Hebrew word

yârash

yaw-rash'

יָרַשׁ

What it means

to occupy

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

Where it comes from

or יָרֵשׁ; a primitive root

How the King James translates it

possess71
drive27
inherit18
possessed18
cast10
heir7
possession4
succeeded3

Every place it appears 192

Genesis15:4 21:10 22:17 24:60 28:4

Exodus34:24

Leviticus20:24 25:46

Numbers13:30 14:12 21:24 21:32 21:35 27:11 32:21 32:39 33:52 33:53 33:55 36:8

Deuteronomy1:8 1:21 2:12 2:21 2:22 2:24 2:31 3:12 3:18 3:20 4:1 4:22 4:26 4:38 4:47 6:18 7:1 8:1 9:1 9:3 9:4 9:5 9:6 9:23 10:11 11:8 11:10 11:11 11:23 11:29 11:31 12:1 12:2 12:29 16:20 17:14 18:12 18:14 19:1 21:1 25:19 26:1 30:5 31:3 33:23

Joshua1:11 1:15 3:10 8:7 12:1 13:6 13:13 14:12 15:14 15:63 16:10 17:12 17:13 17:18 18:3 19:47 21:43 23:5 23:9 23:13 24:4 24:8

Judges1:19 1:20 1:21 1:27 1:28 1:29 1:30 1:31 1:33 2:6 2:21 2:23 3:13 11:21 11:22 11:23 11:24 18:7 18:9

1 Samuel2:7

2 Samuel14:7

1 Kings14:24 21:15 21:16 21:18 21:19 21:26

2 Kings16:3 17:8 17:24 21:2

1 Chronicles28:8

2 Chronicles20:7 20:11 28:3 33:2

Ezra9:11 9:12

Nehemiah9:15 9:22 9:24 9:25

Job13:26 20:15

Psalms25:13 37:9 37:11 37:22 37:29 37:34 44:2 44:3 105:44

Proverbs20:13 23:21 30:9 30:23

Isaiah14:21 34:11 34:17 54:3 57:13 60:21 61:7 63:18 65:9

Jeremiah8:10 32:23 49:1 49:2

Ezekiel7:24 33:24 33:25 33:26 35:10 36:12

Hosea9:6

Amos2:10 9:12

Obadiah1:17 1:19 1:20

Micah1:15

Habakkuk1:6

Zechariah9:4