יָבֵשׁ yavesh

Hebrew word for “dry” · Strong’s H3002 · used 10 times in 10 verses

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Meaning

1) dry; 2) dried

How it is translated

Glosses given for yavesh in context, with how often each is used:

• dry 9
• dried 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Ezekiel 37 (2), Numbers 6 (1), Numbers 11 (1), Job 13 (1), Isaiah 56 (1), Lamentations 4 (1), Ezekiel 17 (1), Ezekiel 20 (1), Nahum 1 (1)

Forms

• יבשׁ 6
• ויבשׁים 1
• יבשׁה 1
• יבשׁות 1
• היבשׁות 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with yavesh more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• לַח lach “fresh” 3
• עֵץ ets “tree” 4
• קַשׁ qash “stubble” 2
• עֶצֶם etsem “bone” 2
• אָכַל akhal “to eat” 3
• הֵן hen “look!” 2
• אֲנִי ani “I” 2
• שָׁמַע shama “to hear” 2
• דָּבָר davar “word” 2

Key verses

The verses using yavesh that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Numbers 6:3 — He shall separate himself from wine and strong drink, and shall drink no vinegar of wine, or vinegar of strong drink, neither shall he drink any liquor of…
• Numbers 11:6 — But now our soul is dried away: there is nothing at all, beside this manna, before our eyes.
• Job 13:25 — Wilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro? and wilt thou pursue the dry stubble?
• Isaiah 56:3 — Neither let the son of the stranger, that hath joined himself to the LORD, speak, saying, The LORD hath utterly separated me from his people: neither let the…
• Lamentations 4:8 — Their visage is blacker than a coal; they are not known in the streets: their skin cleaveth to their bones; it is withered, it is become like a stick.
• Ezekiel 17:24 — And all the trees of the field shall know that I the LORD have brought down the high tree, have exalted the low tree, have dried up the green tree, and have…
• Ezekiel 20:47 — And say to the forest of the south, Hear the word of the LORD; Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour every green…
• Ezekiel 37:2 — And caused me to pass by them round about: and, behold, there were very many in the open valley; and, lo, they were very dry.
• Ezekiel 37:4 — Again he said unto me, Prophesy upon these bones, and say unto them, O ye dry bones, hear the word of the LORD.
• Nahum 1:10 — For while they be folden together as thorns, and while they are drunken as drunkards, they shall be devoured as stubble fully dry.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.