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Word Study · Strong's H3427 · Hebrew

יָשַׁב

yashab

yaw-shab'

Strong's 1890 spelling: yâshab

properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet)

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry

Rendered in the KJV as

(make to) abide(-ing), continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-ing), ease self, endure, establish, [idiom] fail, habitation, haunt, (make to) inhabit(-ant), make to keep (house), lurking, [idiom] marry(-ing), (bring again to) place, remain, return, seat, set(-tle), (down-) sit(-down, still, -ting down, -ting (place) -uate), take, tarry.

  • 1,079
    occurrencesin the Old Testament
  • 12 of 39
    Old Testament booksamong the first 500 shown
  • 256
    inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 500 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 256

  • וַיֵּ֥שֶׁב21
  • יֹשֵׁ֥ב13
  • יֹשְׁבֵ֣י13
  • יֹשְׁבֵ֥י12
  • יוֹשֵׁ֖ב10
  • יוֹשֵׁ֣ב9
  • יֹשֵׁ֣ב9
  • וַיֵּ֣שֶׁב8
  • וַיֵּ֖שֶׁב8
  • יֹשֵׁ֖ב8
  • לָשֶׁ֣בֶת8
  • וַיֵּ֙שֶׁב֙7

and 244 more spellings in the ledger below.

How it is rendered · 185

  • [the] inhabitants of49
  • and he dwelt31
  • [was] dwelling17
  • and they dwelt15
  • and you will dwell14
  • to dwell14
  • [was] sitting13
  • and he sat11
  • [are] dwelling7
  • [is] dwelling7
  • [who] dwelt7
  • and he remained7

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 70

  • Hc/Vqw3ms70
  • verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular61
  • verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)55
  • Hc/Vqw3mp29
  • preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)25
  • verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singular21
  • the definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular17
  • verb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singular13
  • Hc/Vqw3fs12
  • Hc/Vqq2ms10
  • verb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person common plural10
  • verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine plural10
Show the grammar codes as tagged
  • Hc/Vqw3ms · 70
  • HVqrmsa · 61
  • HVqrmpc · 55
  • Hc/Vqw3mp · 29
  • HR/Vqcc · 25
  • HVqi3ms · 21
  • HTd/Vqrmsa · 17
  • HVqp3ms · 13
  • Hc/Vqw3fs · 12
  • Hc/Vqq2ms · 10
  • HVqp3cp · 10
  • HVqrmpa · 10

The first 500 of 1,079, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

Genesis carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.

Genesis71 occurrences
Exodus21 occurrences
Leviticus24 occurrences
Numbers37 occurrences
Deuteronomy46 occurrences
Joshua52 occurrences
Judges71 occurrences
Ruth11 occurrences
1 Samuel47 occurrences
2 Samuel30 occurrences
1 Kings31 occurrences
Psalms59 occurrences
Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), CC BY 4.0 — their grammar codes written out in English here, and shown as tagged under each list. Dictionary: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).