Strong's Hebrew · H3259

H3259 yâʻad

יָעַד

yaw-ad'

agree,(maxke an) appoint(-ment, a time), assemble (selves), betroth, gather (selves, together), meet (together), set (a time).

When yâʻad is spoken over you, Doxa is where you record what was said, in the words it was said in, weigh it against Scripture with people you trust, and return to it in a year.

Definition

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)

Derivation

a primitive root;

Appears 29 times in Scripture

Numbers 10:4

“But if only one is sounded, then the leaders, the heads of the clans of Israel, are to gather before you.”

Numbers 16:11

“Therefore, it is you and all your followers who have conspired against the LORD! As for Aaron, who is he that you should grumble against him?””

Exodus 30:36

“Grind some of it into fine powder and place it in front of the Testimony in the Tent of Meeting, where I will meet with you. It shall be most holy to you.”

Exodus 21:9

“And if he chooses her for his son, he must deal with her as with a daughter.”

Exodus 29:43

“I will also meet with the Israelites there, and that place will be consecrated by My glory.”

Exodus 30:6

“Place the altar in front of the veil that is before the ark of the Testimony—before the mercy seat that is over the Testimony—where I will meet with you.”

Exodus 25:22

“And I will meet with you there above the mercy seat, between the two cherubim that are over the ark of the Testimony; I will speak with you about all that I command you regarding the Israelites.”

Exodus 29:42

“For the generations to come, this burnt offering shall be made regularly at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting before the LORD, where I will meet you to speak with you.”

Numbers 10:3

“When both are sounded, the whole congregation is to assemble before you at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.”

Exodus 21:8

“If she is displeasing in the eyes of her master who had designated her for himself, he must allow her to be redeemed. He has no right to sell her to foreigners, since he has broken faith with her.”

When yâʻad is spoken over you

Words like this one get spoken over people: in a prayer line, in a message from a friend, in a moment nobody planned. The lexicon gives you what yâʻad means. What God is saying to you through it is yours to record and weigh.

Doxa is where you record what was said, in the words it was said in, weigh it against verses like Numbers 10:4 with people you trust, and return to it in a year to see what came of it.

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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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Strong's concordance data derived from the Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA) Hebrew and Greek lexicons. Scripture quotations are from the Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain.

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