יַבָּשָׁה
yab.ba.shah
dry land
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredThe Hebrew word yab.ba.shah ( Strong's number: H3004) is defined as "dry land." This term is used geographically to refer to land that is not covered by water. The 14 occurrences of yab.ba.shah in the Bible reveal its range of usage. It is mentioned in contexts that describe the natural world, emphasizing the presence or absence of water to convey various themes and messages. This word can denote solid ground, soil, or landmass, serving as a contrast to the surrounding water. Its usage in the Bible suggests its significance in stories involving sea crossings, landslides, and geographic descriptions of a region.
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Occurrences in Scripture
14 total occurrences across the text
You divided the sea before them, so that they went through the middle of the sea on the dry land; and you cast their pursuers into the depths, as a stone into the mighty waters.
Psalms 66:6He turned the sea into dry land. They went through the river on foot. There, we rejoiced in him.
Isaiah 44:3For I will pour water on him who is thirsty, and streams on the dry ground. I will pour my Spirit on your descendants, and my blessing on your offspring:
Jonah 1:9He said to them, “I am a Hebrew, and I fear Yahweh, the God of heaven, who has made the sea and the dry land.”
Jonah 1:13Nevertheless the men rowed hard to get them back to the land; but they could not, for the sea grew more and more stormy against them.
Jonah 2:10Then Yahweh spoke to the fish, and it vomited out Jonah on the dry land.
Genesis 1:9God said, “Let the waters under the sky be gathered together to one place, and let the dry land appear;” and it was so.
Genesis 1:10God called the dry land “earth”, and the gathering together of the waters he called “seas”. God saw that it was good.
Exodus 4:9It will happen, if they will not believe even these two signs or listen to your voice, that you shall take of the water of the river, and pour it on the dry land. The water which you take out of the river will become blood on the dry land.”
Exodus 14:16Lift up your rod, and stretch out your hand over the sea and divide it. Then the children of Israel shall go into the middle of the sea on dry ground.
Exodus 14:22The children of Israel went into the middle of the sea on the dry ground, and the waters were a wall to them on their right hand, and on their left.
Exodus 14:29But the children of Israel walked on dry land in the middle of the sea, and the waters were a wall to them on their right hand, and on their left.
Exodus 15:19For the horses of Pharaoh went in with his chariots and with his horsemen into the sea, and Yahweh brought back the waters of the sea on them; but the children of Israel walked on dry land in the middle of the sea.
Joshua 4:22Then you shall let your children know, saying, ‘Israel came over this Jordan on dry land.