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יָעַד H3259
H3259 is the Hebrew word יָעַד, transliterated yâʻad and said yaw-ad'. The King James Version most often renders it meet.
What it means
to fix upon (by agreement or appointment); by implication, to meet (at a stated time), to summon (to trial), to direct (in a certain quarter or position), to engage (for marriage).
Where it comes from
a primitive root.
How the King James Version translates it
Across 19 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: agree,(maxke an) appoint(-ment, a time), assemble (selves), betroth, gather (selves, together), meet (together), set (a time).
Verses using יָעַד
All 21 verses, quoted in full.
Exodus 21:8 · KJV
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.
Exodus 21:9 · KJV
And if he have betrothed her unto his son, he shall deal with her after the manner of daughters.
Exodus 25:22 · KJV
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.
Exodus 29:42 · KJV
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.
Exodus 29:43 · KJV
And there I will meet with the children of Israel, and the tabernacle shall be sanctified by my glory.
Exodus 30:36 · KJV
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.
Numbers 10:3 · KJV
And when they shall blow with them, all the assembly shall assemble themselves to thee at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
Numbers 14:35 · KJV
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.
Numbers 16:11 · KJV
For which cause both thou and all thy company are gathered together against the LORD: and what is Aaron, that ye murmur against him?
Numbers 27:3 · KJV
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.
Joshua 11:5 · KJV
And when all these kings were met together, they came and pitched together at the waters of Merom, to fight against Israel.
2 Samuel 20:5 · KJV
So Amasa went to assemble the men of Judah: but he tarried longer than the set time which he had appointed him.
1 Kings 8:5 · KJV
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.
2 Chronicles 5:6 · KJV
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.
Nehemiah 6:2 · KJV
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.
Nehemiah 6:10 · KJV
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.
Job 2:11 · KJV
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.
Psalm 48:4 · KJV
For, lo, the kings were assembled, they passed by together.
Jeremiah 24:1 · KJV
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.
Jeremiah 49:19 · KJV
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?
Jeremiah 50:44 · KJV
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?
Common questions
What does Strong's H3259 mean?
H3259 is the Hebrew word יָעַד (yâʻad), meaning to fix upon (by agreement or appointment); by implication, to meet (at a stated time), to summon (to trial), to direct (in a certain quarter or position), to engage (for marriage).
How is H3259 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it meet (3 times), assembled (3 times), where i will meet (2 times), gathered together (2 times), appoint me the time (2 times), among others.
How many times does H3259 appear in the Bible?
יָעַד (yâʻad) is tagged in 21 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H3259 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: a primitive root.
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