Hebrew Word Study · Strong’s H3427
יָשַׁב
ya.shav · “to dwell”
Used 1,092 times across 38 books
Definition
1) to dwell, remain, sit, abide
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to sit, sit down
1a2) to be set
1a3) to remain, stay
1a4) to dwell, have one's abode
1b) (Niphal) to be inhabited
1c) (Piel) to set, place
1d) (Hiphil)
1d1) to cause to sit
1d2) to cause to abide, set
1d3) to cause to dwell
1d4) to cause (cities) to be inhabited
1d5) to marry (give an dwelling to)
1e) (Hophal)
1e1) to be inhabited
1e2) to make to dwell
Aramaic equivalent: ye.tiv (יְתִב "to dwell" H3488)
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to sit, sit down
1a2) to be set
1a3) to remain, stay
1a4) to dwell, have one's abode
1b) (Niphal) to be inhabited
1c) (Piel) to set, place
1d) (Hiphil)
1d1) to cause to sit
1d2) to cause to abide, set
1d3) to cause to dwell
1d4) to cause (cities) to be inhabited
1d5) to marry (give an dwelling to)
1e) (Hophal)
1e1) to be inhabited
1e2) to make to dwell
Aramaic equivalent: ye.tiv (יְתִב "to dwell" H3488)
Where it appears
Genesis71
Exodus21
Leviticus24
Numbers37
Deuteronomy46
Joshua52
Judges72
Ruth11
1 Samuel47
2 Samuel29
1 Kings54
2 Kings41
1 Chronicles44
2 Chronicles52
Ezra12
Nehemiah22
Esther9
Job8
Psalms60
Proverbs8
Ecclesiastes1
Song of Solomon3
Isaiah69
Jeremiah152
Lamentations10
Ezekiel65
Daniel1
Hosea8
Joel5
Amos7
Jonah3
Micah11
Nahum2
Habakkuk2
Zephaniah8
Haggai1
Zechariah23
Malachi1
In the text
Genesis 4:16And Cain went out from the presence of the Lord, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.Genesis 4:20And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle.Genesis 11:2And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.Genesis 11:31And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son’s son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram’s wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there.Genesis 13:6And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell together: for their substance was great, so that they could not dwell together.Genesis 13:7And there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram’s cattle and the herdmen of Lot’s cattle: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelled then in the land.Genesis 13:12Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the cities of the plain, and pitched his tent toward Sodom.Genesis 13:18Then Abram removed his tent, and came and dwelt in the plain of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the Lord.Genesis 14:7And they returned, and came to En–mishpat, which is Kadesh, and smote all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that dwelt in Hazezon–tamar.Genesis 14:12And they took Lot, Abram’s brother’s son, who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and departed.
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