Definition
a primitive root; used only as denominative from H3027; literally, to use (i.e. hold out) the hand; physically, to throw (a stone, an arrow) at or away; especially to revere or worship (with extended hands); intensively, to bemoan (by wringing the hands)
Traditional renderings: cast (out), (make) confess(-ion), praise, shoot, (give) thank(-ful, -s, -sgiving).
Traditional renderings: cast (out), (make) confess(-ion), praise, shoot, (give) thank(-ful, -s, -sgiving).
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders יָדָה:
- ἐξομολογέομαιexomologeomai“to agree”71%
- αἰνέωaineō“to praise”14%
- ἀνθομολογέομαιanthomologeomai“to praise”3%
- ὑμνέωhumneō“to praise”3%
- χείρcheir“hand”2%
- ἐπιτίθημιepitithēmi“to put/lay on”2%
- ὁμολογέωhomologeō“to confess/profess”2%
- αἴνεσιςainesis“praise”2%
Usage patterns
Occurrences
114 total
- Psalm 142:7לְהוֹד֪וֹת · that I may praiseFree my soul from prison, that I may praise Your name. The righteous will gather around me because of Your goodness to me.
- Psalm 145:10יוֹד֣וּךָ · will give You thanksAll You have made will give You thanks, O LORD, and Your saints will bless You.
- Proverbs 28:13וּמוֹדֶ֖ה · but whoever confessesHe who conceals his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them will find mercy.
- Isaiah 12:1אוֹדְךָ֣ · I will praise YouIn that day you will say: “O LORD, I will praise You. Although You were angry with me, Your anger has turned away, and You have comforted me.
- Isaiah 12:4הוֹד֤וּ · Give praise…and on that day you will say: “Give praise to the LORD; proclaim His name! Make His works known among the peoples; declare that His name is exalted.
- Isaiah 25:1אוֹדֶ֣ה · I will praiseO LORD, You are my God! I will exalt You; I will praise Your name. For You have worked wonders—plans formed long ago—in perfect faithfulness.
- Isaiah 38:18תּוֹדֶ֖ךָּ · thank YouFor Sheol cannot thank You; Death cannot praise You. Those who descend to the Pit cannot hope for Your faithfulness.
- Isaiah 38:19יוֹדֶ֖ךָ · can thank YouThe living, only the living, can thank You, as I do today; fathers will tell their children about Your faithfulness.
- Jeremiah 33:11הוֹדוּ֩ · Give thanks…the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of the bride and bridegroom, and the voices of those bringing thank offerings into the house of the LORD, saying: ‘Give thanks to the LORD of Hosts, for the LORD is good; His loving devotion endures forever.’ For I will restore the land from captivity as in former times, says the LORD.
- Jeremiah 50:14יְד֣וּ · ShootLine up in formation around Babylon, all you who draw the bow! Shoot at her! Spare no arrows! For she has sinned against the LORD.
- Lamentations 3:53וַיַּדּוּ־ · and castThey dropped me alive into a pit and cast stones upon me.
- Daniel 9:4וָאֶתְוַדֶּ֑ה · and confessedAnd I prayed to the LORD my God and confessed, “O, Lord, the great and awesome God, who keeps His covenant of loving devotion to those who love Him and keep His commandments,
- Daniel 9:20וּמִתְוַדֶּה֙ · confessingWhile I was speaking, praying, confessing my sin and that of my people Israel, and presenting my petition before the LORD my God concerning His holy mountain—
- Zechariah 1:21לְיַדּ֞וֹת · [and] throw down“What are these coming to do?” I asked. And He replied, “These are the horns that scattered Judah so that no one could raise his head; but the craftsmen have come to terrify them and throw down these horns of the nations that have lifted up their horns against the land of Judah to scatter it.”