Hebrew word study

יָרַשׁyârash — to occupy (by driving out previous tenants, and possessin…

Pronounced “yaw-rash'”

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

Translated in the King James as: cast out, consume, destroy, disinherit, dispossess, drive(-ing) out, enjoy, expel, without fail, (give to, leave for) inherit(-ance, -or) [phrase] magistrate, be (make) poor, come to poverty, (give to, make to) possess, get (have) in (take) possession, seize upon, succeed, utterly.

Appears 231 times in Scripture

Origin: or יָרֵשׁ; a primitive root;

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Where it appears

Genesis — 10×

Genesis 15:3 Genesis 15:4 Genesis 15:7 Genesis 15:8 Genesis 21:10 Genesis 22:17 Genesis 24:60 Genesis 28:4 Genesis 45:11+ 1 more in Genesis

Exodus — 2×

Exodus 15:9 Exodus 34:24

Leviticus — 3×

Leviticus 20:24 Leviticus 25:46+ 1 more in Leviticus

Numbers — 15×

Numbers 13:30 Numbers 14:12 Numbers 14:24 Numbers 21:24 Numbers 21:32 Numbers 21:35 Numbers 27:11 Numbers 32:21 Numbers 32:39 Numbers 33:52 Numbers 33:53 Numbers 33:55 Numbers 36:8+ 2 more in Numbers

Deuteronomy — 71×

Deuteronomy 1:8 Deuteronomy 1:21 Deuteronomy 1:39 Deuteronomy 2:12 Deuteronomy 2:21 Deuteronomy 2:22 Deuteronomy 2:24 Deuteronomy 2:31 Deuteronomy 3:12 Deuteronomy 3:18 Deuteronomy 3:20 Deuteronomy 4:1 Deuteronomy 4:5 Deuteronomy 4:14 Deuteronomy 4:22 Deuteronomy 4:26 Deuteronomy 4:38 Deuteronomy 4:47 Deuteronomy 5:31 Deuteronomy 5:33 Deuteronomy 6:1 Deuteronomy 6:18 Deuteronomy 7:1 Deuteronomy 7:17 Deuteronomy 8:1+ 46 more in Deuteronomy

Joshua — 29×

Joshua 1:11 Joshua 1:15 Joshua 3:10 Joshua 8:7 Joshua 12:1 Joshua 13:1 Joshua 13:6 Joshua 13:12 Joshua 13:13 Joshua 14:12 Joshua 15:14 Joshua 15:63 Joshua 16:10 Joshua 17:12 Joshua 17:13 Joshua 17:18 Joshua 18:3 Joshua 19:47 Joshua 21:43 Joshua 23:5 Joshua 23:9 Joshua 23:13 Joshua 24:4 Joshua 24:8+ 5 more in Joshua

Judges — 27×

Judges 1:19 Judges 1:20 Judges 1:21 Judges 1:27 Judges 1:28 Judges 1:29 Judges 1:30 Judges 1:31 Judges 1:32 Judges 1:33 Judges 2:6 Judges 2:21 Judges 2:23 Judges 3:13 Judges 11:21 Judges 11:22 Judges 11:23 Judges 11:24 Judges 14:15 Judges 18:7 Judges 18:9+ 6 more in Judges

1 Samuel — 1×

1 Sam 2:7

2 Samuel — 1×

2 Sam 14:7

1 Kings — 6×

1 Ki 14:24 1 Ki 21:15 1 Ki 21:16 1 Ki 21:18 1 Ki 21:19 1 Ki 21:26

2 Kings — 4×

2 Ki 16:3 2 Ki 17:8 2 Ki 17:24 2 Ki 21:2

1 Chronicles — 1×

1 Chr 28:8

2 Chronicles — 4×

2 Chr 20:7 2 Chr 20:11 2 Chr 28:3 2 Chr 33:2

Ezra — 2×

Ezra 9:11 Ezra 9:12

Nehemiah — 5×

Nehemiah 9:15 Nehemiah 9:22 Nehemiah 9:23 Nehemiah 9:24 Nehemiah 9:25

Job — 2×

Job 13:26 Job 20:15

Psalms — 11×

Psalms 25:13 Psalms 37:9 Psalms 37:11 Psalms 37:22 Psalms 37:29 Psalms 37:34 Psalms 44:2 Psalms 44:3 Psalms 69:35 Psalms 83:12 Psalms 105:44

Proverbs — 4×

Proverbs 20:13 Proverbs 23:21 Proverbs 30:9 Proverbs 30:23

Isaiah — 10×

Isaiah 14:21 Isaiah 34:11 Isaiah 34:17 Isaiah 54:3 Isaiah 57:13 Isaiah 60:21 Isaiah 61:7 Isaiah 63:18 Isaiah 65:9+ 1 more in Isaiah

Jeremiah — 7×

Jeremiah 8:10 Jeremiah 30:3 Jeremiah 32:23 Jeremiah 49:1 Jeremiah 49:2+ 2 more in Jeremiah

Ezekiel — 6×

Ezekiel 7:24 Ezekiel 33:24 Ezekiel 33:25 Ezekiel 33:26 Ezekiel 35:10 Ezekiel 36:12

Hosea — 1×

Hosea 9:6

Amos — 2×

Amos 2:10 Amos 9:12

Obadiah — 4×

Obadiah 1:17 Obadiah 1:19 Obadiah 1:20+ 1 more in Obadiah

Micah — 1×

Micah 1:15

Habakkuk — 1×

Habakkuk 1:6

Zechariah — 1×

Zech 9:4

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