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:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

1,617 total
  1. Ezekiel 7:17הַיָּדַ֖יִם · hand
    Every hand will go limp, and every knee will turn to water.
  2. Ezekiel 7:21בְּיַֽד־
    And I will hand these things over as plunder to foreigners and loot to the wicked of the earth, who will defile them.
  3. Ezekiel 7:27וִידֵ֥י · and the hands
    The king will mourn, the prince will be clothed with despair, and the hands of the people of the land will tremble. I will deal with them according to their conduct, and I will judge them by their own standards. Then they will know that I am the LORD.’”
  4. Ezekiel 8:1יַ֖ד · the hand
    In the sixth year, on the fifth day of the sixth month, I was sitting in my house, and the elders of Judah were sitting before me; and there the hand of the Lord GOD fell upon me.
  5. Ezekiel 8:3יָ֔ד · a hand
    He stretched out what looked like a hand and took me by the hair of my head. Then the Spirit lifted me up between earth and heaven and carried me in visions of God to Jerusalem, to the entrance of the north gate of the inner court, where the idol that provokes jealousy was seated.
  6. Ezekiel 8:11בְּיָד֑וֹ · in his hand
    Before them stood seventy elders of the house of Israel, with Jaazaniah son of Shaphan standing among them. Each had a censer in his hand, and a fragrant cloud of incense was rising.
  7. Ezekiel 9:1בְּיָדֽוֹ׃ · in hand
    Then I heard Him call out in a loud voice, saying, “Draw near, O executioners of the city, each with a weapon of destruction in hand.”
  8. Ezekiel 9:2בְּיָד֔וֹ · in his hand
    And I saw six men coming from the direction of the Upper Gate, which faces north, each with a weapon of slaughter in his hand. With them was another man clothed in linen who had a writing kit at his side. And they came in and stood beside the bronze altar.
  9. Ezekiel 10:7יָד֜וֹ · his hand
    Then one of the cherubim reached out his hand and took some of the fire that was among them. And he put it into the hands of the man clothed in linen, who received it and went out.
  10. Ezekiel 10:8יַד־ · hands
    (The cherubim appeared to have the form of human hands under their wings.)
  11. Ezekiel 10:12וִֽידֵיהֶ֖ם · hands
    Their entire bodies, including their backs, hands, and wings, were full of eyes all around, as were their four wheels.
  12. Ezekiel 10:21יְדֵ֣י · hands
    Each had four faces and four wings, with what looked like human hands under their wings.
  13. Ezekiel 11:9בְּיַד־ · into the hands
    I will bring you out of the city and deliver you into the hands of foreigners, and I will execute judgments against you.
  14. Ezekiel 12:7בְּיָ֑ד · by hand
    So I did as I was commanded. I brought out my bags for exile by day, and in the evening I dug through the wall by hand. I took my belongings out at dusk, carrying them on my shoulder as they watched.
  15. Ezekiel 13:9יָדִ֗י · My hand
    My hand will be against the prophets who see false visions and speak lying divinations. They will not belong to the council of My people or be recorded in the register of the house of Israel, nor will they enter the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the Lord GOD.
  16. Ezekiel 13:18יָדַ֗י
    …and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: Woe to the women who sew magic charms on their wrists and make veils for the heads of people of every height, in order to ensnare their souls. Will you ensnare the souls of My people but preserve your own?
  17. Ezekiel 13:21מִיֶּדְכֶ֔ן · from your hands; בְּיֶדְכֶ֖ן · in your hands
    I will also tear off your veils and deliver My people from your hands, so that they will no longer be prey in your hands. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
  18. Ezekiel 13:22יְדֵ֣י
    Because you have disheartened the righteous with your lies, even though I have caused them no grief, and because you have encouraged the wicked not to turn from their evil ways to save their lives,
  19. Ezekiel 13:23מִיֶּדְכֶ֔ן · from your hands
    …therefore you will no longer see false visions or practice divination. I will deliver My people from your hands. Then you will know that I am the LORD.”
  20. Ezekiel 14:9יָדִי֙ · My hand
    But if the prophet is enticed to speak a message, then it was I the LORD who enticed him, and I will stretch out My hand against him and destroy him from among My people Israel.
  21. Ezekiel 14:13יָדִי֙ · My hand
    “Son of man, if a land sins against Me by acting unfaithfully, and I stretch out My hand against it to cut off its supply of food, to send famine upon it, and to cut off from it both man and beast,
  22. Ezekiel 16:11יָדַ֔יִךְ · your wrists
    I adorned you with jewelry, and I put bracelets on your wrists and a chain around your neck.
  23. Ezekiel 16:27יָדִי֙ · My hand
    Therefore I stretched out My hand against you and reduced your portion. I gave you over to the desire of those who hate you, the daughters of the Philistines, who were ashamed of your lewd conduct.
  24. Ezekiel 16:39בְּיָדָ֗ם · into the hands [of your lovers]
    Then I will deliver you into the hands of your lovers, and they will level your mounds and tear down your lofty shrines. They will strip off your clothes, take your fine jewelry, and leave you naked and bare.
  25. Ezekiel 16:49וְיַד־
    Now this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed, and complacent; they did not help the poor and needy.
  26. Ezekiel 17:18יָד֛וֹ · his hand in pledge
    He despised the oath by breaking the covenant. Seeing that he gave his hand in pledge yet did all these things, he will not escape!’
  27. Ezekiel 18:8יָד֑וֹ · but he withholds his hand
    He does not engage in usury or take excess interest, but he withholds his hand from iniquity and executes true justice between men.
  28. Ezekiel 18:17יָד֗וֹ · his hand
    He withholds his hand from harming the poor and takes no interest or usury. He keeps My ordinances and follows My statutes. Such a man will not die for his father’s iniquity. He will surely live.
  29. Ezekiel 20:5יָדִ֗י; יָדִ֤י · hand
    …and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: On the day I chose Israel, I swore an oath to the descendants of the house of Jacob and made Myself known to them in the land of Egypt. With an uplifted hand I said to them, ‘I am the LORD your God.’
  30. Ezekiel 20:6יָדִי֙
    On that day I swore to bring them out of the land of Egypt into a land that I had searched out for them, a land flowing with milk and honey, the glory of all lands.
  31. Ezekiel 20:15יָדִ֛י · with an uplifted hand
    Moreover, with an uplifted hand I swore to them in the wilderness that I would not bring them into the land that I had given them—a land flowing with milk and honey, the glory of all lands—
  32. Ezekiel 20:22יָדִ֔י · My hand
    But I withheld My hand and acted for the sake of My name, so that it would not be profaned in the eyes of the nations in whose sight I had brought them out.
  33. Ezekiel 20:23יָדִ֛י
    However, with an uplifted hand I swore to them in the wilderness that I would scatter them among the nations and disperse them throughout the lands.
  34. Ezekiel 20:28יָדִ֔י
    When I brought them into the land that I swore to give them and they saw any high hill or leafy tree, there they offered their sacrifices, presented offerings that provoked Me, sent up their fragrant incense, and poured out their drink offerings.
  35. Ezekiel 20:33בְּיָ֨ד · hand
    As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, with a strong hand, an outstretched arm, and outpoured wrath I will rule over you.
  36. Ezekiel 20:34בְּיָ֤ד · hand
    With a strong hand, an outstretched arm, and outpoured wrath I will bring you out from the peoples and gather you from the lands to which you have been scattered.
  37. Ezekiel 20:42יָדִ֔י
    Then you will know that I am the LORD, when I bring you into the land of Israel, the land that I swore to give your fathers.
  38. Ezekiel 21:7יָדַ֜יִם · hand
    And when they ask, ‘Why are you groaning?’ you are to say, ‘Because of the news that is coming. Every heart will melt, and every hand will go limp. Every spirit will faint, and every knee will turn to water.’ Yes, it is coming and it will surely happen, declares the Lord GOD.”
  39. Ezekiel 21:11בְּיַד־ · in the hand
    The sword is appointed to be polished, to be grasped in the hand. It is sharpened and polished, to be placed in the hand of the slayer.
  40. Ezekiel 21:19וְיָ֣ד · a signpost
    “Now you, son of man, mark out two roads for the sword of the king of Babylon to take, both starting from the same land. And make a signpost where the road branches off to each city.
  41. Ezekiel 21:31בְּיַד֙
    I will pour out My anger upon you; I will breathe the fire of My fury against you; I will hand you over to brutal men, skilled in destruction.
  42. Ezekiel 22:14יָדַ֔יִךְ · your hands
    Will your courage endure or your hands be strong in the day I deal with you? I, the LORD, have spoken, and I will act.
  43. Ezekiel 23:9בְּיַד־ · into the hands; בְּיַד֙
    Therefore I delivered her into the hands of her lovers, the Assyrians for whom she lusted.
  44. Ezekiel 23:28בְּיַ֖ד · into the hands; בְּיַ֛ד
    For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Surely I will deliver you into the hands of those you hate, from whom you turned away in disgust.
  45. Ezekiel 23:31בְּיָדֵֽךְ׃ס · into your hand
    Because you have followed the path of your sister, I will put her cup into your hand.’
  46. Ezekiel 23:37בִּֽידֵיהֶ֔ן · is on their hands
    For they have committed adultery, and blood is on their hands. They have committed adultery with their idols. They have even sacrificed their children, whom they bore to Me, in the fire as food for their idols.