Yavesh יָבֵשׁ

Yavesh (Hebrew יָבֵשׁ, Strong's H3001) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to wither”. It occurs 59 times in 52 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Verses

Every verse with Yavesh, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Genesis

• Genesis 8:7
  And he sent forth a raven, which went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth.and sent out a raven. It kept flying back and forth until the waters had dried up from the earth.
• Genesis 8:14
  And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth dried.By the twenty-seventh day of the second month, the earth was fully dry.

Joshua

• Joshua 2:10
  For we have heard how the Lord dried up the water of the Red sea for you, when ye came out of Egypt; and what ye did unto the two kings of the Amorites, that were on the other side Jordan, Sihon and Og, whom ye utterly destroyed.For we have heard how the LORD dried up the waters of the Red Sea before you when you came out of Egypt, and what you did to Sihon and Og, the two kings of the Amorites across the Jordan, whom you devoted to destruction.
• Joshua 4:23
  For the Lord your God dried up the waters of Jordan from before you, until ye were passed over, as the Lord your God did to the Red sea, which he dried up from before us, until we were gone over:For the LORD your God dried up the waters of the Jordan before you until you had crossed over, just as He did to the Red Sea, which He dried up before us until we had crossed over.
• Joshua 5:1
  And it came to pass, when all the kings of the Amorites, which were on the side of Jordan westward, and all the kings of the Canaanites, which were by the sea, heard that the Lord had dried up the waters of Jordan from before the children of Israel, until we were passed over, that their heart melted, neither was there spirit in them any more, because of the children of Israel.Now when all the Amorite kings west of the Jordan and all the Canaanite kings along the coast heard how the LORD had dried up the waters of the Jordan before the Israelites until they had crossed over, their hearts melted and their spirits failed for fear of the Israelites.
• Joshua 9:5
  And old shoes and clouted upon their feet, and old garments upon them; and all the bread of their provision was dry and mouldy.They put worn, patched sandals on their feet and threadbare clothing on their bodies, and their whole supply of bread was dry and moldy.
• Joshua 9:12
  This our bread we took hot for our provision out of our houses on the day we came forth to go unto you; but now, behold, it is dry, and it is mouldy:This bread of ours was warm when we packed it at home on the day we left to come to you. But take a look, it is now dry and moldy.

1 Kings

• 1 Kings 13:4
  And it came to pass, when king Jeroboam heard the saying of the man of God, which had cried against the altar in Beth–el, that he put forth his hand from the altar, saying, Lay hold on him. And his hand, which he put forth against him, dried up, so that he could not pull it in again to him.Now when King Jeroboam, who was at the altar in Bethel, heard the word that the man of God had cried out against it, he stretched out his hand and said, “Seize him!” But the hand he stretched out toward him withered, so that he could not pull it back.
• 1 Kings 17:7
  And it came to pass after a while, that the brook dried up, because there had been no rain in the land.Some time later, however, the brook dried up because there had been no rain in the land.

Job

• Job 8:12
  Whilst it is yet in his greenness, and not cut down, it withereth before any other herb.While the shoots are still uncut, they dry up quicker than grass.
• Job 12:15
  Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up: also he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.If He holds back the waters, they dry up, and if He releases them, they overwhelm the land.
• Job 14:11
  As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up:As water disappears from the sea and a river becomes parched and dry,
• Job 15:30
  He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches, and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away.He will not escape from the darkness; the flame will wither his shoots, and the breath of God’s mouth will carry him away.
• Job 18:16
  His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off.The roots beneath him dry up, and the branches above him wither away.

Psalms

• Psalm 22:15
  My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. You lay me in the dust of death.
• Psalm 74:15
  Thou didst cleave the fountain and the flood: thou driedst up mighty rivers.You broke open the fountain and the flood; You dried up the ever-flowing rivers.
• Psalm 90:6
  In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth.in the morning it springs up new, but by evening it fades and withers.
• Psalm 102:4
  My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread.My heart is afflicted, and withered like grass; I even forget to eat my bread.
• Psalm 102:11
  My days are like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass.My days are like lengthening shadows, and I wither away like grass.
• Psalm 129:6
  Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth up:May they be like grass on the rooftops, which withers before it can grow,

Proverbs

• Proverbs 17:22
  A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.A joyful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit dries up the bones.

Isaiah

• Isaiah 15:6
  For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate: for the hay is withered away, the grass faileth, there is no green thing.The waters of Nimrim are dried up, and the grass is withered; the vegetation is gone, and the greenery is no more.
• Isaiah 19:5
  And the waters shall fail from the sea, and the river shall be wasted and dried up.The waters of the Nile will dry up, and the riverbed will be parched and empty.
• Isaiah 19:7
  The paper reeds by the brooks, by the mouth of the brooks, and every thing sown by the brooks, shall wither, be driven away, and be no more.The bulrushes by the Nile, by the mouth of the river, and all the fields sown along the Nile, will wither, blow away, and be no more.
• Isaiah 27:11
  When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off: the women come, and set them on fire: for it is a people of no understanding: therefore he that made them will not have mercy on them, and he that formed them will shew them no favour.When its limbs are dry, they are broken off. Women come and use them for kindling; for this is a people without understanding. Therefore their Maker has no compassion on them, and their Creator shows them no favor.
• Isaiah 40:7
  The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: because the spirit of the Lord bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass.The grass withers and the flowers fall when the breath of the LORD blows on them; indeed, the people are grass.
• Isaiah 40:8
  The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God stands forever.”
• Isaiah 40:24
  Yea, they shall not be planted; yea, they shall not be sown: yea, their stock shall not take root in the earth: and he shall also blow upon them, and they shall wither, and the whirlwind shall take them away as stubble.No sooner are they planted, no sooner are they sown, no sooner have their stems taken root in the ground, than He blows on them and they wither, and a whirlwind sweeps them away like stubble.
• Isaiah 42:15
  I will make waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs; and I will make the rivers islands, and I will dry up the pools.I will lay waste the mountains and hills and dry up all their vegetation. I will turn the rivers into dry land and drain the marshes.
• Isaiah 44:27
  That saith to the deep, Be dry, and I will dry up thy rivers:who says to the depths of the sea, ‘Be dry, and I will dry up your currents,’

Jeremiah

• Jeremiah 10:14
  Every man is brutish in his knowledge: every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.Every man is senseless and devoid of knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols. For his molten images are a fraud, and there is no breath in them.
• Jeremiah 12:4
  How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of every field wither, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein? the beasts are consumed, and the birds; because they said, He shall not see our last end.How long will the land mourn and the grass of every field be withered? Because of the evil of its residents, the animals and birds have been swept away, for the people have said, “He cannot see what our end will be.”
• Jeremiah 23:10
  For the land is full of adulterers; for because of swearing the land mourneth; the pleasant places of the wilderness are dried up, and their course is evil, and their force is not right.For the land is full of adulterers— because of the curse, the land mourns and the pastures of the wilderness have dried up— their course is evil and their power is misused.
• Jeremiah 50:38
  A drought is upon her waters; and they shall be dried up: for it is the land of graven images, and they are mad upon their idols.A drought is upon her waters, and they will be dried up. For it is a land of graven images, and the people go mad over idols.
• Jeremiah 51:36
  Therefore thus saith the Lord; Behold, I will plead thy cause, and take vengeance for thee; and I will dry up her sea, and make her springs dry.Therefore this is what the LORD says: “Behold, I will plead your case and take vengeance on your behalf; I will dry up her sea and make her springs run dry.

Ezekiel

• Ezekiel 17:9
  Say thou, Thus saith the Lord God; Shall it prosper? shall he not pull up the roots thereof, and cut off the fruit thereof, that it wither? it shall wither in all the leaves of her spring, even without great power or many people to pluck it up by the roots thereof.So you are to tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Will it flourish? Will it not be uprooted and stripped of its fruit so that it shrivels? All its foliage will wither! It will not take a strong arm or many people to pull it up by its roots.
• Ezekiel 17:10
  Yea, behold, being planted, shall it prosper? shall it not utterly wither, when the east wind toucheth it? it shall wither in the furrows where it grew.Even if it is transplanted, will it flourish? Will it not completely wither when the east wind strikes? It will wither on the bed where it sprouted.’”
• 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 made the dry tree to flourish: I the Lord have spoken and have done it.Then all the trees of the field will know that I am the LORD. I bring the tall tree down and make the low tree tall. I dry up the green tree and make the withered tree flourish. I, the LORD, have spoken, and I have done it.’”
• Ezekiel 19:12
  But she was plucked up in fury, she was cast down to the ground, and the east wind dried up her fruit: her strong rods were broken and withered; the fire consumed them.But it was uprooted in fury, cast down to the ground, and the east wind dried up its fruit. Its strong branches were stripped off and they withered; the fire consumed them.
• Ezekiel 37:11
  Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost: we are cut off for our parts.Then He said to me, “Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. Look, they are saying, ‘Our bones are dried up, and our hope has perished; we are cut off.’

Hosea

• Hosea 9:16
  Ephraim is smitten, their root is dried up, they shall bear no fruit: yea, though they bring forth, yet will I slay even the beloved fruit of their womb.Ephraim is struck down; their root is withered; they cannot bear fruit. Even if they bear children, I will slay the darlings of their wombs.
• Hosea 13:15
  Though he be fruitful among his brethren, an east wind shall come, the wind of the Lord shall come up from the wilderness, and his spring shall become dry, and his fountain shall be dried up: he shall spoil the treasure of all pleasant vessels.Although he flourishes among his brothers, an east wind will come— a wind from the LORD rising up from the desert. His fountain will fail, and his spring will run dry. The wind will plunder his treasury of every precious article.

Joel

• Joel 1:10
  The field is wasted, the land mourneth; for the corn is wasted: the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth.The field is ruined; the land mourns. For the grain is destroyed, the new wine is dried up, and the oil fails.
• Joel 1:12
  The vine is dried up, and the fig tree languisheth; the pomegranate tree, the palm tree also, and the apple tree, even all the trees of the field, are withered: because joy is withered away from the sons of men.The grapevine is dried up, and the fig tree is withered; the pomegranate, palm, and apple— all the trees of the orchard—are withered. Surely the joy of mankind has dried up.
• Joel 1:17
  The seed is rotten under their clods, the garners are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the corn is withered.The seeds lie shriveled beneath the clods; the storehouses are in ruins; the granaries are broken down, for the grain has withered away.
• Joel 1:20
  The beasts of the field cry also unto thee: for the rivers of waters are dried up, and the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness.Even the beasts of the field pant for You, for the streams of water have dried up, and fire has consumed the open pastures.

Amos

• Amos 1:2
  And he said, The Lord will roar from Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the habitations of the shepherds shall mourn, and the top of Carmel shall wither.He said: “The LORD roars from Zion and raises His voice from Jerusalem; the pastures of the shepherds mourn, and the summit of Carmel withers.”
• Amos 4:7
  And also I have withholden the rain from you, when there were yet three months to the harvest: and I caused it to rain upon one city, and caused it not to rain upon another city: one piece was rained upon, and the piece whereupon it rained not withered.“I also withheld the rain from you when the harvest was three months away. I sent rain on one city but withheld it from another. One field received rain; another without rain withered.

Jonah

• Jonah 4:7
  But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd that it withered.When dawn came the next day, God appointed a worm that attacked the plant so that it withered.

Nahum

• Nahum 1:4
  He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon languisheth.He rebukes the sea and dries it up; He makes all the rivers run dry. Bashan and Carmel wither, and the flower of Lebanon wilts.

Zechariah

• Zechariah 10:11
  And he shall pass through the sea with affliction, and shall smite the waves in the sea, and all the deeps of the river shall dry up: and the pride of Assyria shall be brought down, and the sceptre of Egypt shall depart away.They will pass through the sea of distress and strike the waves of the sea; all the depths of the Nile will dry up. The pride of Assyria will be brought down, and the scepter of Egypt will depart.
• Zechariah 11:17
  Woe to the idol shepherd that leaveth the flock! the sword shall be upon his arm, and upon his right eye: his arm shall be clean dried up, and his right eye shall be utterly darkened.Woe to the worthless shepherd, who deserts the flock! May a sword strike his arm and his right eye! May his arm be completely withered and his right eye utterly blinded!”

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).