Yacad means “set” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Strong's H3245 יָסַד (yacad) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. yacad (yaw-sad') v. 1. to set (literally or figuratively) 2. intensively, to found It has 41 linked Bible usages across 16 books. Visible English usage signals include set, founded, together, and appointed. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
yacad (yaw-sad') v. 1. to set (literally or figuratively) 2. intensively, to found 3. reflexively, to sit down together, i.e. settle, consult [a primitive root] KJV: appoint, take counsel, establish, (lay the, lay for a) found(-ation), instruct, lay, ordain, set, X sure.
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to found
Usage: 1) to found, fix, establish, lay foundation 1a) (Qal) to found, establish, begin 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to fix or seat themselves close together, sit in conclave 1b2) to be founded 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to found 1c2) to establish, appoint, ordain 1d) (Pual) to be founded, be laid 1e) (Hophal) to be founded
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41 indexed usages in Old Testament.
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 thereof even until now.
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 thereof in his firstborn, and in his youngest son shall he set up the gates of it.
And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly stones, and hewed stones, to lay the foundation of the house.
First 41 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H3245.
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 thereof even until now.
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 thereof in his firstborn, and in his youngest son shall he set up the gates of it.
And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly stones, and hewed stones, to lay the foundation of the house.
In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of the LORD laid, in the month Zif:
And the foundation was of costly stones, even great stones, stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits.
In his days did Hiel the Bethelite build Jericho: he laid the foundation 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.
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 in their set office.
Now these are the things wherein Solomon was instructed for the building of the house of God. The length by cubits after the first measure was threescore cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits.
In the third month they began to lay the foundation of the heaps, and finished them in the seventh month.
From the first day of the seventh month began they to offer burnt offerings unto the LORD. But the foundation of the temple of the LORD was not yet laid.
And when the builders laid the foundation 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.
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.
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 before their eyes, wept with a loud voice; and many shouted aloud for joy:
And the drinking was according to the law; none did compel: for so the king had appointed to all the officers of his house, that they should do according to every man's pleasure.
Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.
The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying,
Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.
For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods.
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.
And he built his sanctuary like high palaces, like the earth which he hath established for ever.
The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: as for the world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them.
Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of thy hands.
Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be removed for ever.
They go up by the mountains; they go down by the valleys unto the place which thou hast founded for them.
Concerning thy testimonies, I have known of old that thou hast founded them for ever.
The LORD by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath he established the heavens.
His legs are as pillars of marble, set upon sockets of fine gold: his countenance is as Lebanon, excellent as the cedars.
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.
Behold the land of the Chaldeans; this people was not, till the Assyrian founded 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.
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 shall not make haste.
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.
Mine hand also hath laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand hath spanned the heavens: when I call unto them, they stand up together.
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 of the fury of the oppressor, as if he were ready to destroy? and where is the fury of the oppressor?
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, and say unto Zion, Thou art my people.
O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colours, and lay thy foundations with sapphires.
It is he that buildeth his stories in the heaven, and hath founded 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.
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 them for correction.
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, consider it.
The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house; his hands shall also finish it; and thou shalt know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me unto you.
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, that the temple might be built.
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 spirit of man within him.
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Yacad (Strong's H3245) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "set". yacad (yaw-sad') v. 1. to set (literally or figuratively) 2. intensively, to found
This page currently indexes 41 linked usages for Strong's H3245 across 16 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H3245 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as set, founded, together, and appointed. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.