יְסוֹד
yᵉçôwd · yes-ode'
a foundation (literally or figuratively)
Lexicon
Derivation: from H3245 (יָסַד);
a foundation (literally or figuratively)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: bottom, foundation, repairing
Letters
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- סSamekh60
Picture: a prop or pillar
- Concrete
- pillar · prop · thorn
- Extended
- to support · to uphold · to turn around · to be trusted
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the hand that works › to support and uphold › to fasten and establish › the doorway, the way in
The hand that works that works to support and uphold that works to fasten and establish of the doorway, the way in.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of יְסוֹד above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
19 occurrences · 19 OT · 0 NT · 12 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- at the bottom6 · 30%
- thereof at the bottom2 · 10%
- whose foundation2 · 10%
- the foundations2 · 10%
- the bottom1 · 5%
- of the foundation1 · 5%
- laid upon him, and the repairing1 · 5%
- it, even to the foundation1 · 5%
- foundation1 · 5%
- so that the foundation1 · 5%
- and her foundations1 · 5%
- the foundation1 · 5%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.