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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. Proverbs 28:2יֹ֝דֵ֗עַ · [and] knowledge
    A land in rebellion has many rulers, but a man of understanding and knowledge maintains order.
  2. Proverbs 28:22יֵ֝דַע · know
    A stingy man hastens after wealth and does not know that poverty awaits him.
  3. Proverbs 29:7יֹדֵ֣עַ · consider
    The righteous consider the cause of the poor, but the wicked have no regard for such concerns.
  4. Proverbs 30:3אֵדָֽע׃
    I have not learned wisdom, and I have no knowledge of the Holy One.
  5. Proverbs 30:4תֵדָֽע׃ · you know
    Who has ascended to heaven and come down? Who has gathered the wind in His hands? Who has bound up the waters in His cloak? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is His name, and what is the name of His Son—surely you know!
  6. Proverbs 30:18יְדַעְתִּֽים׃ · understand
    There are three things too wonderful for me, four that I cannot understand:
  7. Proverbs 31:23נוֹדָ֣ע · is known
    Her husband is known at the city gates, where he sits among the elders of the land.
  8. Ecclesiastes 1:17לָדַ֣עַת · to know; וְדַ֥עַת · [and]; יָדַ֕עְתִּי · I learned
    So I set my mind to know wisdom and madness and folly; I learned that this, too, is a pursuit of the wind.
  9. Ecclesiastes 2:14וְיָדַ֣עְתִּי · came to realize
    The wise man has eyes in his head, but the fool walks in darkness. Yet I also came to realize that one fate overcomes them both.
  10. Ecclesiastes 2:19יוֹדֵ֗עַ · knows
    And who knows whether that man will be wise or foolish? Yet he will take over all the labor at which I have worked skillfully under the sun. This too is futile.
  11. Ecclesiastes 3:12יָדַ֕עְתִּי · I know
    I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice and do good while they live,
  12. Ecclesiastes 3:14יָדַ֗עְתִּי · I know
    I know that everything God does endures forever; nothing can be added to it or taken from it. God does it so that they should fear Him.
  13. Ecclesiastes 3:21יוֹדֵ֗עַ · knows
    Who knows if the spirit of man rises upward and the spirit of the animal descends into the earth?
  14. Ecclesiastes 4:13יָדַ֥ע · knows
    Better is a poor but wise youth than an old but foolish king who no longer knows how to take a warning.
  15. Ecclesiastes 5:1יוֹדְעִ֖ים · know that
    Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. Draw near to listen rather than to offer the sacrifice of fools, who do not know that they do wrong.
  16. Ecclesiastes 6:5יָדָ֑ע · knowing anything
    The child, though neither seeing the sun nor knowing anything, has more rest than that man,
  17. Ecclesiastes 6:8יוֹדֵ֔עַ · who knows
    What advantage, then, has the wise man over the fool? What gain comes to the poor man who knows how to conduct himself before others?
  18. Ecclesiastes 6:10וְנוֹדָ֖ע · and it is known
    Whatever exists was named long ago, and it is known what man is; but he cannot contend with one stronger than he.
  19. Ecclesiastes 6:12יוֹדֵעַ֩ · knows
    For who knows what is good for a man during the few days in which he passes through his fleeting life like a shadow? Who can tell a man what will come after him under the sun?
  20. Ecclesiastes 7:22יָדַ֣ע · you know
    For you know in your heart that many times you yourself have cursed others.
  21. Ecclesiastes 7:25לָדַ֣עַת · to understand; וְלָדַ֙עַת֙ · and to understand
    I directed my mind to understand, to explore, to search out wisdom and explanations, and to understand the stupidity of wickedness and the folly of madness.
  22. Ecclesiastes 8:1יוֹדֵ֖עַ · knows
    Who is like the wise man? Who knows the interpretation of a matter? A man’s wisdom brightens his face, and the sternness of his face is changed.
  23. Ecclesiastes 8:5יֵדַ֖ע · will come to; יֵדַ֖ע · knows
    Whoever keeps his command will come to no harm, and a wise heart knows the right time and procedure.
  24. Ecclesiastes 8:7יֹדֵ֖עַ · knows
    Since no one knows what will happen, who can tell him what is to come?
  25. Ecclesiastes 8:12יוֹדֵ֣עַ · know
    Although a sinner does evil a hundred times and still lives long, yet I also know that it will go well with those who fear God, who are reverent in His presence.
  26. Ecclesiastes 8:16לָדַ֣עַת · to know
    When I applied my mind to know wisdom and to observe the task that one performs on the earth—though his eyes do not see sleep in the day or even in the night—
  27. Ecclesiastes 8:17לָדַ֔עַת · to know
    I saw every work of God, and that a man is unable to comprehend the work that is done under the sun. Despite his efforts to search it out, he cannot find its meaning; even if the wise man claims to know, he is unable to comprehend.
  28. Ecclesiastes 9:1יוֹדֵ֙עַ֙ · know
    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.
  29. Ecclesiastes 9:5יוֹדְעִ֖ים · know; יוֹדְעִ֣ים · know
    For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing. They have no further reward, because the memory of them is forgotten.
  30. Ecclesiastes 9:11לַיֹּדְעִ֖ים · to the skillful
    I saw something else under the sun: The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong; neither is the bread to the wise, nor the wealth to the intelligent, nor the favor to the skillful. For time and chance happen to all.
  31. Ecclesiastes 9:12יֵדַ֨ע · knows
    For surely no man knows his time: Like fish caught in a cruel net or birds trapped in a snare, so men are ensnared in an evil time that suddenly falls upon them.
  32. Ecclesiastes 10:14יֵדַ֤ע · knows
    Yet the fool multiplies words. No one knows what is coming, and who can tell him what will come after him?
  33. Ecclesiastes 10:15יָדַ֖ע · know
    The toil of a fool wearies him, for he does not know the way to the city.
  34. Ecclesiastes 11:2תֵדַ֔ע · know
    Divide your portion among seven, or even eight, for you do not know what disaster may befall the land.
  35. Ecclesiastes 11:5יוֹדֵ֙עַ֙ · know; תֵדַע֙ · understand
    As you do not know the path of the wind, or how the bones are formed in a mother’s womb, so you cannot understand the work of God, the Maker of all things.
  36. Ecclesiastes 11:6יוֹדֵ֜ע · know
    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.
  37. Ecclesiastes 11:9וְדָ֕ע · but know
    Rejoice, O young man, while you are young, and let your heart be glad in the days of your youth. Walk in the ways of your heart and in the sight of your eyes, but know that for all these things God will bring you to judgment.
  38. Song of Solomon 1:8תֵדְעִי֙ · know
    If you do not know, O fairest of women, follow the tracks of the flock, and graze your young goats near the tents of the shepherds.
  39. Song of Solomon 6:12יָדַ֔עְתִּי · I realized it
    Before I realized it, my desire had set me among the royal chariots of my people.
  40. Isaiah 1:3יָדַ֥ע · knows; יָדַ֔ע · know
    The ox knows its owner, and the donkey its master’s manger, but Israel does not know; My people do not understand.”
  41. Isaiah 5:5אוֹדִֽיעָה־ · I will tell you
    Now I will tell you what I am about to do to My vineyard: I will take away its hedge, and it will be consumed; I will tear down its wall, and it will be trampled.
  42. Isaiah 5:19וְנֵדָֽעָה׃ס · so that we may know it
    …to those who say, “Let Him hurry and hasten His work so that we may see it! Let the plan of the Holy One of Israel come so that we may know it!”
  43. Isaiah 6:9תֵּדָֽעוּ׃ · perceiving
    And He replied: “Go and tell this people, ‘Be ever hearing, but never understanding; be ever seeing, but never perceiving.’