יָשַׁב

Strong’s Definition

properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry

Etymology & Derivation

a primitive root;

KJV Usage

(make to) abide(-ing), continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-ing), ease self, endure, establish, [idiom] fail, habitation, haunt, (make to) inhabit(-ant), make to keep (house), lurking, [idiom] marry(-ing), (bring again to) place, remain, return, seat, set(-tle), (down-) sit(-down, still, -ting down, -ting (place) -uate), take, tarry.

Detailed Definition

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

• 1.to dwell, remain, sit, abide
• 2.(qal)
• 3.(niphal) to be inhabited
• 4.(piel) to set, place
• 5.(hiphil)
• 6.(hophal)

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: yâshab; Pronunciation: yaw-shab'