יָשַׁב
yâshab · yaw-shab'
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
- properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet)
- by implication, to dwell, to remain
- causatively, to settle, to marry
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: (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.
Letters
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- 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
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the hand that works › to consume, to destroy › the house, what is within
The hand that works that works to consume, to destroy of the house, what is within.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of יָשַׁב 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
1079 occurrences · 1079 OT · 0 NT · 480 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- dwelt52 · 13%
- and dwelt35 · 9%
- the inhabitants35 · 9%
- and the inhabitants25 · 6%
- dwell24 · 6%
- sat23 · 6%
- that dwelt22 · 5%
- which dwelt18 · 4%
- to dwell18 · 4%
- and sat14 · 3%
- abode14 · 3%
- and dwell13 · 3%
- abide12 · 3%
- that dwell11 · 3%
- and all the inhabitants11 · 3%
- of the inhabitants9 · 2%
- shall dwell9 · 2%
- to sit8 · 2%
- and they dwelt8 · 2%
- without an inhabitant8 · 2%
- to dwell in7 · 2%
- all the inhabitants7 · 2%
- that dwelleth7 · 2%
- which dwell7 · 2%
- tarry7 · 2%
Where it is used, by book.
- Genesis71
- Exodus21
- Leviticus24
- Numbers37
- Deuteronomy46
- Joshua52
- Judges71
- Ruth11
- 1 Samuel47
- 2 Samuel30
- 1 Kings53
- 2 Kings41
- 1 Chronicles43
- 2 Chronicles50
- Ezra12
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.