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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. 2 Kings 5:11יָד֛וֹ · his hand
    But Naaman went away angry, saying, “I thought that he would surely come out, stand and call on the name of the LORD his God, and wave his hand over the spot to cure my leprosy.
  2. 2 Kings 5:18יָדִ֗י · my arm
    Yet may the LORD forgive your servant this one thing: When my master goes into the temple of Rimmon to worship there, and he leans on my arm, and I bow down in the temple of Rimmon, may the LORD forgive your servant in this matter.”
  3. 2 Kings 5:20מִיָּד֖וֹ
    Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, “Look, my master has spared this Aramean, Naaman, by not accepting what he brought. As surely as the LORD lives, I will run after him and get something from him.”
  4. 2 Kings 5:24מִיָּדָ֖ם · the gifts from [the servants]
    When Gehazi came to the hill, he took the gifts from the servants and stored them in the house. Then he dismissed the men, and they departed.
  5. 2 Kings 6:7יָד֖וֹ · his hand
    “Lift it out,” he said, and the man reached out his hand and took it.
  6. 2 Kings 7:2יָד֜וֹ · whose arm
    But the officer on whose arm the king leaned answered the man of God, “Look, even if the LORD were to make windows in heaven, could this really happen?” “You will see it with your own eyes,” replied Elisha, “but you will not eat any of it.”
  7. 2 Kings 7:17יָדוֹ֙ · arm
    Now the king had appointed the officer on whose arm he leaned to be in charge of the gate, but the people trampled him in the gateway, and he died, just as the man of God had foretold when the king had come to him.
  8. 2 Kings 8:8בְּיָֽדְךָ֙ · in your hand
    So the king said to Hazael, “Take a gift in your hand, go to meet the man of God, and inquire of the LORD through him, ‘Will I recover from this illness?’”
  9. 2 Kings 8:9בְיָדוֹ֙ · with him
    So Hazael went to meet Elisha, taking with him a gift of forty camel loads of every good thing from Damascus. And he went in and stood before him and said, “Your son Ben-hadad king of Aram has sent me to ask, ‘Will I recover from this illness?’”
  10. 2 Kings 8:20יַד־ · the hand
    In the days of Jehoram, Edom rebelled against the hand of Judah and appointed their own king.
  11. 2 Kings 8:22יַד־ · the hand of
    So to this day Edom has been in rebellion against the hand of Judah. Likewise, Libnah rebelled at the same time.
  12. 2 Kings 9:1בְּיָדֶ֔ךָ
    Now Elisha the prophet summoned one of the sons of the prophets and said to him, “Tuck your cloak under your belt, take this flask of oil, and go to Ramoth-gilead.
  13. 2 Kings 9:7מִיַּ֥ד · [shed] by the hand
    And you are to strike down the house of your master Ahab, so that I may avenge the blood of My servants the prophets and the blood of all the servants of the LORD shed by the hand of Jezebel.
  14. 2 Kings 9:23יָדָ֖יו
    Joram turned around and fled, calling out to Ahaziah, “Treachery, Ahaziah!”
  15. 2 Kings 9:24יָד֣וֹ
    Then Jehu drew his bow and shot Joram between the shoulders. The arrow pierced his heart, and he slumped down in his chariot.
  16. 2 Kings 9:35הַיָּדָֽיִם׃ · of her hands
    But when they went out to bury her, they found nothing but her skull, her feet, and the palms of her hands.
  17. 2 Kings 9:36בְּיַד־ · through
    So they went back and told Jehu, who replied, “This is the word of the LORD, which He spoke through His servant Elijah the Tishbite: ‘On the plot of ground at Jezreel the dogs will devour the flesh of Jezebel.
  18. 2 Kings 10:10בְּיַ֖ד · through
    Know, then, that not a word the LORD has spoken against the house of Ahab will fail, for the LORD has done what He promised through His servant Elijah.”
  19. 2 Kings 10:15יָדֶ֑ךָ · your hand; יָד֔וֹ · his hand
    When he left there, he found Jehonadab son of Rechab, who was coming to meet him. Jehu greeted him and asked, “Is your heart as true to mine as my heart is to yours?” “It is!” Jehonadab replied. “If it is,” said Jehu, “give me your hand.” So he gave him his hand, and Jehu helped him into his chariot,
  20. 2 Kings 10:24יְדֵיכֶ֔ם · your hands
    And they went in to offer sacrifices and burnt offerings. Now Jehu had stationed eighty men outside and warned them, “If anyone allows one of the men I am delivering into your hands to escape, he will forfeit his life for theirs.”
  21. 2 Kings 11:7הַיָּדוֹת֙ · divisions
    …the two divisions that would go off duty on the Sabbath are to guard the house of the LORD for the king.
  22. 2 Kings 11:8בְּיָד֔וֹ · in hand
    You must surround the king with weapons in hand, and anyone who approaches the ranks must be put to death. You must stay close to the king wherever he goes.”
  23. 2 Kings 11:11בְּיָד֗וֹ · in hand
    And the guards stood with weapons in hand surrounding the king by the altar and the temple, from the south side to the north side of the temple.
  24. 2 Kings 11:16יָדַ֔יִם · [Athaliah]
    So they seized Athaliah as she reached the horses’ entrance to the palace grounds, and there she was put to death.
  25. 2 Kings 12:11יַד · the hands
    Then they would put the counted money into the hands of those who supervised the work on the house of the LORD, who in turn would pay those doing the work—the carpenters, builders,
  26. 2 Kings 12:15יָדָ֔ם
    No accounting was required from the men who received the money to pay the workmen, because they acted with integrity.
  27. 2 Kings 13:3בְּיַ֣ד׀ · into the hands; וּבְיַ֛ד
    So the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He delivered them continually into the hands of Hazael king of Aram and his son Ben-hadad.
  28. 2 Kings 13:5יַד־ · the power
    So the LORD gave Israel a deliverer, and they escaped the power of the Arameans. Then the people of Israel lived in their own homes as they had before.
  29. 2 Kings 13:16יָֽדְךָ֙ · your hand; יָד֑וֹ · his hand on [the bow]; יָדָ֖יו · his hands; יְדֵ֥י · hands
    Then Elisha said to the king of Israel, “Put your hand on the bow.” So the king put his hand on the bow, and Elisha put his hands on the king’s hands.
  30. 2 Kings 13:25מִיַּד֙ · from; מִיַּ֛ד · from
    Then Jehoash son of Jehoahaz took back from Ben-hadad son of Hazael the cities that Hazael had taken in battle from his father Jehoahaz. Jehoash defeated Ben-hadad three times, and so recovered the cities of Israel.
  31. 2 Kings 14:5בְּיָד֑וֹ · in his grasp
    As soon as the kingdom was firmly in his grasp, Amaziah executed the servants who had murdered his father the king.
  32. 2 Kings 14:25בְּיַד־ · through
    This Jeroboam restored the boundary of Israel from Lebo-hamath to the Sea of the Arabah, according to the word that the LORD, the God of Israel, had spoken through His servant Jonah son of Amittai, the prophet from Gath-hepher.
  33. 2 Kings 14:27בְּיַ֖ד · by the hand
    …and since the LORD had said that He would not blot out the name of Israel from under heaven, He saved them by the hand of Jeroboam son of Jehoash.
  34. 2 Kings 15:19יָדָיו֙; בְּיָדֽוֹ׃ · his own grip
    Then Pul king of Assyria invaded the land, and Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver in order to gain his support and strengthen his own grip on the kingdom.
  35. 2 Kings 17:7יַ֖ד · the hand
    All this happened because the people of Israel had sinned against the LORD their God, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. They had worshiped other gods
  36. 2 Kings 17:13בְּיַד֩ · Yet through; בְּיַ֖ד · through
    Yet through all His prophets and seers, the LORD warned Israel and Judah, saying, “Turn from your wicked ways and keep My commandments and statutes, according to the entire Law that I commanded your fathers and delivered to you through My servants the prophets.”
  37. 2 Kings 17:20בְּיַד־ · into the hands
    So the LORD rejected all the descendants of Israel. He afflicted them and delivered them into the hands of plunderers, until He had banished them from His presence.
  38. 2 Kings 17:23בְּיַ֖ד · through
    Finally, the LORD removed Israel from His presence, as He had declared through all His servants the prophets. So Israel was exiled from their homeland into Assyria, where they are to this day.
  39. 2 Kings 17:39מִיַּ֖ד · from the hands
    …but worship the LORD your God, and He will deliver you from the hands of all your enemies.”
  40. 2 Kings 18:29מִיָּדֽוֹ׃ · from my hand
    This is what the king says: Do not let Hezekiah deceive you; he cannot deliver you from my hand.
  41. 2 Kings 18:30בְּיַ֖ד · into the hand
    Do not let Hezekiah persuade you to trust in the LORD when he says, ‘The LORD will surely deliver us; this city will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.’
  42. 2 Kings 18:33מִיַּ֖ד · from the hand
    Has the god of any nation ever delivered his land from the hand of the king of Assyria?