יָרַשׁ
yârash · yaw-rash'
to occupy (by driving out previous tenants, and possessing in their place); by implication, to seize, to rob, to inherit; also to expel, to impoverish, to ruin
Lexicon
Derivation: or יָרֵשׁ; a primitive root;
to occupy (by driving out previous tenants, and possessing in their place); by implication, to seize, to rob, to inherit; also to expel, to impoverish, to ruin
- to occupy (by driving out previous tenants, and possessing in their place)
- by implication, to seize, to rob, to inherit
- also, to expel, to impoverish, to ruin
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: cast out, consume, destroy, disinherit, dispossess, drive(-ing) out, enjoy, expel, [idiom] without fail, (give to, leave for) inherit(-ance, -or) [phrase] magistrate, be (make) poor, come to poverty, (give to, make to) possess, get (have) in (take) possession, seize upon, succeed, [idiom] utterly.
Letters
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the hand that works › the head, the highest › to consume, to destroy
The hand that works of the head, the highest that works to consume, to destroy.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of יָרַשׁ above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
231 occurrences · 231 OT · 0 NT · 166 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- to possess39 · 32%
- drive out10 · 8%
- and possess9 · 7%
- shall possess7 · 6%
- and possessed7 · 6%
- cast out5 · 4%
- and they possessed5 · 4%
- shall inherit5 · 4%
- and they shall possess4 · 3%
- thee to possess4 · 3%
- doth drive them out3 · 2%
- them; and they succeeded2 · 2%
- thereof, and drove out2 · 2%
- you, and ye shall possess2 · 2%
- in possession2 · 2%
- they shall possess2 · 2%
- possessed2 · 2%
- they shall inherit2 · 2%
- had cast out2 · 2%
- drive them out2 · 2%
- possess2 · 2%
- and shall ye possess2 · 2%
- shall be thine heir1 · 1%
- this shall not be thine heir1 · 1%
- is mine heir1 · 1%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.