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.
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
Occurrences
946 total
- Ezekiel 7:9וִֽידַעְתֶּ֕ם · Then you will knowI will not look on you with pity, nor will I spare you, but I will punish you for your ways and for the abominations among you. Then you will know that it is I, the LORD, who strikes the blow.
- Ezekiel 7:27וְיָדְע֖וּ · Then they will knowThe 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.’”
- Ezekiel 10:20וָאֵדַ֕ע · and I knewThese were the living creatures I had seen beneath the God of Israel by the River Kebar, and I knew that they were cherubim.
- Ezekiel 11:5יְדַעְתִּֽיהָ׃ · knowAnd the Spirit of the LORD fell upon me and told me to declare that this is what the LORD says: “That is what you are thinking, O house of Israel; and I know the thoughts that arise in your minds.
- Ezekiel 11:10וִֽידַעְתֶּ֖ם · Then you will knowYou will fall by the sword, and I will judge you even to the borders of Israel. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
- Ezekiel 11:12וִֽידַעְתֶּם֙ · Then you will knowThen you will know that I am the LORD. For you have neither followed My statutes nor practiced My ordinances, but you have conformed to the ordinances of the nations around you.”
- Ezekiel 12:15וְיָדְע֖וּ · And they will knowAnd they will know that I am the LORD, when I disperse them among the nations and scatter them throughout the countries.
- Ezekiel 12:16וְיָדְע֖וּ · Then they will knowBut I will spare a few of them from sword and famine and plague, so that in the nations to which they go, they can recount all their abominations. Then they will know that I am the LORD.”
- Ezekiel 12:20וִֽידַעְתֶּ֖ם · Then you will knowThe inhabited cities will be laid waste, and the land will become desolate. Then you will know that I am the LORD.’”
- Ezekiel 13:9וִידַעְתֶּ֕ם · Then you will knowMy 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.
- Ezekiel 13:14וִֽידַעְתֶּ֖ם · Then you will knowI will tear down the wall you whitewashed and level it to the ground, so that its foundation is exposed. The city will fall, and you will be destroyed within it. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
- Ezekiel 13:21וִֽידַעְתֶּ֖ן · Then you will knowI 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.
- Ezekiel 13:23וִֽידַעְתֶּ֖ן · Then you will know…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.”
- Ezekiel 14:8וִֽידַעְתֶּ֖ם · Then you will knowI will set My face against that man and make him a sign and a proverb; I will cut him off from among My people. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
- Ezekiel 14:23וִֽידַעְתֶּ֗ם · and you will knowThey will bring you consolation when you see their conduct and actions, and you will know that it was not without cause that I have done all these things within it,’ declares the Lord GOD.”
- Ezekiel 15:7וִֽידַעְתֶּם֙ · you will knowAnd I will set My face against them. Though they may have escaped the fire, yet another fire will consume them. And when I set My face against them, you will know that I am the LORD.
- Ezekiel 16:2הוֹדַ֥ע · confront“Son of man, confront Jerusalem with her abominations
- Ezekiel 16:62וְיָדַ֖עַתְּ · and you will knowSo I will establish My covenant with you, and you will know that I am the LORD,
- Ezekiel 17:12יְדַעְתֶּ֖ם · know“Now say to this rebellious house: ‘Do you not know what these things mean?’ Tell them, ‘Behold, the king of Babylon came to Jerusalem, carried off its king and officials, and brought them back with him to Babylon.
- Ezekiel 17:21וִידַעְתֶּ֕ם · Then you will knowAll his choice troops will fall by the sword, and those who survive will be scattered to every wind. Then you will know that I, the LORD, have spoken.’
- Ezekiel 17:24וְֽיָדְע֞וּ · will knowThen all the trees of the field will know that I am the LORD. I bring the tall tree down and make the low tree tall. I dry up the green tree and make the withered tree flourish. I, the LORD, have spoken, and I have done it.’”
- Ezekiel 19:7וַיֵּ֙דַע֙ · He broke downHe broke down their strongholds and devastated their cities. The land and everything in it shuddered at the sound of his roaring.
- Ezekiel 20:4הוֹדִיעֵֽם׃ · Confront them withWill you judge them, will you judge them, son of man? Confront them with the abominations of their fathers
- Ezekiel 20:5וָאִוָּדַ֥ע · and made Myself known…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.’
- Ezekiel 20:9נוֹדַ֤עְתִּי · I had revealed MyselfBut I acted for the sake of My name, that it should not be profaned in the eyes of the nations among whom they were living, in whose sight I had revealed Myself to Israel by bringing them out of the land of Egypt.
- Ezekiel 20:11הוֹדַ֣עְתִּי · and made knownAnd I gave them My statutes and made known to them My ordinances—for the man who does these things will live by them.
- Ezekiel 20:12לָדַ֕עַת · so that they would knowI also gave them My Sabbaths as a sign between us, so that they would know that I am the LORD who sanctifies them.
- Ezekiel 20:20לָדַ֕עַת · so that you may knowKeep My Sabbaths holy, that they may be a sign between us, so that you may know that I am the LORD your God.’
- Ezekiel 20:26יֵֽדְע֔וּ · they would knowAnd I pronounced them unclean through their gifts—the sacrifice of every firstborn in the fire—so that I might devastate them, in order that they would know that I am the LORD.
- Ezekiel 20:38וִֽידַעְתֶּ֖ם · Then you will knowAnd I will purge you of those who rebel and transgress against Me. I will bring them out of the land in which they dwell, but they will not enter the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
- Ezekiel 20:42וִֽידַעְתֶּם֙ · Then you will knowThen 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.
- Ezekiel 20:44וִֽידַעְתֶּם֙ · Then you will knowThen you will know, O house of Israel, that I am the LORD, when I have dealt with you for the sake of My name and not according to your wicked ways and corrupt acts, declares the Lord GOD.”
- Ezekiel 21:5וְיָֽדְעוּ֙ · will knowThen all flesh will know that I, the LORD, have taken My sword from its sheath, not to return it again.’
- Ezekiel 22:2וְה֣וֹדַעְתָּ֔הּ · Then confront her“As for you, son of man, will you judge her? Will you pass judgment on the city of bloodshed? Then confront her with all her abominations
- Ezekiel 22:16וְיָדַ֖עַתְּ · then you will knowAnd when you have defiled yourself in the eyes of the nations, then you will know that I am the LORD.’”
- Ezekiel 22:22וִֽידַעְתֶּם֙ · Then you will knowAs silver is melted in a furnace, so you will be melted within the city. Then you will know that I, the LORD, have poured out My wrath upon you.’”
- Ezekiel 22:26הוֹדִ֑יעוּ · to distinguishHer priests do violence to My law and profane My holy things. They make no distinction between the holy and the common, and they fail to distinguish between the clean and the unclean. They disregard My Sabbaths, so that I am profaned among them.
- Ezekiel 23:49וִידַעְתֶּ֕ם · Then you will knowThey will repay you for your indecency, and you will bear the consequences of your sins of idolatry. Then you will know that I am the Lord GOD.’”
- Ezekiel 24:24וִֽידַעְתֶּ֕ם · you will know‘Thus Ezekiel will be a sign for you; you will do everything that he has done. When this happens, you will know that I am the Lord GOD.’
- Ezekiel 24:27וְיָדְע֖וּ · and they will knowOn that day your mouth will be opened to him who has escaped; you will speak and no longer be mute. So you will be a sign to them, and they will know that I am the LORD.”
- Ezekiel 25:5וִֽידַעְתֶּ֖ם · Then you will knowI will make Rabbah a pasture for camels, and Ammon a resting place for sheep. Then you will know that I am the LORD.’
- Ezekiel 25:7וְיָדַעְתָּ֖ · and you will know…therefore I will indeed stretch out My hand against you and give you as plunder to the nations. I will cut you off from the peoples and exterminate you from the countries. I will destroy you, and you will know that I am the LORD.’
- Ezekiel 25:11וְיָדְע֖וּ · and they will knowSo I will execute judgments on Moab, and they will know that I am the LORD.’
- Ezekiel 25:14וְיָֽדְעוּ֙ · Then they will knowI will take My vengeance on Edom by the hand of My people Israel, and they will deal with Edom according to My anger and wrath. Then they will know My vengeance, declares the Lord GOD.’
- Ezekiel 25:17וְיָֽדְעוּ֙ · Then they will knowI will execute great vengeance against them with furious reproof. Then they will know that I am the LORD, when I lay My vengeance upon them.’”
- Ezekiel 26:6וְיָדְע֖וּ · Then they will know…and the villages on her mainland will be slain by the sword. Then they will know that I am the LORD.’
- Ezekiel 28:19יוֹדְעֶ֙יךָ֙ · who know youAll the nations who know you are appalled over you. You have come to a horrible end and will be no more.’”
- Ezekiel 28:22וְֽיָדְע֞וּ · They will knowAnd you are to declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I am against you, O Sidon, and I will be glorified within you. They will know that I am the LORD when I execute judgments against her and demonstrate My holiness through her.
- Ezekiel 28:23וְיָדְע֖וּ · Then they will knowI will send a plague against her and shed blood in her streets; the slain will fall within her, while the sword is against her on every side. Then they will know that I am the LORD.
- Ezekiel 28:24וְיָ֣דְע֔וּ · Then they will knowFor the people of Israel will no longer face a pricking brier or a painful thorn from all around them who treat them with contempt. Then they will know that I am the Lord GOD.’