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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. Jeremiah 38:23מִיָּדָ֑ם · their grasp; בְיַ֤ד · by
    All your wives and children will be brought out to the Chaldeans. And you yourself will not escape their grasp, for you will be seized by the king of Babylon, and this city will be burned down.”
  2. Jeremiah 39:11בְּיַ֛ד · through
    Now Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had given orders about Jeremiah through Nebuzaradan captain of the guard, saying,
  3. Jeremiah 39:17בְּיַ֣ד · into the hands
    But I will deliver you on that day, declares the LORD, and you will not be delivered into the hands of the men whom you fear.
  4. Jeremiah 40:4יָדֶךָ֒ · your wrists
    But now, behold, I am freeing you today from the chains that were on your wrists. If it pleases you to come with me to Babylon, then come, and I will take care of you. But if it seems wrong to you to come with me to Babylon, go no farther. Look, the whole land is before you. Wherever it seems good and right to you, go there.”
  5. Jeremiah 41:5בְּיָדָ֔ם
    …eighty men who had shaved off their beards, torn their garments, and cut themselves came from Shechem, Shiloh, and Samaria, carrying grain offerings and frankincense for the house of the LORD.
  6. Jeremiah 41:9בְּיַד־ · along with
    Now the cistern into which Ishmael had thrown all the bodies of the men he had struck down along with Gedaliah was a large one that King Asa had made for fear of Baasha king of Israel. Ishmael son of Nethaniah filled it with the slain.
  7. Jeremiah 42:11מִיָּדֽוֹ׃ · from him
    Do not be afraid of the king of Babylon, whom you now fear; do not be afraid of him, declares the LORD, for I am with you to save you and deliver you from him.
  8. Jeremiah 43:3בְיַֽד־ · into the hands
    Rather, Baruch son of Neriah is inciting you against us to deliver us into the hands of the Chaldeans, so that they may put us to death or exile us to Babylon!”
  9. Jeremiah 43:9בְּיָדְךָ֞
    “In the sight of the Jews, pick up some large stones and bury them in the clay of the brick pavement at the entrance to Pharaoh’s palace at Tahpanhes.
  10. Jeremiah 44:8יְדֵיכֶ֔ם · of your hands
    Why are you provoking Me to anger by the work of your hands by burning incense to other gods in the land of Egypt, where you have gone to reside? As a result, you will be cut off and will become an object of cursing and reproach among all the nations of the earth.
  11. Jeremiah 44:25וּבִידֵיכֶ֣ם · with your hands
    This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: As for you and your wives, you have spoken with your mouths and fulfilled with your hands your words: ‘We will surely perform our vows that we have made to burn incense to the Queen of Heaven and to pour out drink offerings to her.’ Go ahead, then, do what you have promised! Keep your vows!
  12. Jeremiah 44:30בְּיַ֣ד · into the hands; וּבְיַ֖ד; בְּיַ֨ד · into the hand
    This is what the LORD says: Behold, I will deliver Pharaoh Hophra king of Egypt into the hands of his enemies who seek his life, just as I delivered Zedekiah king of Judah into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the enemy who was seeking his life.”
  13. Jeremiah 46:6יַ֣ד
    “The swift cannot flee, and the warrior cannot escape! In the north by the River Euphrates they stumble and fall.
  14. Jeremiah 46:24בְּיַ֥ד · into the hands
    The Daughter of Egypt will be put to shame; she will be delivered into the hands of the people of the north.”
  15. Jeremiah 46:26בְּיַד֙ · into the hands; וּבְיַ֛ד; וּבְיַד־
    I will deliver them into the hands of those who seek their lives—of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and his officers. But after this, Egypt will be inhabited as in days of old, declares the LORD.
  16. Jeremiah 47:3יָדָֽיִם׃ · their hands
    …at the sound of the galloping hooves of stallions, the rumbling of chariots, and the clatter of their wheels. The fathers will not turn back for their sons; their hands will hang limp.
  17. Jeremiah 48:37יָדַ֙יִם֙ · hand
    For every head is shaved and every beard is clipped; on every hand is a gash, and around every waist is sackcloth.
  18. Jeremiah 50:1בְּיַ֖ד · through
    This is the word that the LORD spoke through Jeremiah the prophet concerning Babylon and the land of the Chaldeans:
  19. Jeremiah 50:15יָדָ֔הּ · her hands in surrender
    Raise a war cry against her on every side! She has thrown up her hands in surrender; her towers have fallen; her walls are torn down. Since this is the vengeance of the LORD, take out your vengeance upon her; as she has done, do the same to her.
  20. Jeremiah 50:43יָדָ֑יו · and his hands
    The king of Babylon has heard the report, and his hands hang limp. Anguish has gripped him, pain like that of a woman in labor.
  21. Jeremiah 51:7בְּיַד־ · in the hand
    Babylon was a gold cup in the hand of the LORD, making the whole earth drunk. The nations drank her wine; therefore the nations have gone mad.
  22. Jeremiah 51:25יָדִ֜י · My hand
    “Behold, I am against you, O destroying mountain, you who devastate the whole earth, declares the LORD. I will stretch out My hand against you; I will roll you over the cliffs and turn you into a charred mountain.
  23. Lamentations 1:7בְּיַד־ · hands
    In the days of her affliction and wandering Jerusalem remembers all the treasures that were hers in days of old. When her people fell into enemy hands she received no help. Her enemies looked upon her, laughing at her downfall.
  24. Lamentations 1:10יָדוֹ֙ · has seized
    The adversary has seized all her treasures. For she has seen the nations enter her sanctuary—those You had forbidden to enter Your assembly.
  25. Lamentations 1:14בְּיָד֗וֹ · by His hand; בִּידֵ֖י · into the hands
    My transgressions are bound into a yoke, knit together by His hand; they are draped over my neck, and the Lord has broken my strength. He has delivered me into the hands of those I cannot withstand.
  26. Lamentations 1:17בְּיָדֶ֗יהָ · her hands
    Zion stretches out her hands, but there is no one to comfort her. The LORD has decreed against Jacob that his neighbors become his foes. Jerusalem has become an unclean thing among them.
  27. Lamentations 2:7בְּיַד־ · into the hand
    The Lord has rejected His altar; He has abandoned His sanctuary; He has delivered the walls of her palaces into the hand of the enemy. They have raised a shout in the house of the LORD as on the day of an appointed feast.
  28. Lamentations 2:8יָד֖וֹ · His hand
    The LORD determined to destroy the wall of the Daughter of Zion. He stretched out a measuring line and did not withdraw His hand from destroying. He made the ramparts and walls lament; together they waste away.
  29. Lamentations 3:3יָד֖וֹ · His hand
    Indeed, He keeps turning His hand against me all day long.
  30. Lamentations 3:64יְדֵיהֶֽם׃ · of their hands
    You will pay them back what they deserve, O LORD, according to the work of their hands.
  31. Lamentations 4:2יְדֵ֥י · hands
    How the precious sons of Zion, once worth their weight in pure gold, are now esteemed as jars of clay, the work of a potter’s hands!
  32. Lamentations 4:6יָדָֽיִם׃ס · a hand
    The punishment of the daughter of my people is greater than that of Sodom, which was overthrown in an instant without a hand turned to help her.
  33. Lamentations 4:10יְדֵ֗י · The hands
    The hands of compassionate women have cooked their own children, who became their food in the destruction of the daughter of my people.
  34. Lamentations 5:6יָ֔ד
    We submitted to Egypt and Assyria to get enough bread.
  35. Lamentations 5:8מִיָּדָֽם׃ · from their hands
    Slaves rule over us; there is no one to deliver us from their hands.
  36. Lamentations 5:12בְּיָדָ֣ם · by their hands
    Princes have been hung up by their hands; elders receive no respect.
  37. Ezekiel 1:3יַד־ · hand
    …the word of the LORD came directly to Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the River Kebar. And there the LORD’s hand was upon him.
  38. Ezekiel 1:8וְיָדוֹ · hands
    Under their wings on their four sides they had human hands. All four living creatures had faces and wings,
  39. Ezekiel 2:9יָ֖ד · a hand
    Then I looked and saw a hand reaching out to me, and in it was a scroll,
  40. Ezekiel 3:14וְיַד־ · hand
    So the Spirit lifted me up and took me away, and I went in bitterness and in the anger of my spirit, with the strong hand of the LORD upon me.
  41. Ezekiel 3:18מִיָּדְךָ֥ · and I will hold you
    If I say to the wicked man, ‘You will surely die,’ but you do not warn him or speak out to warn him from his wicked way to save his life, that wicked man will die in his iniquity, and I will hold you responsible for his blood.
  42. Ezekiel 3:20מִיָּדְךָ֥ · And I will hold you
    Now if a righteous man turns from his righteousness and commits iniquity, and I put a stumbling block before him, he will die. If you did not warn him, he will die in his sin, and the righteous acts he did will not be remembered. And I will hold you responsible for his blood.
  43. Ezekiel 3:22יַד־ · the hand
    And there the hand of the LORD was upon me, and He said to me, “Get up, go out to the plain, and there I will speak with you.”
  44. Ezekiel 6:14יָדִי֙ · My hand
    I will stretch out My hand against them, and wherever they live I will make the land a desolate waste, from the wilderness to Diblah. Then they will know that I am the LORD.’”