Yaad means “agree” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Strong's H3259 יָעַד (ya`ad) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. ya`ad (yaw-ad') v. 1. to fix upon (by agreement or appointment) 2. (by implication) to meet (at a stated time) It has 29 linked Bible usages across 13 books. Visible English usage signals include meet, time, and upon. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
ya`ad (yaw-ad') v. 1. to fix upon (by agreement or appointment) 2. (by implication) to meet (at a stated time) 3. (of court) to summon 4. to direct (in a certain quarter or position) 5. (of marriage) to engage, betroth [a primitive root] KJV: agree, (make an) appoint(-ment,a time), assemble (selves), betroth, gather (selves, together), meet (together), set (a time).
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to appoint
Usage: 1) to fix, appoint, assemble, meet, set, betroth 1a)(Qal) to appoint, assign, designate 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to meet 1b2) to meet by appointment 1b3) to gather, assemble by appointment 1c) (Hiphil) to cause to meet 1d) (Hophal) to be set, be placed before, be fixed
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render ya`ad, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
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29 indexed usages in Old Testament.
If she please not her master, who hath betrothed her to himself, then shall he let her be redeemed: to sell her unto a strange nation he shall have no power, seeing he hath dealt deceitfully with her.
And if he have betrothed her unto his son, he shall deal with her after the manner of daughters.
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 testimony, of all things which I will give thee in commandment unto the children of Israel.
First 29 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H3259.
If she please not her master, who hath betrothed her to himself, then shall he let her be redeemed: to sell her unto a strange nation he shall have no power, seeing he hath dealt deceitfully with her.
And if he have betrothed her unto his son, he shall deal with her after the manner of daughters.
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 testimony, of all things which I will give thee in commandment unto the children of Israel.
This shall be a continual burnt offering throughout your generations at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the LORD: where I will meet you, to speak there unto thee.
And there I will meet with the children of Israel, and the tabernacle shall be sanctified by my glory.
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.
And thou shalt beat some of it very small, and put of it before the testimony in the tabernacle of the congregation, where I will meet with thee: it shall be unto you most holy.
And when they shall blow with them, all the assembly shall assemble themselves to thee at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
And if they blow but with one trumpet, then the princes, which are heads of the thousands of Israel, shall gather themselves unto thee.
I the LORD have said, I will surely do it unto all this evil congregation, that are gathered together against me: in this wilderness they shall be consumed, and there they shall die.
For which cause both thou and all thy company are gathered together against the LORD: and what is Aaron, that ye murmur against him?
And thou shalt lay them up in the tabernacle of the congregation before the testimony, where I will meet with you.
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 in his own sin, and had no sons.
And when all these kings were met together, they came and pitched together at the waters of Merom, to fight against Israel.
So Amasa went to assemble the men of Judah: but he tarried longer than the set time which he had appointed him.
And king Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel, that were assembled unto him, were with him before the ark, sacrificing sheep and oxen, that could not be told nor numbered for multitude.
Also king Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel that were assembled unto him before the ark, sacrificed sheep and oxen, which could not be told nor numbered for multitude.
That Sanballat and Geshem sent unto me, saying, Come, let us meet together in some one of the villages in the plain of Ono. But they thought to do me mischief.
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, within the temple, and let us shut the doors of the temple: for they will come to slay thee; yea, in the night will they come to slay thee.
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 Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite: for they had made an appointment together to come to mourn with him and to comfort him.
If I speak of strength, lo, he is strong: and if of judgment, who shall set me a time to plead?
For, lo, the kings were assembled, they passed by together.
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 Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, and the princes of Judah, with the carpenters and smiths, from Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon.
How can it be quiet, seeing the LORD hath given it a charge against Ashkelon, and against the sea shore? there hath he appointed it.
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 is a chosen man, that I may appoint over her? for who is like me? and who will appoint me the time? and who is that shepherd that will stand before me?
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 a chosen man, that I may appoint over her? for who is like me? and who will appoint me the time? and who is that shepherd that will stand before me?
Go thee one way or other, either on the right hand, or on the left, whithersoever thy face is set.
Can two walk together, except they be agreed?
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.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's H3259, grouped by book.
Yaad (Strong's H3259) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "agree". ya`ad (yaw-ad') v. 1. to fix upon (by agreement or appointment) 2. (by implication) to meet (at a stated time)
This page currently indexes 29 linked usages for Strong's H3259 across 13 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H3259 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as meet, time, and upon. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.