Yâbêsh — H3001

H3001 · Hebrew — יבש

Pronunciation: yaw-bashe'

Definition

verb

to be ashamed, confused or disappointed; also (as failing) to dry up (as water) or wither (as herbage)

  1. 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

Usually translated as

dry, wither, be confounded, be ashamed, clean, shame, shamefully, utterly

Origin

a primitive root

Greek equivalents

Occurrences

Yâbêsh occurs 69 times in 58 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (2), Joshua (5), 2 Samuel (1), 1 Kings (2), Job (5), Psalms (6), Proverbs (1), Isaiah (9), Jeremiah (10), Lamentations (1), Ezekiel (5), Hosea (1), Joel (4), Amos (2), Jonah (1), Nahum (1), Zechariah (2)

Strong's Lexicon — Y