Bible word study

Yacad (Strong’s H3245): Meaning in the Bible

Yacad (יָסַד) is the Hebrew word numbered H3245 in Strong’s concordance of the Bible. Strong’s defines it as to set (literally or figuratively); intensively, to found; reflexively, to sit down together, i.e. settle, consult. In the King James Bible it is translated appoint, take counsel, establish, (lay the, lay for a) found(-ation).

• Original wordיָסַד
• Transliterationyâçad
• Pronunciationyaw-sad'
• Part of speechverb (v)
• Strong’s numberH3245
• LanguageHebrew

The full Strong’s definition

Derivation. a primitive root;

How the King James Bible translates it

Where Yacad appears in the Bible

In the King James Bible’s text tagged with Strong’s numbers, Yacad (H3245) stands behind 46 English renderings in 40 verses across 15 of the 66 books. It is most frequent in Psalms (10), Isaiah (9), Ezra (7).

How the King James Bible renders Yacad, by count

• foundation16 of 46 (35 percent)
• founded8 of 46 (17 percent)
• laid7 of 46 (15 percent)
• foundations4 of 46 (9 percent)
• counsel2 of 46 (4 percent)
• established2 of 46 (4 percent)

Three places to read Yacad

• Joshua 6:26 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.
• Job 38:4 Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.
• 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.

Counts are made at build time from the King James text tagged with Strong’s numbers (eBible.org, public domain). Verses are read from the stored King James text, never typed.

Why the word matters

Every word the biblical writers chose carries weight. Studying Yacad in the original Hebrew lets you read the passages where it appears more carefully, closer to what the first hearers understood, so the meaning is drawn from the text itself rather than from the English alone.

The lexical data on this page comes from the public-domain Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890), a Hebrew and Greek dictionary keyed to the King James Bible. It is a reference tool, not a settled verdict: no single word decides a doctrine, and meaning is finally shaped by how a word is used in its sentences. Read the passages themselves, prayerfully, and in full.

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