Hebrew word study

יָשַׁבyâshab — properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush,…

Pronounced “yaw-shab'”

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

Translated in the King James as: (make to) abide(-ing), continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-ing), ease self, endure, establish, fail, habitation, haunt, (make to) inhabit(-ant), make to keep (house), lurking, marry(-ing), (bring again to) place, remain, return, seat, set(-tle), (down-) sit(-down, still, -ting down, -ting (place) -uate), take, tarry.

Appears 1,063 times in Scripture

Origin: a primitive root;

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