To possess
יָרַשׁStrong’s H3423yarash (ya-rash)
Appears in 204 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Yarash is the Hebrew word usually translated “take possession of it”, “take possession of” and “took possession of”. It appears in 204 verses of the Old Testament.
“Behold, the LORD will cast her out, and he will smite her power in the sea; and she shall be devoured with fire.”
Meaning
- To seize, dispossess, take possession off, inherit, disinherit, occupy, impoverish, be an heir(Qal) · (Niphal) to be dispossessed, be impoverished, come to poverty · (Piel) to devour · (Hiphil)
How it's translated
- to take possession of it 31
- to take possession of 17
- and they took possession of 11
- and you will take possession of 11
- and they will take possession of 7
- to dispossess 6
- they will possess 6
- take possession of 4
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Deuteronomy 63
- Joshua 24
- Judges 21
- Numbers 13
- Psalms 11
- Genesis 9
27 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Genesis 15:3And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir.
- Genesis 15:4And, behold, the word of the LORD came unto him, saying, This shall not be thine heir; but he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir.
- Genesis 15:7And he said unto him, I am the LORD that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it.
- Genesis 15:8And he said, LORD God, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?
- Genesis 21:10Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out this bondwoman and her son: for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, even with Isaac.
- Genesis 22:17That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;
All 204 verses, by book
- Deuteronomy 63
- 1:81:211:392:122:212:222:242:313:123:183:204:14:54:144:224:264:384:475:315:336:16:187:17:178:19:19:39:49:59:69:2310:1111:811:1011:1111:2311:2911:3112:112:212:2915:416:2017:1418:1218:1419:119:219:1421:123:2025:1926:128:2128:4228:6330:530:1630:1831:331:1332:4733:23
- Joshua 24
- 1:111:153:108:712:113:113:613:1213:1314:1215:1415:6316:1017:1217:1317:1818:319:4721:4323:523:923:1324:424:8
- 1 Samuel 1
- 2:7
- 2 Samuel 1
- 14:7
- 1 Chronicles 1
- 28:8
- Hosea 1
- 9:6
- Micah 1
- 1:15
- Habakkuk 1
- 1:6
- Zechariah 1
- 9:4
Hebrew dictionary
יָרַשׁ yarash · to possess
: possess/inherit 1) to seize, dispossess, take possession off, inherit, disinherit, occupy, impoverish, be an heir 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to take possession of 1a2) to inherit 1a3) to impoverish, come to poverty, be poor 1b) (Niphal) to be dispossessed, be impoverished, come to poverty 1c) (Piel) to devour 1d) (Hiphil) 1d1) to cause to possess or inherit 1d2) to cause others to possess or inherit 1d3) to impoverish 1d4) to dispossess 1d5) to destroy, bring to ruin, disinherit
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “dispossess” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
DISPOSSESS, verb transitive
[dis and possess.]
To put out of possession, by any means; to deprive of the actual occupancy of a thing, particularly of land or real estate; to deseize.
- “Ye shall dispossess the inhabitants of the land, and dwell therein” Numbers 33:53
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.