H3331 יַצַע

Strong's Hebrew Concordance · 4 KJV occurrences

יַצַע

yatsaʻ · yaw-tsah'

Definition

to strew as a surface

KJV Renderings

make (one's) bed, [idiom] lie, spread.

Derivation / Etymology

a primitive root;

KJV Verses (4)

Esther 4:3And in every province, whithersoever the king’s commandment and his decree came, there was great mourning among the Jews, and fasting, and weeping, and wailing; and many lay in sackcloth and ashes.
Psalms 139:8If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there.
Isaiah 14:11Thy pomp is brought down to the grave, and the noise of thy viols: the worm is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee.
Isaiah 58:5Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to afflict his soul? is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the LORD?