יֵשׁ
yesh
1. being, existence, substance, there is or are
a. substance
b. existence
c. there is or are
Aramaic equivalent: i.tay (אִיתַי "there is" H0383)
Lexicon: STEPBible Tyndale House Brief Lexicons (TBESH / TBESG) (CC BY 4.0)
Translated as (BSB)
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Concordance 129 verses
- Ecclesiastes 1:10 יֵ֥שׁ
Is there a case where one can say, “Look, this is new”? It has already existed in the ages before us.
- Ecclesiastes 2:13 שֶׁיֵּ֥שׁ
And I saw that wisdom exceeds folly, just as light exceeds darkness:
- Ecclesiastes 2:21 יֵ֣שׁ
When there is a man who has labored with wisdom, knowledge, and skill, and he must give his portion to a man who has not worked for it, this too is futile and a great evil.
- Ecclesiastes 4:8 יֵ֣שׁ
There is a man all alone, without even a son or brother. And though there is no end to his labor, his eyes are still not content with his wealth: “For whom do I toil and bereave my soul of enjoyment?” This too is futile—a miserable task.
- Ecclesiastes 4:9 יֵשׁ־
Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor.
- Ecclesiastes 5:13 יֵ֚שׁ
There is a grievous evil I have seen under the sun: wealth hoarded to the harm of its owner,
- Ecclesiastes 6:1 יֵ֣שׁ
There is another evil I have seen under the sun, and it weighs heavily upon mankind:
- Ecclesiastes 6:11 יֵשׁ־
For the more words, the more futility—and how does that profit anyone?
- Ecclesiastes 7:15 יֵ֤שׁוְיֵ֣שׁ
In my futile life I have seen both of these: A righteous man perishing in his righteousness, and a wicked man living long in his wickedness.
- Ecclesiastes 8:6 יֵ֖שׁ
For there is a right time and procedure to every purpose, though a man’s misery weighs heavily upon him.
- Ecclesiastes 8:14 יֶשׁ־יֵ֣שׁוְיֵ֣שׁ
There is a futility that is done on the earth: There are righteous men who get what the actions of the wicked deserve, and there are wicked men who get what the actions of the righteous deserve. I say that this too is futile.
- Ecclesiastes 9:4 יֵ֣שׁ
There is hope, however, for anyone who is among the living; for even a live dog is better than a dead lion.
- Ecclesiastes 10:5 יֵ֣שׁ
There is an evil I have seen under the sun— an error that proceeds from the ruler:
- Isaiah 43:8 יֵ֑שׁ
Bring out a people who have eyes but are blind, and who have ears but are deaf.
- Isaiah 44:8 הֲיֵ֤שׁ
Do not tremble or fear. Have I not told you and declared it long ago? You are My witnesses! Is there any God but Me? There is no other Rock; I know not one.”
- Jeremiah 5:1 יֵ֛שׁ
“Go up and down the streets of Jerusalem. Look now and take note; search her squares. If you can find a single person, anyone who acts justly, anyone who seeks the truth, then I will forgive the city.
- Jeremiah 14:22 הֲיֵ֨שׁ
Can the worthless idols of the nations bring rain? Do the skies alone send showers? Is this not by You, O LORD our God? So we put our hope in You, for You have done all these things.
- Jeremiah 23:26 הֲיֵ֛שׁ
How long will this continue in the hearts of these prophets who prophesy falsehood, these prophets of the delusion of their own minds?
- Jeremiah 27:18 יֵ֥שׁ
If they are indeed prophets and the word of the LORD is with them, let them now plead with the LORD of Hosts that the articles remaining in the house of the LORD, in the palace of the king of Judah, and in Jerusalem, not be taken to Babylon.
- Jeremiah 31:6 יֶשׁ־
For there will be a day when watchmen will call out on the hills of Ephraim, ‘Arise, let us go up to Zion, to the LORD our God!’”
- Jeremiah 31:16 יֵ֨שׁ
This is what the LORD says: “Keep your voice from weeping and your eyes from tears, for the reward for your work will come, declares the LORD. Then your children will return from the land of the enemy.
- Jeremiah 31:17 וְיֵשׁ־
So there is hope for your future, declares the LORD, and your children will return to their own land.
- Jeremiah 37:17 הֲיֵ֥שׁיֵ֔שׁ
Later, King Zedekiah sent for Jeremiah and received him in his palace, where he asked him privately, “Is there a word from the LORD?” “There is,” Jeremiah replied. “You will be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon.”
- Jeremiah 41:8 יֶשׁ־
But ten of the men among them said to Ishmael, “Do not kill us, for we have hidden treasure in the field—wheat, barley, oil, and honey!” So he refrained from killing them with the others.
- Lamentations 1:12 יֵ֤שׁ
Is this nothing to you, all you who pass by? Look around and see! Is there any sorrow like mine, which was inflicted on me, which the LORD made me suffer on the day of His fierce anger?
- Lamentations 3:29 יֵ֥שׁ
Let him bury his face in the dust— perhaps there is still hope.
- Jonah 4:11 יֶשׁ־
So should I not care about the great city of Nineveh, which has more than 120,000 people who cannot tell their right hand from their left, and many cattle as well?”
- Micah 2:1 יֶשׁ־
Woe to those who devise iniquity and plot evil on their beds! At morning’s light they accomplish it because the power is in their hands.
- Malachi 1:14 וְיֵ֤שׁ
“But cursed is the deceiver who has an acceptable male in his flock and vows to give it, but sacrifices a defective animal to the Lord. For I am a great King,” says the LORD of Hosts, “and My name is to be feared among the nations.