Yârash — H3423

H3423 · Hebrew — ירש

Pronunciation: yaw-rash'

Other spellings: yârêsh יָרֵשׁ

Definition

verb

to occupy (by driving out previous tenants, and possessing in their place); by implication, to seize, to rob, to inherit; also to expel, to impoverish, to ruin

  1. to seize, dispossess, take possession off, inherit, disinherit, occupy, impoverish, be an heir
    1. (Qal)
      1. to take possession of
      2. to inherit
      3. to impoverish, come to poverty, be poor
    2. (Niphal) to be dispossessed, be impoverished, come to poverty
    3. (Piel) to devour
    4. (Hiphil)
      1. to cause to possess or inherit
      2. to cause others to possess or inherit
      3. to impoverish
      4. to dispossess
      5. to destroy, bring to ruin, disinherit

Usually translated as

possess, drive, inherit, possession, come to poverty, dispossess, enjoy, poor, consume, destroy, disinherit, driving, inheritance, inheritor, magistrate, cast out, out, expel, without fail, be, get, in, seize upon, succeed, utterly

Origin

or yârêsh; a primitive root

Greek equivalents

Occurrences

Yârash occurs 231 times in 204 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (9), Exodus (2), Leviticus (2), Numbers (13), Deuteronomy (63), Joshua (24), Judges (21), 1 Samuel (1), 2 Samuel (1), 1 Kings (6), 2 Kings (4), 1 Chronicles (1), 2 Chronicles (4), Ezra (2), Nehemiah (5), Job (2), Psalms (11), Proverbs (4), Isaiah (9), Jeremiah (5), Ezekiel (6), Hosea (1), Amos (2), Obadiah (3), Micah (1), Habakkuk (1), Zechariah (1)

Strong's Lexicon — Y