Yâçad — H3245

Definition

verb

to set (literally or figuratively); intensively, to found; reflexively, to sit down together, i.e. settle, consult

1. to found, fix, establish, lay foundation
1. (Qal) to found, establish, begin
2. (Niphal)
1. to fix or seat themselves close together, sit in conclave
2. to be founded
3. (Piel)
1. to found
2. to establish, appoint, ordain
4. (Pual) to be founded, be laid
5. (Hophal) to be founded

Usually translated as

foundation, take counsel, lay, ordain, set, sure, appoint, establish, found, instruct

Origin

a primitive root

Greek equivalents

• árchō (G757)
• embállō (G1685)
• epitássō (G2004)
• thélō (G2309)
• themélios (G2310)
• themelióō (G2311)
• hístēmi (G2476)
• katartízō (G2675)
• ktízō (G2936)
• synágō (G4863)

Occurrences

Yâçad occurs 43 times in 41 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Exodus (1), Joshua (1), 1 Kings (4), 1 Chronicles (1), 2 Chronicles (2), Ezra (4), Esther (1), Job (1), Psalms (10), Proverbs (1), Song of Songs (1), Isaiah (8), Amos (1), Habakkuk (1), Haggai (1), Zechariah (3)

• Exodus 9:18 — Behold, to morrow about this time I will cause it to rain a very grievous hail, such as hath not been in Egypt since the foundation (הִוָּסְדָ֖ה) thereof even until now.
• Joshua 6:26 — And Joshua adjured them at that time, saying, Cursed be the man before the LORD, that riseth up and buildeth this city Jericho: he shall lay the foundation (יְיַסְּדֶ֔נָּה) thereof in his firstborn, and in his youngest son shall he set up the gates of it.
• 1 Kings 5:17 — And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly stones, and hewed stones, to lay the foundation (לְיַסֵּ֥ד) of the house.
• 1 Kings 6:37 — In the fourth year was the foundation (יֻסַּ֖ד) of the house of the LORD laid, in the month Zif:
• 1 Kings 7:10 — And the foundation (וּמְיֻסָּ֕ד) was of costly stones, even great stones, stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits.
• 1 Kings 16:34 — In his days did Hiel the Beth-elite build Jericho: he laid the foundation (יִסְּדָ֗הּ) thereof in Abiram his firstborn, and set up the gates thereof in his youngest son Segub, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by Joshua the son of Nun.
• 1 Chronicles 9:22 — All these which were chosen to be porters in the gates were two hundred and twelve. These were reckoned by their genealogy in their villages, whom David and Samuel the seer did ordain (יִסַּ֥ד) in their set office.
• 2 Chronicles 3:3 — Now these are the things wherein Solomon was instructed (הוּסַ֣ד) for the building of the house of God. The length by cubits after the first measure was threescore cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits.
• 2 Chronicles 31:7 — In the third month they began to lay the foundation (לְיִסּ֑וֹד) of the heaps, and finished them in the seventh month.
• Ezra 3:6 — From the first day of the seventh month began they to offer burnt offerings unto the LORD. But the foundation (יֻסָּֽד) of the temple of the LORD was not yet laid.
• Ezra 3:10 — And when the builders laid the foundation (וְיִסְּד֥וּ) of the temple of the LORD, they set the priests in their apparel with trumpets, and the Levites the sons of Asaph with cymbals, to praise the LORD, after the ordinance of David king of Israel.
• Ezra 3:11 — And they sang together by course in praising and giving thanks unto the LORD; because he is good, for his mercy endureth for ever toward Israel. And all the people shouted with a great shout, when they praised the LORD, because the foundation of the house of the LORD was laid (הוּסַ֥ד).
• Ezra 3:12 — But many of the priests and Levites and chief of the fathers, who were ancient men, that had seen the first house, when the foundation of this house was laid (בְּיָסְד֔וֹ) before their eyes, wept with a loud voice; and many shouted aloud for joy:
• Esther 1:8 — And the drinking was according to the law; none did compel: for so the king had appointed (יִסַּ֣ד) to all the officers of his house, that they should do according to every man’s pleasure.
• Job 38:4 — Where wast thou when I laid the foundations (בְּיָסְדִי) of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.
• Psalms 2:2 — The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel (נֽוֹסְדוּ) together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying,
• Psalms 8:2 — Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained (יִסַּ֪דְתָּ֫) strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.
• Psalms 24:2 — For he hath founded (יְסָדָ֑הּ) it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods.
• Psalms 31:13 — For I have heard the slander of many: fear was on every side: while they took counsel (בְּהִוָּסְדָ֣ם) together against me, they devised to take away my life.
• Psalms 78:69 — And he built his sanctuary like high palaces, like the earth which he hath established (יְסָדָ֥הּ) for ever.
• Psalms 89:11 — The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: as for the world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded (יְסַדְתָּֽם) them.
• Psalms 102:25 — Of old hast thou laid the foundation (יָסַ֑דְתָּ) of the earth: and the heavens are the work of thy hands.
• Psalms 104:5 — Who laid (יָֽסַד) the foundations of the earth, that it should not be removed for ever.
• Psalms 104:8 — They go up by the mountains; they go down by the valleys unto the place which thou hast founded (יָסַ֬דְתָּ) for them.
• Psalms 119:152 — Concerning thy testimonies, I have known of old that thou hast founded (יְסַדְתָּֽם) them for ever.
• Proverbs 3:19 — The LORD by wisdom hath founded (יָֽסַד) the earth; by understanding hath he established the heavens.
• Song of Songs 5:15 — His legs are as pillars of marble, set (מְיֻסָּדִ֖ים) upon sockets of fine gold: his countenance is as Lebanon, excellent as the cedars.
• Isaiah 14:32 — What shall one then answer the messengers of the nation? That the LORD hath founded (יִסַּ֣ד) Zion, and the poor of his people shall trust in it.
• Isaiah 23:13 — Behold the land of the Chaldeans; this people was not, till the Assyrian founded (יְסָדָ֣הּ) it for them that dwell in the wilderness: they set up the towers thereof, they raised up the palaces thereof; and he brought it to ruin.
• Isaiah 28:16 — Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay (יִסַּ֥ד) in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.
• Isaiah 28:16 — Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation (מוּסָּ֔ד) a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.
• Isaiah 28:16 — Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure (יִסַּ֥ד) foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.
• Isaiah 44:28 — That saith of Cyrus, He is my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure: even saying to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be built; and to the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid (תִּוָּסֵֽד).
• Isaiah 48:13 — Mine hand also hath laid the foundation (יָ֣סְדָה) of the earth, and my right hand hath spanned the heavens: when I call unto them, they stand up together.
• Isaiah 51:13 — And forgettest the LORD thy maker, that hath stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations (וְיֹסֵ֣ד) of the earth; and hast feared continually every day because of the fury of the oppressor, as if he were ready to destroy? and where is the fury of the oppressor?
• Isaiah 51:16 — And I have put my words in thy mouth, and I have covered thee in the shadow of mine hand, that I may plant the heavens, and lay the foundations (וְלִיסֹ֣ד) of the earth, and say unto Zion, Thou art my people.
• Isaiah 54:11 — O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colours, and lay thy foundations (וִיסַדְתִּ֖יךְ) with sapphires.
• Amos 9:6 — It is he that buildeth his stories in the heaven, and hath founded (יְסָדָ֑הּ) his troop in the earth; he that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD is his name.
• Habakkuk 1:12 — Art thou not from everlasting, O LORD my God, mine Holy One? we shall not die. O LORD, thou hast ordained them for judgment; and, O mighty God, thou hast established (יְסַדְתּֽוֹ) them for correction.
• Haggai 2:18 — Consider now from this day and upward, from the four and twentieth day of the ninth month, even from the day that the foundation of the LORD’s temple was laid (יֻסַּ֥ד), consider it.
• Zechariah 4:9 — The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation (יִסְּד֛וּ) of this house; his hands shall also finish it; and thou shalt know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me unto you.
• Zechariah 8:9 — Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Let your hands be strong, ye that hear in these days these words by the mouth of the prophets, which were in the day that the foundation of the house of the LORD of hosts was laid (יֻסַּ֨ד), that the temple might be built.
• Zechariah 12:1 — The burden of the word of the LORD for Israel, saith the LORD, which stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundation (וְיֹסֵ֣ד) of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him.