Yarash יָרַשׁ

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Yarash
יָרַשׁ
Transliterationyarash
Strong's numberH3423 (H3423H, H3423G, H3423I)
LanguageHebrew
Part of speechverb
Glossto possess: take
Occurrences231 in 204 verses
Most frequent inDeuteronomy (63)

Yarash (Hebrew יָרַשׁ, Strong's H3423) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to possess: take”. It occurs 231 times in 204 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

H3423H: to possess: take

: take/conquer/drive_out
1) to seize, dispossess, take possession off, inherit, disinherit, occupy, impoverish, be an heir
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to take possession of
1a2) to inherit
1a3) to impoverish, come to poverty, be poor
1b) (Niphal) to be dispossessed, be impoverished, come to poverty
1c) (Piel) to devour
1d) (Hiphil)
1d1) to cause to possess or inherit
1d2) to cause others to possess or inherit
1d3) to impoverish
1d4) to dispossess
1d5) to destroy, bring to ruin, disinherit

H3423G: to possess: possess

: possess/inherit
1) to seize, dispossess, take possession off, inherit, disinherit, occupy, impoverish, be an heir
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to take possession of
1a2) to inherit
1a3) to impoverish, come to poverty, be poor
1b) (Niphal) to be dispossessed, be impoverished, come to poverty
1c) (Piel) to devour
1d) (Hiphil)
1d1) to cause to possess or inherit
1d2) to cause others to possess or inherit
1d3) to impoverish
1d4) to dispossess
1d5) to destroy, bring to ruin, disinherit

H3423I: to possess: poor

: poor/conquered
1) to seize, dispossess, take possession off, inherit, disinherit, occupy, impoverish, be an heir
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to take possession of
1a2) to inherit
1a3) to impoverish, come to poverty, be poor
1b) (Niphal) to be dispossessed, be impoverished, come to poverty
1c) (Piel) to devour
1d) (Hiphil)
1d1) to cause to possess or inherit
1d2) to cause others to possess or inherit
1d3) to impoverish
1d4) to dispossess
1d5) to destroy, bring to ruin, disinherit

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

Translated as

KJVpossess (95), out (46), inherit (19), possessed (19), heir (9), possession (6), poverty (3), succeeded (3), dispossessed (2), dispossess (2), enjoy (2), succeedest (2), and 20 other renderings
BSBpossess (47), drive out (14), take possession (11), had driven out (7), will inherit (6), will possess (5), they took possession (5), drove out (4), you may possess (3), will drive out (3), possessed (3), they took (3), and 102 other renderings

Verses

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

Genesis

Exodus

Leviticus

Numbers

Deuteronomy

Joshua

Judges

1 Samuel

2 Samuel

1 Kings

2 Kings

1 Chronicles

2 Chronicles

Ezra

Nehemiah

Job

Psalms

Proverbs

Isaiah

Jeremiah

Ezekiel

Hosea

Amos

Obadiah

Micah

Habakkuk

Zechariah

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).
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