ישׁב
yâshab
yaw-shab'
A primitive root; properly to sit down (specifically as judge, in ambush, in quiet); by implication to dwell, to remain; causatively to settle, to marry KJV Usage: (make to) abide (-ing), continue, (cause to, make to) dwell (-ing), ease self, endure, establish, X fail, habitation, haunt, (make to) inhabit (-ant), make to keep [house], lurking, X marry (-ing), (bring again to) place, remain, return, seat, set (-tle), (down-) sit (-down, still, -ting down, -ting [place] -uate), take, tarry.
Brown-Driver-Briggs' Hebrew Definitions
ישׁב
1. to dwell, remain, sit, abide a. (Qal) 1. to sit, sit down 2. to be set 3. to remain, stay 4. to dwell, have one's abode b. (Niphal) to be inhabited c. (Piel) to set, place d. (Hiphil) 1. to cause to sit 2. to cause to abide, set 3. to cause to dwell 4. to cause (cities) to be inhabited 5. to marry (give an dwelling to) e. (Hophal) 1. to be inhabited 2. to make to dwell
Origin: a primitive root
TWOT: 922
Parts of Speech: Verb