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יָסַד H3245
H3245 is the Hebrew word יָסַד, transliterated yâçad and said yaw-sad'. The King James Version most often renders it foundation.
What it means
to set (literally or figuratively); intensively, to found; reflexively, to sit down together, i.e. settle, consult.
Where it comes from
a primitive root.
How the King James Version translates it
Across 29 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: appoint, take counsel, establish, (lay the, lay for a) found(-ation), instruct, lay, ordain, set, [idiom] sure.
Verses using יָסַד
All 37 verses, quoted in full.
Joshua 6:26 · KJV
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.
1 Kings 5:17 · KJV
And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly stones, and hewed stones, to lay the foundation of the house.
1 Kings 6:37 · KJV
In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of the LORD laid, in the month Zif:
1 Kings 7:10 · KJV
And the foundation was of costly stones, even great stones, stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits.
1 Kings 16:34 · KJV
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.
1 Chronicles 9:22 · KJV
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.
2 Chronicles 3:3 · KJV
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.
2 Chronicles 31:7 · KJV
In the third month they began to lay the foundation of the heaps, and finished them in the seventh month.
Ezra 3:6 · KJV
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.
Ezra 3:10 · KJV
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.
Ezra 3:11 · KJV
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.
Ezra 3:12 · KJV
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:
Esther 1:8 · KJV
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.
Job 38:4 · KJV
Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.
Psalm 2:2 · KJV
The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying,
Psalm 8:2 · KJV
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.
Psalm 24:2 · KJV
For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods.
Psalm 31:13 · KJV
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.
Psalm 78:69 · KJV
And he built his sanctuary like high palaces, like the earth which he hath established for ever.
Psalm 102:25 · KJV
Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of thy hands.
Psalm 104:5 · KJV
Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be removed for ever.
Psalm 119:152 · KJV
Concerning thy testimonies, I have known of old that thou hast founded them for ever.
Proverbs 3:19 · KJV
The LORD by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath he established the heavens.
Song of Solomon 5:15 · KJV
His legs are as pillars of marble, set upon sockets of fine gold: his countenance is as Lebanon, excellent as the cedars.
Isaiah 14:32 · KJV
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.
Isaiah 23:13 · KJV
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.
Isaiah 28:16 · KJV
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.
Isaiah 48:13 · KJV
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.
Isaiah 51:13 · KJV
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?
Isaiah 51:16 · KJV
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.
Isaiah 54:11 · KJV
O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colours, and lay thy foundations with sapphires.
Amos 9:6 · KJV
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.
Habakkuk 1:12 · KJV
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.
Haggai 2:18 · KJV
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.
Zechariah 4:9 · KJV
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.
Zechariah 8:9 · KJV
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.
Zechariah 12:1 · KJV
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.
Common questions
What does Strong's H3245 mean?
H3245 is the Hebrew word יָסַד (yâçad), meaning to set (literally or figuratively); intensively, to found; reflexively, to sit down together, i.e. settle, consult.
How is H3245 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it foundation (6 times), founded (5 times), laid (4 times), lay the foundation (3 times), laid the foundation (3 times), among others.
How many times does H3245 appear in the Bible?
יָסַד (yâçad) is tagged in 37 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H3245 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: a primitive root.
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