יָסַד yasad

Hebrew word for “to found” · Strong’s H3245 · used 43 times in 42 verses

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Meaning

1) to found, fix, establish, lay foundation;

How it is translated

Glosses given for yasad in context, with how often each is used:

• founded 15
• found 3
• have established 3
• had appointed 2
• founding 2
• who founded 2
• will found 1
• when founded 1
• when founded i 1
• seat themselves 1
• when they seated themselves 1
• which he founded 1

Where it is used

Also in 4 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Ezra 3 (4), Psalms 104 (2), Isaiah 51 (2), Exodus 9 (1), Joshua 6 (1), 1 Kings 5 (1), 1 Kings 6 (1), 1 Kings 7 (1), 1 Kings 16 (1), 1 Chronicles 9 (1)

Forms

• יסד 10
• יסדה 6
• יסדת 3
• הוסד 2
• יסדתם 2
• ויסד 2
• הוסדה 1
• ייסדנה 1
• ליסד 1
• ומיסד 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with yasad more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• בָּנָה banah “to build” 8
• שָׁמַיִם shamayim “heaven” 8
• הֵיכָל hekhal “temple” 5
• יָקָר yaqar “precious” 3
• אֶבֶן even “stone” 4
• הֵן hen “look!” 4
• עוֹלָם olam “forever” 4
• זֶה zeh “this” 5
• גָּדוֹל gadol “great” 4
• יָחְדָּו yachdav “together” 3
• צִיּוֹן tsiyyon “Zion” 3
• שׂוּם sum “to set” 4

Key verses

The verses using yasad that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• 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…
• Psalms 2:2 — The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying,
• Psalms 31:13 — For I have heard the slander of many: fear was on every side: while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life.
• Psalms 102:25 — Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of thy hands.
• Isaiah 14:32 — What shall one then answer the messengers of the nation? That the LORD hath founded Zion, and the poor of his people shall trust in it.
• 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 foundation: he that believeth…
• 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…
• Isaiah 51:13 — And forgettest the LORD thy maker, that hath stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and hast feared continually every day because…
• 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 of the earth,…
• 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 with sapphires.
• 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…
• 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 of the earth, and formeth the…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.