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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. Proverbs 31:31יָדֶ֑יהָ · of her hands
    Give her the fruit of her hands, and let her works praise her at the gates.
  2. Ecclesiastes 2:11יָדַ֔י · that my hands
    Yet when I considered all the works that my hands had accomplished and what I had toiled to achieve, I found everything to be futile, a pursuit of the wind; there was nothing to be gained under the sun.
  3. Ecclesiastes 2:24מִיַּ֥ד · from the hand
    Nothing is better for a man than to eat and drink and enjoy his work. I have also seen that this is from the hand of God.
  4. Ecclesiastes 4:1וּמִיַּ֤ד · in the hands
    Again I looked, and I considered all the oppression taking place under the sun. I saw the tears of the oppressed, and they had no comforter; the power lay in the hands of their oppressors, and there was no comforter.
  5. Ecclesiastes 4:5יָדָ֔יו · his hands
    The fool folds his hands and consumes his own flesh.
  6. Ecclesiastes 5:6יָדֶֽיךָ׃ · of your hands
    Do not let your mouth cause your flesh to sin, and do not tell the messenger that your vow was a mistake. Why should God be angry with your words and destroy the work of your hands?
  7. Ecclesiastes 5:14בְּיָד֖וֹ · to pass on
    …or wealth lost in a failed venture, so when that man has a son there is nothing to pass on.
  8. Ecclesiastes 5:15בְּיָדֽוֹ׃ · in his hands
    As a man came from his mother’s womb, so he will depart again, naked as he arrived. He takes nothing for his labor to carry in his hands.
  9. Ecclesiastes 7:18יָדֶ֑ךָ · your hand
    It is good to grasp the one and not let the other slip from your hand. For he who fears God will follow both warnings.
  10. Ecclesiastes 7:26יָדֶ֑יהָ · and whose hands
    And I find more bitter than death the woman who is a snare, whose heart is a net, and whose hands are chains. The man who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is ensnared.
  11. Ecclesiastes 9:1בְּיַ֣ד · hands
    So I took all this to heart and concluded that the righteous and the wise, as well as their deeds, are in God’s hands. Man does not know what lies ahead, whether love or hate.
  12. Ecclesiastes 9:10יָֽדְךָ֛ · with your hands
    Whatever you find to do with your hands, do it with all your might, for in Sheol, where you are going, there is no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom.
  13. Ecclesiastes 10:18יָדַ֖יִם · and in the hands
    Through laziness the roof caves in, and in the hands of the idle, the house leaks.
  14. Ecclesiastes 11:6יָדֶ֑ךָ · your hands
    Sow your seed in the morning, and do not rest your hands in the evening, for you do not know which will succeed, whether this or that, or if both will equally prosper.
  15. Song of Solomon 5:4יָדוֹ֙ · his hand
    My beloved put his hand to the latch; my heart pounded for him.
  16. Song of Solomon 5:5וְיָדַ֣י · My hands
    I rose up to open for my beloved. My hands dripped with myrrh, my fingers with flowing myrrh on the handles of the bolt.
  17. Song of Solomon 5:14יָדָיו֙ · His arms
    His arms are rods of gold set with beryl. His body is polished ivory bedecked with sapphires.
  18. Song of Solomon 7:1יְדֵ֥י
    How beautiful are your sandaled feet, O daughter of the prince! The curves of your thighs are like jewels, the handiwork of a master.
  19. Isaiah 1:12מִיֶּדְכֶ֖ם · of you
    When you come to appear before Me, who has required this of you—this trampling of My courts?
  20. Isaiah 1:15יְדֵיכֶ֖ם · Your hands
    When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide My eyes from you; even though you multiply your prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are covered with blood.
  21. Isaiah 1:25יָדִי֙ · My hand
    I will turn My hand against you; I will thoroughly purge your dross; I will remove all your impurities.
  22. Isaiah 2:8יָדָיו֙ · of their hands
    Their land is full of idols; they bow down to the work of their hands, to what their fingers have made.
  23. Isaiah 3:6יָדֶֽךָ׃ · Take charge
    A man will seize his brother within his father’s house: “You have a cloak—you be our leader! Take charge of this heap of rubble.”
  24. Isaiah 3:11יָדָ֖יו · with what their hands
    Woe to the wicked; disaster is upon them! For they will be repaid with what their hands have done.
  25. Isaiah 5:12יָדָ֖יו · of His hands
    At their feasts are the lyre and harp, tambourines and flutes and wine. They disregard the actions of the LORD and fail to see the work of His hands.
  26. Isaiah 5:25יָד֧וֹ · His hand; יָד֥וֹ · His hand
    Therefore the anger of the LORD burns against His people; His hand is raised against them to strike them down. The mountains quake, and the corpses lie like refuse in the streets. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.
  27. Isaiah 6:6וּבְיָד֖וֹ · and in his hand
    Then one of the seraphim flew to me, and in his hand was a glowing coal that he had taken with tongs from the altar.
  28. Isaiah 8:11הַיָּ֑ד · hand
    For this is what the LORD has spoken to me with a strong hand, instructing me not to walk in the way of this people:
  29. Isaiah 9:12יָד֥וֹ · His hand
    Aram from the east and Philistia from the west have devoured Israel with open mouths. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.
  30. Isaiah 9:17יָד֥וֹ · His hand
    Therefore the Lord takes no pleasure in their young men; He has no compassion on their fatherless and widows. For every one of them is godless and wicked, and every mouth speaks folly. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.
  31. Isaiah 9:21יָד֥וֹ · His hand
    Manasseh devours Ephraim, and Ephraim Manasseh; together they turn against Judah. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.
  32. Isaiah 10:4יָד֥וֹ · His hand
    Nothing will remain but to crouch among the captives or fall among the slain. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.
  33. Isaiah 10:5בְיָדָ֖ם · in their hands
    Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger; the staff in their hands is My wrath.
  34. Isaiah 10:10יָדִ֔י · my hand
    As my hand seized the idolatrous kingdoms whose images surpassed those of Jerusalem and Samaria,
  35. Isaiah 10:13יָדִי֙ · of my hand
    For he says: ‘By the strength of my hand I have done this, and by my wisdom, for I am clever. I have removed the boundaries of nations and plundered their treasures; like a mighty one I subdued their rulers.
  36. Isaiah 10:14יָדִי֙ · My hand
    My hand reached as into a nest to seize the wealth of the nations. Like one gathering abandoned eggs, I gathered all the earth. No wing fluttered, no beak opened or chirped.’”
  37. Isaiah 10:32יָדוֹ֙ · a fist
    Yet today they will halt at Nob, shaking a fist at the mount of Daughter Zion, at the hill of Jerusalem.
  38. Isaiah 11:8יָד֥וֹ
    The infant will play by the cobra’s den, and the toddler will reach into the viper’s nest.
  39. Isaiah 11:11יָד֔וֹ · will extend His hand
    On that day the Lord will extend His hand a second time to recover the remnant of His people from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros, from Cush, from Elam, from Shinar, from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.
  40. Isaiah 11:14יָדָ֔ם · their hands
    They will swoop down on the slopes of the Philistines to the west; together they will plunder the sons of the east. They will lay their hands on Edom and Moab, and the Ammonites will be subject to them.
  41. Isaiah 11:15יָד֛וֹ · His hand
    The LORD will devote to destruction the gulf of the Sea of Egypt; with a scorching wind He will sweep His hand over the Euphrates. He will split it into seven streams for men to cross with dry sandals.
  42. Isaiah 13:2יָ֔ד · your hand
    Raise a banner on a barren hilltop; call aloud to them. Wave your hand, that they may enter the gates of the nobles.
  43. Isaiah 13:7יָדַ֣יִם · hands
    Therefore all hands will fall limp, and every man’s heart will melt.
  44. Isaiah 14:26הַיָּ֥ד · is the hand
    This is the plan devised for the whole earth, and this is the hand stretched out over all the nations.
  45. Isaiah 14:27וְיָד֥וֹ · His hand
    The LORD of Hosts has purposed, and who can thwart Him? His hand is outstretched, so who can turn it back?
  46. Isaiah 17:8יָדָ֑יו · with their hands
    They will not look to the altars they have fashioned with their hands or to the Asherahs and incense altars they have made with their fingers.
  47. Isaiah 19:4בְּיַ֖ד · into the hands
    I will deliver the Egyptians into the hands of a harsh master, and a fierce king will rule over them,” declares the Lord GOD of Hosts.
  48. Isaiah 19:16יַד־ · hand
    In that day the Egyptians will be like women. They will tremble with fear beneath the uplifted hand of the LORD of Hosts, when He brandishes it against them.
  49. Isaiah 19:25יָדַי֙
    The LORD of Hosts will bless them, saying, “Blessed be Egypt My people, Assyria My handiwork, and Israel My inheritance.”