יָבֵשׁyâbêsh
be dry, dried up, withered
Pronunciation: yaw-bashe' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3001
Meanings
Qal: absolute (Joshua 9:5; Isaiah 19:5; Genesis 8:14)
1. be dry, dried up without moisture
d. wither (Isaiah 15:6; Isaiah 19:7; Isaiah 27:11)
e. dry up, wither, my strength is dried up like the potsherd (1 Kings 13:4; Zechariah 11:17; Psalms 22:16)
2. be dried up (Genesis 8:7; Isaiah 19:5; 1 Kings 17:7)
Pi`el: make dry, dry up (Nahum 1:4; Job 15:30; Proverbs 17:22)
Hiph`il: dry up, make dry (Joshua 2:10; Joel 1:10; Ezekiel 19:12)
1. dry up water (Joshua 2:10; Joshua 4:23; Joshua 5:1)
2. make dry, wither (Isaiah 42:15; Ezekiel 17:24; Ezekiel 19:12)
3. exhibit dryness (Zechariah 10:11; Joel 1:10; Joel 1:12)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 59 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 8:7 and released a raven. The bird flew back and forth until the floodwaters on the earth had dried up.
- Genesis 8:14 Two more months went by, and at last the earth was dry!
- Joshua 2:10 For we have heard how the Lord made a dry path for you through the Red Sea when you left Egypt. And we know what you did to Sihon and Og, the two Amorite kings east of the Jordan River, whose people you completely destroyed.
- Joshua 4:23 For the Lord your God dried up the river right before your eyes, and he kept it dry until you were all across, just as he did at the Red Sea when he dried it up until we had all crossed over.
- Joshua 5:1 When all the Amorite kings west of the Jordan and all the Canaanite kings who lived along the Mediterranean coast heard how the Lord had dried up the Jordan River so the people of Israel could cross, they lost heart and were paralyzed with fear because of them.
- Joshua 9:5 They put on worn-out, patched sandals and ragged clothes. And the bread they took with them was dry and moldy.
See every passage
- Genesis 8:7, 8:14
- Joshua 2:10, 4:23, 5:1, 9:5, 9:12
- 1 Kings 13:4, 17:7
- Job 8:12, 12:15, 14:11, 15:30, 18:16
- Psalms 22:15, 74:15, 90:6, 102:4, 102:11, 129:6
- Proverbs 17:22
- Isaiah 15:6, 19:5, 19:7, 27:11, 40:7, 40:8, 40:24, 42:15, 44:27
- Jeremiah 10:14, 12:4, 23:10, 50:38, 51:36
- Ezekiel 17:9, 17:10, 17:24, 19:12, 37:11
- Hosea 9:16, 13:15
- Joel 1:10, 1:12, 1:17, 1:20
- Amos 1:2, 4:7
- Jonah 4:7
- Nahum 1:4
- Zechariah 10:11, 11:17
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).