Strongs Number: H3427
| Hebrew Word: | יָשַׁב |
| Transliteration: | yâshab |
| Phonetic: | yaw-shab' |
| Part of Speech: | Verb |
| Strongs Definition: | properly to sit down (specifically as {judge} in {ambush} in quiet); by implication to {dwell} to remain; causatively to {settle} to marry |
| BDB Definition: |
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 |
| Origin: | A primitive root |
| Bible Usage: | (make to) abide ({-ing}) {continue} (cause {to} make to) dwell ({-ing}) ease {self} {endure} {establish} X-(idiom) {fail} {habitation} {haunt} (make to) inhabit ({-ant}) make to keep {[house]} {lurking} X-(idiom) marry ({-ing}) (bring again to) {place} {remain} {return} {seat} set ({-tle}) (down-) sit ({-down} {still} -ting {down} -ting [place] {-uate}) {take} tarry. |