Strong's Hebrew Concordance

H3427: יָשַׁב

yâshab · pronounced yaw-shab' · “to dwell”

Definition

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

KJV translates it 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.

Word origin: a primitive root;

Extended 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)

Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).

How H3427 is translated

  • the inhabitants of ×165
  • they dwelt ×52
  • he dwelt ×46
  • dwell ×43
  • was dwelling ×27
  • was sitting ×24
  • its ×23
  • you will dwell ×22
  • he sat ×22
  • were dwelling ×21
  • they will dwell ×19
  • he remained ×18

Bible verses with H3427 (yâshab)

Yâshab appears in 972 verses; the first 25 are shown below.

  • Genesis 4:16

    And Cain went out from the presence of the Lord, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.

  • Genesis 4:20

    And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle.

  • Genesis 11:2

    And 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 11:31

    And 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 13:6

    And 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 13:7

    And 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 13:12

    Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the cities of the plain, and pitched his tent toward Sodom.

  • Genesis 13:18

    Then 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 14:7

    And 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 14:12

    And they took Lot, Abram’s brother’s son, who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and departed.

  • Genesis 16:3

    And Sarai Abram’s wife took Hagar her maid the Egyptian, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to her husband Abram to be his wife.

  • Genesis 18:1

    And the Lord appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day;

  • Genesis 19:1

    And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground;

  • Genesis 19:25

    And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.

  • Genesis 19:29

    And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in the which Lot dwelt.

  • Genesis 19:30

    And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain, and his two daughters with him; for he feared to dwell in Zoar: and he dwelt in a cave, he and his two daughters.

  • Genesis 20:1

    And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar.

  • Genesis 20:15

    And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is before thee: dwell where it pleaseth thee.

  • Genesis 21:16

    And she went, and sat her down over against him a good way off, as it were a bowshot: for she said, Let me not see the death of the child. And she sat over against him, and lift up her voice, and wept.

  • Genesis 21:20

    And God was with the lad; and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer.

  • Genesis 21:21

    And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran: and his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt.

  • Genesis 22:5

    And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye here with the ass; and I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come again to you.

  • Genesis 22:19

    So Abraham returned unto his young men, and they rose up and went together to Beer–sheba; and Abraham dwelt at Beer–sheba.

  • Genesis 23:10

    And Ephron dwelt among the children of Heth: and Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the audience of the children of Heth, even of all that went in at the gate of his city, saying,

  • Genesis 24:3

    And I will make thee swear by the Lord, the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell:

All 972 references (first 400)

Words derived from H3427

יוֹשִׁבְיָה H3143

Yôwshibyâh — Joshibiah

יֶשֶׁבְאָב H3428

Yeshebʼâb — Jeshebeab

יֹשֵׁב בַּשֶּׁבֶת H3429

Yôshêb bash-Shebeth — Josheb-basshebeth

יִשְׁבּוֹ בְּנֹב H3430

Yishbôw bᵉ-Nôb — Ishbi-benob

יׇשְׁבְּקָשָׁה H3436

Yoshbᵉqâshâh — Joshbekashah

יְתִב H3488

yᵉthib — to dwell

מוֹשָׁב H4186

môwshâb — seat

שֶׁבֶת H7675

shebeth — seat

שִׁיבָה H7871

shîybâh — sojourn

תּוֹשָׁב H8453

tôwshâb — sojourner

תּוֹשָׁב H8453

tôwshâb — sojourner