יָרַשׁ

Strong’s Definition

to occupy (by driving out previous tenants, and possessing in their place); by implication, to seize, to rob, to inherit; also to expel, to impoverish, to ruin

Etymology & Derivation

or יָרֵשׁ; a primitive root;

KJV Usage

cast out, consume, destroy, disinherit, dispossess, drive(-ing) out, enjoy, expel, [idiom] without fail, (give to, leave for) inherit(-ance, -or) [phrase] magistrate, be (make) poor, come to poverty, (give to, make to) possess, get (have) in (take) possession, seize upon, succeed, [idiom] utterly.

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.to seize, dispossess, take possession off, inherit, disinherit, occupy, impoverish, be an heir
• 2.(qal)
• 3.(niphal) to be dispossessed, be impoverished, come to poverty
• 4.(piel) to devour
• 5.(hiphil)

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: yârash; Pronunciation: yaw-rash'