יָרַשׁ yarash

Hebrew word for “to possess” · Strong’s H3423 · used 231 times in 204 verses

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Meaning

: take/conquer/drive_out;

Senses in the lexicon

• to possess: take (189)
• to possess: possess (36)
• to possess: poor (6)

How it is translated

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

• take possession 55
• will take possession 37
• took possession 21
• dispossessed 21
• will dispossess 20
• dispossess 8
• will possess 8
• had dispossessed 5
• dispossessing 3
• about to dispossess 3
• certainly 3
• has dispossessed 3

Where it is used

Also in 15 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Judges 1 (10), Deuteronomy 4 (7), Deuteronomy 9 (6), Deuteronomy 11 (6), Deuteronomy 2 (5), 1 Kings 21 (5), Nehemiah 9 (5), Psalms 37 (5), Genesis 15 (4), Joshua 13 (4)

Forms

• לרשׁתה 29
• לרשׁת 19
• הורישׁ 13
• וירשׁו 12
• וירשׁתם 10
• יירשׁו 9
• ויירשׁו 7
• הורישׁו 7
• יורשׁ 6
• וירשׁ 5

Words used with it

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

• אַתָּה attah “you(m.s.)” 42
• גּוֹי goy “nation” 32
• יָשַׁב yashav “to dwell” 37
• שָׁם sham “there” 29
• כְּנַעֲנִי kenaani “Canaanite” 14
• ךָּ ka “you” 21
• יַרְדֵּן yarden “Jordan” 15
• עַד ad “till” 23
• עָבַר avar “to pass” 18
• הֶם hem “them” 22
• כֶם khem “you” 18
• אֱמֹרִי emori “Amorite” 12

Key verses

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

• Genesis 22:17 — That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and…
• Exodus 15:9 — The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.
• Deuteronomy 4:1 — Now therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the judgments, which I teach you, for to do them, that ye may live, and go in and possess the land…
• Deuteronomy 4:26 — I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that ye shall soon utterly perish from off the land whereunto ye go over Jordan to possess it; ye…
• Deuteronomy 7:1 — When the LORD thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thou goest to possess it, and hath cast out many nations before thee, the Hittites, and the…
• 2 Kings 16:3 — But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, yea, and made his son to pass through the fire, according to the abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD…
• Psalms 44:2 — How thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and plantedst them; how thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out.
• Psalms 44:3 — For they got not the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them: but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy…
• Proverbs 30:9 — Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.
• Isaiah 60:21 — Thy people also shall be all righteous: they shall inherit the land for ever, the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I may be glorified.
• Jeremiah 8:10 — Therefore will I give their wives unto others, and their fields to them that shall inherit for every one from the least even unto the greatest is given to…
• Jeremiah 30:3 — For, lo, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will bring again the captivity of my people Israel and Judah, saith the LORD: and I will cause them to return to…

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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.