יָעַד

Strong’s 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)

Etymology & Derivation

a primitive root;

KJV Usage

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

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.to fix, appoint, assemble, meet, set, betroth
• 2.(qal) to appoint, assign, designate
• 3.(niphal)
• 4.(hiphil) to cause to meet
• 5.(hophal) to be set, be placed before, be fixed

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: yâʻad; Pronunciation: yaw-ad'