Strong's Lexicon

H3465

H3465 — יָשָׁן

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

HebrewyashanadjectiveOccurrences: 6TWOT: 928b

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H3465
Word:	יָשָׁן
Part of Speech:	adjective
Etymology:	from H3462
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	6
Transliteration:	yashan
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	yaw-shawn'
Meaning:	1. old
KJV Renderings:	old.

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יָשָׁן adjective old (originally, as it seems, withered, flabby , like a lifeless plant with top hanging down, as if in sleep; compare

Niph`al above, and Late Hebrew יָשַׁן Pi`ellet a thing grow old ) — יָשָׁן Lev 25:22 + 3 t.; feminine יָשָׁנָה Isa 22:11 + 2 t.; plural יְשָׁנִים Song 7:14 — old: הַבְּרֵכָה הַיְשָׁנָה Isa 22:11 שַׁעַר הַיְשָׁנָה Neh 3:6 so Neh 12:39 of choice fruits, Song 7:14 (opposed to חדשׁ); substantive old harvest, store, Lev 25:22 (twice in verse); Lev 26:12 (twice in verse) ( H ; opposed to חדשׁ).

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

ישן (yah-shahn’)

Leviticus 25:22

KJV: And ye shall sow the eighth year, and eat yet of old fruit until the ninth year; until her fruits come in ye shall eat of the old store.

EHCC: eat (yet) of old fruit

Leviticus 26:10

KJV: And ye shall eat old store, and bring forth the old because of the new.

EHCC: ye shall eat old store, and bring forth the

Nehemiah 3:6

KJV: Moreover the old gate repaired Jehoiada the son of Paseah, and Meshullam the son of Besodeiah; they laid the beams thereof, and set up the doors thereof, and the locks thereof, and the bars thereof.

EHCC: the old gate repaired

Nehemiah 12:39

KJV: And from above the gate of Ephraim, and above the old gate, and above the fish gate, and the tower of Hananeel, and the tower of Meah, even unto the sheep gate: and they stood still in the prison gate.

EHCC: above the old gate,

Song of Songs 7:13

KJV: The mandrakes give a smell, and at our gates are all manner of pleasant fruits, new and old, which I have laid up for thee, O my beloved.

EHCC: (14). new and old,

Isaiah 22:11

KJV: Ye made also a ditch between the two walls for the water of the old pool: but ye have not looked unto the maker thereof, neither had respect unto him that fashioned it long ago.

EHCC: the water of the old pool:

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