To enroll
יָחַשׂStrong’s H3187yachas (ya-cha-s)
Appears in 18 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Yachas is the Hebrew word usually translated “recording genealogy they”, “have themselves enrolled” and “had themselves enrolled”. It appears in 18 verses of the Old Testament.
“And all their villages that were round about the same cities, unto Baal. These were their habitations, and their genealogy.”
Meaning
- (Hithpael) to reckon genealogically, enrol on a genealogy, enrol, be enrolled
How it's translated
- and recording genealogy they 4
- recording genealogy they 3
- to have themselves enrolled 2
- they had themselves enrolled 2
- and recording genealogies they 1
- by genealogical enrolment 1
- for genealogical enrollment 1
- genealogical enrolment 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 1 Chronicles 10
- 2 Chronicles 3
- Ezra 3
- Nehemiah 2
4 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- 1 Chronicles 5:1Now the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel, (for he was the firstborn; but, forasmuch as he defiled his father’s bed, his birthright was given unto the sons of Joseph the son of Israel: and the genealogy is not to be reckoned after the birthright.
- 1 Chronicles 5:7And his brethren by their families, when the genealogy of their generations was reckoned, were the chief, Jeiel, and Zechariah,
- 1 Chronicles 5:17All these were reckoned by genealogies in the days of Jotham king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam king of Israel.
- 1 Chronicles 7:5And their brethren among all the families of Issachar were valiant men of might, reckoned in all by their genealogies fourscore and seven thousand.
- 1 Chronicles 7:7And the sons of Bela; Ezbon, and Uzzi, and Uzziel, and Jerimoth, and Iri, five; heads of the house of their fathers, mighty men of valour; and were reckoned by their genealogies twenty and two thousand and thirty and four.
- 1 Chronicles 7:9And the number of them, after their genealogy by their generations, heads of the house of their fathers, mighty men of valour, was twenty thousand and two hundred.
Hebrew dictionary
יָחַשׂ yachas · to enroll
(Hithpael) to reckon genealogically, enrol on a genealogy, enrol, be enrolled
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “enroll” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
ENROLL, verb transitive
- To write in a roll or register; to insert a name or enter in a list or catalogue; as, men are enrolled for service.
- To record; to insert in records; to leave in writing.
- To wrap; to involve.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.