Hebrew word study

יֵשׁyêsh there is or are (or any other form of the verb to be, as…

Pronounced “yaysh

there is or are (or any other form of the verb to be, as may suit the connection)

Translated in the King James as: (there) are, (he, it, shall, there, there may, there shall, there should) be, thou do, had, hast, (which) hath, (I, shalt, that) have, (he, it, there) is, substance, it (there) was, (there) were, ye will, thou wilt, wouldest.

Appears 127 times in Scripture

Origin: perhaps from an unused root meaning to stand out, or exist; entity; used adverbially or as a copula for the substantive verb (H1961 (הָיָה));

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Where it appears

Genesis 20×
Genesis 18:24Genesis 23:8Genesis 24:23Genesis 24:42Genesis 24:49Genesis 28:16Genesis 33:9Genesis 33:11Genesis 39:4Genesis 39:5Genesis 39:8Genesis 42:1Genesis 42:2Genesis 43:4Genesis 43:7Genesis 44:19Genesis 44:20Genesis 44:26Genesis 47:6+ 1 more in Genesis
Exodus 1×
Exodus 17:7
Numbers 4×
Numbers 9:20Numbers 9:21Numbers 13:20Numbers 22:29
Deuteronomy 4×
Deuteronomy 13:3Deuteronomy 29:15Deuteronomy 29:18+ 1 more in Deuteronomy
Judges 6×
Judges 4:20Judges 6:13Judges 6:36Judges 18:14Judges 19:19+ 1 more in Judges
Ruth 2×
Ruth 1:12Ruth 3:12
1 Samuel 9×
1 Sam 9:111 Sam 9:121 Sam 14:391 Sam 17:461 Sam 20:81 Sam 21:31 Sam 21:41 Sam 21:81 Sam 23:23
2 Samuel 3×
2 Sam 9:12 Sam 14:322 Sam 19:28
1 Kings 2×
1 Ki 17:121 Ki 18:10
2 Kings 10×
2 Ki 2:162 Ki 3:122 Ki 4:22 Ki 4:132 Ki 5:82 Ki 9:152 Ki 10:152 Ki 10:23+ 2 more in 2 Kings
1 Chronicles 1×
1 Chr 29:3
2 Chronicles 4×
2 Chr 15:72 Chr 16:92 Chr 25:82 Chr 25:9
Ezra 2×
Ezra 10:2Ezra 10:44
Nehemiah 1×
Nehemiah 5:5
Esther 1×
Esther 3:8
Job 10×
Job 6:6Job 6:30Job 9:33Job 11:18Job 14:7Job 16:4Job 28:1Job 33:23Job 33:32Job 38:28
Psalms 6×
Psalms 7:3Psalms 14:2Psalms 53:2Psalms 58:11Psalms 73:11Psalms 135:17
Proverbs 10×
Proverbs 3:28Proverbs 8:21Proverbs 13:23Proverbs 14:12Proverbs 16:25Proverbs 18:24Proverbs 19:18Proverbs 20:15Proverbs 23:18Proverbs 24:14
Ecclesiastes 14×
Eccles 1:10Eccles 2:13Eccles 2:21Eccles 4:8Eccles 4:9Eccles 5:13Eccles 6:1Eccles 7:15Eccles 8:6Eccles 8:14Eccles 9:4Eccles 10:5+ 2 more in Ecclesiastes
Isaiah 2×
Isaiah 43:8Isaiah 44:8
Jeremiah 10×
Jeremiah 5:1Jeremiah 14:22Jeremiah 23:26Jeremiah 27:18Jeremiah 31:6Jeremiah 31:16Jeremiah 31:17Jeremiah 37:17Jeremiah 41:8+ 1 more in Jeremiah
Lamentations 2×
Lam 1:12Lam 3:29
Jonah 1×
Jonah 4:11
Micah 1×
Micah 2:1
Malachi 1×
Malachi 1:14

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