To extend
יָשַׁטStrong’s H3447yashat (ya-shat)
Appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Yashat is the Hebrew word usually translated “extended” and “extends”. It appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament.
“All the king’s servants, and the people of the king’s provinces, do know, that whosoever, whether man or woman, shall come unto the king into the inner court, who is not called, there is one law of his to put him to death, except such to whom the king shall hold out the golden sceptre, that he may live: but I have not been called to come in unto the king these thirty days.”
Meaning
- (Hiphil) to hold out, extend
How it's translated
- and he extended 2
- he extends 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Esther 3
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Esther 5:2And it was so, when the king saw Esther the queen standing in the court, that she obtained favour in his sight: and the king held out to Esther the golden sceptre that was in his hand. So Esther drew near, and touched the top of the sceptre.
- Esther 8:4Then the king held out the golden sceptre toward Esther. So Esther arose, and stood before the king,
Hebrew dictionary
יָשַׁט yashat · to extend
(Hiphil) to hold out, extend
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “extend” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
EXTEND', verb intransitive
To stretch; to reach; to be continued in length or breadth. The state of Massachusetts extends west to the border of the state of New York. Connecticut river extends from Canada to the sound. How far will your argument or proposition extend? Let our charities extend to the heathen.
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.