Strong's Hebrew · H3423
H3423 yârash
יָרַשׁ
yaw-rash'
to possess
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yârash appears 231 times in Scripture, including Genesis 15:3 and Genesis 15:4. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
to occupy (by driving out previous tenants, and possessing in their place); by implication, to seize, to rob, to inherit; also to expel, to impoverish, to ruin
In the King James Version
cast out, consume, destroy, disinherit, dispossess, drive(-ing) out, enjoy, expel, × without fail, (give to, leave for) inherit(-ance, -or) magistrate, be (make) poor, come to poverty, (give to, make to) possess, get (have) in (take) possession, seize upon, succeed, × utterly.
Derivation
or יָרֵשׁ; a primitive root;
Appears 231 times in Scripture
“And they blessed Rebekah and said to her, “Our sister, may you become the mother of thousands upon thousands. May your offspring possess the gates of their enemies.””
“And there I will provide for you, because there will be five more years of famine. Otherwise, you and your household and everything you own will come to destitution.’”
“But Abram replied, “Lord GOD, how can I know that I will possess it?””
“The LORD also told him, “I am the LORD, who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land to possess.””
“I will surely bless you, and I will multiply your descendants like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will possess the gates of their enemies.”
“And may He give the blessing of Abraham to you and your descendants, so that you may possess the land where you dwell as a foreigner, the land God gave to Abraham.””
“Then the word of the LORD came to Abram, saying, “This one will not be your heir, but one who comes from your own body will be your heir.””
“Abram continued, “Behold, You have given me no offspring, so a servant in my household will be my heir.””
“and she said to Abraham, “Expel the slave woman and her son, for the slave woman’s son will never share in the inheritance with my son Isaac!””
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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).
