Strong's #3426: yesh (pronounced yaysh)
perhaps from an unused root meaning to stand out, or exist; entity; used adverbially or as a copula for the substantive verb (1961); there is or are (or any other form of the verb to be, as may suit the connection):--(there) are, (he, it, shall, there, there may, there shall, there should) be, thou do, had, hast, (which) hath, (I, shalt, that) have, (he, it, there) is, substance, it (there) was, (there) were, ye will, thou wilt, wouldest.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:
ׁ
yêsh
1) being, existence, substance, there is or are
1a) substance
1b) existence
1c) there is or are
Part of Speech: substantive
Relation: perhaps from an unused root meaning to stand out, or exist
Usage:
This word is used 136 times:
Proverbs 20:15: " There is and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel."
Proverbs 23:18: "For there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off."
Proverbs 24:14: "be unto thy soul: when thou hast found it, then there shall be a reward, and thy expectation shall not be cut off."
Ecclesiastes 1:10: " Is there whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it"
Ecclesiastes 2:13: "Then I that that wisdom excelleth folly,"
Ecclesiastes 2:21: "For there is a man whose labor is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity;"
Ecclesiastes 4:8: " There is alone, and there is not a second; yea, he hath neither child nor brother:"
Ecclesiastes 4:9: "than one; because they have a good reward for their labor."
Ecclesiastes 5:13: " There is evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept"
Ecclesiastes 6:1: " There is which I have seen under the sun, and it is common"
Ecclesiastes 6:11: "Seeing there be many things that increase vanity, what is man"
Ecclesiastes 7:15: "things have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a just man that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is"
Ecclesiastes 7:15: "a just man that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that prolongeth his life in his wickedness."
Ecclesiastes 8:6: "Because purpose there is time and judgment, therefore the misery"
Ecclesiastes 8:14: " There is which is done upon the earth; that there be"
Ecclesiastes 8:14: "upon the earth; that there be just men, unto whom it happeneth"
Ecclesiastes 8:14: "men, unto whom it happeneth according to the work of the wicked; again, there be wicked men, to whom it happeneth"
Ecclesiastes 9:4: "to all the living there is hope: for a living dog"
Ecclesiastes 10:5: " There is which I have seen under the sun, as an error which proceedeth"
Isaiah 43:8: "Bring forth people that have eyes, and the deaf that have ears."
Isaiah 44:8: "thee from that time, and have declared it? ye are even my witnesses. Is there a God beside"
Jeremiah 5:1: "ye can find a man, if there be any that executeth judgment, that seeketh the truth;"
Jeremiah 14:22: " Are there of the Gentiles that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers?"
Jeremiah 23:26: "How long shall this be in the heart of the prophets that prophesy lies? yea, they are prophets"
Jeremiah 27:18: "and if the word of the LORD be with them, let them now make intercession to the LORD"
Jeremiah 31:6: "For there shall be a day, that the watchmen upon the mount Ephraim shall cry, Arise"
Jeremiah 31:16: "and thine eyes from tears: for thy work shall be rewarded, saith"
Jeremiah 31:17: " And there is in thine end, saith the LORD, that thy children shall come again to their own border."
Jeremiah 37:17: "him secretly in his house, and said, Is there any word from the LORD?"
Jeremiah 37:17: "from the LORD? And Jeremiah said, There is: for, said he, thou shalt be delivered into the hand"
Jeremiah 41:8: "Slay us not: for we have treasures in the field, of wheat, and of barley,"
Lamentations 1:12: "ye that pass by? behold, and see if there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow, which"
Lamentations 3:29: "in the dust; if so be there may be hope."
Jonah 4:11: "Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than sixscore thousand"
Micah 2:1: "is light, they practice it, because it is in the power of their hand."
Malachi 1:14: "But cursed which hath in his flock a male, and voweth, and sacrificeth unto the Lord"
