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To dwell

יָשַׁבStrong’s H3427

yashav (ya-shav)

Appears in 972 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Yashav is the Hebrew word usually translated “inhabitants of”, “dwelling” and “sitting”. It appears in 972 verses of the Old Testament.

“O LORD, righteousness belongeth unto thee, but unto us confusion of faces, as at this day; to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and unto all Israel, that are near, and that are far off, through all the countries whither thou hast driven them, because of their trespass that they have trespassed against thee.”
Daniel 9:7 KJV
Meaning
  1. To dwell, remain, sit, abide(Qal) · (Niphal) to be inhabited · (Piel) to set, place · (Hiphil) · (Hophal)
How it's translated
  • inhabitants of 113
  • dwelling 64
  • sitting 48
  • and he dwelt 39
  • and they dwelt 28
  • to dwell 27
  • they dwelt 26
  • and inhabitants of 21

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Jeremiah 132
  • Genesis 63
  • Isaiah 63
  • Judges 57
  • Psalms 57
  • 1 Kings 52

38 books in all.

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Explore in Scripture
All 972 verses, by book
Ecclesiastes 1
10:6
Song of Solomon 3
2:35:128:13
Daniel 1
9:7
Jonah 2
3:64:5
Nahum 2
1:53:8
Habakkuk 2
2:82:17
Haggai 1
1:4
Malachi 1
3:3
Hebrew dictionary

יָשַׁב yashav · to dwell

1) to dwell, remain, sit, abide 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to sit, sit down 1a2) to be set 1a3) to remain, stay 1a4) to dwell, have one's abode 1b) (Niphal) to be inhabited 1c) (Piel) to set, place 1d) (Hiphil) 1d1) to cause to sit 1d2) to cause to abide, set 1d3) to cause to dwell 1d4) to cause (cities) to be inhabited 1d5) to marry (give an dwelling to) 1e) (Hophal) 1e1) to be inhabited 1e2) to make to dwell Aramaic equivalent: ye.tiv (יְתִב "to dwell" H3488)

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “dwell” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

DWELL, verb intransitive

preterit tense dwelled, usually contracted into dwelt. [See Dally.]

  1. To abide as a permanent resident, or to inhabit for a time; to live in a place; to have a habitation for some time or permanence.“God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem” Genesis 9:27“Ye shall dwell in booths seven days” Leviticus 23:42“The word was made flesh, and dwelt among us” John 1:14
  2. To be in any state or condition; to continue.
  3. To continue; to be fixed in attention; to hang upon with fondness.
  4. To continue long; as, to dwell on a subject, in speaking, debate or writing; to dwell on a note in music.

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.