יָשַׁב
ya.shav
1. to dwell, remain, sit, abide
a. (Qal)
1. to sit, sit down
2. to be set
3. to remain, stay
4. to dwell, have one's abode
b. (Niphal) to be inhabited
c. (Piel) to set, place
d. (Hiphil)
1. to cause to sit
2. to cause to abide, set
3. to cause to dwell
4. to cause (cities) to be inhabited
5. to marry (give an dwelling to)
e. (Hophal)
1. to be inhabited
2. to make to dwell
Aramaic equivalent: ye.tiv (יְתִב "to dwell" H3488)
Lexicon: STEPBible Tyndale House Brief Lexicons (TBESH / TBESG) (CC BY 4.0)
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Concordance 973 verses
- Judges 8:29 וַיֵּ֥שֶׁב
and he—Jerubbaal son of Joash—returned home and settled down.
- Judges 9:21 וַיֵּ֣שֶׁב
Then Jotham ran away, escaping to Beer, and he lived there for fear of his brother Abimelech.
- Judges 9:41 וַיֵּ֥שֶׁבמִשֶּׁ֥בֶת
Abimelech stayed in Arumah, and Zebul drove Gaal and his brothers out of Shechem.
- Judges 10:1 יֹשֵׁ֥ב
After the time of Abimelech, a man of Issachar, Tola son of Puah, the son of Dodo, rose up to save Israel. He lived in Shamir, in the hill country of Ephraim.
- Judges 10:18 יֹשְׁבֵ֥י
And the rulers of Gilead said to one another, “Whoever will launch the attack against the Ammonites will be the head of all who live in Gilead.”
- Judges 11:3 וַיֵּ֖שֶׁב
So Jephthah fled from his brothers and settled in the land of Tob, where worthless men gathered around him and traveled with him.
- Judges 11:8 יֹשְׁבֵ֥י
They answered Jephthah, “This is why we now turn to you, that you may go with us, fight the Ammonites, and become leader over all of us who live in Gilead.”
- Judges 11:17 וַיֵּ֥שֶׁב
Then Israel sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, ‘Please let us pass through your land,’ but the king of Edom would not listen. They also sent messengers to the king of Moab, but he would not consent. So Israel stayed in Kadesh.
- Judges 11:21 יוֹשֵׁ֖ב
Then the LORD, the God of Israel, delivered Sihon and all his people into the hand of Israel, who defeated them. So Israel took possession of all the land of the Amorites who inhabited that country,
- Judges 11:26 בְּשֶׁ֣בֶת
For three hundred years Israel has lived in Heshbon, Aroer, and their villages, as well as all the cities along the banks of the Arnon. Why did you not take them back during that time?
- Judges 13:9 יוֹשֶׁ֣בֶת
And God listened to the voice of Manoah, and the angel of God returned to the woman as she was sitting in the field; but her husband Manoah was not with her.
- Judges 15:8 וַיֵּ֔שֶׁב
And he struck them ruthlessly with a great slaughter, and then went down and stayed in the cave at the rock of Etam.
- Judges 16:9 יֹשֵׁ֥ב
While the men were hidden in her room, she called out, “Samson, the Philistines are here!” But he snapped the bowstrings like a strand of yarn seared by a flame. So the source of his strength remained unknown.
- Judges 16:12 יֹשֵׁ֣ב
So Delilah took new ropes, tied him up with them, and called out, “Samson, the Philistines are here!” But while the men were hidden in her room, he snapped the ropes off his arms like they were threads.
- Judges 17:10 שְׁבָ֣ה
“Stay with me,” Micah said to him, “and be my father and priest, and I will give you ten shekels of silver per year, a suit of clothes, and your provisions.” So the Levite went in
- Judges 17:11 לָשֶׁ֣בֶת
and agreed to stay with him, and the young man became like a son to Micah.
- Judges 18:1 לָשֶׁ֔בֶת
In those days there was no king in Israel, and the tribe of the Danites was looking for territory to occupy. For up to that time they had not come into an inheritance among the tribes of Israel.
- Judges 18:7 יוֹשֶֽׁבֶת־
So the five men departed and came to Laish, where they saw that the people were living securely, like the Sidonians, tranquil and unsuspecting. There was nothing lacking in the land and no oppressive ruler. And they were far away from the Sidonians and had no alliance with anyone.
- Judges 18:28 וַיֵּ֥שְׁבוּ
There was no one to deliver them, because the city was far from Sidon and had no alliance with anyone; it was in a valley near Beth-rehob. And the Danites rebuilt the city and lived there.
- Judges 19:4 וַיֵּ֥שֶׁב
His father-in-law, the girl’s father, persuaded him to stay, so he remained with him three days, eating, drinking, and lodging there.
- Judges 19:6 וַיֵּשְׁב֗וּ
So they sat down and the two of them ate and drank together. Then the girl’s father said to the man, “Please agree to stay overnight and let your heart be merry.”
- Judges 19:15 וַיֵּ֙שֶׁב֙
They stopped to go in and lodge in Gibeah. The Levite went in and sat down in the city square, but no one would take them into his home for the night.
- Judges 20:15 מִיֹּשְׁבֵ֤י
On that day the Benjamites mobilized 26,000 swordsmen from their cities, in addition to the 700 select men of Gibeah.
- Judges 20:26 וַיֵּ֤שְׁבוּ
Then the Israelites, all the people, went up to Bethel, where they sat weeping before the LORD. That day they fasted until evening and presented burnt offerings and peace offerings to the LORD.
- Judges 20:47 וַיֵּֽשְׁבוּ֙
But 600 men turned and fled into the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon, where they stayed four months.
- Judges 21:2 וַיֵּ֤שְׁבוּ
So the people came to Bethel and sat there before God until evening, lifting up their voices and weeping bitterly.
- Judges 21:9 מִיּוֹשְׁבֵ֖י
For when the people were counted, none of the residents of Jabesh-gilead were there.
- Judges 21:10 יוֹשְׁבֵ֨י
So the congregation sent 12,000 of their most valiant men and commanded them: “Go and put to the sword those living in Jabesh-gilead, including women and children.
- Judges 21:12 מִיּוֹשְׁבֵ֣י׀
So they found among the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead four hundred young women who had not had relations with a man, and they brought them to the camp at Shiloh in the land of Canaan.
- Judges 21:23 וַיֵּשְׁב֖וּ
The Benjamites did as instructed and carried away the number of women they needed from the dancers they caught. They went back to their own inheritance, rebuilt their cities, and settled in them.
- Ruth 1:4 וַיֵּ֥שְׁבוּ
who took Moabite women as their wives, one named Orpah and the other named Ruth. And after they had lived in Moab about ten years,
- Ruth 2:7 שִׁבְתָּ֥הּ
She has said, ‘Please let me glean and gather among the sheaves after the harvesters.’ So she came out and has continued from morning until now, except that she rested a short time in the shelter.”
- Ruth 2:14 וַתֵּ֙שֶׁב֙
At mealtime Boaz said to her, “Come over here; have some bread and dip it into the vinegar sauce.” So she sat down beside the harvesters, and he offered her roasted grain, and she ate and was satisfied and had some left over.
- Ruth 2:23 וַתֵּ֖שֶׁב
So Ruth stayed close to the servant girls of Boaz to glean grain until the barley and wheat harvests were finished. And she lived with her mother-in-law.
- Ruth 3:18 שְׁבִ֣י
“Wait, my daughter,” said Naomi, “until you find out how things go, for he will not rest unless he has resolved the matter today.”
- Ruth 4:1 וַיֵּ֣שֶׁבשְׁבָה־וַיֵּשֵֽׁב׃
Meanwhile, Boaz went to the gate and sat down there. Soon the kinsman-redeemer of whom he had spoken came along, and Boaz said, “Come over here, my friend, and sit down.” So he went over and sat down.
- Ruth 4:2 שְׁבוּ־וַיֵּשֵֽׁבוּ׃
Then Boaz took ten of the elders of the city and said, “Sit here,” and they did so.
- Ruth 4:4 הַֽיֹּשְׁבִים֮
I thought I should inform you that you may buy it back in the presence of those seated here and in the presence of the elders of my people. If you want to redeem it, do so. But if you will not redeem it, tell me so I may know, because there is no one but you to redeem it, and I am next after you.” “I will redeem it,” he replied.
- 1 Samuel 1:9 יֹשֵׁב֙
So after they had finished eating and drinking in Shiloh, Hannah stood up. Now Eli the priest was sitting on a chair by the doorpost of the temple of the LORD.
- 1 Samuel 1:22 וְיָ֥שַׁב
but Hannah did not go. “After the boy is weaned,” she said to her husband, “I will take him to appear before the LORD and to stay there permanently.”
- 1 Samuel 1:23 שְׁבִי֙וַתֵּ֤שֶׁב
“Do what you think is best,” her husband Elkanah replied, “and stay here until you have weaned him. Only may the LORD confirm His word.” So Hannah stayed and nursed her son until she had weaned him.
- 1 Samuel 2:8 לְהוֹשִׁיב֙
He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap. He seats them among princes and bestows on them a throne of honor. For the foundations of the earth are the LORD’s, and upon them He has set the world.
- 1 Samuel 4:4 יֹשֵׁ֣ב
So the people sent men to Shiloh, and they brought back the ark of the covenant of the LORD of Hosts, who sits enthroned between the cherubim. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God.
- 1 Samuel 4:13 יֹשֵׁ֨ב
When he arrived, there was Eli, sitting on his chair beside the road and watching, because his heart trembled for the ark of God. When the man entered the city to give a report, the whole city cried out.
- 1 Samuel 5:7 יֵשֵׁ֞ב
And when the men of Ashdod saw what was happening, they said, “The ark of the God of Israel must not stay here with us, because His hand is heavy upon us and upon our god Dagon.”
- 1 Samuel 6:21 יוֹשְׁבֵ֥י
So they sent messengers to the people of Kiriath-jearim, saying, “The Philistines have returned the ark of the LORD. Come down and take it up with you.”
- 1 Samuel 7:2 שֶׁ֤בֶת
And from that day a long time passed, twenty years in all, as the ark remained at Kiriath-jearim. And all the house of Israel mourned and sought after the LORD.
- 1 Samuel 12:8 וַיֹּשִׁב֖וּם
When Jacob went to Egypt, your fathers cried out to the LORD, and He sent them Moses and Aaron, who brought your fathers out of Egypt and settled them in this place.
- 1 Samuel 12:11 וַתֵּשְׁב֖וּ
So the LORD sent Jerubbaal, Barak, Jephthah, and Samuel, and He delivered you from the hands of your enemies on every side, and you dwelt securely.
- 1 Samuel 13:16 יֹשְׁבִ֖ים
Now Saul and Jonathan his son and the troops with them were staying in Geba of Benjamin, while the Philistines camped at Michmash.