Strong's Number H3423

יָרַשׁ

yarash · yaw-rash'

Transliteration:

yarash{yaw-rash'}or yaresh{yaw-raysh'}

Word Origin:

a primitive root

TWOT:

920

Part of Speech:

verb

Strong's Definition:

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

Usage in the KJV:

possess 116, ...out 46, inherit 22, heir 10, possession 6, succeed 5, dispossess 4, poverty 3, drive 1, enjoy 2, poor 2, expelled 2, utterly 2, misc 11

Total: 232
Occurs 231 times in the Hebrew text.

Definition:

to seize, dispossess, take possession off, inherit, disinherit, occupy, impoverish, be an heir
1. (Qal)
  1. to take possession of
  2. to inherit
  3. to impoverish, come to poverty, be poor
2. (Niphal) to be dispossessed, be impoverished, come to poverty
3. (Piel) to devour
4. (Hiphil)
  1. to cause to possess or inherit
  2. to cause others to possess or inherit
  3. to impoverish
  4. to dispossess
  5. to destroy, bring to ruin, disinherit