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יָד

yadhandHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentNoun1,617 occurrences36 books1,445 verses

Definition

a primitive word; a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from H3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote [as follows]
Traditional renderings: ( be) able, × about, armholes, at, axletree, because of, beside, border, × bounty, broad, (broken-) handed, × by, charge, coast, consecrate, creditor, custody, debt, dominion, × enough, fellowship, force, × from, hand(-staves, -y work), × he, himself, × in, labour, large, ledge, (left-) handed, means, × mine, ministry, near, × of, × order, ordinance, × our, parts, pain, power, × presumptuously, service, side, sore, state, stay, draw with strength, stroke, swear, terror, × thee, × by them, × themselves, × thine own, × thou, through, × throwing, thumb, times, × to, × under, × us, × wait on, (way-) side, where, wide, × with (him, me, you), work, yield, × yourselves.

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders יָד:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

1,617 total
  1. 1 Samuel 24:4בְּיָדֶ֔ךָ · into your hand
    So David’s men said to him, “This is the day about which the LORD said to you, ‘Behold, I will deliver your enemy into your hand, that you may do with him as you wish.’” Then David crept up and stealthily cut off a corner of Saul’s robe.
  2. 1 Samuel 24:6יָדִ֖י · my hand
    So he said to his men, “The LORD forbid that I should do such a thing to my master, the LORD’s anointed. May I never lift my hand against him, since he is the LORD’s anointed.”
  3. 1 Samuel 24:10בְּיָדִי֙ · into my hand; יָדִי֙ · my hand
    Behold, this day you have seen with your own eyes that the LORD delivered you into my hand in the cave. I was told to kill you, but I spared you and said, ‘I will not lift my hand against my lord, since he is the LORD’s anointed.’
  4. 1 Samuel 24:11בְּיָדִ֑י · in my hand; בְּיָדִ֜י · in my hands
    See, my father, look at the corner of your robe in my hand. For I cut it off, but I did not kill you. Know and see that there is no evil or rebellion in my hands. I have not sinned against you, even though you are hunting me down to take my life.
  5. 1 Samuel 24:12וְיָדִ֖י · but my hand
    May the LORD judge between you and me, and may the LORD take vengeance on you, but my hand will never be against you.
  6. 1 Samuel 24:13וְיָדִ֖י · But my hand
    As the old proverb says, ‘Wickedness proceeds from the wicked.’ But my hand will never be against you.
  7. 1 Samuel 24:15מִיָּדֶֽךָ׃פ · from your hand
    May the LORD be our judge and decide between you and me. May He take notice and plead my case and deliver me from your hand.”
  8. 1 Samuel 24:18בְּיָדְךָ֖ · into your hand
    And you have declared this day how you have treated me well, for when the LORD delivered me into your hand, you did not kill me.
  9. 1 Samuel 24:20בְּיָ֣דְךָ֔ · in your hands
    Now I know for sure that you will be king and that the kingdom of Israel will be established in your hands.
  10. 1 Samuel 25:8יָֽדְךָ֙
    Ask your young men, and they will tell you. So let my young men find favor with you, for we have come on the day of a feast. Please give whatever you can spare to your servants and to your son David.’”
  11. 1 Samuel 25:26יָדְךָ֖ · with your own hand
    Now, my lord, as surely as the LORD lives and you yourself live, since the LORD has held you back from bloodshed and from avenging yourself with your own hand, may your enemies and those who seek harm for my lord be like Nabal.
  12. 1 Samuel 25:33יָדִ֖י · by my own hand
    Blessed is your discernment, and blessed are you, because today you kept me from bloodshed and from avenging myself by my own hand.
  13. 1 Samuel 25:35מִיָּדָ֔הּ · from her hand
    Then David accepted from her hand what she had brought him, and he said to her, “Go home in peace. See, I have heeded your voice and granted your request.”
  14. 1 Samuel 25:39מִיַּ֣ד · against
    On hearing that Nabal was dead, David said, “Blessed be the LORD, who has upheld my cause against the reproach of Nabal and has restrained His servant from evil. For the LORD has brought the wickedness of Nabal down upon his own head.” Then David sent word to Abigail, asking her to become his wife.
  15. 1 Samuel 26:8בְּיָדֶ֑ךָ · into your hand
    Abishai said to David, “Today God has delivered your enemy into your hand. Now, therefore, please let me thrust the spear through him into the ground with one stroke. I will not need to strike him twice!”
  16. 1 Samuel 26:9יָד֛וֹ · a hand
    But David said to Abishai, “Do not destroy him, for who can extend a hand against the LORD’s anointed and be guiltless?”
  17. 1 Samuel 26:11יָדִ֖י · my hand
    But the LORD forbid that I should extend my hand against the LORD’s anointed. Instead, take the spear and water jug by his head, and let us go.”
  18. 1 Samuel 26:18בְּיָדִ֖י · is in my hand
    And he continued, “Why is my lord pursuing his servant? What have I done? What evil is in my hand?
  19. 1 Samuel 26:23בְּיָ֔ד · into [my] hand; יָדִ֖י · my hand
    May the LORD repay every man for his righteousness and faithfulness. For the LORD delivered you into my hand today, but I would not extend my hand against the LORD’s anointed.
  20. 1 Samuel 27:1בְּיַד־ · by the hand; מִיָּדֽוֹ׃ · out of his hand
    David, however, said to himself, “One of these days now I will be swept away by the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than to escape to the land of the Philistines. Then Saul will stop searching for me all over Israel, and I will slip out of his hand.”
  21. 1 Samuel 28:15בְּיַֽד־ · by
    Then Samuel said to Saul, “Why have you disturbed me by bringing me up?” “I am deeply distressed,” replied Saul. “The Philistines are fighting against me, and God has turned away from me. He no longer answers me, either by prophets or by dreams. So I have called on you to tell me what to do.”
  22. 1 Samuel 28:17בְּיָדִ֑י · through me; מִיָּדֶ֔ךָ · out of your hand
    He has done exactly what He spoke through me: The LORD has torn the kingdom out of your hand and given it to your neighbor David.
  23. 1 Samuel 28:19בְּיַד־ · into the hand; בְּיַד־ · into the hand
    Moreover, the LORD will deliver Israel with you into the hand of the Philistines, and tomorrow you and your sons will be with me. And the LORD will deliver the army of Israel into the hand of the Philistines.”
  24. 1 Samuel 30:15בְּיַד־ · into the hand
    “Will you lead me to these raiders?” David asked. And the man replied, “Swear to me by God that you will not kill me or deliver me into the hand of my master, and I will lead you to them.”
  25. 1 Samuel 30:23בְּיָדֵֽנוּ׃ · into our hands
    But David said, “My brothers, you must not do this with what the LORD has given us. He has protected us and delivered into our hands the raiders who came against us.
  26. 2 Samuel 1:14יָֽדְךָ֔ · your hand
    So David asked him, “Why were you not afraid to lift your hand to destroy the LORD’s anointed?”
  27. 2 Samuel 2:7יְדֵיכֶ֗ם
    Now then, be strong and courageous, for though Saul your lord is dead, the house of Judah has anointed me as their king.”
  28. 2 Samuel 3:8בְּיַד־ · into the hand
    Abner was furious over Ish-bosheth’s accusation. “Am I the head of a dog that belongs to Judah?” he asked. “All this time I have been loyal to the house of your father Saul, to his brothers, and to his friends. I have not delivered you into the hand of David, but now you accuse me of wrongdoing with this woman!
  29. 2 Samuel 3:12יָדִ֣י · my hand [will be]
    Then Abner sent messengers on his behalf to say to David, “To whom does the land belong? Make your covenant with me, and surely my hand will be with you to bring all Israel over to you.”
  30. 2 Samuel 3:18בְּיַ֣ד׀ · Through; מִיַּ֣ד · from the hands; וּמִיַּ֖ד · [and]
    Now take action, because the LORD has said to David, ‘Through My servant David I will save My people Israel from the hands of the Philistines and of all their enemies.’”
  31. 2 Samuel 3:34יָדֶ֣ךָ · Your hands
    Your hands were not bound, your feet were not fettered. As a man falls before the wicked, so also you fell.” And all the people wept over him even more.
  32. 2 Samuel 4:1יָדָ֑יו · courage
    Now when Ish-bosheth son of Saul heard that Abner had died in Hebron, he lost courage, and all Israel was dismayed.
  33. 2 Samuel 4:11מִיֶּדְכֶ֔ם · your hands
    How much more, when wicked men kill a righteous man in his own house and on his own bed, shall I not now require his blood from your hands and remove you from the earth!”
  34. 2 Samuel 4:12יְדֵיהֶם֙ · their hands
    So David commanded his young men, and they killed Rechab and Baanah. They cut off their hands and feet and hung their bodies by the pool in Hebron, but they took the head of Ish-bosheth and buried it in Abner’s tomb in Hebron.
  35. 2 Samuel 5:19בְּיָדִ֑י · into my hand; בְּיָדֶֽךָ׃ · into your hand
    So David inquired of the LORD, “Should I go up against the Philistines? Will You deliver them into my hand?” “Go up,” replied the LORD, “for I will surely deliver the Philistines into your hand.”
  36. 2 Samuel 8:1מִיַּ֥ד · from the hand
    Some time later, David defeated the Philistines, subdued them, and took Metheg-ammah from the hand of the Philistines.
  37. 2 Samuel 8:3יָד֖וֹ · his dominion
    David also defeated Hadadezer son of Rehob, king of Zobah, who had marched out to restore his dominion along the Euphrates River.
  38. 2 Samuel 8:10וּבְיָד֗וֹ · with him
    …he sent his son Joram to greet King David and bless him for fighting and defeating Hadadezer, who had been at war with Toi. Joram brought with him articles of silver and gold and bronze,
  39. 2 Samuel 10:2בְּיַד־
    And David said, “I will show kindness to Hanun son of Nahash, just as his father showed kindness to me.” So David sent some of his servants to console Hanun concerning his father. But when they arrived in the land of the Ammonites,
  40. 2 Samuel 10:10בְּיַ֖ד · under the command
    And he placed the rest of the troops under the command of his brother Abishai, who arrayed them against the Ammonites.
  41. 2 Samuel 11:14בְּיַ֥ד
    The next morning David wrote a letter to Joab and sent it with Uriah.