יָד

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:

χείρcheir“hand”94%

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

1,617 total

2 Chronicles 25:15מִיָּדֶֽךָ׃ · from your hand
Therefore the anger of the LORD burned against Amaziah, and He sent him a prophet, who said, “Why have you sought this people’s gods, which could not deliver them from your hand?”
2 Chronicles 25:20בְּיָ֑ד · into the hand [of Jehoash]
But Amaziah would not listen, for this had come from God in order to deliver them into the hand of Jehoash, because they had sought the gods of Edom.
2 Chronicles 26:11בְּיַד֙ · by; יַד־ · the direction
Uzziah had an army ready for battle that went out to war by assigned divisions, as recorded by Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the officer under the direction of Hananiah, one of the royal officers.
2 Chronicles 26:13יָדָם֩ · their authority
Under their authority was an army of 307,500 trained for war, a powerful force to support the king against his enemies.
2 Chronicles 26:19וּבְיָד֥וֹ · in his hand
Uzziah, with a censer in his hand to offer incense, was enraged. But while he raged against the priests in their presence in the house of the LORD before the altar of incense, leprosy broke out on his forehead.
2 Chronicles 28:5בְּיַ֣ד · into the hand; בְּיַד־ · into the hand
So the LORD his God delivered Ahaz into the hand of the king of Aram, who attacked him and took many captives to Damascus. Ahaz was also delivered into the hand of the king of Israel, who struck him with great force.
2 Chronicles 28:9בְּיֶדְכֶ֑ם · into your hand
But a prophet of the LORD named Oded was there, and he went out to meet the army that returned to Samaria. “Look,” he said to them, “because of His wrath against Judah, the LORD, the God of your fathers, has delivered them into your hand. But you have slaughtered them in a rage that reaches up to heaven.
2 Chronicles 29:23יְדֵיהֶ֖ם · their hands
Then they brought the goats for the sin offering before the king and the assembly, who laid their hands on them.
2 Chronicles 29:25בְיַד־ · had come from; בְּיַד־ · through
Hezekiah stationed the Levites in the house of the LORD with cymbals, harps, and lyres according to the command of David, of Gad the king’s seer, and of Nathan the prophet. For the command had come from the LORD through His prophets.
2 Chronicles 29:27יְדֵ֔י
And Hezekiah ordered that the burnt offering be sacrificed on the altar. When the burnt offering began, the song of the LORD and the trumpets began as well, accompanied by the instruments of David king of Israel.
2 Chronicles 29:31יֶדְכֶם֙ · yourselves
Then Hezekiah said, “Now that you have consecrated yourselves to the LORD, come near and bring sacrifices and thank offerings to the house of the LORD.” So the assembly brought sacrifices and thank offerings, and all whose hearts were willing brought burnt offerings.
2 Chronicles 30:6מִיַּ֧ד · from
At the command of the king, the couriers went throughout Israel and Judah with letters from the king and his officials, which read: “Children of Israel, return to the LORD, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, so that He may return to those of you who remain, who have escaped the grasp of the kings of Assyria.
2 Chronicles 30:8יָ֣ד
Now do not stiffen your necks as your fathers did. Submit to the LORD and come to His sanctuary, which He has consecrated forever. Serve the LORD your God, so that His fierce anger will turn away from you.
2 Chronicles 30:12יַ֣ד · the power
Moreover, the power of God was on the people in Judah to give them one heart to obey the command of the king and his officials according to the word of the LORD.
2 Chronicles 30:16מִיַּ֖ד · [which they received] from the hand
They stood at their prescribed posts, according to the Law of Moses the man of God. The priests splattered the blood, which they received from the hand of the Levites.
2 Chronicles 31:13מִיַּ֤ד · under the authority
Jehiel, Azaziah, Nahath, Asahel, Jerimoth, Jozabad, Eliel, Ismachiah, Mahath, and Benaiah were overseers under the authority of Conaniah and his brother Shimei, by appointment of King Hezekiah and of Azariah the chief official of the house of God.
2 Chronicles 31:15יָד֡וֹ · his authority
Under his authority, Eden, Miniamin, Jeshua, Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shecaniah faithfully distributed portions to their fellow priests in their cities, according to their divisions, old and young alike.
2 Chronicles 32:13מִיָּדִֽי׃ · from my hand
Do you not know what I and my fathers have done to all the peoples of the lands? Have the gods of these nations ever been able to deliver their land from my hand?
2 Chronicles 32:14מִיָּדִ֑י · from my hand; מִיָּדִֽי׃ · from my hand
Who among all the gods of these nations that my fathers devoted to destruction has been able to deliver his people from my hand? How then can your God deliver you from my hand?
2 Chronicles 32:15מִיָּדִ֖י · from my hand; וּמִיַּ֣ד · or from the hand; מִיָּדִֽי׃ · from my hand
So now, do not let Hezekiah deceive you, and do not let him mislead you like this. Do not believe him, for no god of any nation or kingdom has been able to deliver his people from my hand or from the hand of my fathers. How much less will your God deliver you from my hand!”
2 Chronicles 32:17מִיָּדִ֔י · from my hand; מִיָּדִֽי׃ · from my hand
He also wrote letters mocking the LORD, the God of Israel, and saying against Him: “Just as the gods of the nations did not deliver their people from my hand, so the God of Hezekiah will not deliver His people from my hand.”
2 Chronicles 32:19יְדֵ֥י · hands
They spoke against the God of Jerusalem as they had spoken against the gods of the peoples of the earth—the work of human hands.
2 Chronicles 32:22מִיַּ֛ד · from the hands; וּמִיַּד־ · [and]
So the LORD saved Hezekiah and the people of Jerusalem from the hands of King Sennacherib of Assyria and all others, and He gave them rest on every side.
2 Chronicles 33:8בְּיַד־ · through
I will never again cause the feet of the Israelites to leave the land that I assigned to your fathers, if only they are careful to do all that I have commanded them through Moses—all the laws, statutes, and judgments.”
2 Chronicles 34:9מִיַּ֧ד · from the [people]
So they went to Hilkiah the high priest and gave him the money that had been brought into the house of God, which the Levites who guarded the doors had collected from the people of Manasseh and Ephraim, from all the remnant of Israel, from all Judah and Benjamin, and from the people of Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles 34:10יַד֙ · the hands
They put it into the hands of those supervising the work in the house of the LORD, who in turn gave it to the workmen restoring and repairing the house of the LORD.
2 Chronicles 34:14בְּיַד־ · [given] by
While they were bringing out the money that had been taken into the house of the LORD, Hilkiah the priest found the Book of the Law of the LORD given by Moses.
2 Chronicles 34:16בְּיַד־ · in their hands
Then Shaphan brought the book to the king and reported, “Your servants are doing all that has been placed in their hands.
2 Chronicles 34:17יַד֙ · the hands; יַ֖ד · [and]
They have paid out the money that was found in the house of the LORD and have put it into the hands of the supervisors and workers.”
2 Chronicles 34:25יְדֵיהֶ֑ם · of their hands
…because they have forsaken Me and burned incense to other gods, that they might provoke Me to anger with all the works of their hands. My wrath will be poured out upon this place and will not be quenched.’
2 Chronicles 35:6בְּיַד־ · [given] by
Slaughter the Passover lambs, consecrate yourselves, and make preparations for your fellow countrymen to carry out the word of the LORD given by Moses.”
2 Chronicles 35:11מִיָּדָ֔ם · handed to them
And they slaughtered the Passover lambs, while the priests splattered the blood handed to them and the Levites skinned the animals.
2 Chronicles 36:15בְּיַ֥ד · through
Again and again the LORD, the God of their fathers, sent word to His people through His messengers because He had compassion on them and on His dwelling place.
2 Chronicles 36:17בְּיָדֽוֹ׃ · into the hand [of Nebuchadnezzar]
So He brought up against them the king of the Chaldeans, who put their young men to the sword in the sanctuary, sparing neither young men nor young women, neither elderly nor infirm. God gave them all into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar,
Ezra 1:6בִֽידֵיהֶ֔ם · them
And all their neighbors supported them with articles of silver and gold, with goods and livestock, and with valuables, in addition to all their freewill offerings.
Ezra 1:8יַ֖ד · the hand
Cyrus king of Persia had them brought out by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, who counted them out to Sheshbazzar the prince of Judah.
Ezra 3:10יְדֵ֖י · had prescribed
When the builders had laid the foundation of the temple of the LORD, the priests in their apparel with trumpets, and the Levites (the sons of Asaph) with cymbals, took their positions to praise the LORD, as David king of Israel had prescribed.
Ezra 4:4יְדֵ֣י
Then the people of the land set out to discourage the people of Judah and make them afraid to build.
Ezra 6:22יְדֵיהֶ֔ם · their hands
For seven days they kept the Feast of Unleavened Bread with joy, because the LORD had made them joyful and turned the heart of the king of Assyria toward them to strengthen their hands in the work on the house of the God of Israel.
Ezra 7:6כְּיַד־ · for the hand
…this Ezra came up from Babylon. He was a scribe skilled in the Law of Moses, which the LORD, the God of Israel, had given. The king had granted Ezra all his requests, for the hand of the LORD his God was upon him.
Ezra 7:9כְּיַד־ · hand
He had begun the journey from Babylon on the first day of the first month, and he arrived in Jerusalem on the first day of the fifth month, for the gracious hand of his God was upon him.