To found
יָסַדStrong’s H3245yasad (ya-sad)
Appears in 42 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Yasad is the Hebrew word usually translated “it was founded”, “founded” and “founded it”. It appears in 42 verses of the Old Testament.
“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.”
Meaning
- To found, fix, establish, lay foundation(Qal) to found, establish, begin · (Niphal) · (Piel) · (Pual) to be founded, be laid · (Hophal) to be founded
How it's translated
- it was founded 5
- and founded 3
- he founded it 3
- to found 2
- he had appointed 2
- founded 2
- was founded it 1
- he will found it 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Psalms 10
- Isaiah 8
- 1 Kings 4
- Ezra 4
- 2 Chronicles 3
- Zechariah 3
16 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Zechariah 8:9In contextThus 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 12:1In contextThe 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.
- Exodus 9:18Behold, 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.
- Joshua 6:26And 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 5:17And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly stones, and hewed stones, to lay the foundation of the house.
- 1 Kings 6:37In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of the LORD laid, in the month Zif:
All 42 verses, by book
Hebrew dictionary
יָסַד yasad · to found
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
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “found” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
FOUND, verb transitive
[Latin fundo, fundare; Heb. to build, that is, to set, found erect.]
- To lay the basis of any thing; to set, or place, as on something solid for support.“It fell not, for it was founded on a rock” Matthew 7:25
- To begin and build; to lay the foundation, and raise a superstructure; as, to found a city.
- To set or place; to establish, as on something solid or durable; as, to found a government on principles of liberty.
- To begin; to form or lay the basis; as, to found a college or a library.
All definitions and other forms of “found”
- To give birth to; to originate; as, to found an art or a family.
- To set; to place; to establish on a basis.
- To fix firmly.
FOUND, verb transitive
[Latin fundo, fudi, fusum.]
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.