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Strong's #3001 - יָבֵשׁ

Transliteration

yâbêsh

Phonetics

yaw-bashe'

Origin

a primitive root

Parts of Speech

verb

TWOT

837

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

to make dry, wither, be dry, become dry, be dried up, be withered
1. (Qal)
  1. to be dry, be dried up, be without moisture
  2. to be dried up
2. (Piel) to make dry, dry up
3. (Hiphil)
  1. to dry up, make dry
    1. to dry up (water)
    2. to make dry, wither
    3. to exhibit dryness

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 1808 ‑ ἐξαίρω (ex‑ah'ee‑ro); 3133 ‑ μαραίνω (mar‑ah'ee‑no); 3583 ‑ ξηραίνω (xay‑rah'ee‑no);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (78)

Genesis 2

Joshua 6

2 Samuel 1

1 Kings 2

Job 5

Psalms 6

Proverbs 1

Isaiah 11

Jeremiah 16

Lamentations 1

Ezekiel 9

Hosea 2

Joel 7

Amos 2

Jonah 1

Nahum 1

Zechariah 5

BSB (60)

Genesis 2

Joshua 6

1 Kings 2

Job 5

Psalms 6

Proverbs 1

Isaiah 10

Jeremiah 5

Lamentations 1

Ezekiel 9

Hosea 2

Joel 5

Amos 2

Jonah 1

Nahum 1

Zechariah 3

CSB (56)

Genesis 2

Joshua 6

1 Kings 2

Job 5

Psalms 6

Proverbs 1

Isaiah 10

Jeremiah 5

Lamentations 1

Ezekiel 8

Hosea 1

Joel 6

Amos 2

Jonah 1

Nahum 1

Zechariah 2

ESV (77)

Genesis 2

Joshua 6

2 Samuel 1

1 Kings 2

Job 5

Psalms 6

Proverbs 1

Isaiah 11

Jeremiah 15

Lamentations 1

Ezekiel 9

Hosea 2

Joel 7

Amos 2

Jonah 1

Nahum 1

Zechariah 5

KJV (78)

Genesis 2

Joshua 6

2 Samuel 1

1 Kings 2

Job 5

Psalms 6

Proverbs 1

Isaiah 11

Jeremiah 16

Lamentations 1

Ezekiel 9

Hosea 2

Joel 7

Amos 2

Jonah 1

Nahum 1

Zechariah 5

LEB (69)

Genesis 2

Joshua 6

2 Samuel 1

1 Kings 2

Job 5

Psalms 6

Proverbs 1

Isaiah 10

Jeremiah 12

Lamentations 1

Ezekiel 8

Hosea 2

Joel 6

Amos 2

Jonah 1

Nahum 1

Zechariah 3

LSB (112)

Genesis 4

Joshua 11

1 Kings 4

Job 8

Psalms 12

Proverbs 2

Isaiah 16

Jeremiah 8

Lamentations 2

Ezekiel 16

Hosea 4

Joel 12

Amos 4

Jonah 2

Nahum 2

Zechariah 5

N95 (58)

Genesis 2

Joshua 6

1 Kings 2

Job 5

Proverbs 1

Isaiah 12

Jeremiah 5

Lamentations 1

Ezekiel 9

Hosea 1

Joel 6

Amos 2

Jonah 1

Nahum 2

Zechariah 3

NAS (100)

Genesis 2

Joshua 6

1 Kings 2

Job 5

Psalms 6

Proverbs 1

Isaiah 12

Jeremiah 5

Lamentations 1

Ezekiel 9

Hosea 1

Joel 6

Amos 2

Jonah 1

Nahum 2

Zechariah 3

NLT (0)

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (78)

Genesis 2

Joshua 6

2 Samuel 1

1 Kings 2

Job 5

Psalms 6

Proverbs 1

Isaiah 11

Jeremiah 16

Lamentations 1

Ezekiel 9

Hosea 2

Joel 7

Amos 2

Jonah 1

Nahum 1

Zechariah 5

ASV (78)

against him, dried up 1

and become dry 1

and drieth up 2

and dry up 1

and i am withered 1

and i will dry up 1

and they dry up 1

and they shall be dried up 1

and will dry up 1

and withered 1

and withereth 1

are dried 1

are dried up 2

are put to shame 1

are withered 1

ashamed 1

be confounded 1

dried up 5

drieth 1

dry 2

had dried up 1

have dried 1

is dried up 3

is put to shame 6

is withered 2

is withered away 2

it is withered 1

it withereth 1

it? it shall wither 1

may wither 1

men are put to shame 1

not withered 1

off and withered 1

shall be clean 1

shall be confounded 1

shall be dried up 1

shall be put to shame 2

shall become dry 1

shall dry up 2

shall it not utterly 1

shall wither 1

that it withered 1

them hath done shamefully 1

thereof are withered 1

thereof, that it may wither 1

they shall all be ashamed 1

thou driedst up 1

thou hast shamed 1

unto you; but now, behold, it is dry 1

upon them, and they wither 1

was dry 1

were dried up 1

were they ashamed 2

which he dried up 1

which withereth 1

wither 2

withereth 2

BSB (60)

and drain 1

and dries it up 1

and dry 1

and dry up 1

and i will dry up 1

and they will be dried up 1

and they wither 1

and they withered 1

and withered 1

and withers 1

are dried up 1

are dry 1

are withered 1

as dry 1

be completely 1

be withered 1

completely wither 1

dried up 5

dries up 1

dry 1

dry up 1

had dried up 2

has withered away 1

have dried up 2

he dried up 1

i dry up 1

is dried up 3

is put to shame 1

is withered 2

it will wither 1

run dry 1

so that it shrivels 1

so that it withered 1

they dry up 2

was dry 1

was fully dry 1

which withers 1

will dry up 2

will fail 1

will wither 3

wither away 1

withered 3

withers 3

CSB (56)

are dried up 1

away 1

completely wither 1

dried up 3

dries up 3

dry 6

dry out 1

dry up 2

has dried up 1

have dried up 1

have withered 1

is dried up 3

is put to shame 1

it dries up 1

run dry 1

shrivels 1

they wither 1

to wither 1

up 11

will dry up 1

will wither 1

wither 4

wither away 1

withered 4

withered away 1

withers 3

ESV (77)

acted shamefully 1

ashamed 4

confounded 1

dried 1

dried out 1

dried up 17

dries 2

dries up 4

dry 6

dry up 2

parched 2

put to shame 9

shame 1

shamed 1

up 4

utterly 1

wholly 1

wither 7

wither away 1

withered 5

withers 6

KJV (78)

ashamed 7

away 2

clean 1

confounded 9

dried 3

drieth 1

dry 3

shamed 1

shamefully 1

up 27

utterly 1

wither 8

withered 9

withereth 5

LEB (69)

and dries up 2

and dry 1

and he dries up the rivers 1

and i will cause 4

and i wither 1

and it will wither 1

and it withered 1

and they will dry up 1

and they will put to shame 1

and withers 1

are ashamed 1

are dried up 3

are dry 1

are dry⌋ 1

completely 1

dried up 6

dried up ever 1

dries up 2

dry 3

dry up 2

has dried out 1

has withered 1

he dried up 1

him was paralyzed 1

is ashamed 4

is dried up 2

is dry 1

is put to shame 1

it is ashamed 1

it not dry up 1

it will dry up 1

on them and they wither 1

them has acted shamefully 1

then they dry up 1

was dry 1

were dried up 1

will be ashamed 1

will be dried up 1

will dry out 1

will dry up 4

wither completely 1

withers 4

yet it withers 1

you have humiliated 1

LSB (112)

are 1

become 2

completely 1

dried 23

dries 9

dry 22

is 2

make 2

makes 1

totally 1

up 42

was 1

wither 2

withered 1

withers 2

N95 (58)

become 1

completely 1

dried 16

dries 5

dry 15

make 2

makes 1

totally 1

wither 7

withered 5

withers 4

NAS (100)

are 1

become 1

completely 1

dried 22

dries 3

dry 16

is 2

make 2

totally 1

up 32

was 2

wither 6

withered 5

withers 6

NLT (0)

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (78)

and become dry 1

and dries up 2

and dry up 1

and they dry up 1

and they shall be dried up 1

and will dry up 1

and withered 1

are disappointed 1

are dried 1

are dried up 1

are withered 2

ashamed 1

be confounded 1

dried up 4

dries 1

dry 1

had dried up 1

has dried up 3

has withered 1

has withered away 2

have dried 1

have dried up 1

i have withered 1

is disappointed 5

is dried up 1

is put to shame 1

it is withered 2

it withers 1

may wither 1

men are disappointed 1

off and withered 1

shall be disappointed 1

shall be dried up 1

shall dry up 1

shall it not utterly 1

so that it withered 1

that it may wither 1

them has done shamefully 1

they shall all be ashamed 1

was dry 2

were dried up 1

were they ashamed 2

which he dried up 1

which withers 1

will be completely 1

will be confounded 1

will be disappointed 1

will become dry 1

will dry up 1

will wither 1

wither 2

withered 2

withers 2

you dried up 1

you have shamed 1

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

1044) s b (בסה BSh) AC: Wither CO: Dry AB: Shame: A drying up of a land, stream, plant, etc. (eng: bashful)

A) s b (בסה BSh) AC: ? CO: ? AB: Shame: When a wetland dries up the fish and vegetation die and begin to stink from the rotting matter.

m^f1) e n s b (בסהנה BShNH) - Shame: KJV (1): shame - Strongs: H1317 (בָּשְׁנָה)

D) s a b (באסה BASh) AC: Stink CO: ? AB: ?: The smell of a dried up marsh.

V) s a b (באסה BASh) - Stink: Something that gives off a bad odor or is loathsome. [Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (18): (vf: Paal, Niphal, Hiphil, Hitpael) stink, abhor, abomination, loathsome, stinking, savour, displeased - Strongs: H887 (בָּאַשׁ), H888 (בְּאֵשׁ)

N^m) s a b (באסה BASh) - Stink: A foul odor. KJV (3): stink - Strongs: H889 (בְּאשׁ)

N^f1) e s a b (באסהה BAShH) - Stinkweed: KJV (1): cockle - Strongs: H890 (בָּאְשָׁה)

d^f) s f a b (באוסה BAWSh) - Stink: [Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (3): stink, bad - Strongs: H873 (בִּאישׁ), H891 (בְּאֻשׁ)

J) s f b (בוסה BWSh) AC: ? CO: Genitals AB: Shame: A dry and arid desert. Also Shame as one who is dried up.

V) s f b (בוסה BWSh) - Ashamed: KJV (109): (vf: Paal, Hiphil, Piel) ashamed, confounded, shame, confusion, delayed, dry, long, shamed - Strongs: H954 (בּוֹשׁ)

N^f1) e s f b (בוסהה BWShH) - Shame: KJV (4): shame - Strongs: H955 (בּוּשָׁה)

N^f2) t s f b (בוסהת BWShT) - Shame: KJV (30): shame, confusion, ashamed, greatly, shameful thing - Strongs: H1322 (בּשֶׁת)

a^m) s f b m (מבוסה MBWSh) - Genitals: The feeling of shame when exposed. KJV (1): secrets - Strongs: H4016 (מְבוּשִׁים)

L) s b i (יבסה YBSh) AC: Dry CO: ? AB: ?: A dried up and withered land.

V) s b i (יבסה YBSh) - Dry: To be dried up as well as withered, ashamed or confused. KJV (78): (vf: Paal, Hiphil, Piel) dry up, withered, confounded, ashamed, dry, wither away, clean, shamed, shamefully - Strongs: H3001 (יָבֵשׁ)

N^m) s b i (יבסה YBSh) - Dry: KJV (9): dry - Strongs: H3002 (יָבֵשׁ)

N^f1) e s b i (יבסהה YBShH) - Dry: A dry land. KJV (14): dry, dry land, dry ground, land - Strongs: H3004 (יַבָּשָׁה)

N^f2) t s b i (יבסהת YBShT) - Dry: A dry land. [Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (3): dry, land - Strongs: H3006 (יַבֶּשֶׁת), H3007 (יַבְּשָׁה)

Adopted Roots:

A2521 S b o (Rot)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

I. יָבֵשׁ verb be dry, dried up, withered (Late Hebrew id. (rare), ᵑ7יְבֵישׁ, chiefly Pa`al, Ithpe`el, Syriac

; Sabean, Palmyrene derivatives; Arabic

; Ethiopic

) —

Qal Perfect 3 masculine singular יָבֵשׁ Joshua 9:5 8t.; וְיָבֵשׁ consecutive Isaiah 19:5+ 4t.; 3 feminine singular יָבְשָׁה Genesis 8:14; 3 plural יָבְשׁוּ Jeremiah 23:10 2t.; יָבֵ֑שׁוּ Jeremiah 50:38 2t.; Imperfect 3 masculine singular יִבַשׁ Isaiah 19:7; יִיבָ֑שׁ Jeremiah 12:4; Job 8:12; וַיִּיבַשׁ 1 Kings 17:7; וַיִּיבָ֑שׁ Jonah 4:7; 3 feminine singular תִּיבַשׁ Ezekiel 17:10; תִּיבָ֑שׁ Ezekiel 17:10 3t., etc.; Infinitive construct (בִּ)יבשׁ Isaiah 27:11; יְבשֶׁת Genesis 8:7; absolute יָבוֺשׁ Zechariah 11:17; יָבשׁ Ecclesiastes 17:10; —

1 be dry, dried up without moisture:

a. of bread Joshua 9:5,12 (JE).

b. of ground lacking rain Amos 4:7, compare Amos 1:2 (of Carmel at utterance of ׳י s voice), Jeremiah 23:10.

c. of earth after the flood Genesis 8:14 (P), compare חָרֵב

d. of grass, herbage, trees and crops (already implied in

b. = wither Isaiah 15:6; Isaiah 19:7; Isaiah 27:11; Jeremiah 12:4; Job 8:12; Joel 1:12; Jonah 4:7; in simile of shortness of life Psalm 90:6; Psalm 102:12; Psalm 129:6, see also Isaiah 40:7,8 (in these two "" נָבֵל); of heart under figure of grass Psalm 102:5; of Judah under figure of vine Ezekiel 17:9 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 17:10 (3t. in verse), compare Ezekiel 19:12; of princes under figure of tree Isaiah 40:24; of roots of Ephraim under figure of tree Hosea 9:16, so of roots of wicked Job 18:16.

e. of hand, arm, dry up, wither, as judgment from ׳י, 1 Kings 13:4; Zechariah 11:17 (twice in verse); in distress יָבֵשׁ כַּחֶרֶשׁ כֹּחִי Psalm 22:16 my strength is dried up like the potsherd; of skin Lamentations 4:8, and (figurative) of bones Ezekiel 37:11.

2 be dried up: of water Genesis 8:7 (J), Isaiah 19:5; 1 Kings 17:7; Jeremiah 50:38; Joel 1:20; Job 12:15; Job 14:11.

Pi`el make dry, dry up, only Imperfect 3 masculine singular suffix וַיַּבְּשֵׁהוּ Nahum 1:4 and hath made it dry (׳י, the sea); 3 feminine singular תְּיַבֵּשׁ Job 15:30 the flame shall dry up his branches (figurative of wicked); figurative תְּיַבֶּשׁנָּֿ֑רֶם Proverbs 17:22 a broken spirit maketh dry ( the) bones.

Hiph`il Perfect 3 masculine singular הוֺבִישׁ Joshua 2:10 3t. + Joel 1:10 (see below); חֹבִישׁ Ezekiel 19:12 2t. Joel (see below); 3 feminine singular הוֺבִישָׁה Joel 1:12 (see below); 2 masculine singular הוֺבַשְׁתָּ Psalm 74:15; 1 singular הוֺבַשְׁתִּי Ezekiel 17:24; וְהוֺבַשְׁתִּ֫י Jeremiah 51:36; 3 plural וְהֹבִישׁוּ consecutive Zechariah 10:11; Imperfect 1 singular אוֺבִישׁ Isaiah 42:15 (twice in verse); Isaiah 44:27; — dry up, make dry:

1 dry up water, ׳י subject, Joshua 2:10; Joshua 4:23 (twice in verse); Joshua 5:1 (all D), Jeremiah 51:36 ("" הֶחֱרִיב), Isaiah 42:15; Isaiah 44:27 (חֳרָבִי in "" clause), Psalm 74:15.

2 make dry, wither: herbage, trees, crops, etc., of ׳י, Isaiah 42:15 ("" החריב); object Babylon under figure of tree Ezekiel 17:24; of east wind's drying up Judah's fruit Ezekiel 19:12.

3 exhibit dryness: of river-deeps laid bare Zechariah 10:11. — In like manner might be taken Joel 1:10,12 (twice in verse); Joel 1:17, if from יבשׁ; but the sense would be difficult, especially in Joel 1:10; Joel 1:12, and הֹבִישׁוּ Joel 1:11 must be from בּוֺשׁ, to which all these cases in Joel may be consistently assigned; see בּוֺשׁ.

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

יָבֵשׁ fut. יִיבַשׁ, pl. יִבָשׁוּ inf. constr. יְבוֹשׁ, יְבשֶׁת Genesis 8:7, to be dried up, to be or become dry; used of plants, trees, grass, Isaiah 15:6, 19:7 40:7, Isaiah 40:8; Joel 1:12 of tilled fields, Jeremiah 23:10; Isaiah 27:11; Ezekiel 17:9 of the earth, Genesis 8:14 of bones void of marrow, Ezekiel 37:11 of a withered hand, 1 Kings 13:4 (comp. Mark 3:1); hence, of vital strength, Psalms 22:16, יָבֵשׁ כַּחֶרֶשׂ כֹּחִי “my strengthis dried up like a potsherd.” Moisture itself is said also to dry up; hence it is used of rivers and the sea, Job 14:11; Genesis 8:14; Joel 1:20. (Arab. يَبِسَ id.) As to its difference from הָרֵב to be dry, see under that word.

Piel יִבֵּשׁ to dry, to make dry, Job 15:30; Proverbs 17:22; Nahum 1:4 (where וַיַבְּשֵׁהוּ is for וַיְיַבְּשֵׁהוּ).

Hiphil הוֹבִישּׁ

(1) to dry, to make dry, Joshua 2:10, 4:23.

(2) intransit. to become dry, used of plants, fruits, the harvest, Joel 1:10, 12 Joel 1:12, 17 Joel 1:17 and metaph. ver. 12 Joel 1:12, “joy is dried up (i.e. has perished) from the children of men.”

II. יָבַשׁ Hiphil הוֹבִישׁ, with a signification taken from that of בּוֹשׁ

(1) to put to shame, 2 Samuel 19:6.

(2) intrans, i.q. בּוֹשׁ in Kal, to be ashamed, to be put to shame, made to blush, Jeremiah 2:26, 6:15 8:12 especially used of a person whose hope has failed, JoeI 1:11 Jeremiah 10:14; Zechariah 9:5 poet. of cities overthrown (compare the Germ. zu Schanden werden), Jeremiah 48:1, 20 Jeremiah 48:20, 50:2, Jeremiah 50:3.

(3) to do shameful things, to act basely, Hosea 2:7.

יָבֵשׁ adj. fem. יְבֵשָׁה

(1) dry, dried up, Job 13:25; Ezekiel 17:24, 21:3.

(2) [Jabesh], pr.n.

(a) of a town in Gilead, which also is written יָבֵישׁ 1 Samuel 11:1, 1:3 Judges 21:8.

(b) of a man, 2 Kings 15:10, 13 2 Kings 15:13, 14 2 Kings 15:14.

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אִיבָֽשׁ׃ אוֹבִ֑ישׁ אוֹבִֽישׁ׃ אוביש אוביש׃ איבש׃ בִּיבֹ֤שׁ ביבש ה֝וֹבַ֗שְׁתָּ הֹבִ֕ישׁוּ הֹבִ֕שׁוּ הֹבִ֖ישָׁה הֹבִ֖ישׁ הֹבִ֣ישׁוּ הֹבִ֥ישָׁה הֹבִ֥ישׁ הֹבַ֨שְׁתָּ הביש הבישה הבישו הבשו הבשת הוֹבִ֔ישָׁה הוֹבִ֣ישׁ הוֹבִ֥ישׁ הוֹבִ֨ישׁ הוֹבִישׁ֩ הוֹבַ֙שְׁתִּי֙ הוביש הובישה הובשת הובשתי וְהֹבִ֕ישׁוּ וְהֹבִ֖ישׁוּ וְהֹבַשְׁתִּ֖י וְיִבָ֑שׁוּ וְיָבֵ֑שׁוּ וְיָבֵ֖שׁ וְיָבֵ֗שׁ וְיָבֵ֛שׁוּ וְיָבֵֽשׁ׃ וְנִשְּׁתוּ־ וַֽיַּבְּשֵׁ֔הוּ וַיִּבַ֣שׁ וַיִּבָ֔שׁוּ וַיִּיבַ֣שׁ וַיִּיבָֽשׁ׃ וַתִּיבַ֤שׁ והבישו והבשתי ויבש ויבש׃ ויבשהו ויבשו וייבש וייבש׃ ונשתו־ ותיבש יְבֹ֥שֶׁת יִבָ֑שׁוּ יִיבַ֥שׁ יִיבָ֑שׁ יִיבָֽשׁ׃ יָ֘בֵ֤שׁ יָֽבְשׁוּ֙ יָב֣וֹשׁ יָבְשָׁ֖ה יָבְשׁ֖וּ יָבְשׁ֧וּ יָבֵ֔שׁ יָבֵ֔שׁוּ יָבֵ֖שׁ יָבֵ֤שׁ יָבֵ֥שׁ יָבֵֽשׁ׃ יָבֹ֔שׁ יבוש יבש יבש׃ יבשה יבשו יבשת ייבש ייבש׃ תְּיַבֵּ֣שׁ תְּיַבֶּשׁ־ תִּיבַ֣שׁ תִּיבָ֔שׁ תִּיבָֽשׁ׃ תיבש תיבש־ תיבש׃ ’î·ḇāš ’îḇāš ’ō·w·ḇîš ’ōwḇîš bî·ḇōš bîḇōš biVosh hō·ḇaš·tā hō·ḇî·šāh hō·ḇi·šū hō·ḇî·šū hō·ḇîš hō·w·ḇaš·tā hō·w·ḇaš·tî hō·w·ḇî·šāh hō·w·ḇîš hōḇaštā hōḇîš hōḇîšāh hōḇišū hōḇîšū hoVashta hoVashti hoVish hoVishah hoVishu hōwḇaštā hōwḇaštî hōwḇîš hōwḇîšāh iVash oVish tə·yab·bêš tə·yab·beš- təyabbêš təyabbeš- teyabBesh tî·ḇaš tî·ḇāš tîḇaš tîḇāš tiVash vaiyabbeShehu vaiyiVash vaiyiVashu vattiVash vehoashTi vehoVishu venishshetu veyaVesh veyaVeshu veyiVashu wat·tî·ḇaš wattîḇaš way·yab·bə·šê·hū way·yi·ḇā·šū way·yi·ḇaš way·yî·ḇaš way·yî·ḇāš wayyabbəšêhū wayyiḇaš wayyîḇaš wayyîḇāš wayyiḇāšū wə·hō·ḇaš·tî wə·hō·ḇî·šū wə·niš·šə·ṯū- wə·yā·ḇê·šū wə·yā·ḇêš wə·yi·ḇā·šū wəhōḇaštî wəhōḇîšū wəniššəṯū- wəyāḇêš wəyāḇêšū wəyiḇāšū yā·ḇə·šāh yā·ḇê·šū yā·ḇə·šū yā·ḇêš yā·ḇō·wōš yā·ḇōš yāḇêš yāḇəšāh yāḇêšū yāḇəšū yāḇōš yāḇōwōš yaVesh yaveShah yaveShu yaVoosh yaVosh yə·ḇō·šeṯ yəḇōšeṯ yeVoshet yi·ḇā·šū yî·ḇaš yî·ḇāš yîḇaš yîḇāš yiḇāšū yiVash yiVashu