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Strong's Number H3427

יָשַׁב

yashab · yaw-shab'

Transliteration:

yashab{yaw-shab'}

Word Origin:

a primitive root

TWOT:

922

Part of Speech:

verb

Strong's Definition:

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

Usage in the KJV:

dwell 266, inhabitant 221, sit 101, abide 37, inhabit 39, down 26, remain 23, in 8, tarry 20, set 14, continue 5, place 7, still 4, taken 5, misc 23

Total: 1088
Occurs 1078 times in the Hebrew text.

Definition:

to dwell, remain, sit, abide
1. (Qal)
  1. to sit, sit down
  2. to be set
  3. to remain, stay
  4. to dwell, have one's abode
2. (Niphal) to be inhabited
3. (Piel) to set, place
4. (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)
5. (Hophal)
  1. to be inhabited
  2. to make to dwell