To dwell
יְתִבStrong’s H3488yetiv (ye-tiv)
Appears in 5 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Yetiv is the Aramaic word usually translated “caused to dwell”, “dwelling” and “sat”. It appears in 5 verses of the Old Testament.
“I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool: his throne was like the fiery flame, and his wheels as burning fire.”
Meaning
- To sit, dwell(P'al) to sit, be seated · (Aphel) to cause to dwell
How it's translated
- and he caused to dwell 1
- dwelling 1
- he sat 1
- it sat 1
- it will sit 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Daniel 3
- Ezra 2
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Daniel 7:10In contextA fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the judgment was set, and the books were opened.
- Daniel 7:26In contextBut the judgment shall sit, and they shall take away his dominion, to consume and to destroy it unto the end.
- Ezra 4:10And the rest of the nations whom the great and noble Asnapper brought over, and set in the cities of Samaria, and the rest that are on this side the river, and at such a time.
- Ezra 4:17Then sent the king an answer unto Rehum the chancellor, and to Shimshai the scribe, and to the rest of their companions that dwell in Samaria, and unto the rest beyond the river, Peace, and at such a time.
Aramaic dictionary
יְתִב yetiv · to dwell
1) to sit, dwell 1a) (P'al) to sit, be seated 1b) (Aphel) to cause to dwell
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.]
- 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
- To be in any state or condition; to continue.
- To continue; to be fixed in attention; to hang upon with fondness.
- 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 Aramaic, not from any one translation.