יְסוֹד yesod
Hebrew word for “foundation” · Strong’s H3247 · used 19 times in 19 verses
Meaning
1) foundation, base; 1a) foundation; 1b) base, bottom
Senses in the lexicon
- foundation (18)
- (Gate of the) Foundation (1)
How it is translated
Glosses given for yesod in context, with how often each is used:
- base 9
- foundation 5
- foundations 5
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leviticus | 8 | 0.7 | |
| Job | 2 | 0.2 | |
| Ezekiel | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Exodus | 1 | 0.1 | |
| 2 Chronicles | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Psalms | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Proverbs | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Lamentations | 1 | 0.6 | |
| Micah | 1 | 0.7 | |
| Habakkuk | 1 | 1.5 |
Chapters where it is used most
Leviticus 4 (5), Exodus 29 (1), Leviticus 5 (1), Leviticus 8 (1), Leviticus 9 (1), 2 Chronicles 23 (1), Job 4 (1), Job 22 (1), Psalms 137 (1), Proverbs 10 (1)
Forms
- יסוד 11
- יסודם 2
- היסוד 2
- יסודתיה 2
- יסדו 1
- ויסדיה 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with yesod more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- קֶרֶן qeren “horn” 8
- אֶצְבַּע etsba “finger” 6
- דָּם dam “blood” 9
- מִזְבֵּחַ mizbeach “altar” 9
- שָׁפַךְ shaphakh “to pour” 7
- עֹלָה olah “burnt offering” 5
- לָקַח laqach “to take” 6
- יָצַק yatsaq “to pour” 3
- עָרָה arah “to uncover” 2
- כֹּהֵן kohen “priest” 4
- חַטָּאת chattat “sin” 3
- הָרַס haras “to overthrow” 2
Key verses
The verses using yesod that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Exodus 29:12 — And thou shalt take of the blood of the bullock, and put it upon the horns of the altar with thy finger, and pour all the blood beside the bottom of the altar.
- Leviticus 4:7 — And the priest shall put some of the blood upon the horns of the altar of sweet incense before the LORD, which is in the tabernacle of the congregation; and…
- Leviticus 4:25 — And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin offering with his finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and shall pour out his…
- Leviticus 4:34 — And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin offering with his finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and shall pour out all…
- Leviticus 8:15 — And he slew it; and Moses took the blood, and put it upon the horns of the altar round about with his finger, and purified the altar, and poured the blood at…
- Job 4:19 — How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth?
- Job 22:16 — Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood:
- Psalms 137:7 — Remember, O LORD, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation thereof.
- Proverbs 10:25 — As the whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no but the righteous is an everlasting foundation.
- Lamentations 4:11 — The LORD hath accomplished his fury; he hath poured out his fierce anger, and hath kindled a fire in Zion, and it hath devoured the foundations thereof.
- Micah 1:6 — Therefore I will make Samaria as an heap of the field, and as plantings of a vineyard: and I will pour down the stones thereof into the valley, and I will…
- Habakkuk 3:13 — Thou wentest forth for the salvation of thy people, even for salvation with thine anointed; thou woundedst the head out of the house of the wicked, by…
See all 19 verses in the Word Atlas
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.