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יָדַע

ya.dato knowHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentVerb946 occurrences35 books874 verses

Definition

a primitive root; to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.)
Traditional renderings: acknowledge, acquaintance(-ted with), advise, answer, appoint, assuredly, be aware, (un-) awares, can(-not), certainly, comprehend, consider, × could they, cunning, declare, be diligent, (can, cause to) discern, discover, endued with, familiar friend, famous, feel, can have, be (ig-) norant, instruct, kinsfolk, kinsman, (cause to let, make) know, (come to give, have, take) knowledge, have (knowledge), (be, make, make to be, make self) known, be learned, lie by man, mark, perceive, privy to, × prognosticator, regard, have respect, skilful, shew, can (man of) skill, be sure, of a surety, teach, (can) tell, understand, have (understanding), × will be, wist, wit, wot.

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders יָדַע:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

946 total
  1. Psalm 39:6יֵדַ֥ע · knowing
    Surely every man goes about like a phantom; surely he bustles in vain; he heaps up riches not knowing who will haul them away.
  2. Psalm 40:9יָדָֽעְתָּ׃ · do know
    I proclaim righteousness in the great assembly; behold, I do not seal my lips, as You, O LORD, do know.
  3. Psalm 41:11יָ֭דַעְתִּי · I know
    By this I know that You delight in me, for my enemy does not triumph over me.
  4. Psalm 44:21יֹ֝דֵ֗עַ · knows
    …would not God have discovered, since He knows the secrets of the heart?
  5. Psalm 46:10וּ֭דְעוּ · and know
    “Be still and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted over the earth.”
  6. Psalm 48:3נוֹדַ֥ע · He has shown Himself to be
    God is in her citadels; He has shown Himself to be a fortress.
  7. Psalm 50:11יָ֭דַעְתִּי · I know
    I know every bird in the mountains, and the creatures of the field are Mine.
  8. Psalm 51:3אֵדָ֑ע · know
    For I know my transgressions, and my sin is always before me.
  9. Psalm 51:6תוֹדִיעֵֽנִי׃ · You teach me
    Surely You desire truth in the inmost being; You teach me wisdom in the inmost place.
  10. Psalm 53:4יָדְעוּ֮ · learn
    Will the workers of iniquity never learn? They devour my people like bread; they refuse to call upon God.
  11. Psalm 55:13וּמְיֻדָּֽעִי׃ · and close friend
    But it is you, a man like myself, my companion and close friend.
  12. Psalm 56:9יָ֝דַ֗עְתִּי · I will know
    Then my enemies will retreat on the day I cry for help. By this I will know that God is on my side.
  13. Psalm 59:13וְֽיֵדְע֗וּ · so it may be known
    Consume them in wrath; consume them till they are no more, so it may be known to the ends of the earth that God rules over Jacob. Selah
  14. Psalm 67:2לָדַ֣עַת · may be known
    …that Your ways may be known on earth, Your salvation among all nations.
  15. Psalm 69:5יָ֭דַעְתָּ · know
    You know my folly, O God, and my guilt is not hidden from You.
  16. Psalm 69:19יָדַ֗עְתָּ · know
    You know my reproach, my shame and disgrace. All my adversaries are before You.
  17. Psalm 71:15יָדַ֣עְתִּי · know
    My mouth will declare Your righteousness and Your salvation all day long, though I cannot know their full measure.
  18. Psalm 73:11יָדַֽע־ · know
    The wicked say, “How can God know? Does the Most High have knowledge?”
  19. Psalm 73:16לָדַ֣עַת · to understand
    When I tried to understand all this, it was troublesome in my sight
  20. Psalm 73:22אֵדָ֑ע · ignorant
    I was senseless and ignorant; I was a brute beast before You.
  21. Psalm 74:5יִ֭וָּדַע · like men
    …like men wielding axes in a thicket of trees
  22. Psalm 74:9יֹדֵ֥עַ · knows
    There are no signs for us to see. There is no longer any prophet. And none of us knows how long this will last.
  23. Psalm 76:1נוֹדָ֣ע · is known
    For the choirmaster. With stringed instruments. A Psalm of Asaph. A song. God is known in Judah; His name is great in Israel.
  24. Psalm 77:14הוֹדַ֖עְתָּ · You display
    You are the God who works wonders; You display Your strength among the peoples.
  25. Psalm 77:19נֹדָֽעוּ׃ · to be found
    Your path led through the sea, Your way through the mighty waters, but Your footprints were not to be found.
  26. Psalm 78:3וַנֵּדָעֵ֑ם · and known
    …that we have heard and known and our fathers have relayed to us.
  27. Psalm 78:5לְ֝הוֹדִיעָ֗ם · to teach
    For He established a testimony in Jacob and appointed a law in Israel, which He commanded our fathers to teach to their children,
  28. Psalm 78:6יֵדְע֨וּ׀ · would know them
    …that the coming generation would know them—even children yet to be born—to arise and tell their own children
  29. Psalm 79:6יְדָ֫ע֥וּךָ · acknowledge You
    Pour out Your wrath on the nations that do not acknowledge You, on the kingdoms that refuse to call on Your name,
  30. Psalm 79:10יִוָּדַ֣ע · make known
    Why should the nations ask, “Where is their God?” Before our eyes, make known among the nations Your vengeance for the bloodshed of Your servants.
  31. Psalm 81:5יָדַ֣עְתִּי
    He ordained it as a testimony for Joseph when he went out over the land of Egypt, where I heard an unfamiliar language:
  32. Psalm 82:5יָֽדְע֨וּ׀ · know
    They do not know or understand; they wander in the darkness; all the foundations of the earth are shaken.
  33. Psalm 83:18וְֽיֵדְע֗וּ · May they know
    May they know that You alone, whose name is the LORD, are Most High over all the earth.
  34. Psalm 87:4לְֽיֹ֫דְעָ֥י · among those who know Me
    “I will mention Rahab and Babylon among those who know Me—along with Philistia, Tyre, and Cush—when I say, ‘This one was born in Zion.’”
  35. Psalm 88:8מְיֻדָּעַ֗י · my friends
    You have removed my friends from me; You have made me repulsive to them; I am confined and cannot escape.
  36. Psalm 88:12הֲיִוָּדַ֣ע · be known
    Will Your wonders be known in the darkness, or Your righteousness in the land of oblivion?
  37. Psalm 88:18מְֽיֻדָּעַ֥י · is my closest companion
    You have removed my beloved and my friend; darkness is my closest companion.
  38. Psalm 89:1אוֹדִ֖יעַ · I will proclaim
    A Maskil of Ethan the Ezrahite. I will sing of the loving devotion of the LORD forever; with my mouth I will proclaim Your faithfulness to all generations.
  39. Psalm 89:15יוֹדְעֵ֣י · who know
    Blessed are those who know the joyful sound, who walk, O LORD, in the light of Your presence.
  40. Psalm 90:11י֭וֹדֵעַ · knows
    Who knows the power of Your anger? Your wrath matches the fear You are due.
  41. Psalm 90:12הוֹדַ֑ע · teach us
    So teach us to number our days, that we may present a heart of wisdom.
  42. Psalm 91:14יָדַ֥ע · he knows
    “Because he loves Me, I will deliver him; because he knows My name, I will protect him.
  43. Psalm 92:6יֵדָ֑ע · know
    A senseless man does not know, and a fool does not understand,
  44. Psalm 94:11יֹ֭דֵעַ · knows
    The LORD knows the thoughts of man, that they are futile.
  45. Psalm 95:10יָדְע֥וּ · known
    For forty years I was angry with that generation, and I said, “They are a people whose hearts go astray, and they have not known My ways.”
  46. Psalm 98:2הוֹדִ֣יעַ · has proclaimed
    The LORD has proclaimed His salvation and revealed His righteousness to the nations.
  47. Psalm 100:3דְּע֗וּ · Know
    Know that the LORD is God. It is He who made us, and we are His; we are His people, and the sheep of His pasture.
  48. Psalm 101:4אֵדָֽע׃ · I will know
    A perverse heart shall depart from me; I will know nothing of evil.
  49. Psalm 103:7יוֹדִ֣יעַ · He made known
    He made known His ways to Moses, His deeds to the people of Israel.
  50. Psalm 103:14יָדַ֣ע · knows
    For He knows our frame; He is mindful that we are dust.