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Lexicon :: Strong's H3001 - yāḇēš

Aa
יָבֵשׁ
Transliteration
yāḇēš
Pronunciation
yaw-bashe'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

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.
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.
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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

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)

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:7 - and he sent H7971 out H7971 a raven H6158, and it [fn]flew H3318 here H3318 and there H7725 until H5704 the water H4325 was dried H3001 up H3001 [fn]from the earth H776.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:14 - And in the second H8145 month H2320, on the twenty-seventh H6242 H7651 day H3117 of the month H2320, the earth H776 was H3001 dry H3001.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:10 - “For we have heard H8085 how H834 the LORD H3068 dried H3001 up H3001 the water H4325 of the [fn]Red H5488 Sea H3220 before H4480 H6440 you when you came H3318 out H3318 of Egypt H4714, and what H834 you did H6213 to the two H8147 kings H4428 of the Amorites H567 who H834 were beyond H5676 the Jordan H3383, to Sihon H5511 and Og H5747, whom H834 you [fn]utterly H2763 destroyed H2763.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:23 - “For the LORD H3068 your God H430 dried H3001 up H3001 the waters H4325 of the Jordan H3383 before H4480 H6440 you until H5704 you had crossed H5674, just H834 as H834 the LORD H3068 your God H430 had done H6213 to the [fn]Red H5488 Sea H3220, which H834 He dried H3001 up H3001 before H4480 H6440 us until H5704 we had crossed H5674;
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:1 -

Now it came H1961 about H1961 when all H3605 the kings H4428 of the Amorites H567 who H834 were beyond H5676 the Jordan H3383 to the west H3220, and all H3605 the kings H4428 of the Canaanites H3669 who H834 were by the sea H3220, heard H8085 how H854 H834 the LORD H3068 had dried H3001 up H3001 the waters H4325 of the Jordan H3383 before H4480 H6440 the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 until H5704 [fn]they had crossed H5674, that their hearts H3824 melted H4549, and there was no H3808 spirit H7307 in them any H5750 longer H5750 because H4480 H6440 of the sons H1121 of Israel H3478.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:5 - and worn-out H1087 and patched H2921 sandals H5275 on their feet H7272, and worn-out H1087 clothes H8008 on themselves; and all H3605 the bread H3899 of their provision H6718 was H3001 dry H3001 and had become H1961 crumbled H5350.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:12 - “This H2088 bread H3899 of ours was hot H2525 when we took H6679 it for H6679 our provisions H6679 from our houses H1004 on the day H3117 that we left H3318 to come H1980 to you; but now H6258 behold H2009, it is H3001 dry H3001 and has become H1961 crumbled H5350.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:5 - Then Joab H3097 came H935 into the house H1004 to the king H4428 and said H559, “Today H3117 you have shamed H954 [fn]all H3605 your servants H5650, who have saved H4422 your life H5315 today H3117 and the lives H5315 of your sons H1121 and daughters H1323, the lives H5315 of your wives H802, and the lives H5315 of your concubines H6370,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:4 - Now when the king H4428 heard H8085 the statement H1697 of the man H376 of God H430 which H834 he cried H7121 out H7121 against H5921 the altar H4196 in Bethel H1008, Jeroboam H3379 stretched H7971 out H7971 his hand H3027 from the altar H4196, saying H559, “Seize H8610 him!” But his hand H3027 which H834 he had stretched H7971 out H7971 toward H5921 him dried H3001 up H3001, and he could H3201 not draw H7725 it back H7725 to himself.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:7 - But it happened H1961 after H4480 H7093 a while H3117 that the brook H5158 dried H3001 up H3001, because H3588 there was no H3808 rain H1653 in the land H776.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:12 -

“While it is still H5750 green H3 and not cut H6998 down H6998,

Yet it withers H3001 before H6440 any H3605 other [fn]plant H2682.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:15 -

“Behold H2005, He restrains H6113 the waters H4325, and they dry H3001 up H3001;

And He sends H7971 them out H7971, and they [fn]inundate H2015 the earth H776.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:11 -

As water H4325 [fn]evaporates H235 from the sea H3220,

And a river H5104 becomes H2717 parched H2717 and dried H3001 up H3001,

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:30 -

“He will not [fn]escape H5493 from darkness H2822;

The flame H7957 will dry H3001 up H3001 his shoot H3127,

And he will go H5493 away H5493 by the breath H7307 of His mouth H6310.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:16 -

“His roots H8328 are dried H3001 below H4480 H8478,

And his branch H7105 withers H4448 above H4480 H4605.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:15 -

My strength H3581 is dried H3001 up H3001 like a piece H2789 of H2789 pottery H2789,

And my tongue H3956 clings H1692 to my jaws H4455;

And You lay H8239 me [fn]in the dust H6083 of death H4194.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:15 -

[fn]You broke H1234 open H1234 springs H4599 and torrents H5158;

[fn]You dried H3001 up H3001 ever-flowing H386 streams H5104.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:6 -

In the morning H1242 it flourishes H6692 and [fn]sprouts H2498 anew H2498;

Toward evening H6153 it wilts H4448 and withers H3001 away.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:4 -

My heart H3820 has been struck H5221 like [fn]grass H6212 and has withered H3001,

Indeed H3588, I forget H7911 to eat H398 my bread H3899.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:11 -

My days H3117 are like a [fn]lengthened H5186 shadow H6738,

And [fn]I wither H3001 away like [fn]grass H6212.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 129:6 -

May they be like grass H2682 upon the housetops H1406,

Which H7945 withers H3001 before H6927 it [fn]grows H8025 up H8025;

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:22 -

A joyful H8056 heart H3820 [fn]is H3190 good H3190 medicine H1456,

But a broken H5218 spirit H7307 dries H3001 up H3001 the bones H1634.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 15:6 -

For the waters H4325 of Nimrim H5249 are [fn]desolate H4923.

Indeed H3588, the grass H2682 is withered H3001, the new H1877 growth H1877 has died H3615,

There is no H3808 greenery H3418.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:5 -

The waters H4325 from the sea H3220 will dry H5405 up,

And the river H5104 will be parched H2717 and dry H3001.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:7 -

The bulrushes H6169 by the Nile H2975, by the [fn]edge H6310 of the Nile H2975

And all H3605 the sown H4218 fields H4218 by the Nile H2975

Will become H3001 dry H3001, be driven H5086 away H5086, and be no H369 more H369.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 27:11 -

When its limbs H7105 are H3001 dry H3001, they are broken H7665 off;

Women H802 come H935 and make H215 a H215 fire H215 with them,

For they are not a people H5971 of discernment H998,

Therefore H5921 H3651 their Maker H6213 will not have H7355 compassion H7355 on H7355 them.

And their Creator H3335 will not be H2603 gracious H2603 to them.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:7 -

The grass H2682 withers H3001, the flower H6731 fades H5034,

[fn]When H3588 the breath H7307 of the LORD H3068 blows H5380 upon it;

The people H5971 are indeed H403 grass H2682!

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:8 -

The grass H2682 withers H3001, the flower H6731 fades H5034,

But the word H1697 of our God H430 stands H6965 forever H5769.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:24 -

[fn]Scarcely H1077 H637 have they been planted H5193,

[fn]Scarcely H1077 H637 have they been sown H2232,

[fn]Scarcely H1077 H637 has their stock H1503 taken H8327 root H8327 in the earth H776,

But He merely H1571 blows H5398 on them, and they wither H3001,

And the storm H5591 carries H5375 them away like stubble H7179.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:15 -

“I will lay H2717 waste H2717 the mountains H2022 and hills H1389

And wither H3001 all H3605 their vegetation H6212;

I will turn H7760 the rivers H5104 into coastlands H339

And dry H3001 up H3001 the ponds H98.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:27 -

I am the One who says H559 to the depth H6683 of H6683 the H6683 sea H6683, ‘Dry H2717 up H2717!’

And I will make H3001 your rivers H5104 dry H3001 up H3001.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:15 -

“Were H954 they ashamed H954 because H3588 of the abomination H8441 they had done H6213?

They were H954 not ashamed H954 at H1571 all H954 H1571,

Nor H1571 did they know H3045 even H1571 how to be ashamed H3637.

Therefore H3651 they will fall H5307 among those who fall H5307;

At the time H6256 that I punish H6485 them,

They will collapse H3782,” says H559 the LORD H3068.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:12 -

“Were H954 they ashamed H954 because H3588 of the abomination H8441 they had done H6213?

They were H954 not ashamed H954 at H1571 all H954 H1571,

And they did not know H3045 how to be ashamed H3637;

Therefore H3651 they will fall H5307 among those who fall H5307;

At the time H6256 of their punishment H6486 they will collapse H3782,”

Says H559 the LORD H3068.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:14 -

Every H3605 person H120 is H1197 stupid H1197, devoid H4480 of knowledge H1847;

Every H3605 goldsmith H6884 is put H954 to H954 shame H954 by his idols H6459,

For his cast H5262 metal H5262 images H5262 are deceitful H8267,

And there is no H3808 breath H7307 in them.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:4 -

How H4970 long H5704 H4970 is the land H776 to mourn H56,

And the vegetation H6212 of the [fn]countryside H3605 H7704 to dry H3001 up H3001?

Due to the wickedness H7451 of those who live H3427 in it,

Animals H929 and birds H5775 have been snatched H5595 away H5595,

Because H3588 people have said H559, “He will not see H7200 our final H319 end H319.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:10 -

For the land H776 is full H4390 of adulterers H5003;

For the land H776 mourns H56 because H4480 H6440 of the curse H423.

The pastures H4999 of the wilderness H4057 have dried H3001 up H3001.

Their course H4794 is evil H7451

And their might H1369 is not right H3651.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:24 -

“The daughter H1323 of Egypt H4714 has been put H954 to H954 shame H954,

Turned H5414 over H5414 to the [fn]power H3027 of the people H5971 of the north H6828.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:1 -

Concerning Moab H4124. This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the LORD H3068 of armies H6635, the God H430 of Israel H3478 says H559:

“Woe H1945 to Nebo H5015, for it has been destroyed H7703;

Kiriathaim H7156 has been put H954 to H954 shame H954, it has been captured H3920;

The high H4869 stronghold H4869 has been put H954 to H954 shame H954 and [fn]shattered H2865.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:20 -

“Moab H4124 has been put H954 to H954 shame H954, for it has been H2865 [fn]shattered H2865.

Wail H3213 and cry H2199 out H2199;

Declare H5046 by the Arnon H769

That Moab H4124 has been destroyed H7703.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:2 -

“Declare H5046 and proclaim H8085 among the nations H1471.

Proclaim H8085 it and lift H5375 up H5375 a flag H5251,

Do not conceal H3582 it. Say H559,

‘Babylon H894 has been captured H3920,

Bel H1078 has been put H954 to H954 shame H954, [fn]Marduk H4781 has been H2865 [fn]shattered H2865;

Her idols H6091 have been put H954 to H954 shame H954, her images H1544 have been H2865 shattered H2865.’

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:38 -

“A [fn]drought H2721 on her waters H4325, and they will be dried H3001 up H3001!

For it is a land H776 of idols H6456,

And they go insane H1984 at frightful H367 images H367.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:17 -

Every H3605 person H120 is H1197 stupid H1197, devoid H4480 of knowledge H1847;

Every H3605 goldsmith H6884 is put H954 to H954 shame H954 by his [fn]idols H6459,

For his cast H5262 metal H5262 images H5262 are deceitful H8267,

And there is no H3808 breath H7307 in them.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:36 -

Therefore H3651 this H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the LORD H3068 says H559:

“Behold H2009, I am going to plead H7378 your case H7379

And take H5358 vengeance H5360 for you;

And I will dry H2717 up H2717 her [fn]sea H3220

And make H3001 her fountain H4726 dry H3001.

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:8 -

Their appearance H8389 is H2821 darker H2821 than H4480 soot H7815,

They are not recognized H5234 in the streets H2351;

Their skin H5785 is shriveled H6821 on their bones H6106,

It is H3001 dry H3001, it has become H1961 like wood H6086.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:9 - “Say H559, ‘This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the Lord H136 GOD H3068 says H559: “Will it thrive H6743? Will he not pull H5423 up H5423 its roots H8328 and cut H7082 off H7082 its fruit H6529, so that it withers H3001—so that all H3605 its sprouting H6780 shoots H2965 wither H3001? And neither H3808 by great H1419 [fn]strength H2220 nor H3808 by many H7227 people H5971 can it be raised H5375 from its roots H8328 again.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:10 - “Behold H2009, though it is planted H8362, will it thrive H6743? Will it not completely H3001 wither H3001 as soon as the east H6921 wind H7307 strikes H5060 it—wither H3001 on the beds H6170 where H6780 it grew H6780?”’”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:24 - “All H3605 the trees H6086 of the field H7704 will know H3045 that I am the LORD H3068; I bring H8213 down H8213 the high H1364 tree H6086, exalt H1361 the low H8217 tree H6086, dry H3001 up H3001 the green H3892 tree H6086, and make the dry H3002 tree H6086 flourish H6524. I am the LORD H3068; I have spoken H1696, and I will perform H6213 it.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 19:12 -

‘But it was uprooted H5428 in fury H2534;

It was thrown H7993 down H7993 to the ground H776;

And the east H6921 wind H7307 dried H3001 up H3001 its fruit H6529.

[fn]Its strong H5797 stem H4294 [fn]was torn H6561 out H6561

So that [fn]it withered H3001;

The fire H784 consumed H398 it.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:11 -

Then He said H559 to me, “Son H1121 of man H120, these H428 bones H6106 are the entire H3605 house H1004 of Israel H3478; behold H2009, they say H559, ‘Our bones H6106 are dried H3001 up H3001 and our hope H8615 has perished H6. We are [fn]completely cut H1504 off H1504.’

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 2:5 -

“For their mother H517 has committed H2181 prostitution H2181;

She who conceived H2029 them has acted H954 shamefully H954.

For she said H559, ‘I will go H1980 after H310 my lovers H157,

Who give H5414 me my bread H3899 and my water H4325,

My wool H6785 and my flax H6593, my oil H8081 and my drink H8250.’


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