e.g. ישֵׁב אהלים Gn 25:27 (J); often coll. ישֵׁב אהל Gn 4:20 (J), ישׁב הָאָרֶץ 34:30; 50:11 (both J), Ex 34:12, 15 (JE); also poet. f., (as coll.; v. Dr on 1 S 17:21) יוֹשֶׁבֶת שָׁפִיר etc., Mi 1:11(×2), 12, 13, 15; יוֹשֶׁבֶת צִיּוֹן †Is 12:6; Je 51:35; similarly †10:17; 21:13; 22:23; 48:19; cf. La 4:21) Zc 2:11; with בת in app. (Da§ 28 R. 6), יוֹשֶׁבֶת בַּת־מִצְרַיִם †Je 46:19, so 48:18; more usually pl. ישְׁבֵי הֶעָרִים Gn 19:25 (J), cf. Dt 13:14; ישְׁבֵי הָאָרֶץ Ex 23:21 (JE), cf. Ex 15:14, 15 (poem in E); ישְׁבֵי תֵבֵל Is 18:3, יוֹשְׁבֵי חָ֑דֶל 38:11, etc.; ישְׁבֶיהָ Lv 18:25; 25:10 (H), Nu 13:32 (P); abs. יוֹשֵׁב (coll.) Am 1:5, 8; Is 49:19; הַיּוֹשְׁבִים 1 Ch 9:2; also (strangely) ישְׁבוֹת הארץ 1 S 27:8 = the populations of the land We Dr (elsewhere in this sense only fs. and poet., v. supr.); freq. in phr. without inhabitant (i.e. so that there shall be no inhab.), מֵאֵין ישׁב Is 5:9; 6:4; Je 4:7; 26:9; 33:10; 34:22; 44:22; 46:19; 51:29, 37; Zp 2:5; 3:6; מֵאֵין יוֹשֵׁב בָּהֶן Je 48:9; מִבְּלִי ישֵׁב 2:15; 9:10; לֹא יִהְיֶה יוֹשֵב בָּהּ 50:3; לְבִלְתִּי הֱיוֹת־בּוֹ יוֹשֵׁב 51:62. e.g. Genesis 4:16
- 4. of a land or city, sit, abide seated in its place, fig. for be inhabited Je 17:6, 25; 50:13, 39; Ez 26:20; 29:11; 36:35; Is 13:20 (‖ לֹא תִּשְׁכּוֹן), Zc 2:8; 9:5; 14:11; יָֽשְׁבָה תַּחְתֶּיהָ 12:6; 14:10; Ez 35:9; Kt is תישׁבנה, Qr תָּשׁוֹבְנָה; Co תושׁבנה, i.e. Niph. תִּוָּשַׁבְנָה (cf. 36:10), or Hoph. תּוּשַׁבְנָה (cf. Is 44:26); of palace, וְאַרְמוֹן עַל־מִשְׁפָּטוֹ יֵשֵׁב Je 30:18. e.g. Jeremiah 17:6
Niphal
- Pf. 3 fs. נוֹשָׁ֑בָה Je 6:8; 3 pl. וְנֽשְׁבוּ consec. Ez 36:10, נוֹשָׁ֑בוּ Ez 26:19, נוֹשָׁ֑בֻ֯ה Je 22:6; Pt. f. נוֹשֶׁבֶת Ez 26:17 (נִשְׁבַּתְּ 𝔊 Co, √ שׁבת), נוֹשָׁ֑בֶת Ex 16:35; pl. נוֹשָׁבוֹת Ez 12:20; 38:12;—be inhabited, of land Ex 16:35 (perhaps = be habitable), Je 6:3; of cities Je 22:6 Ez 12:20; 26:19; 36:10; חֳרָבוֹת נוֹשָׁבוֹת Ez 38:12;—Ez 26:17 v. supr.; 35:9 v. Qal 4. e.g. Jeremiah 6:8
Piel
- Pf. 3 mpl. וְיִשְּׁבוּ טִירוֹתֵיהֶם בָּ֑ךְ Ez 25:4 and they shall set their encampments in thee (𝔊 𝔖 Co וְיֵשְׁבוּ inhabit). e.g. Ezekiel 25:4
Hiphil
- Pf. 3 ms. הֹשִׁיב Ezr 10:14, sf. הוֹשִׁיבַנִי La 3:6 ψ 143:3; 1 s. הוֹשַׁבְתִּי Lv 23:33, וְה(וֹ)שַׁבְתִּים consec. Ho 11:11; Je 32:37; וְהוֹשְׁבוֹתִים consec. Zc 10:6 (Köi, 413; but prob. text error, vid. Thes and GesLgb 464; read prob. וַהֲשִׁבוֹתִים as v 10, so StaZAW, 1881, 21 We), etc.; Impf. 3 ms. וַיּוֹשֵׁב Gn 47:11, וַיּוֹ֫שֶׁב 2 Ch 8:2 ψ 107:36; sf. וַיּוֹשִׁיבַי֯נִי 1 K 2:24 (Köi, 414, 224); וַיּשִׁיבֵם Jb 36:7; 1 pl. וַנּ֫שֶׁב Ezr 10:2, etc.; Imv. ms. הוֹשֵׁב Gn 47:6; mpl. ה(וֹ)שִׁיבוּ 1 K 21:9, 10; Inf. cstr. ה(וֹ)שִׁיב 1 S 2:8; Ne 13:27; הוֹשִׁיבִי ψ 113:8 (Ol§ 123 d; read -בוֹ, v. Che); Pt. abs. מוֹשִׁיב ψ 68:7, cstr. מוֹשִׁיבִי ψ 113:9 (Oll.c. Gesl.c.);— e.g. Ezra 10:14
- 1. cause to sit c. acc. pers. + על כסא 1 K 2:24; 2 Ch 23:20 so (without על כסא) + לָנֶצַח Jb 36:7; set, place c. acc. pers. + נֶגְדּוֹ 1 K 21:10, also v 9, 12 (בְּרֹאשׁ הָעָם). e.g. 1 Kings 2:24
- 2. cause to abide (acc. pers.) at (ב) 1 S 30:21. e.g. 1 Samuel 30:21
- 3.
- a. cause to dwell, c. acc. pers. + ב loc. 1 S 12:8; 2 K 17:6 Ho 12:10, Gn 47:6, 11 (P), Lv 23:43 (H), La 3:6 ψ 143:3; בְּאֶרֶץ תַּחְתִּיּוֹת Ez 26:20; acc. pers. om. 2 K 17:24, 26; acc. pers. + שָׁם 2 Ch 8:2 ψ 107:36; acc. pers. + עַל־הַבָּתִּים Ho 11:11 (but read וַהֲשִׁבֹתִים We); acc. pers. om., c. עם pers. 1 S 2:8 ψ 113:8; מוֹשִׁיב יְחִידִים בַּ֫יְתֶה ψ 68:7 causing solitary ones to dwell in a house (or is מוֹשִׁיב for מֵשִׁיב Bae?); c. acc. pers. only מושׁ׳ עֲקֶרֶת הַבַּיִת ψ 113:9 giving a dwelling to her that is barren of house; abs. c. לָבֶ֫טַח Je 32:37 ψ 4:9; abs. c. כְּקַדְמוֹתֵיכֶם Ez 36:11. On Zc 10:6, v. supr. e.g. 1 Samuel 12:8
- b. cause cities (עָרִים) to be inhabited Ez 36:33; Is 54:3. e.g. Ezekiel 36:33
- 4. marry (proposes give a dwelling to, cf. ψ 113:9), only Ezr Ne, and only c. acc. נָשִׁים נָכְרִיּוֹת strange or foreign women Ezr 10:2, 10, 14, 17, 18 Ne 13:27; so הֹשִׁיבוּ נָשִׁים אַשְׁדֳּו֯רִיּוֹת Ne 13:23. e.g. Psalms 113:9
Hophal
- Pf. וְהוּשַׁבְתֶּם לְבַדְּכֶם בְּקֶרֶב הָאָ֑רֶץ Is 5:8 and ye be made to dwell alone in the midst of the land. Impf. הָאֹמֵר לִירוּשָׁלַם תּוּשָׁ֑ב Is 44:26 he who saith of Jerusalem, she shall be inhabited. Ez 35:9 v. Qal 4. e.g. Isaiah 5:8
ישב II m. usually Ιασουβ
- 1. in Issachar Nu 26:24 (P) 1 Ch 7:1 Qr (Kt ישיב). e.g. Numbers 26:24
- 2. one with foreign wife Ezr 10:29.—Is 7:3 v. שְׁאָר יָשׁוּב. e.g. Ezra 10:29
Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.
Word origin
I. vb. sit, remain, dwell (NH id.; Aramaic יְתֵיב, ܝܺܬܶܒ; MI10.31 ישב, l8. 19 וישב, l13 ואשב, dwell; Ph. ישב dwell; Zinj. ישב sit DHMSendsch. 58; Assyrian ašâbu, sit, dwell, DlHWB 244; Arabic وَثَبَ leap, jump, Ḥimyer. dial. sit, Lane2919; Ethiopic አውሰበ ii. i secum cohabitare facere, marry, consummate marriage, cf. Hiph. 4)—
II. n.pr.m. usually Ιασουβ;—
— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.
Origin: a primitive root
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
יָשַׁב
- (b. h.)
- 1. to sit down, rest; to dwell, remain; to be inactive. Macc. III, 15 כל חיוֹשֵׁב ולא עבר וכ׳ whoever is inactive and commits no sin, i.e. omits to do wrong; Kidd. 39ᵇ.—Erub. 100ᵃ שֵׁב ואל תעשה עדיף ‘sit and do nothing’, i.e. not to act in doubtful cases, is better, opp. קום ועשה. Ber. 20ᵃ שב ואל תעשה שאני with an omission it is different. Tosef. Snh. VII, 8 ולא יֵשְׁבוּ … להם שֵׁבוּ and they must not sit down until he says to them, Be seated; Hor. 13ᵇ; Y. Bicc. III, 65ᶜ bot.—Y. Dem. II, 23ᵃ top שי׳ בישיבח who has a seat in the scholars’ meetings. Snh. 10ᵇ; Tosef. ib. II, 1 אחד אומר לֵישֵׁב if one is in favor of sitting (holding deliberation in court). Zeb. II, 1 יוֹשֵׁב in a sitting position. Ber. 28ᵇ מיוֹשְׁבֵי בה"מ one of the attendants at college, יושבי קרנות those placed at street corners (traders, idlers). Gen. R. s 75 יושבי קרנות (corr. קרונות) sitting in chariots; a. v. fr.
- 2. to be settled (v. יִישּׁוּב), be inhabited. Num. R. s. 4 הגבעה … יוֹשְׁבִים Gibeah and Kiryath Jearim were settled at the same time.—Erub. 86ᵃ (ref. to Ps. LXI, 8) אימתי יושב עולם לפני וכ׳ (Rashi a. Ar. יֵשֵׁב) when is the world settled (evenly balanced) before God? When kindness and truth are appointed to guard it (differ. in Rashi; v. infra). e.g. Psalms 61:8
- 1. to settle, put in place, to arrange evenly. Y. Sabb. XII, beg. 13ᶜ הבנאי י׳ את האבן וכ׳ the builder that placed a stone on top of the row (v. דִּימוֹס I). Ib.ᵈ top; Y. Pes. VIII, 33ᵇ top מפני שהוא כמְיַישֵּׁב בידו because it is like settling the web with one’s own hand. Lev. R. s. 37 [read:] יָשַׁב וְיִ׳ להם סבלותם וכ׳ he sat down (as a judge) and arranged their burdens in proper proportions between man and woman. Ib. אתה עתיד ליַישֵּׁב וכ׳ thou art designated to settle and explain to my children their vows &c. Ex. R. s. 31 (ref. to Ps. LXI, 8, v. supra) יַשֵּׁב עולמך make thy world evenly balanced (as to property); Tanḥ. Mishp. 9 תיישר עולמך בשוה (read: תְּיַישֵּׁב). Ex. R. s. 52 לא היו יודעין ליַישְּׁבוֹ they knew not how to put its parts together; a. fr.—Trnsf. to set the mind at ease, to quiet. Sabb. 87ᵃ דברים שמְיַישְּׁבִין לבו וכ׳ Ms. M. (ed. שמושכין) words which quiet the mind of man &c.; Gen. R. s. 80 דברים שמְיַישְּׁבִים את הלב. Y. Pes. V, end, 32ᵈ (expl. וישב, II Sam. VII, 18) וַיַישֶּׁב עצמו לתפלה he quieted his mind for prayer; a. e. e.g. Psalms 61:8
- 2. to settle, cultivate, populate. Ber. 58ᵇ … עתיד להחזירו וליַישְּׁבוֹ Ms. M. (ed. ליִישּׁוּבוֹ) the Lord will again people it. Sot. 22ᵃ מְיַישְּׁבֵי עולם cultivators of the world.—Part. pass. מְיוּשָּׁב, f. מְיוּשֶּׁבֶת a) seated. Meg. 21ᵃ. Y. Gitt. VII, 48ᵈ top; a. fr.—b) sedate, at ease. Y. Ber. IV, 8ᵇ bot. לבו מי׳ his mind is at ease (about his animal); Bab. Ber. 30ᵃ לפי שאין דעתו מי׳ עליו because his mind is not at ease without it. Sifré Num. 131 היה … בקי ומי׳ the polemarch was experienced and cool-headed; a. fr.
- to seat, place, appoint; to settle. Yoma 38ᵃ sq.; Tosef. ib. II, 7 במקומך יוֹשִׁיבוּךָ people will finally seat thee in the place which thou deservest. Tosef. Sabb. VI (VII), 17 (among superstitious practices) חמוֹשֶׁבֶת אפרוחים (ו)אמרה איני מוֹשַׁבְתָּן וכ׳ a woman who sets hens to brood and says I will not set them except in pairs (v. ed. Zuck. note). Snh. IV, 4 מוֹשִׁיבִין אותו וכ׳ a seat is assigned to him in the third row. Macc. 10ᵃ ואין מוֹשִׁיבִין אותם וכ׳ and we must not lay them out except on a river; (Tosef. ib. III (II), 8 בונין).—Tosef. l. c. מביאין … ומושיבין וכ׳ other people are imported and settled in their place. B. Kam. 16ᵇ bot. הוֹשִׁיבוּ ישיבה וכ׳ they held scholars’ meetings by his grave. Snh. 17ᵃ אין מושיבין בסנהדרי וכ׳ none can be appointed members of the Sanhedrin except &c.; a. v. fr.
- to be inhabited. Pirké d’R. El. ch. XLIII ארץ נוֹשֶׁבֶת an inhabited land, settlement; (Koh. R. to I, 15 יִישּׁוּכ).
- , Nithpa. נִתְיַישֵּׁב
- 1. to be settled, colonized. Ber. 31ᵃ כל ארץ שגזר … ליישוב נִתְיַישְּׁבָה every land which Adam designated for settlement, has been settled.
- 2. to be at ease, to be refreshed, to come to. Yoma 82ᵃ אם נִתְיַשְּׁבָה דעתה if she feels that her craving has been gratified. Lam. R. to I, 11 (ref. to להשיב נפש, ib.) עד כמה מִתְיַישֶּׁבֶת נפש how much is required for one fainting from hunger (v. בּוֹלִימוֹס) to come to himself again?—Ḥag. 3ᵇ לאחר שנתיישבה דעתו after his excitement had subsided. Erub. 65ᵃ כל המתיישב ביינו he who remains clear-minded when drinking wine. Kinnim III, 6 כל זמן … דעתם מתישבת עליהם the older they grow, the more clear-minded do they become, opp. מיטרפת; a. fr.
יְשַׁב
- Ithpa. אִתְיַישַּׁב, contr. אִיַּישַּׁב as preced. Hithpa. 2. Ber. 58ᵇ חזייה דלא מִיַּישְּׁבָא דעתיה ed. (Ms. מִתְיַישְּׁבָא) he saw that he was not comforted.—V. יְתֵב.
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Forms in the corpus
The 481 distinct written forms H3427 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that stem’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
The 60 most common forms are shown; 421 rarer forms follow in the full concordance.
Same root — word family
Other BDB entries built from the same root as H3427, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Derived from this word
- יתב yᵉthib H3488 to sit
- מושב môwshâb H4186 dwelling place
- שבת shebeth H7675 seat
- שיבה shîybâh H7871 sojourn
- תושב tôwshâb H8453 sojourner
Proper names from this root
People and places named from this root — a name, not an additional meaning of the word.
- יושביה Yôwshibyâh H3143 Josibiah
- ישבאב Yeshebʼâb H3428 Jeshebeab
- ישב בשבת Yôshêb bash-Shebeth H3429 Josheb-basshebeth
- ישבו בנב Yishbôw bᵉ-Nôb H3430 Ishbi-benob
- ישבקשה Yoshbᵉqâshâh H3436 Joshbekashah
Compare all same-root words → Showing 4 of 11 — not the complete family. 5 of the same-root words are proper names (people or places). They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 908 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 977 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Genesis 4:16
- Exodus 2:15
- Leviticus 8:35
- Numbers 13:18
- Deuteronomy 1:4
- Joshua 1:14
- Judges 1:9
- Ruth 1:4
- 1 Samuel 1:9
- 2 Samuel 1:1
- 1 Kings 1:13
- 2 Kings 1:9
This is a verse-level parallel only — the same verses exist in both the Hebrew and Greek Old Testaments. No word-level Hebrew↔Greek correspondence is claimed: the data carries no such alignment, so no Greek word is shown as this Hebrew word’s translation. Coverage is not total — the Septuagint omits the deuterocanon and renumbers the Psalms, so some Hebrew verses have no direct Greek parallel.
