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Lexicon :: Strong's H3001 - yāḇēš

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יָבֵשׁ
Transliteration
yāḇēš
Pronunciation
yaw-bashe'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 837

Strong’s Definitions

יָבֵשׁ yâbêsh, yaw-bashe'; a primitive root; to be ashamed, confused or disappointed; also (as failing) to dry up (as water) or wither (as herbage):—be ashamed, clean, be confounded, (make) dry (up), (do) shame(-fully), × utterly, wither (away).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 78x

The KJV translates Strong's H3001 in the following manner: dry up (27x), withered (22x), confounded (9x), ashamed (7x), dry (7x), wither away (2x), clean (1x), shamed (1x), shamefully (1x), utterly (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 78x
The KJV translates Strong's H3001 in the following manner: dry up (27x), withered (22x), confounded (9x), ashamed (7x), dry (7x), wither away (2x), clean (1x), shamed (1x), shamefully (1x), utterly (1x).

  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

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
יָבֵשׁ yâbêsh, yaw-bashe'; a primitive root; to be ashamed, confused or disappointed; also (as failing) to dry up (as water) or wither (as herbage):—be ashamed, clean, be confounded, (make) dry (up), (do) shame(-fully), × utterly, wither (away).
STRONGS H3001: Abbreviations
† I. יָבֵשׁ verb be dry, dried up, withered (Late Hebrew id. (rare), Targum יְבֵישׁ, chiefly Pa. Ithp., Syriac bdb038602; Sabean, Palmyrene derivatives; Arabic bdb038603; Ethiopic bdb038604) —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular יָבֵשׁ Joshua 9:5 + 8 times; וְיָבֵשׁ consecutive Isaiah 19:5+ 4 times; 3rd person feminine singular יָֽֽֽבְשָׁה Genesis 8:14; 3rd person plural יָֽֽֽבְשׁוּ Jeremiah 23:10 + 2 times; יָבֵ֑שׁוּ Jeremiah 50:38 + 2 times; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יִבַשׁ Isaiah 19:7; יִיבָ֑שׁ Jeremiah 12:4; Job 8:12; וַיִּיבַשׁ 1 Kings 17:7; וַיִּיבָ֑שׁ Jonah 4:7; 3rd person feminine singular תִּיבַשׁ Ezekiel 17:10; תִּיבָ֑שׁ Ezekiel 17:10 + 3 times, etc.; Infinitive construct (בִּ)יבשׁ Isaiah 27:11; יְבשֶׁת Genesis 8:7; absolute יָבוֺשׁ Zechariah 11:17; יָבשׁ Eccl 17:10; —
1. be dry, dried up without moisture:
a. of bread Joshua 9:5, 12 (JE).
b. of ground lacking rain Amos 4:7, compare Amos 1:2 (of Carmel at utterance of י׳'s voice), Jeremiah 23:10.
c. of earth after the flood Genesis 8:14 (P), compare חָרֵב
d. of grass, herbage, trees and crops (already implied in b. = wither Isaiah 15:6; Isaiah 19:7; Isaiah 27:11; Jeremiah 12:4; Job 8:12; Joel 1:12; Jonah 4:7; in simile of shortness of life Psalm 90:6; Psalm 102:12; Psalm 129:6, see also Isaiah 40:7, 8 (in these two || נָבֵל); of heart under figure of grass Psalm 102:5; of Judah under figure of vine Ezekiel 17:9 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 17:10 (3 times in verse), compare Ezekiel 19:12; of princes under figure of tree Isaiah 40:24; of roots of Ephraim under figure of tree Hosea 9:16, so of roots of wicked Job 18:16.
e. of hand, arm, dry up, wither, as judgment from י׳, 1 Kings 13:4; Zechariah 11:17 (twice in verse); in distress יָבֵשׁ כַּחֶרֶשׁ כֹּחִי Psalm 22:16 my strength is dried up like the potsherd; of skin Lamentations 4:8, and (figurative) of bones Ezekiel 37:11.
2. be dried up: of water Genesis 8:7 (J), Isaiah 19:5; 1 Kings 17:7; Jeremiah 50:38; Joel 1:20; Job 12:15; Job 14:11.
Pi. make dry, dry up, only Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular suffix וַיַּבְּשֵׁהוּ Nahum 1:4 and hath made it dry (י׳, the sea); 3rd person feminine singular תְּיַבֵּשׁ Job 15:30 the flame shall dry up his branches (figurative of wicked); figurative תְּיַבֶּשׁנָּֿ֑רֶם Proverbs 17:22 a broken spirit maketh dry (the) bones.
Hiph. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular הוֺבִישׁ Joshua 2:10 + 3 times + Joel 1:10 (see below); חֹבִישׁ Ezekiel 19:12 + 2 times Joel (see below); 3rd person feminine singular הוֺבִישָׁה Joel 1:12 (see below); 2nd person masculine singular הוֺבַשְׁתָּ Psalm 74:15; 1st person singular הוֺבַשְׁתִּי Ezekiel 17:24; וְהוֺבַשְׁתִּ֫י Jeremiah 51:36; 3rd person plural וְהֹבִישׁוּ consecutive Zechariah 10:11; Imperfect 1st person singular אוֺבִישׁ Isaiah 42:15 (twice in verse); Isaiah 44:27; — dry up, make dry:
1. dry up water, י׳ subject, Joshua 2:10; Joshua 4:23 (twice in verse); Joshua 5:1 (all D), Jeremiah 51:36 (|| הֶחֱרִיב), Isaiah 42:15; Isaiah 44:27 (חֳרָבִי in || clause), Psalm 74:15.
2. make dry, wither: herbage, trees, crops, etc., of י׳, Isaiah 42:15 (|| החריב); object Babylon under figure of tree Ezekiel 17:24; of east wind's drying up Judah's fruit Ezekiel 19:12.
3. exhibit dryness: of river-deeps laid bare Zechariah 10:11. — In like manner might be taken Joel 1:10, 12 (twice in verse); Joel 1:17, if from יבשׁ; but the sense would be difficult, especially in Joel 1:10; Joel 1:12, and הֹבִישׁוּ Joel 1:11 must be from בּוֺשׁ, to which all these cases in Joel may be consistently assigned; see בּוֺשׁ.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

8:7; 8:7; 8:14; 8:14

Joshua

2:10; 2:10; 4:23; 5:1; 9:5; 9:5; 9:12

1 Kings

13:4; 17:7; 17:7

Job

8:12; 8:12; 12:15; 14:11; 15:30; 18:16

Psalms

22:16; 74:15; 74:15; 90:6; 102:5; 102:12; 129:6

Proverbs

17:22

Isaiah

15:6; 19:5; 19:5; 19:7; 19:7; 27:11; 27:11; 40:7; 40:8; 40:24; 42:15; 42:15; 42:15; 44:27; 44:27

Jeremiah

12:4; 12:4; 23:10; 23:10; 50:38; 50:38; 51:36; 51:36

Lamentations

4:8

Ezekiel

17:9; 17:10; 17:10; 17:10; 17:24; 17:24; 19:12; 19:12; 19:12; 37:11

Hosea

9:16

Joel

1:10; 1:10; 1:10; 1:11; 1:12; 1:12; 1:12; 1:12; 1:17; 1:20

Amos

1:2; 4:7

Jonah

4:7; 4:7

Nahum

1:4

Zechariah

10:11; 10:11; 11:17; 11:17

H3001

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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3001 matches the Hebrew יָבֵשׁ (yāḇēš),
which occurs 73 times in 62 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 8:7–Hos 2:5)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:7 - and sent out a raven, and it kept flying back and forth until the water had dried up from the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 8:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:14 - By the twenty-seventh day of the second month the earth was completely dry.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:10 - We have heard how the LORD dried up the water of the Red Sea[fn] for you when you came out of Egypt, and what you did to Sihon and Og, the two kings of the Amorites east of the Jordan, whom you completely destroyed.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:23 - For the LORD your God dried up the Jordan before you until you had crossed over. The LORD your God did to the Jordan what he had done to the Red Sea[fn] when he dried it up before us until we had crossed over.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:1 - 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 Jordan before the Israelites until they[fn] had crossed over, their hearts melted in fear and they no longer had the courage to face the Israelites.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 9:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:5 - They put worn and patched sandals on their feet and wore old clothes. All the bread of their food supply was dry and moldy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:12 - This bread of ours was warm when we packed it at home on the day we left to come to you. But now see how dry and moldy it is.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:5 - Then Joab went into the house to the king and said, “Today you have humiliated all your men, who have just saved your life and the lives of your sons and daughters and the lives of your wives and concubines.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 13:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:4 - When King Jeroboam heard what the man of God cried out against the altar at Bethel, he stretched out his hand from the altar and said, “Seize him!” But the hand he stretched out toward the man shriveled up, so that he could not pull it back.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 17:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:7 - Some time later the brook dried up because there had been no rain in the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 8:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:12 - While still growing and uncut, they wither more quickly than grass.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 12:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:15 - If he holds back the waters, there is drought; if he lets them loose, they devastate the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 14:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:11 - As the water of a lake dries up or a riverbed becomes parched and dry,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 15:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:30 - He will not escape the darkness; a flame will wither his shoots, and the breath of God’s mouth will carry him away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 18:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:16 - His roots dry up below and his branches wither above.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:15 - My mouth[fn] is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth; you lay me in the dust of death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 74:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:15 - It was you who opened up springs and streams; you dried up the ever-flowing rivers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 90:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:6 - In the morning it springs up new, but by evening it is dry and withered.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 102:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:4 - My heart is blighted and withered like grass; I forget to eat my food.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 102:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:11 - My days are like the evening shadow; I wither away like grass.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 129:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 129:6 - May they be like grass on the roof, which withers before it can grow;

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 17:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:22 - A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 15:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 15:6 - The waters of Nimrim are dried up and the grass is withered; the vegetation is gone and nothing green is left.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 19:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:5 - The waters of the river will dry up, and the riverbed will be parched and dry.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 19:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:7 - also the plants along the Nile, at the mouth of the river. Every sown field along the Nile will become parched, will blow away and be no more.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 27:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 27:11 - When its twigs are dry, they are broken off and women come and make fires with them. For this is a people without understanding; so their Maker has no compassion on them, and their Creator shows them no favor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 40:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:7 - The grass withers and the flowers fall, because the breath of the LORD blows on them. Surely the people are grass.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 40:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:8 - The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God endures forever.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 40:24

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:24 - No sooner are they planted, no sooner are they sown, no sooner do they take root in the ground, than he blows on them and they wither, and a whirlwind sweeps them away like chaff.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 42:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:15 - I will lay waste the mountains and hills and dry up all their vegetation; I will turn rivers into islands and dry up the pools.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 44:27

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:27 - who says to the watery deep, ‘Be dry, and I will dry up your streams,’

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 6:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:15 - Are they ashamed of their detestable conduct? No, they have no shame at all; they do not even know how to blush. So they will fall among the fallen; they will be brought down when I punish them,”

says the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 8:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:12 - Are they ashamed of their detestable conduct? No, they have no shame at all; they do not even know how to blush. So they will fall among the fallen; they will be brought down when they are punished,

says the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 10:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:14 - Everyone is senseless and without knowledge; every goldsmith is shamed by his idols. The images he makes are a fraud; they have no breath in them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 12:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:4 - How long will the land lie parched and the grass in every field be withered? Because those who live in it are wicked, the animals and birds have perished. Moreover, the people are saying, “He will not see what happens to us.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 23:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:10 - The land is full of adulterers; because of the curse[fn] the land lies parched and the pastures in the wilderness are withered. The prophets follow an evil course and use their power unjustly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 46:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:24 - Daughter Egypt will be put to shame, given into the hands of the people of the north.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:1 - Concerning Moab: This is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says: “Woe to Nebo, for it will be ruined. Kiriathaim will be disgraced and captured; the stronghold[fn] will be disgraced and shattered.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:20 - Moab is disgraced, for she is shattered. Wail and cry out! Announce by the Arnon that Moab is destroyed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:2 - “Announce and proclaim among the nations, lift up a banner and proclaim it; keep nothing back, but say, ‘Babylon will be captured; Bel will be put to shame, Marduk filled with terror. Her images will be put to shame and her idols filled with terror.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:38

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:38 - A drought on[fn] her waters! They will dry up. For it is a land of idols, idols that will go mad with terror.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:17 - “Everyone is senseless and without knowledge; every goldsmith is shamed by his idols. The images he makes are a fraud; they have no breath in them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:36

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:36 - Therefore this is what the LORD says: “See, I will defend your cause and avenge you; I will dry up her sea and make her springs dry.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 4:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:8 - But now they are blacker than soot; they are not recognized in the streets. Their skin has shriveled on their bones; it has become as dry as a stick.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 17:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:9 - “Say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Will it thrive? Will it not be uprooted and stripped of its fruit so that it withers? All its new growth will wither. It will not take a strong arm or many people to pull it up by the roots.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 17:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:10 - It has been planted, but will it thrive? Will it not wither completely when the east wind strikes it—wither away in the plot where it grew?’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 17:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:24 - All the trees of the forest will know that I the LORD bring down the tall tree and make the low tree grow tall. I dry up the green tree and make the dry tree flourish. “ ‘I the LORD have spoken, and I will do it.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 19:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 19:12 - But it was uprooted in fury and thrown to the ground. The east wind made it shrivel, it was stripped of its fruit; its strong branches withered and fire consumed them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 37:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:11 - Then he said to me: “Son of man, these bones are the people of Israel. They say, ‘Our bones are dried up and our hope is gone; we are cut off.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 2:5 - Their mother has been unfaithful and has conceived them in disgrace. She said, ‘I will go after my lovers, who give me my food and my water, my wool and my linen, my olive oil and my drink.’

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