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”
1,085 occurrencesOld TestamentCommon word
Definition
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
Translated in KJV as
(make to) abide(-ing)continue(cause to, make to) dwell(-ing)ease selfendureestablish[idiom] failhabitationhaunt(make to) inhabit(-ant)make to keep (house)lurking[idiom] marry(-ing)(bring again to) placeremainreturnseatset(-tle)(down-) sit(-down, still, -ting down, -ting (place) -uate)taketarry.
Etymology
a primitive root;
Chain Links
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3 of 1085
“And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.”