Hebrew · H3001, G3583 · unreviewed

Yabesh

To be ashamed , confused or disappointed ; also (as failing) to dry up (as water) or wither (as herbage) · to desiccate; by implication, to shrivel, to mature

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יָבֵשׁ H3001 to be ashamed , confused or disappointed ; also (as failing) to dry up (as water) or wither (as herbage)

Pronunciation yāvēsh

Shame and drying converge: social humiliation mirrors physical withering, both mark failure and depletion

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ξηραίνω G3583 to desiccate; by implication, to shrivel, to mature

Pronunciation xēraínō

To dry up, wither, or waste away; often describing spiritual fruitlessness or physical deterioration in NT.

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What does yabesh (yabesh) mean in the Bible?

יָבֵשׁ · ξηραίνω is a Hebrew word meaning "to dry up, wither, become parched".

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Meaning

to dry up, wither, become parched

Grammatical Forms

How the stem changes the meaning of this verb across the biblical text.

Hiphil causative active — the subject causes someone else to perform the action 26×

Perfect Ezek 19:12 · Jer 10:14 · Jer 48:20 · Jer 50:2 · Jer 51:17 · Joel 1:10 · Joel 1:12 · Joel 1:17 · Josh 2:10 · Josh 4:23 · Josh 5:1 · Hos 2:7 · Jer 46:24 · Jer 48:1 · Jer 6:15 · Jer 8:12 23×

Imperfect Isa 42:15 · Isa 44:27 3×

Qal basic active stem — the word in its most common, direct sense 27×

Perfect Hos 9:16 · Isa 15:6 · Isa 40:7 · Isa 40:8 · Josh 9:5 · Josh 9:12 · Lam 4:8 · Ps 22:16 · Ps 129:6 · Ezek 37:11 · Jer 23:10 · Joel 1:12 · Joel 1:20 · Gen 8:14 14×

Imperfect Amos 4:7 · Ezek 17:9 · Ezek 17:10 · Zech 11:17 · Isa 19:7 · Jer 12:4 · Job 8:12 · Job 18:16 · Ps 102:12 10×

Infinitive absolute Ezek 17:10 · Zech 11:17 2×

Infinitive construct Gen 8:7 1×

Piel intensive active — emphasizes thoroughness or repeated action 2×

Imperfect Job 15:30 · Prov 17:22 2×

Hebrew Verb Forms

How this verb appears across 55 occurrences in the Hebrew OT (OSHB Leningrad Codex).

Aspect / Form

Perfect 37 Imperfect 15 Infinitive absolute 2 Infinitive construct 1

Stem

Qal 27 Hiphil 26 Piel 2

Mood

Indicative 37 Indicative/jussive 11 Indicative/cohortative 4

OT Occurrences

Aspect in Hebrew reflects grammatical form, not tense. "Perfect" (Perfective) typically denotes completed action; "Imperfect" (Imperfective) denotes incomplete or ongoing action. Stem modifies the action type (Qal=simple, Niphal=passive, Piel=intensive, etc.).

Morphology: OSHB WLC (Open Scriptures, CC BY 4.0) · STEPBible TEHMC (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0)

Word Pictures (Robertson)

A.T. Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) discusses this term in the following chapters. Open any chapter and go to the Word Pictures tab to read his verse-by-verse commentary.

John 15 — The True Vine, Abiding Fruitfulness, Christlike Love, and the World’s Hatred Mark 11 — The King Comes to Jerusalem: Fig Tree, Temple Judgment, Faith, Forgiveness, and Authority Matthew 21 — The King Enters Jerusalem, Judges Fruitless Religion, and Exposes Rejected-Son Leadership

A.T. Robertson, Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) — public domain

Sources

MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain

Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0

Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0

STEPBible Data — CC BY 4.0

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