מוֹשָׁב

Strong’s Definition

a seat; figuratively, a site; abstractly, a session; by extension an abode (the place or the time); by implication, population

Etymology & Derivation

or מֹשָׁב; from H3427 (יָשַׁב);

KJV Usage

assembly, dwell in, dwelling(-place), wherein (that) dwelt (in), inhabited place, seat, sitting, situation, sojourning.

Detailed Definition

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

• 1.seat, assembly, dwelling-place, dwelling, dwellers
• 2.seat, sitting, those sitting, sitting company or assembly
• 3.dwelling place, dwelling
• 4.situation, location
• 5.time of dwelling
• 6.those dwelling, dweller

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: môwshâb; Pronunciation: mo-shawb'