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Lexicon :: Strong's H3426 - yēš

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יֵשׁ
Transliteration
yēš
Pronunciation
yaysh
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Part of Speech
substantive
Root Word (Etymology)
Perhaps from an unused root meaning to stand out, or exist
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TWOT Reference: 921

Strong’s Definitions

יֵשׁ yêsh, yaysh; perhaps from an unused root meaning to stand out, or exist; entity; used adverbially or as a copula for the substantive verb (H1961); there is or are (or any other form of the verb to be, as may suit the connection):—(there) are, (he, it, shall, there, there may, there shall, there should) be, thou do, had, hast, (which) hath, (I, shalt, that) have, (he, it, there) is, substance, it (there) was, (there) were, ye will, thou wilt, wouldest.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 133x

The KJV translates Strong's H3426 in the following manner: is (54x), be (28x), have (22x), there (13x), miscellaneous (16x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 133x
The KJV translates Strong's H3426 in the following manner: is (54x), be (28x), have (22x), there (13x), miscellaneous (16x).

  1. being, existence, substance, there is or are

    1. substance

    2. existence

    3. there is or are

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
יֵשׁ yêsh, yaysh; perhaps from an unused root meaning to stand out, or exist; entity; used adverbially or as a copula for the substantive verb (H1961); there is or are (or any other form of the verb to be, as may suit the connection):—(there) are, (he, it, shall, there, there may, there shall, there should) be, thou do, had, hast, (which) hath, (I, shalt, that) have, (he, it, there) is, substance, it (there) was, (there) were, ye will, thou wilt, wouldest.
STRONGS H3426: Abbreviations
יֵשׁ 187 substantive being, substance, existence (on etymology see 2) — יֵשׁ Genesis 18:24 etc.; יֶשֿׁ Genesis 31:29 + often; הֲיֵשׁ Genesis 24:23 + 18 times (so אִשׁ 2 Samuel 14:19, הַאִשׁ Micah 6:10), with suffix יֶשְׁךָ Genesis 24:42 + 2 times; יֶשְׁכֶם Genesis 24:49; הֲיִשְׁכֶם Deuteronomy 13:4; יֶשְׁנוֺ (Ol§ 97 b Sta§ 370 b) Deuteronomy 29:14; 1 Samuel 14:39 (+ 1 Samuel 14:41 Greek Version of the LXX We Dr), 1 Samuel 23:23; Esther 3:8; —
1. substance, only Proverbs 8:21 לְהַנְחִיל אֹהֲבַי יֵשׁ to cause them that love me to inherit substance (so Sir 42:3).
2. elsewhere (properly as a substantive in the stative construct), it asserts existence, and so corresponds to the verb substantive, is (are, was, were, will be), literally the being, presence of... (so Biblical Aramaic H383 אִתַי; Aramaic איתא, אית, bdb044101 [whence bdb044102 (self-) existent, bdb044103 essence, substance], with לָא contracted לַיִת, לֵית, bdb044104; Mandean עת, עית, לאיית; Arabic [with irregular bdb044105] bdb044106 (inflected as a verb, bdb044107, bdb044108, etc.; WAG i. § 182, ii. § 42) is not (bdb044109 is known only in two proverbial sayings, as a secondary form FlKl. Schr. i. 146 f.); Assyrian išû, be, have DlHWB 310; with affix 1st person singular la-a i-ša-a-ku, I have not, TPi. 57 f.. On this word, see especially NöM. § 213, who exemplifies its different constructions in Semitic, and shews how it tends to pass into a verb; —
(1) in Biblical Aramaic, Syriac, Babylonian Targum, with possessive suffix;
(2) in later Palestinian dialects, Jerusalem Targum, Jerusalem Talmud, sometimes also in Babylonian Targum and Syriac, with independent personal pronoun (as לית אנא, לית הוא);
(3) in Mandean, Babylonian Talmud, sometimes in Syriac and Arabic, and in Hebrew יֶשְׁנוֺ, with object. (verbal) suffix;
(4) in Arabic, as a true verb. In Ethiopic bdb044110 literally therein, German es gibt, is similar in use (DiGr. § 167, l), though not of course in origin. In Hebrew the corresponding negative is אַיִן, which see, the construction of which is quite similar) — is, are, was, were, etc., not, however, as a mere copula, but implying existence with emphasis (hence in English to be often represented by the substantive verb in italics):
a. with a predicate following, Genesis 28:16 במקום הזה אכן ישׁ י׳ surely Yahweh is (emphatic) in this place! Genesis 44:26 אִם יֵשׁ אָחִינוּ אִתְּכֶם; Exodus 17:7 הֲיֵשׁ יהוה בְּקִרְבֵּנוּ אִם אַיִן, Numbers 22:29 לו ישׁ חרב בידי Oh, that there were a sword in my hand! Deuteronomy 13:4 הֲיִשְׁכֶם אֹהֲבִים whether you do love, Deuteronomy 29:17 פן ישׁ בכם אישׁ, Deuteronomy 29:18; 1 Samuel 9:11f. and they said, Is the seer here? and they said יֵשׁ He is, 1 Samuel 20:8; 1 Samuel 23:23; Jeremiah 27:18. Alone, in answer to a question (asked with יֵשׁ), He (it) is: † 1 Samuel 9:12; 2 Kings 10:15; Jeremiah 37:17. But Jeremiah 23:26 (where ישׁ has no substantive or suffix) text must be corrupt: compare Gie.
b. absolutely, there is (es. gibt, il y a), Genesis 18:24 אולי ישׁ חמשׁים צדיקים בעיר perhaps there are fifty righteous in the city, Genesis 24:23 הישׁ בית אביך מקום לנו ללון, Genesis 42:1 כי ישׁ שׁבר במצ׳ that there was corn in Egypt, Judges 4:20 הישׁ פה אישׁ, 2 Samuel 9:1; 2 Kings 5:8 he shall know that there is (emphatic) a prophet in Israel, Ruth 3:12 there is a kinsman nearer than I, Psalm 58:12 [Psalm 58:11]surely there are gods judging on the earth: so in aphorisms, asserting the existence of a particular character, quality, etc., Proverbs 11:24 ישׁ מפזר ונוסף עוד, Proverbs 12:18; Proverbs 13:7, 23; Proverbs 14:12; Proverbs 16:25; Proverbs 18:24; Proverbs 20:15; Ecclesiastes 2:21; Ecclesiastes 4:8; Ecclesiastes 5:12; Ecclesiastes 6:1, 11; Ecclesiastes 7:15 (twice in verse); Ecclesiastes 8:14 (3 times in verse); Ecclesiastes 10:5. In questions, or protestations, יֵשׁ often implies a doubt whether what is asked about is to be found or exists: 1 Kings 18:10; Jeremiah 5:1 and see אם ישׁ אישׁ if there is (emphatic) a man doing justice, etc. (compare Psalm 14:2), Psalm 14:22; Isaiah 44:8 הישׁ אלהים is there a god beside me? Psalm 7:4 אם ישׁ עול בכפי if there is iniquity in my hands! Psalm 73:11 is there knowledge in the Most High? Job 5:1; Job 6:30; Lamentations 1:2.
c. special phrases: —
(a) after אִם and a participle, where an abiding intention is to be emphasized, Genesis 24:42 אםיֿשׁךנֿא מצליח דרכי if thou art (really), prospering my way, Genesis 24:49; Genesis 43:4; Judges 6:36 (compare II. אין 2 b).
(b) יֵשׁ לְ = has (had), especially with pronouns יֵשׁ לִי, יֵשׁ לְךָ; etc., Genesis 33:9 יֶשׁלִֿי רָב I have plenty, Genesis 33:11; Genesis 43:7 הישׁ לכם אח, Genesis 44:20 ישׁ לנו אב זקן, 1 Samuel 17:40 that they may know כי ישׁ אלהים לישׂראל that Israel has (emphatic) a god, 2 Kings 4:2 מַהיֶּֿשׁלָֿכְי what hast thou ? Job 14:7 for a tree has (emphatic) hope (compare Ruth 1:12), Ruth 25:3; Ruth 28:1; Ruth 38:28 ׃הישׁ למטר אב Genesis 39:5 (twice in verse); Genesis 39:8, * F f כל אשׁר יֶשׁלֿו all that had (Genesis 39:4 without אשׁר, probably error).
(c) with infinitive and לְ, is it possible to... ? 2 Kings 4:13; הישׁ לדברלֿך can-1speak for thee to the king? 2 Chronicles 25:9; so אִשׁ לְ 2 Samuel 14:19 (compare אֵין לְ, below II. אַיִן 5).
(d)... יֵשׁ אֲשֶׁר (if) it was that... Numbers 9:20, 21; there were some who... (with participle) Nehemiah 5:2, 3, 4 (compare Syriac bdb044201 for ὃ μὲν... ὃ δὲ... Matthew 13:8; bdb044202 PS172). (e) יֶשׁלְֿאֵל יָדִי Genesis 31:29 and elsewhere; see II. אֵל 7.
(f) 2 Kings 10:15 וָיֵשׁ and (if) it be... (compare וָלֹא 2 Kings 5:17; 2 Samuel 13:26); so Judges 6:13 אִתָּנוּ וְיֵשׁ י׳.
(g) pleonastic אֵין יֵשׁ Psalm 135:17.
(h) לֹא יֵשׁ Job 9:33 (compare bdb044203, bdb044204: but Greek Version of the LXX Syriac Version Me and others לֻא). — As a rule, יֵשׁ precedes its substantive (from which, however, like אין, it may be separated: Genesis 24:23; Genesis 43:7 הֲיֵשׁ לָכֶם אָח, Genesis 44:19, 20; 1 Samuel 20:8 etc.); but occasionally, for greater emphasis, this is prefixed: 1 Samuel 21:5 כי אם לחם קדשׁ ישׁ but holy bread there is! Isaiah 43:8 the blind people, ועינים ישׁ though it has eyes, Judges 19:19 לחם ויין ישׁ לי (compare אַיִן 2 c).

See related Aramaic BDB entry H383.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

18:24; 18:24; 24:23; 24:23; 24:23; 24:42; 24:42; 24:49; 24:49; 28:16; 31:29; 31:29; 33:9; 33:11; 39:4; 39:5; 39:8; 42:1; 43:4; 43:7; 43:7; 44:19; 44:20; 44:20; 44:26

Exodus

17:7

Numbers

9:20; 9:21; 22:29

Deuteronomy

13:4; 13:4; 29:14; 29:17; 29:18

Judges

4:20; 6:13; 6:36; 19:19

Ruth

1:12; 3:12

1 Samuel

9:11; 9:12; 14:39; 14:41; 17:40; 20:8; 20:8; 21:5; 23:23; 23:23

2 Samuel

9:1; 13:26; 14:19; 14:19

1 Kings

18:10

2 Kings

4:2; 4:13; 5:8; 5:17; 10:15; 10:15

2 Chronicles

25:9

Nehemiah

5:2; 5:3; 5:4

Esther

3:8

Job

5:1; 6:30; 9:33; 14:7

Psalms

7:4; 14:2; 58:11; 73:11; 135:17

Proverbs

8:21; 11:24; 12:18; 13:7; 13:23; 14:12; 16:25; 18:24; 20:15

Ecclesiastes

2:21; 4:8; 5:12; 6:1; 6:11; 7:15; 8:14; 10:5

Isaiah

43:8; 44:8

Jeremiah

5:1; 23:26; 27:18; 37:17

Lamentations

1:2

Micah

6:10

Matthew

13:8

H3426

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Strong's Number H3426 matches the Hebrew יֵשׁ (yēš),
which occurs 138 times in 129 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 3 / 3 (Ecc 1:10–Mal 1:14)

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:10 - Is there H3426 any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been already of old time, which was before us.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:13 - Then I saw that H3426 wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:21 - For there is H3426 a man whose labour is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man that hath not laboured therein shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 4:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:8 - There is H3426 one alone, and there is not a second; yea, he hath neither child nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labour; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither saith he, For whom do I labour, and bereave my soul of good? This is also vanity, yea, it is a sore travail.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 4:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:9 - Two are better than one; because they have H3426 a good reward for their labour.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 5:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:13 - There is H3426 a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 6:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:1 - There is H3426 an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is common among men:

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 6:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:11 - Seeing there be H3426 many things that increase vanity, what is man the better?

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 7:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:15 - All things have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is H3426 a just man that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that prolongeth his life in his wickedness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 8:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:6 - Because to every purpose there is H3426 time and judgment, therefore the misery of man is great upon him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 8:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:14 - There is H3426 a vanity which is done upon the earth; that there be just men, unto whom it happeneth according to the work of the wicked; again, there be H3426 wicked men, to whom it happeneth according to the work of the righteous: I said that this also is vanity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 9:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:4 - For to him that is H3426 joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 10:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:5 - There is H3426 an evil which I have seen under the sun, as an error which proceedeth from the ruler:

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 43:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:8 - Bring forth the blind people that have H3426 eyes, and the deaf that have ears.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:8 - Fear ye not, neither be afraid: have not I told thee from that time, and have declared it? ye are even my witnesses. Is there H3426 a God beside me? yea, there is no God; I know not any.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 5:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:1 - Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be H3426 any that executeth judgment, that seeketh the truth; and I will pardon it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 14:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:22 - Are there H3426 any among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? art not thou he, O LORD our God? therefore we will wait upon thee: for thou hast made all these things.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 23:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:26 - How long shall this be H3426 in the heart of the prophets that prophesy lies? yea, they are prophets of the deceit of their own heart;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 27:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:18 - But if they be prophets, and if the word of the LORD be H3426 with them, let them now make intercession to the LORD of hosts, that the vessels which are left in the house of the LORD, and in the house of the king of Judah, and at Jerusalem, go not to Babylon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:6 - For there shall be H3426 a day, that the watchmen upon the mount Ephraim shall cry, Arise ye, and let us go up to Zion unto the LORD our God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:16 - Thus saith the LORD; Refrain thy voice from weeping, and thine eyes from tears: for thy work shall be H3426 rewarded, saith the LORD; and they shall come again from the land of the enemy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:17 - And there is H3426 hope in thine end, saith the LORD, that thy children shall come again to their own border.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 37:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:17 - Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took him out: and the king asked him secretly in his house, and said, Is there any word from the LORD? And Jeremiah said, There is: H3426 for, said he, thou shalt be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 41:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:8 - But ten men were found among them that said unto Ishmael, Slay us not: for we have H3426 treasures in the field, of wheat, and of barley, and of oil, and of honey. So he forbare, and slew them not among their brethren.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 1:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:12 - Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by? behold, and see if there be H3426 any sorrow like unto my sorrow, which is done unto me, wherewith the LORD hath afflicted me in the day of his fierce anger.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 3:29

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:29 - He putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be H3426 hope.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jon 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 4:11 - And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are H3426 more than sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 2:1

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 2:1 - Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is H3426 in the power of their hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mal 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:14 - But cursed be the deceiver, which H3426 hath in his flock a male, and voweth, and sacrificeth unto the Lord a corrupt thing: for I am a great King, saith the LORD of hosts, and my name is dreadful among the heathen.

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