Word study
Laid
18 Hebrew and 5 Greek words behind this English word
The original-language words that the Berean Standard Bible translates with “laid”. English often uses one word where Hebrew or Greek has several, each with its own shade of meaning. Under each word are verses where it is translated this way; choose the word itself for its full study: every verse, how else it is translated, the forms it takes and what the dictionaries say.
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How often each original word is translated “laid” or one of its forms.
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Hebrew and Aramaic words (Old Testament)
- יָסַד yâsadestablish, found, fixtranslated this way 12 times of its 43 uses · Strong’s H3245Verb · Translated: founded 6, laid 4, laid the foundations 3, established 3Full study and all 42 verses →
1 Kings 6:37 The foundation of the house of the LORD was laid in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign, in the month of Ziv.
Ezra 3:6 On the first day of the seventh month, the Israelites began to offer burnt offerings to the LORD, although the foundation of the temple of the LORD had not been laid.
- נָתַן nâthangive, put, settranslated this way 8 times of its 1,957 uses · Strong’s H5414Verb · Translated: give 326, gave 206, given 187, put 135Full study and all 1,785 verses →
Genesis 15:10 So Abram brought all these to Him, split each of them down the middle, and laid the halves opposite each other. The birds, however, he did not cut in half.
Exodus 40:18 When Moses set up the tabernacle, he laid its bases, positioned its frames, inserted its crossbars, and set up its posts.
- סָמַךְ sâmaklean, lay, rest, supporttranslated this way 7 times of its 48 uses · Strong’s H5564Verb · Translated: lay 17, laid 6, Sustain 3, sustained 2Full study and all 47 verses →
Leviticus 8:14 Moses then brought the bull near for the sin offering, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on its head.
Numbers 27:23 and laid his hands on him and commissioned him, as the LORD had instructed through Moses.
- שׂוּם sûmput, place, settranslated this way 7 times of its 560 uses · Strong’s H7760Verb · Translated: put 84, set 71, make 45, made 39Full study and all 533 verses →
Numbers 11:11 So Moses asked the LORD, “Why have You brought this trouble on Your servant? Why have I not found favor in Your sight, that You have laid upon me the burden of all these people?
1 Samuel 19:13 Then Michal took a household idol and laid it in the bed, placed some goat hair on its head, and covered it with a garment.
- שָׁכַב shâkablie downtranslated this way 7 times of its 207 uses · Strong’s H7901Verb · Translated: lie 46, rested 35, lies 25, lay 21Full study and all 190 verses →
1 Kings 3:20 So she got up in the middle of the night and took my son from my side while I was asleep. She laid him in her bosom and put her dead son at my bosom.
2 Kings 4:21 And she went up and laid him on the bed of the man of God. Then she shut the door and went out.
- חָרַב chârabbe dry, dried uptranslated this way 6 times of its 38 uses · Strong’s H2717Verb · Translated: dried 7, laid waste 6, dry 4, Kill 2Full study and all 36 verses →
2 Kings 19:17 Truly, O LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste these nations and their lands.
Isaiah 37:18 Truly, O LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all these countries and their lands.
- חָנָה chânâhdecline, bend down, encamptranslated this way 4 times of its 141 uses · Strong’s H2583Verb · Translated: camped 90, camp 18, encamped 11, laid siege 4Full study and all 135 verses →
Joshua 10:31 And Joshua and all Israel with him moved on from Libnah to Lachish. They laid siege to it and fought against it.
1 Samuel 11:1 Then Nahash the Ammonite came up and laid siege to Jabesh-gilead. All the men of Jabesh said to him, “Make a treaty with us, and we will serve you.”
- נוּחַ nûachresttranslated this way 3 times of its 140 uses · Strong’s H5117Verb · Translated: rest 20, leave 10, placed 9, set 7Full study and all 139 verses →
1 Samuel 10:25 Then Samuel explained to the people the rights of kingship. He wrote them on a scroll and laid it up before the LORD. And Samuel sent all the people away, each to his own home.
1 Kings 13:29 So the old prophet lifted up the body of the man of God, laid it on the donkey, and brought it back to his own city to mourn for him and bury him.
- שַׁמָּה shammâhwaste, appalmenttranslated this way 3 times of its 39 uses · Strong’s H8047Noun · Translated: desolation 12, horror 7, object of horror 6, laid waste 3Full study and all 39 verses →
Psalm 73:19 How suddenly they are laid waste, completely swept away by terrors!
Jeremiah 46:19 Pack your bags for exile, O daughter dwelling in Egypt! For Memphis will be laid waste, destroyed and uninhabited.
- שִׁית shîthput, settranslated this way 3 times of its 80 uses · Strong’s H7896Verb · Translated: set 13, make 7, put 6, placed 5Full study and all 78 verses →
Psalm 88:6 You have laid me in the lowest Pit, in the darkest of the depths.
Jeremiah 2:15 The young lions have roared at him; they have sounded their voices. They have laid waste his land; his cities lie in ruins, without inhabitant.
- הָיָה hâyâhfall out, come to pass, become, betranslated this way 2 times of its 2,848 uses · Strong’s H1961Verb · Translated: will be 206, become 178, came 169, was 151Full study and all 2,573 verses →
- צָוָה tsâvâhlay charge (upon), give charge (to), charge, command, ordertranslated this way 2 times of its 491 uses · Strong’s H6680Verb · Translated: commanded 271, command 41, gave 16, instructed 13Full study and all 473 verses →
- קָרָה qârâhencounter, meet, befalltranslated this way 2 times of its 25 uses · Strong’s H7136Verb · Translated: happened 4, met 4, happen 3, laid its beams 2Full study and all 25 verses →
Nehemiah 3:3 The Fish Gate was rebuilt by the sons of Hassenaah. They laid its beams and installed its doors, bolts, and bars.
Nehemiah 3:6 The Jeshanah Gate was repaired by Joiada son of Paseah and Meshullam son of Besodeiah. They laid its beams and installed its doors, bolts, and bars.
- טָמַן ṭâmanhide, concealtranslated this way 2 times of its 31 uses · Strong’s H2934Verb · Translated: hidden 9, hid 4, hide 4, hiding 2Full study and all 29 verses →
Psalm 31:4 You free me from the net laid out for me, for You are my refuge.
Psalm 35:7 For without cause they laid their net for me; without reason they dug a pit for my soul.
- יָקֹשׁ yâqôshlay a bait or luretranslated this way 2 times of its 8 uses · Strong’s H3369Verb · Translated: ensnared 4, fowler 1, laid 1, trapped 1Full study and all 8 verses →
Psalm 141:9 Keep me from the snares they have laid for me, and from the lures of evildoers.
Jeremiah 50:24 I laid a snare for you, O Babylon, and you were caught before you knew it. You were found and captured because you challenged the LORD.
- שָׁדַד shâdaddeal violently with, despoil, devastate, ruintranslated this way 2 times of its 56 uses · Strong’s H7703Verb · Translated: destroyed 11, destroyer 10, destroy 5, devastated 5Full study and all 47 verses →
Isaiah 23:1 This is the burden against Tyre: Wail, O ships of Tarshish, for Tyre is laid waste, without house or harbor. Word has reached them from the land of Cyprus.
Jeremiah 4:20 Disaster after disaster is proclaimed, for the whole land is laid waste. My tents are destroyed in an instant, my curtains in a moment.
- בָּקַק bâqaqbe luxurianttranslated this way 2 times of its 9 uses · Strong’s H1238Verb · Translated: emptied 1, lays waste 1, utterly 1, laid waste 1Full study and all 7 verses →
Isaiah 24:3 The earth will be utterly laid waste and thoroughly plundered. For the LORD has spoken this word.
Nahum 2:2 For the LORD will restore the splendor of Jacob like the splendor of Israel, though destroyers have laid them waste and ruined the branches of their vine.
- שָׁמֵם shâmêmbe desoleted, appalledtranslated this way 2 times of its 85 uses · Strong’s H8074Verb · Translated: appalled 17, desolate 10, deserted 5, desolation 4Full study and all 81 verses →
Jeremiah 12:11 They have made it a desolation; desolate before Me, it mourns. All the land is laid waste, but no man takes it to heart.
Ezekiel 25:3 Tell the Ammonites to hear the word of the Lord GOD, for this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because you exclaimed, “Aha!” when My sanctuary was profaned, when the land of Israel was laid waste, and when the house of Judah went into exile,
Greek words (New Testament)
- τίθημι títhēmiI put, placetranslated this way 11 times of its 98 uses · Strong’s G5087Verb · Translated: put 18, placed 12, lay 12, laid 10Full study and all 94 verses →
Mark 6:56 And wherever He went — villages and towns and countrysides — they laid the sick in the marketplaces and begged Him just to let them touch the fringe of His cloak. And all who touched Him were healed.
Luke 6:48 He is like a man building a house, who dug down deep and laid his foundation on the rock. When the flood came, the torrent crashed against that house but could not shake it, because it was well built.
- ἐπιτίθημι epitíthēmiI put, place upon, lay ontranslated this way 6 times of its 37 uses · Strong’s G2007Verb · Translated: laid 6, place 5, placed 5, lay 4Full study and all 36 verses →
Matthew 21:7 They brought the donkey and the colt and laid their cloaks on them, and Jesus sat on them.
Acts 6:6 They presented these seven to the apostles, who prayed and laid their hands on them.
- κεῖμαι keîmaiI lie, recline, am laidtranslated this way 3 times of its 23 uses · Strong’s G2749Verb · Translated: lying 5, lies ready 2, appointed 2, laid 2Full study and all 23 verses →
Luke 12:19 Then I will say to myself, “You have plenty of good things laid up for many years. Take it easy. Eat, drink, and be merry!”’
1 Corinthians 3:11 For no one can lay a foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ.
- ἐρημόω erēmóōI destroy, strip, robtranslated this way 2 times of its 5 uses · Strong’s G2049Verb · Translated: laid waste 2, destroyed 2, desolate 1Full study and all 5 verses →
Matthew 12:25 Knowing their thoughts, Jesus said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself will be laid waste, and every city or household divided against itself will not stand.
Luke 11:17 Knowing their thoughts, Jesus said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself will be laid waste, and a house divided against a house will fall.
- ἐπιβάλλω epibállōI throw upon, lay, strike upontranslated this way 2 times of its 18 uses · Strong’s G1911Verb · Translated: seized 4, sews 2, laid 2Full study and all 18 verses →
John 7:30 So they tried to seize Him, but no one laid a hand on Him, because His hour had not yet come.
John 7:44 Some of them wanted to seize Him, but no one laid a hand on Him.
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Scripture text and translation counts: Berean Standard Bible. Full entry: Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906, public domain), in the digital edition Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced by unfoldingWord (Joel Ruark, J. de Joode), based on data by Eliran Wong and Stephen Ku; its additions are used under CC BY 4.0. Strong’s Hebrew Dictionary: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew-to-English verse numbering: original work of the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible available at https://github.com/openscriptures/morphhb, CC BY 4.0. We reformatted the data, linked the references to this site’s Bible text and left out words in other scripts that the source holds only as images. These are historical reference works; an entry gives its authors’ view, and a word’s meaning in any verse depends on how it is used there.