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יָבֵשׁ H3001

H3001 is the Hebrew word יָבֵשׁ, transliterated yâbêsh and said yaw-bashe'. The King James Version most often renders it dried up.

Word: יָבֵשׁTransliteration: yâbêshSaid: yaw-bashe'Language: HebrewIn the KJV: 57 verses

What it means

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

Where it comes from

a primitive root.

How the King James Version translates it

Across 58 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

dried up 16×confounded 8×dry up 6×wither 6×ashamed 6×withered 5×withereth 4×withered away 2×dried 2×dry 1×now behold it is dry 1×hast shamed 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: be ashamed, clean, be confounded, (make) dry (up), (do) shame(-fully), [idiom] utterly, wither (away).

Verses using יָבֵשׁ

The first 40 of 57 verses, quoted in full.

Genesis 8:7 · KJV

And he sent forth a raven, which went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth.

Joshua 2:10 · KJV

For we have heard how the LORD dried up the water of the Red sea for you, when ye came out of Egypt; and what ye did unto the two kings of the Amorites, that were on the other side Jordan, Sihon and Og, whom ye utterly destroyed.

Joshua 4:23 · KJV

For the LORD your God dried up the waters of Jordan from before you, until ye were passed over, as the LORD your God did to the Red sea, which he dried up from before us, until we were gone over:

Joshua 5:1 · KJV

And it came to pass, when all the kings of the Amorites, which were on the side of Jordan westward, and all the kings of the Canaanites, which were by the sea, heard that the LORD had dried up the waters of Jordan from before the children of Israel, until we were passed over, that their heart melted, neither was there spirit in them any more, because of the children of Israel.

Joshua 9:5 · KJV

And old shoes and clouted upon their feet, and old garments upon them; and all the bread of their provision was dry and mouldy.

Joshua 9:12 · KJV

This our bread we took hot for our provision out of our houses on the day we came forth to go unto you; but now, behold, it is dry, and it is mouldy:

2 Samuel 19:5 · KJV

And Joab came into the house to the king, and said, Thou hast shamed this day the faces of all thy servants, which this day have saved thy life, and the lives of thy sons and of thy daughters, and the lives of thy wives, and the lives of thy concubines;

1 Kings 13:4 · KJV

And it came to pass, when king Jeroboam heard the saying of the man of God, which had cried against the altar in Bethel, that he put forth his hand from the altar, saying, Lay hold on him. And his hand, which he put forth against him, dried up, so that he could not pull it in again to him.

1 Kings 17:7 · KJV

And it came to pass after a while, that the brook dried up, because there had been no rain in the land.

Job 8:12 · KJV

Whilst it is yet in his greenness, and not cut down, it withereth before any other herb.

Job 12:15 · KJV

Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up: also he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.

Job 15:30 · KJV

He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches, and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away.

Job 18:16 · KJV

His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off.

Psalm 22:15 · KJV

My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.

Psalm 74:15 · KJV

Thou didst cleave the fountain and the flood: thou driedst up mighty rivers.

Psalm 102:4 · KJV

My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread.

Psalm 102:11 · KJV

My days are like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass.

Psalm 129:6 · KJV

Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth up:

Proverbs 17:22 · KJV

A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.

Isaiah 15:6 · KJV

For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate: for the hay is withered away, the grass faileth, there is no green thing.

Isaiah 19:7 · KJV

The paper reeds by the brooks, by the mouth of the brooks, and every thing sown by the brooks, shall wither, be driven away, and be no more.

Isaiah 27:11 · KJV

When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off: the women come, and set them on fire: for it is a people of no understanding: therefore he that made them will not have mercy on them, and he that formed them will shew them no favour.

Isaiah 30:5 · KJV

They were all ashamed of a people that could not profit them, nor be an help nor profit, but a shame, and also a reproach.

Isaiah 40:7 · KJV

The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: because the spirit of the LORD bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass.

Isaiah 40:8 · KJV

The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.

Isaiah 40:24 · KJV

Yea, they shall not be planted; yea, they shall not be sown: yea, their stock shall not take root in the earth: and he shall also blow upon them, and they shall wither, and the whirlwind shall take them away as stubble.

Isaiah 42:15 · KJV

I will make waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs; and I will make the rivers islands, and I will dry up the pools.

Isaiah 44:27 · KJV

That saith to the deep, Be dry, and I will dry up thy rivers:

Jeremiah 2:26 · KJV

As the thief is ashamed when he is found, so is the house of Israel ashamed; they, their kings, their princes, and their priests, and their prophets,

Jeremiah 6:15 · KJV

Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore they shall fall among them that fall: at the time that I visit them they shall be cast down, saith the LORD.

Jeremiah 8:9 · KJV

The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected the word of the LORD; and what wisdom is in them?

Jeremiah 8:12 · KJV

Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore shall they fall among them that fall: in the time of their visitation they shall be cast down, saith the LORD.

Jeremiah 10:14 · KJV

Every man is brutish in his knowledge: every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.

Jeremiah 12:4 · KJV

How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of every field wither, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein? the beasts are consumed, and the birds; because they said, He shall not see our last end.

Jeremiah 23:10 · KJV

For the land is full of adulterers; for because of swearing the land mourneth; the pleasant places of the wilderness are dried up, and their course is evil, and their force is not right.

Jeremiah 46:24 · KJV

The daughter of Egypt shall be confounded; she shall be delivered into the hand of the people of the north.

Jeremiah 48:1 · KJV

Against Moab thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Woe unto Nebo! for it is spoiled: Kiriathaim is confounded and taken: Misgab is confounded and dismayed.

Jeremiah 48:20 · KJV

Moab is confounded; for it is broken down: howl and cry; tell ye it in Arnon, that Moab is spoiled,

Jeremiah 50:2 · KJV

Declare ye among the nations, and publish, and set up a standard; publish, and conceal not: say, Babylon is taken, Bel is confounded, Merodach is broken in pieces; her idols are confounded, her images are broken in pieces.

Jeremiah 50:38 · KJV

A drought is upon her waters; and they shall be dried up: for it is the land of graven images, and they are mad upon their idols.

Common questions

What does Strong's H3001 mean?

H3001 is the Hebrew word יָבֵשׁ (yâbêsh), meaning to be ashamed, confused or disappointed; also (as failing) to dry up (as water) or wither (as herbage).

How is H3001 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it dried up (16 times), confounded (8 times), dry up (6 times), wither (6 times), ashamed (6 times), among others.

How many times does H3001 appear in the Bible?

יָבֵשׁ (yâbêsh) is tagged in 57 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H3001 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: a primitive root.

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