יָשַׁב
to dwell
also: remain, sit, abide fuller range ↓
H3427
Strong's Hebrew
yâshab
Transliteration
/yaw-shab'/
Pronunciation
Usage in the Hebrew Bible
1,092
appearances
Full lexicon entry — Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB)
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB)
BDB Definition
to dwell, remain, sit, abide
- (Qal)
- to sit, sit down
- to be set
- to remain, stay
- to dwell, have one's abode
- (Niphal) to be inhabited
- (Piel) to set, place
- (Hiphil)
- to cause to sit
- to cause to abide, set
- to cause to dwell
- to cause (cities) to be inhabited
- to marry (give an dwelling to)
- (Hophal)
- to be inhabited
- to make to dwell
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.
Grammatical forms 72 distinct
- Verb, Qal, Participle Active, Masculine, Plural, Construct 210 times (19%)
- Verb, Qal, Participle Active, Masculine, Singular, Absolute 152 times (14%)
- Verb, Qal, Sequential Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular 96 times (9%)
- Verb, Qal, Infinitive Construct 84 times (8%)
- Verb, Qal, Participle Active, Masculine, Plural, Absolute 71 times (7%)
- Verb, Qal, Sequential Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Plural 55 times (5%)
- Verb, Qal, Perfect, 3rd Person, Common, Plural 33 times (3%)
- Verb, Qal, Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular 30 times (3%)
+64 more forms (361 occurrences)
Parsed forms decoded from the imported morphology (morphhb / Westminster Leningrad Codex — WLC text public domain, morphhb tagging CC BY 4.0), counted across 1,092 parsed occurrences — not distinct verses.
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Jeremiah 132 verses
- Jeremiah 38:28 וַ/יֵּ֤שֶׁב conj + Qal wimpf 3ms So Jeremiah abode in the court of the guard until the day that Jerusalem was taken.
- Jeremiah 39:3 וַ/יֵּשְׁב֖וּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp that all the princes of the king of Babylon came in, and sat in the middle gate, [to wit], Nergal Sharezer, Samgar-nebo, Sarsechim, Rabsaris, Nergal Sharezer, Rabmag, with all the rest of the princes of the king of Babylon.
- Jeremiah 39:14 וַ/יֵּ֖שֶׁב conj + Qal wimpf 3ms they sent, and took Jeremiah out of the court of the guard, and committed him to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, that he should carry him home: so he lived among the people.
- Jeremiah 40:5 וְ/שֵׁ֤ב conj + Qal impv 2ms Now while he was not yet gone back, Go back then, [said he], to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon has made governor over the cities of Judah, and dwell with him among the people; or go wherever it seems right to you to go. So the captain of the guard gave him food and a present, and let him go.
- Jeremiah 40:6 וַ/יֵּ֤שֶׁב conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Then went Jeremiah to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah, and lived with him among the people who were left in the land.
- Jeremiah 40:9 שְׁב֣וּ Qal impv 2mp Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan swore to them and to their men, saying, Don't be afraid to serve the Chaldeans: dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon, and it shall be well with you.
- Jeremiah 40:10 יֹשֵׁב֙ וּ/שְׁב֖וּ Qal ptcp.act ms conj + Qal impv 2mp As for me, behold, I will dwell at Mizpah, to stand before the Chaldeans who shall come to us: but you, gather you wine and summer fruits and oil, and put them in your vessels, and dwell in your cities that you have taken.
- Jeremiah 41:17 וַ/יֵּֽשְׁבוּ֙ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp and they departed, and lived in Geruth Chimham, which is by Bethlehem, to go to enter into Egypt,
- Jeremiah 42:10 תֵּֽשְׁבוּ֙ Qal impf 2mp If you will still abide in this land, then will I build you, and not pull you down, and I will plant you, and not pluck you up; for I repent me of the evil that I have done to you.
- Jeremiah 42:13 נֵשֵׁ֖ב Qal impf 1cp But if you say, We will not dwell in this land; so that you don't obey the voice of Yahweh your God,
- Jeremiah 42:14 נֵשֵֽׁב Qal impf 1cp saying, No; but we will go into the land of Egypt, where we shall see no war, nor hear the sound of the trumpet, nor have hunger of bread; and there will we dwell:
- Jeremiah 42:18 יֹֽשְׁבֵי֙ Qal ptcp.act mp cs For thus says Yahweh of Hosts, the God of Israel: As my anger and my wrath has been poured forth on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so shall my wrath be poured forth on you, when you shall enter into Egypt; and you shall be an object of horror, and an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach; and you shall see this place no more.
- Jeremiah 43:4 לָ/שֶׁ֖בֶת prep + Qal inf.cs So Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces, and all the people, didn't obey the voice of Yahweh, to dwell in the land of Judah.
- Jeremiah 44:1 הַ/יֹּשְׁבִ֖ים הַ/יֹּשְׁבִ֤ים ptcl def.art + Qal ptcp.act mp ptcl def.art + Qal ptcp.act mp The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews who lived in the land of Egypt, who lived at Migdol, and at Tahpanhes, and at Memphis, and in the country of Pathros, saying,
- Jeremiah 44:2 יוֹשֵֽׁב Qal ptcp.act ms Thus says Yahweh of Hosts, the God of Israel: You have seen all the evil that I have brought on Jerusalem, and on all the cities of Judah; and, behold, this day they are a desolation, and no man dwells therein,
- Jeremiah 44:13 הַ/יּֽוֹשְׁבִים֙ ptcl def.art + Qal ptcp.act mp For I will punish those who dwell in the land of Egypt, as I have punished Jerusalem, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence;
- Jeremiah 44:14 לָ/שֶׁ֣בֶת prep + Qal inf.cs so that none of the remnant of Judah, who have gone into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall escape or be left, to return into the land of Judah, to which they have a desire to return to dwell there: for none shall return save such as shall escape.
- Jeremiah 44:15 הַ/יֹּשְׁבִ֥ים ptcl def.art + Qal ptcp.act mp Then all the men who knew that their wives burned incense to other gods, and all the women who stood by, a great assembly, even all the people who lived in the land of Egypt, in Pathros, answered Jeremiah, saying,
- Jeremiah 44:22 יוֹשֵׁ֖ב Qal ptcp.act ms so that Yahweh could no longer bear, because of the evil of your doings, and because of the abominations which you have committed; therefore is your land become a desolation, and an astonishment, and a curse, without inhabitant, as it is this day.
- Jeremiah 44:26 הַ/יֹּשְׁבִ֖ים ptcl def.art + Qal ptcp.act mp Therefore hear the word of Yahweh, all Judah who dwell in the land of Egypt: Behold, I have sworn by my great name, says Yahweh, that my name shall no more be named in the mouth of any man of Judah in all the land of Egypt, saying, As the Lord Yahweh lives.
- Jeremiah 46:8 וְ/יֹ֥שְׁבֵי conj + Qal ptcp.act mp cs Egypt rises up like the Nile, and his waters toss themselves like the rivers: and he says, I will rise up, I will cover the earth; I will destroy cities and the inhabitants of it.
- Jeremiah 46:19 יוֹשֶׁ֖בֶת יוֹשֵֽׁב Qal ptcp.act fs cs Qal ptcp.act ms You daughter who dwell in Egypt, furnish yourself to go into captivity; for Memphis shall become a desolation, and shall be burnt up, without inhabitant.
- Jeremiah 47:2 וְ/יֹ֣שְׁבֵי יוֹשֵׁ֥ב conj + Qal ptcp.act mp cs Qal ptcp.act ms cs Thus says Yahweh: Behold, waters rise up out of the north, and shall become an overflowing stream, and shall overflow the land and all that is therein, the city and those who dwell therein; and the men shall cry, and all the inhabitants of the land shall wail.
- Jeremiah 48:9 יוֹשֵׁ֖ב Qal ptcp.act ms Give wings to Moab, that she may fly and get her away: and her cities shall become a desolation, without any to dwell therein.
- Jeremiah 48:18 ישבי וּ/שְׁבִ֣י יֹשֶׁ֖בֶת Qal ptcp.act mp cs conj + Qal impv 2fs Qal ptcp.act fs You daughter who dwells in Dibon, come down from your glory, and sit in thirst; for the destroyer of Moab is come up against you, he has destroyed your strongholds.
- Jeremiah 48:19 יוֹשֶׁ֣בֶת Qal ptcp.act fs cs Inhabitant of Aroer, stand by the way, and watch: ask him who flees, and her who escapes; say, What has been done?
- Jeremiah 48:28 יֹשְׁבֵ֖י Qal ptcp.act mp cs You inhabitants of Moab, leave the cities, and dwell in the rock; and be like the dove that makes her nest over the mouth of the abyss.
- Jeremiah 48:43 יוֹשֵׁ֥ב Qal ptcp.act ms cs Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are on you, inhabitant of Moab, says Yahweh.
- Jeremiah 49:1 יָשָֽׁב Qal pf 3ms Of the children of Ammon. Thus says Yahweh: Has Israel no sons? has he no heir? why then does Malcam possess Gad, and his people well in the cities of it?
- Jeremiah 49:8 לָ/שֶׁ֔בֶת יֹשְׁבֵ֖י prep + Qal inf.cs Qal ptcp.act mp cs Flee you, turn back, dwell in the depths, inhabitants of Dedan; for I will bring the calamity of Esau on him, the time that I shall visit him.
- Jeremiah 49:18 יֵשֵׁ֥ב Qal impf 3ms As in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbor cities of it, says Yahweh, no man shall dwell there, neither shall any son of man sojourn therein.
- Jeremiah 49:20 יֹשְׁבֵ֣י Qal ptcp.act mp cs Therefore hear the counsel of Yahweh, that he has taken against Edom; and his purposes, that he has purposed against the inhabitants of Teman: Surely they shall drag them away, [even] the little ones of the flock; surely he shall make their habitation desolate over them.
- Jeremiah 49:30 לָ/שֶׁ֛בֶת יֹשְׁבֵ֥י prep + Qal inf.cs Qal ptcp.act mp cs Flee you, wander far off, dwell in the depths, you inhabitants of Hazor, says Yahweh; for Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon has taken counsel against you, and has conceived a purpose against you.
- Jeremiah 49:31 יוֹשֵׁ֥ב Qal ptcp.act ms Arise, go up to a nation that is at ease, that dwells without care, says Yahweh; that have neither gates nor bars, that dwell alone.
- Jeremiah 49:33 יֵשֵׁ֥ב Qal impf 3ms Hazor shall be a dwelling-place of jackals, a desolation forever: no man shall dwell there, neither shall any son of man sojourn therein.
- Jeremiah 50:3 יוֹשֵׁ֖ב Qal ptcp.act ms For out of the north there comes up a nation against her, which shall make her land desolate, and none shall dwell therein: they are fled, they are gone, both man and animal.
- Jeremiah 50:13 תֵשֵׁ֔ב Qal impf 3fs Because of the wrath of Yahweh she shall not be inhabited, but she shall be wholly desolate: everyone who goes by Babylon shall be astonished, and hiss at all her plagues.
- Jeremiah 50:21 יוֹשְׁבֵ֖י Qal ptcp.act mp cs Go up against the land of Merathaim, even against it, and against the inhabitants of Pekod: kill and utterly destroy after them, says Yahweh, and do according to all that I have commanded you.
- Jeremiah 50:34 לְ/יֹשְׁבֵ֥י prep + Qal ptcp.act mp cs Their Redeemer is strong; Yahweh of Hosts is his name: he will thoroughly plead their cause, that he may give rest to the earth, and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon.
- Jeremiah 50:35 יֹשְׁבֵ֣י Qal ptcp.act mp cs A sword is on the Chaldeans, says Yahweh, and on the inhabitants of Babylon, and on her princes, and on her wise men.
- Jeremiah 50:39 יֵשְׁב֤וּ וְ/יָ֥שְׁבוּ תֵשֵׁ֥ב Qal impf 3mp conj + Qal wpf 3cp Qal impf 3fs Therefore the wild animals of the desert with the wolves shall dwell there, and the ostriches shall dwell therein: and it shall be no more inhabited forever; neither shall it be lived in from generation to generation.
- Jeremiah 50:40 יֵשֵׁ֥ב Qal impf 3ms As when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbor cities of it, says Yahweh, so shall no man dwell there, neither shall any son of man sojourn therein.
- Jeremiah 51:1 יֹשְׁבֵ֖י Qal ptcp.act mp cs Thus says Yahweh: Behold, I will raise up against Babylon, and against those who dwell in Lebkamai, a destroying wind.
- Jeremiah 51:12 יֹשְׁבֵ֥י Qal ptcp.act mp cs Set up a standard against the walls of Babylon, make the watch strong, set the watchmen, prepare the ambushes; for Yahweh has both purposed and done that which he spoke concerning the inhabitants of Babylon.
- Jeremiah 51:24 יוֹשְׁבֵ֣י Qal ptcp.act mp cs I will render to Babylon and to all the inhabitants of Chaldea all their evil that they have done in Zion in your sight, says Yahweh.
- Jeremiah 51:29 יוֹשֵֽׁב Qal ptcp.act ms The land trembles and is in pain; for the purposes of Yahweh against Babylon do stand, to make the land of Babylon a desolation, without inhabitant.
- Jeremiah 51:30 יָֽשְׁבוּ֙ Qal pf 3cp The mighty men of Babylon have forborne to fight, they remain in their strongholds; their might has failed; they are become as women: her dwelling-places are set on fire; her bars are broken.
- Jeremiah 51:35 יֹשֶׁ֣בֶת יֹשְׁבֵ֣י Qal ptcp.act fs cs Qal ptcp.act mp cs The violence done to me and to my flesh be on Babylon, shall the inhabitant of Zion say; and, My blood be on the inhabitants of Chaldea, shall Jerusalem say.
- Jeremiah 51:37 יוֹשֵֽׁב Qal ptcp.act ms Babylon shall become heaps, a dwelling-place for jackals, an astonishment, and a hissing, without inhabitant.
- Jeremiah 51:43 יֵשֵׁ֤ב Qal impf 3ms Her cities are become a desolation, a dry land, and a desert, a land in which no man dwells, neither does any son of man pass thereby.
- Jeremiah 51:62 יוֹשֵׁ֔ב Qal ptcp.act ms and say, Yahweh, you have spoken concerning this place, to cut it off, that none shall dwell therein, neither man nor animal, but that it shall be desolate forever.
Lamentations 9 verses
- Lamentations 1:1 יָשְׁבָ֣ה Qal pf 3fs How does the city sit solitary, that was full of people! She has become as a widow, who was great among the nations! She who was a princess among the provinces is become tributary!
- Lamentations 1:3 יָשְׁבָ֣ה Qal pf 3fs Judah is gone into captivity because of affliction, and because of great servitude; She dwells among the nations, she finds no rest: All her persecutors overtook her within the straits.
- Lamentations 2:10 יֵשְׁב֨וּ Qal impf 3mp The elders of the daughter of Zion sit on the ground, they keep silence; They have cast up dust on their heads; they have girded themselves with sackcloth: The virgins of Jerusalem hang down their heads to the ground.
- Lamentations 3:6 הוֹשִׁיבַ֖/נִי Hiphil pf 3ms + sfx pers 1cs He has made me to dwell in dark places, as those that have been long dead.
- Lamentations 3:28 יֵשֵׁ֤ב Qal juss 3ms Let him sit alone and keep silence, because he has laid it on him.
- Lamentations 3:63 שִׁבְתָּ֤/ם Qal inf.cs + sfx pers 3mp See you their sitting down, and their rising up; I am their song.
- Lamentations 4:12 יֹשְׁבֵ֣י Qal ptcp.act mp cs The kings of the earth didn't believe, neither all the inhabitants of the world, That the adversary and the enemy would enter into the gates of Jerusalem.
- Lamentations 4:21 יושבתי יוֹשֶׁ֖בֶת Qal ptcp.act fs cs Qal ptcp.act fs Rejoice and be glad, daughter of Edom, that dwell in the land of Uz: The cup shall pass through to you also; you shall be drunken, and shall make yourself naked.
- Lamentations 5:19 תֵּשֵׁ֔ב Qal impf 2ms You, Yahweh, abide forever; Your throne is from generation to generation.
Ezekiel 50 verses
- Ezekiel 2:6 יוֹשֵׁ֑ב Qal ptcp.act ms You, son of man, don't be afraid of them, neither be afraid of their words, though briers and thorns are with you, and you do dwell among scorpions: don't be afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at their looks, though they are a rebellious house.
- Ezekiel 3:15 הַ/יֹּשְׁבִ֤ים וָֽ/אֵשֵׁ֔ב יוֹשְׁבִ֣ים וָ/אֵשֵׁ֥ב ptcl def.art + Qal ptcp.act mp conj + Qal wimpf 1cs Qal ptcp.act mp conj + Qal wimpf 1cs Then I came to them of the captivity at Tel Aviv, that lived by the river Chebar, and to where they lived; and I sat there overwhelmed among them seven days.
- Ezekiel 7:7 יוֹשֵׁ֣ב Qal ptcp.act ms cs Your doom is come to you, inhabitant of the land: the time is come, the day is near, [a day of] tumult, and not [of] joyful shouting, on the mountains.
- Ezekiel 8:1 יוֹשֵׁ֣ב יוֹשְׁבִ֣ים Qal ptcp.act ms Qal ptcp.act mp It happened in the sixth year, in the sixth [month], in the fifth [day] of the month, as I sat in my house, and the elders of Judah sat before me, that the hand of the Lord Yahweh fell there on me.
- Ezekiel 8:14 יֹֽשְׁב֔וֹת Qal ptcp.act fp Then he brought me to the door of the gate of Yahweh's house which was toward the north; and see, there sat the women weeping for Tammuz.
- Ezekiel 11:15 יֹשְׁבֵ֣י Qal ptcp.act mp cs Son of man, your brothers, even your brothers, the men of your relatives, and all the house of Israel, all of them, [are they] to whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, Get you far from Yahweh; to us is this land given for a possession.
- Ezekiel 12:2 יֹשֵׁ֑ב Qal ptcp.act ms Son of man, you dwell in the midst of the rebellious house, who have eyes to see, and don't see, who have ears to hear, and don't hear; for they are a rebellious house.
- Ezekiel 12:19 לְ/יוֹשְׁבֵ֤י הַ/יֹּשְׁבִ֥ים prep + Qal ptcp.act mp cs ptcl def.art + Qal ptcp.act mp and tell the people of the land, Thus says the Lord Yahweh concerning the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the land of Israel: They shall eat their bread with fearfulness, and drink their water in dismay, that her land may be desolate, [and despoiled] of all that is therein, because of the violence of all those who dwell therein.
- Ezekiel 12:20 הַ/נּֽוֹשָׁבוֹת֙ ptcl def.art + Niphal ptcp.pass fp The cities that are inhabited shall be laid waste, and the land shall be a desolation; and you shall know that I am Yahweh.
- Ezekiel 14:1 וַ/יֵּשְׁב֖וּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp Then came certain of the elders of Israel to me, and sat before me.
- Ezekiel 15:6 יֹשְׁבֵ֖י Qal ptcp.act mp cs Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: As the vine tree among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so will I give the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
- Ezekiel 16:46 הַ/יּוֹשֶׁ֖בֶת הַ/יּוֹשֶׁ֨בֶת֙ ptcl def.art + Qal ptcp.act fs ptcl def.art + Qal ptcp.act fs Your elder sister is Samaria, who dwells at your left hand, she and her daughters; and your younger sister, who dwells at your right hand, is Sodom and her daughters.
- Ezekiel 20:1 וַ/יֵּשְׁב֖וּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp It happened in the seventh year, in the fifth [month], the tenth [day] of the month, that certain of the elders of Israel came to inquire of Yahweh, and sat before me.
- Ezekiel 23:41 וְ/יָשַׁבְתְּ֙ conj + Qal pf 2fs and sit on a stately bed, with a table prepared before it, whereupon you did set my incense and my oil.
- Ezekiel 25:4 וְ/יִשְּׁב֤וּ conj + Piel wpf 3cp therefore, behold, I will deliver you to the children of the east for a possession, and they shall set their encampments in you, and make their dwellings in you; they shall eat your fruit, and they shall drink your milk.
- Ezekiel 26:16 יֵשֵׁ֔בוּ Qal impf 3mp Then all the princes of the sea shall come down from their thrones, and lay aside their robes, and strip off their embroidered garments: they shall clothe themselves with trembling; they shall sit on the ground, and shall tremble every moment, and be astonished at you.
- Ezekiel 26:17 נוֹשֶׁ֖בֶת וְ/יֹשְׁבֶ֔י/הָ יוֹשְׁבֶֽי/הָ Niphal ptcp.pass fs conj + Qal ptcp.act mp cs + sfx pers 3fs Qal ptcp.act mp cs + sfx pers 3fs They shall take up a lamentation over you, and tell you, How are you destroyed, who were inhabited by seafaring men, the renowned city, who was strong in the sea, she and her inhabitants, who caused their terror to be on all who lived there!
- Ezekiel 26:19 נוֹשָׁ֑בוּ Niphal pf 3cp For thus says the Lord Yahweh: When I shall make you a desolate city, like the cities that are not inhabited; when I shall bring up the deep on you, and the great waters shall cover you;
- Ezekiel 26:20 וְ֠/הוֹשַׁבְתִּי/ךְ תֵשֵׁ֑בִי conj + Hiphil wpf 1cs + sfx pers 2fs Qal impf 2fs then will I bring you down with those who descend into the pit, to the people of old time, and will make you to dwell in the lower parts of the earth, in the places that are desolate of old, with those who go down to the pit, that you be not inhabited; and I will set glory in the land of the living:
- Ezekiel 27:3 ה/ישבתי הַ/יֹּשֶׁ֨בֶת֙ ptcl def.art + Qal ptcp.act fs ptcl def.art + Qal ptcp.act fs and tell Tyre, you who dwell at the entry of the sea, who are the merchant of the peoples to many isles, thus says the Lord Yahweh: You, Tyre, have said, I am perfect in beauty.
- Ezekiel 27:8 יֹשְׁבֵ֤י Qal ptcp.act mp cs The inhabitants of Sidon and Arvad were your rowers: your wise men, Tyre, were in you, they were your pilots.
- Ezekiel 27:35 יֹשְׁבֵ֣י Qal ptcp.act mp cs All the inhabitants of the isles are astonished at you, and their kings are horribly afraid; they are troubled in their face.
- Ezekiel 28:2 יָשַׁ֖בְתִּי Qal pf 1cs Son of man, tell the prince of Tyre, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Because your heart is lifted up, and you have said, I am a god, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet you are man, and not God, though you did set your heart as the heart of God;-
- Ezekiel 28:25 וְ/יָֽשְׁבוּ֙ conj + Qal wpf 3cp Thus says the Lord Yahweh: When I shall have gathered the house of Israel from the peoples among whom they are scattered, and shall be sanctified in them in the sight of the nations, then shall they dwell in their own land which I gave to my servant Jacob.
- Ezekiel 28:26 וְ/יָשְׁב֣וּ וְ/יָשְׁב֖וּ conj + Qal wpf 3cp conj + Qal wpf 3cp They shall dwell securely therein; yes, they shall build houses, and plant vineyards, and shall dwell securely, when I have executed judgments on all those who do them despite round about them; and they shall know that I am Yahweh their God.
- Ezekiel 29:6 יֹשְׁבֵ֣י Qal ptcp.act mp cs All the inhabitants of Egypt shall know that I am Yahweh, because they have been a staff of reed to the house of Israel.
- Ezekiel 29:11 תֵשֵׁ֖ב Qal impf 3fs No foot of man shall pass through it, nor foot of animal shall pass through it, neither shall it be inhabited forty years.
- Ezekiel 31:6 יֵֽשְׁב֔וּ Qal impf 3mp All the birds of the sky made their nests in its boughs; and under its branches did all the animals of the field bring forth their young; and under its shadow lived all great nations.
- Ezekiel 31:17 יָשְׁב֥וּ Qal pf 3cp They also went down into Sheol with him to those who are slain by the sword; yes, those who were his arm, [that] lived under his shadow in the midst of the nations.
- Ezekiel 32:15 י֣וֹשְׁבֵי Qal ptcp.act mp cs When I shall make the land of Egypt desolate and waste, a land destitute of that of which it was full, when I shall strike all those who dwell therein, then shall they know that I am Yahweh.
- Ezekiel 33:24 יֹ֠שְׁבֵי Qal ptcp.act mp cs Son of man, they who inhabit those waste places in the land of Israel speak, saying, Abraham was one, and he inherited the land: but we are many; the land is given us for inheritance.
- Ezekiel 33:31 וְ/יֵשְׁב֤וּ conj + Qal impf 3mp They come to you as the people comes, and they sit before you as my people, and they hear your words, but don't do them; for with their mouth they show much love, but their heart goes after their gain.
- Ezekiel 34:25 וְ/יָשְׁב֤וּ conj + Qal wpf 3cp I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause evil animals to cease out of the land; and they shall dwell securely in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods.
- Ezekiel 34:28 וְ/יָשְׁב֥וּ conj + Qal wpf 3cp They shall no more be a prey to the nations, neither shall the animals of the earth devour them; but they shall dwell securely, and none shall make them afraid.
- Ezekiel 35:9 תישבנה Qal impf 3fp I will make you a perpetual desolation, and your cities shall not be inhabited; and you shall know that I am Yahweh.
- Ezekiel 36:10 וְ/נֹֽשְׁבוּ֙ conj + Niphal wpf 3cp and I will multiply men on you, all the house of Israel, even all of it; and the cities shall be inhabited, and the waste places shall be built;
- Ezekiel 36:11 וְ/הוֹשַׁבְתִּ֨י conj + Hiphil wpf 1cs and I will multiply on you man and animal; and they shall increase and be fruitful; and I will cause you to be inhabited after your former estate, and will do better [to you] than at your beginnings: and you shall know that I am Yahweh.
- Ezekiel 36:17 יֹשְׁבִ֣ים Qal ptcp.act mp Son of man, when the house of Israel lived in their own land, they defiled it by their way and by their doings: their way before me was as the uncleanness of a woman in her impurity.
- Ezekiel 36:28 וִ/ישַׁבְתֶּ֣ם conj + Qal wpf 2mp You shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; and you shall be my people, and I will be your God.
- Ezekiel 36:33 וְ/הֽוֹשַׁבְתִּי֙ conj + Hiphil wpf 1cs Thus says the Lord Yahweh: In the day that I cleanse you from all your iniquities, I will cause the cities to be inhabited, and the waste places shall be built.
- Ezekiel 36:35 יָשָֽׁבוּ Qal pf 3cp They shall say, This land that was desolate is become like the garden of Eden; and the waste and desolate and ruined cities are fortified and inhabited.
- Ezekiel 37:25 וְ/יָשְׁב֣וּ יָֽשְׁבוּ וְ/יָשְׁב֣וּ conj + Qal wpf 3cp Qal pf 3cp conj + Qal wpf 3cp They shall dwell in the land that I have given to Jacob my servant, in which your fathers lived; and they shall dwell therein, they, and their children, and their children's children, forever: and David my servant shall be their prince for ever.
- Ezekiel 38:8 וְ/יָשְׁב֥וּ conj + Qal wpf 3cp After many days you shall be visited: in the latter years you shall come into the land that is brought back from the sword, that is gathered out of many peoples, on the mountains of Israel, which have been a continual waste; but it is brought forth out of the peoples, and they shall dwell securely, all of them.
- Ezekiel 38:11 יֹשְׁבֵ֖י יֹֽשְׁבִים֙ Qal ptcp.act mp cs Qal ptcp.act mp and you shall say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to those who are at rest, who dwell securely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates;
- Ezekiel 38:12 נוֹשָׁבֹ֗ת יֹשְׁבֵ֖י Niphal ptcp.pass fp Qal ptcp.act mp cs to take the spoil and to take the prey; to turn your hand against the waste places that are [now] inhabited, and against the people who are gathered out of the nations, who have gotten cattle and goods, who dwell in the middle of the earth.
- Ezekiel 38:14 בְּ/שֶׁ֨בֶת prep + Qal inf.cs Therefore, son of man, prophesy, and tell Gog, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: In that day when my people Israel dwells securely, shall you not know it?
- Ezekiel 39:6 וּ/בְ/יֹשְׁבֵ֥י conj + prep + Qal ptcp.act mp cs I will send a fire on Magog, and on those who dwell securely in the isles; and they shall know that I am Yahweh.
- Ezekiel 39:9 יֹשְׁבֵ֣י Qal ptcp.act mp cs Those who dwell in the cities of Israel shall go forth, and shall make fires of the weapons and burn them, both the shields and the bucklers, the bows and the arrows, and the war clubs, and the spears, and they shall make fires of them seven years;
- Ezekiel 39:26 בְּ/שִׁבְתָּ֧/ם prep + Qal inf.cs + sfx pers 3mp They shall bear their shame, and all their trespasses by which they have trespassed against me, when they shall dwell securely in their land, and none shall make them afraid;
- Ezekiel 44:3 יֵֽשֶׁב Qal impf 3ms As for the prince, he shall sit therein as prince to eat bread before Yahweh; he shall enter by the way of the porch of the gate, and shall go out by the way of the same.
Daniel 1 verse
Hosea 8 verses
- Hosea 3:3 תֵּ֣שְׁבִי Qal impf 2fs I said to her, "You shall stay with me many days. You shall not play the prostitute, and you shall not be with any other man. I will also be so toward you."
- Hosea 3:4 יֵֽשְׁבוּ֙ Qal impf 3mp For the children of Israel shall abide many days without king, and without prince, and without sacrifice, and without sacred stone, and without ephod or idols.
- Hosea 4:1 יוֹשְׁבֵ֣י Qal ptcp.act mp cs Hear the word of Yahweh, you children of Israel; For Yahweh has a charge against the inhabitants of the land: "Indeed there is no truth, Nor goodness, Nor knowledge of God in the land.
- Hosea 4:3 יוֹשֵׁ֣ב Qal ptcp.act ms Therefore the land will mourn, And everyone who dwells therein will waste away. All living things in her, Even the animals of the field and the birds of the sky; Yes, the fish of the sea also die.
- Hosea 9:3 יֵשְׁב֖וּ Qal impf 3mp They won't dwell in Yahweh's land; But Ephraim will return to Egypt, And they will eat unclean food in Assyria.
- Hosea 11:11 וְ/הוֹשַׁבְתִּ֥י/ם conj + Hiphil wpf 1cs + sfx pers 3mp They will come trembling like a bird out of Egypt, And like a dove out of the land of Assyria; And I will settle them in their houses," says Yahweh.
- Hosea 12:9 אוֹשִֽׁיבְ/ךָ֥ Hiphil impf 1cs + sfx pers 2ms "But I am Yahweh your God from the land of Egypt. I will yet again make you to dwell in tents, As in the days of the solemn feast.
- Hosea 14:7 יֹשְׁבֵ֣י Qal ptcp.act mp cs Men will dwell in his shade. They will revive like the grain, And blossom like the vine. Their fragrance will be like the wine of Lebanon.
Joel 5 verses
- Joel 1:2 יוֹשְׁבֵ֣י Qal ptcp.act mp cs Hear this, you elders, And listen, all you inhabitants of the land. Has this ever happened in your days, Or in the days of your fathers?
- Joel 1:14 יֹשְׁבֵ֣י Qal ptcp.act mp cs Sanctify a fast. Call a solemn assembly. Gather the elders, And all the inhabitants of the land, to the house of Yahweh, your God, And cry to Yahweh.
- Joel 2:1 יֹשְׁבֵ֣י Qal ptcp.act mp cs Blow you the trumpet in Zion, And sound an alarm in my holy mountain! Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble, For the day of Yahweh comes, For it is close at hand:
- Joel 3:12 אֵשֵׁ֛ב Qal impf 1cs "Let the nations arouse themselves, And come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat; For there will I sit to judge all the surrounding nations.
- Joel 3:20 תֵּשֵׁ֑ב Qal impf 3fs But Judah will be inhabited forever, And Jerusalem from generation to generation.
Amos 7 verses
- Amos 1:5 יוֹשֵׁב֙ Qal ptcp.act ms I will break the bar of Damascus, And cut off the inhabitant from the valley of Aven, And him who holds the scepter from the house of Eden; And the people of Syria shall go into captivity to Kir," says Yahweh.
- Amos 1:8 יוֹשֵׁב֙ Qal ptcp.act ms I will cut off the inhabitant from Ashdod, And him who holds the scepter from Ashkelon; And I will turn my hand against Ekron; And the remnant of the Philistines will perish," says the Lord Yahweh.
- Amos 3:12 הַ/יֹּֽשְׁבִים֙ ptcl def.art + Qal ptcp.act mp Thus says Yahweh: "As the shepherd rescues out of the mouth of the lion two legs, Or a piece of an ear, So shall the children of Israel be rescued who sit in Samaria on the corner of a couch, And on the silken cushions of a bed."
- Amos 5:11 תֵ֣שְׁבוּ Qal impf 2mp Forasmuch therefore as you trample on the poor, And take taxes from him of wheat: You have built houses of hewn stone, But you will not dwell in them. You have planted pleasant vineyards, But you shall not drink their wine.
- Amos 8:8 יוֹשֵׁ֣ב Qal ptcp.act ms Won't the land tremble for this, And everyone mourn who dwells in it? Yes, it will rise up wholly like the River; And it will be stirred up and sink again, like the River of Egypt.
- Amos 9:5 י֣וֹשְׁבֵי Qal ptcp.act mp cs For the Lord, Yahweh of Hosts, is he who touches the land and it melts, and all who dwell in it will mourn; and it will rise up wholly like the River, and will sink again, like the River of Egypt.
- Amos 9:14 וְ/יָשָׁ֔בוּ conj + Qal wpf 3cp I will bring back the captivity of my people Israel, And they will rebuild the ruined cities, and inhabit them; and they will plant vineyards, and drink wine from them. They shall also make gardens, And eat the fruit of them.
Jonah 2 verses
- Jonah 3:6 וַ/יֵּ֖שֶׁב conj + Qal wimpf 3ms The news reached the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and took off his royal robe, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.
- Jonah 4:5 וַ/יֵּ֖שֶׁב וַ/יֵּ֤שֶׁב conj + Qal wimpf 3ms conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Then Jonah went out of the city, and sat on the east side of the city, and there made himself a booth, and sat under it in the shade, until he might see what would become of the city.
Micah 10 verses
- Micah 1:11 יוֹשֶׁ֥בֶת יוֹשֶׁ֣בֶת Qal ptcp.act fs cs Qal ptcp.act fs cs Pass on, inhabitant of Shaphir, in nakedness and shame. The inhabitant of Zaanan won't come out. The wailing of Beth Ezel will take from you his protection.
- Micah 1:12 יוֹשֶׁ֣בֶת Qal ptcp.act fs cs For the inhabitant of Maroth waits anxiously for good, Because evil has come down from Yahweh to the gate of Jerusalem.
- Micah 1:13 יוֹשֶׁ֣בֶת Qal ptcp.act fs cs Harness the chariot to the swift steed, inhabitant of Lachish. She was the beginning of sin to the daughter of Zion; For the transgressions of Israel were found in you.
- Micah 1:15 יוֹשֶׁ֖בֶת Qal ptcp.act fs cs I will yet bring to you, inhabitant of Mareshah, He who is the glory of Israel will come to Adullam.
- Micah 4:4 וְ/יָשְׁב֗וּ conj + Qal wpf 3cp But they will sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree; And no one will make them afraid: For the mouth of Yahweh of Hosts has spoken.
- Micah 5:4 וְ/יָשָׁ֕בוּ conj + Qal wpf 3cp He shall stand, and shall shepherd in the strength of Yahweh, In the majesty of the name of Yahweh his God: And they will live, for then he will be great to the ends of the earth.
- Micah 6:12 וְ/יֹשְׁבֶ֖י/הָ conj + Qal ptcp.act mp cs + sfx pers 3fs Her rich men are full of violence, Her inhabitants speak lies, And their tongue is deceitful in their speech.
- Micah 6:16 וְ/יֹשְׁבֶ֨י/הָ֙ conj + Qal ptcp.act mp cs + sfx pers 3fs For the statutes of Omri are kept, And all the works of the house of Ahab. You walk in their counsels, That I may make you a ruin, And her inhabitants a hissing; And you will bear the reproach of my people."
- Micah 7:8 אֵשֵׁ֣ב Qal impf 1cs Don't rejoice against me, my enemy. When I fall, I will arise. When I sit in darkness, Yahweh will be a light to me.
- Micah 7:13 יֹֽשְׁבֶ֑י/הָ Qal ptcp.act mp cs + sfx pers 3fs Yet the land will be desolate because of those who dwell therein, For the fruit of their doings.
Nahum 2 verses
- Nahum 1:5 יֹ֥שְׁבֵי Qal ptcp.act mp cs The mountains quake before him, and the hills melt away. The earth trembles at his presence, yes, the world, and all who dwell in it.
- Nahum 3:8 הַ/יֹּֽשְׁבָה֙ ptcl def.art + Qal ptcp.act fs Are you better than No-Amon, who was situated among the rivers, who had the waters around her; whose rampart was the sea, and her wall was of the sea?
Habakkuk 2 verses
- Habakkuk 2:8 יֹ֥שְׁבֵי Qal ptcp.act mp cs Because you have plundered many nations, all the remnant of the peoples will plunder you, because of men's blood, and for the violence done to the land, to the city and to all who dwell in it.
- Habakkuk 2:17 יֹ֥שְׁבֵי Qal ptcp.act mp cs For the violence done to Lebanon will overwhelm you, and the destruction of the animals, which made them afraid; because of men's blood, and for the violence done to the land, to every city and to those who dwell in them.
Zephaniah 7 verses
- Zephaniah 1:4 יוֹשְׁבֵ֣י Qal ptcp.act mp cs I will stretch out my hand against Judah, and against all the inhabitants of Jerusalem. I will cut off the remnant of Baal from this place: the name of the idolatrous and pagan priests,
- Zephaniah 1:11 יֹשְׁבֵ֣י Qal ptcp.act mp cs Wail, you inhabitants of Maktesh, for all the people of Canaan are undone! All those who were loaded with silver are cut off.
- Zephaniah 1:13 יֵשֵׁ֔בוּ Qal impf 3mp Their wealth will become a spoil, and their houses a desolation. Yes, they will build houses, but won't inhabit them. They will plant vineyards, but won't drink their wine.
- Zephaniah 1:18 יֹשְׁבֵ֖י Qal ptcp.act mp cs Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to deliver them in the day of Yahweh's wrath, but the whole land will be devoured by the fire of his jealousy; for he will make an end, yes, a terrible end, of all those who dwell in the land.
- Zephaniah 2:5 יֹֽשְׁבֵ֛י יוֹשֵֽׁב Qal ptcp.act mp cs Qal ptcp.act ms Woe to the inhabitants of the sea coast, the nation of the Cherethites! The word of Yahweh is against you, Canaan, the land of the Philistines. I will destroy you, that there will be no inhabitant.
- Zephaniah 2:15 הַ/יּוֹשֶׁ֣בֶת ptcl def.art + Qal ptcp.act fs This is the joyous city that lived carelessly, that said in her heart, "I am, and there is none besides me." How she has become a desolation, a place for animals to lie down in! Everyone who passes by her will hiss, and shake their fists.
- Zephaniah 3:6 יוֹשֵֽׁב Qal ptcp.act ms I have cut off nations. Their battlements are desolate. I have made their streets waste, so that no one passes by. Their cities are destroyed, so that there is no man, so that there is no inhabitant.
Haggai 1 verse
Zechariah 21 verses
- Zechariah 1:11 יֹשֶׁ֥בֶת Qal ptcp.act fs They reported to the angel of Yahweh who stood among the myrtle trees, and said, "We have walked back and forth through the earth, and, behold, all the earth is at rest and in peace."
- Zechariah 2:4 תֵּשֵׁ֣ב Qal impf 3fs and said to him, "Run, speak to this young man, saying, 'Jerusalem will be inhabited as villages without walls, because of the multitude of men and cattle in it.
- Zechariah 2:7 יוֹשֶׁ֖בֶת Qal ptcp.act fs 'Come, Zion! Escape, you who dwell with the daughter of Babylon.'
- Zechariah 3:8 הַ/יֹּשְׁבִ֣ים ptcl def.art + Qal ptcp.act mp Hear now, Joshua the high priest, you and your fellows who sit before you; for they are men who are a sign: for, behold, I will bring forth my servant, the Branch.
- Zechariah 5:7 יוֹשֶׁ֖בֶת Qal ptcp.act fs (and, behold, a talent of lead was lifted up); and this is a woman sitting in the midst of the ephah basket."
- Zechariah 6:13 וְ/יָשַׁ֥ב conj + Qal wpf 3ms even he shall build the temple of Yahweh; and he shall bear the glory, and shall sit and rule on his throne; and he shall be a priest on his throne; and the counsel of peace shall be between them both.
- Zechariah 7:7 יֹשֶׁ֣בֶת יֹשֵֽׁב Qal ptcp.act fs Qal ptcp.act ms Aren't these the words which Yahweh proclaimed by the former prophets, when Jerusalem was inhabited and in prosperity, and its cities around her, and the South and the lowland were inhabited?'"
- Zechariah 8:4 יֵֽשְׁבוּ֙ Qal impf 3mp Thus says Yahweh of Hosts: "Old men and old women will again dwell in the streets of Jerusalem, every man with his staff in his hand for very age.
- Zechariah 8:20 וְ/יֹשְׁבֵ֖י conj + Qal ptcp.act mp cs Thus says Yahweh of Hosts: "Many peoples, and the inhabitants of many cities will yet come;
- Zechariah 8:21 יֹשְׁבֵי֩ Qal ptcp.act mp cs and the inhabitants of one shall go to another, saying, 'Let us go speedily to entreat the favor of Yahweh, and to seek Yahweh of Hosts. I will go also.'
- Zechariah 9:5 תֵשֵֽׁב Qal impf 3fs Ashkelon will see it, and fear; Gaza also, and will writhe in agony; As will Ekron, for her expectation will be disappointed; And the king will perish from Gaza, And Ashkelon will not be inhabited.
- Zechariah 9:6 וְ/יָשַׁ֥ב conj + Qal pf 3ms Foriegners will dwell in Ashdod, And I will cut off the pride of the Philistines.
- Zechariah 11:6 יֹשְׁבֵ֥י Qal ptcp.act mp cs For I will no more pity the inhabitants of the land," says Yahweh; "but, behold, I will deliver the men everyone into his neighbor's hand, and into the hand of his king. They will strike the land, and out of their hand I will not deliver them."
- Zechariah 12:5 יֹשְׁבֵ֣י Qal ptcp.act mp cs The chieftains of Judah will say in their heart, 'The inhabitants of Jerusalem are my strength in Yahweh of Hosts their God.'
- Zechariah 12:6 וְ/יָשְׁבָ֨ה conj + Qal wpf 3fs In that day I will make the chieftains of Judah like a pan of fire among wood, and like a flaming torch among sheaves; and they will devour all the surrounding peoples, on the right hand and on the left; and Jerusalem will yet again dwell in their own place, even in Jerusalem.
- Zechariah 12:7 יֹשֵׁ֥ב Qal ptcp.act ms cs Yahweh also will save the tents of Judah first, that the glory of the house of David and the glory of the inhabitants of Jerusalem not be magnified above Judah.
- Zechariah 12:8 יוֹשֵׁ֣ב Qal ptcp.act ms cs In that day Yahweh will defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem. He who is feeble among them at that day will be like David, and the house of David will be like God, like the angel of Yahweh before them.
- Zechariah 12:10 יוֹשֵׁ֣ב Qal ptcp.act ms cs I will pour on the house of David, and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplication; and they will look to me whom they have pierced; and they shall mourn for him, as one mourns for his only son, and will grieve bitterly for him, as one grieves for his firstborn.
- Zechariah 13:1 וּ/לְ/יֹשְׁבֵ֣י conj + prep + Qal ptcp.act mp cs "In that day there will be a spring opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, for sin and for uncleanness.
- Zechariah 14:10 וְ/יָשְׁבָ֨ה conj + Qal wpf 3fs All the land will be made like the Arabah, from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem; and she will be lifted up, and will dwell in her place, from Benjamin's gate to the place of the first gate, to the corner gate, and from the tower of Hananel to the king's wine-presses.
- Zechariah 14:11 וְ/יָ֣שְׁבוּ וְ/יָשְׁבָ֥ה conj + Qal wpf 3cp conj + Qal wpf 3fs Men will dwell therein, and there will be no more curse; but Jerusalem will dwell safely.
Malachi 1 verse
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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.
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Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
Strong's · 1890
abide
Modern gloss
to dwell
Strong's 1890 sometimes compressed multiple senses — or homonymous roots — under one number, and used 19th-century English phrasing that no longer carries the same connotation. The modern gloss reflects current BDB scholarship; open the Lexicon Entry tab for the full sense breakdown.
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Strong's H3427 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
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- 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).
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- Prophets (Nevi'im) 574 verses · 59%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 227 verses · 23%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 176 verses · 18%
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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;—
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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.
