יָעַד yaad
Hebrew word for “to appoint” · Strong’s H3259 · used 29 times in 29 verses
Meaning
1) to fix, appoint, assemble, meet, set, betroth;
How it is translated
Glosses given for yaad in context, with how often each is used:
- will meet 5
- will he summon 3
- will gather together 2
- who were gathered 2
- us meet 2
- set 2
- designated 1
- will designate 1
- which has gathered 1
- ones who have gathered 1
- meet 1
- which gathered 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Exodus | 7 | 0.4 | |
| Numbers | 6 | 0.4 | |
| Jeremiah | 4 | 0.2 | |
| Nehemiah | 2 | 0.4 | |
| Job | 2 | 0.2 | |
| Joshua | 1 | 0.1 | |
| 2 Samuel | 1 | 0.1 | |
| 1 Kings | 1 | 0.1 | |
| 2 Chronicles | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Psalms | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Ezekiel | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Amos | 1 | 0.5 |
Also in 1 more book.
Chapters where it is used most
Exodus 21 (2), Exodus 29 (2), Exodus 30 (2), Numbers 10 (2), Nehemiah 6 (2), Exodus 25 (1), Numbers 14 (1), Numbers 16 (1), Numbers 17 (1), Numbers 27 (1)
Forms
- אועד 4
- הנועדים 4
- יעדה 3
- ונועדו 2
- ויועדו 2
- נועדו 2
- ייעדנה 1
- ונועדתי 1
- ונעדתי 1
- הנעדים 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with yaad more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- עֵדָה edah “congregation” 6
- שָׁם sham “there” 8
- יָחְדָּו yachdav “together” 5
- עֵדוּת edut “testimony” 4
- מוֹעֵד moed “meeting” 5
- אֲרוֹן aron “ark” 4
- אִם im “if” 6
- אֹהֶל ohel “tent” 4
- מִי mi “who?” 4
- הִנֵּה hinneh “behold” 5
- רָגַע raga “to rest” 2
- אֵיתָן etan “strong” 2
Key verses
The verses using yaad that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Exodus 25:22 — And there I will meet with thee, and I will commune with thee from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubims which are upon the ark of the…
- Exodus 29:43 — And there I will meet with the children of Israel, and the tabernacle shall be sanctified by my glory.
- Exodus 30:6 — And thou shalt put it before the vail that is by the ark of the testimony, before the mercy seat that is over the testimony, where I will meet with thee.
- Numbers 27:3 — Our father died in the wilderness, and he was not in the company of them that gathered themselves together against the LORD in the company of Korah; but died…
- Nehemiah 6:10 — Afterward I came unto the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah the son of Mehetabeel, who was shut up; and he said, Let us meet together in the house of God,…
- Job 2:11 — Now when Job’s three friends heard of all this evil that was come upon him, they came every one from his own place; Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the…
- Job 9:19 — If I speak of strength, lo, he is strong: and if of judgment, who shall set me a time to plead?
- Psalms 48:4 — For, lo, the kings were assembled, they passed by together.
- Jeremiah 24:1 — The LORD shewed me, and, behold, two baskets of figs were set before the temple of the LORD, after that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon had carried away captive…
- Jeremiah 49:19 — Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan against the habitation of the strong: but I will suddenly make him run away from her: and who…
- Jeremiah 50:44 — Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan unto the habitation of the strong: but I will make them suddenly run away from her: and who is…
- Micah 6:9 — The LORD’s voice crieth unto the city, and the man of wisdom shall see thy name: hear ye the rod, and who hath appointed it.
See all 29 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.