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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. Judges 13:21יָדַ֣ע · realized
    And when the angel of the LORD did not appear again to Manoah and his wife, Manoah realized that it had been the angel of the LORD.
  2. Judges 14:4יָדְע֗וּ · know
    (Now his father and mother did not know this was from the LORD, who was seeking an occasion to move against the Philistines; for at that time the Philistines were ruling over Israel.)
  3. Judges 15:11יָדַ֙עְתָּ֙ · realize
    In response, three thousand men of Judah went to the cave at the rock of Etam, and they asked Samson, “Do you not realize that the Philistines rule over us? What have you done to us?” “I have done to them what they did to me,” he replied.
  4. Judges 16:9נוֹדַ֖ע
    While the men were hidden in her room, she called out, “Samson, the Philistines are here!” But he snapped the bowstrings like a strand of yarn seared by a flame. So the source of his strength remained unknown.
  5. Judges 16:20יָדַ֔ע · know
    Then she called out, “Samson, the Philistines are here!” When Samson awoke from his sleep, he thought, “I will escape as I did before and shake myself free.” But he did not know that the LORD had departed from him.
  6. Judges 17:13יָדַ֔עְתִּי · I know
    Then Micah said, “Now I know that the LORD will be good to me, because a Levite has become my priest.”
  7. Judges 18:5וְנֵ֣דְעָ֔ה · to determine
    Then they said to him, “Please inquire of God to determine whether we will have a successful journey.”
  8. Judges 18:14הַיְדַעְתֶּ֗ם · Did you know; דְּע֥וּ · think about
    Then the five men who had gone to spy out the land of Laish said to their brothers, “Did you know that one of these houses has an ephod, household gods, a graven image, and a molten idol? Now think about what you should do.”
  9. Judges 19:22וְנֵדָעֶֽנּוּ׃ · so we can have relations with him
    While they were enjoying themselves, suddenly the wicked men of the city surrounded the house. Pounding on the door, they said to the old man who owned the house, “Bring out the man who came to your house, so we can have relations with him!”
  10. Judges 19:25וַיֵּדְע֣וּ · and they raped
    But the men would not listen to him. So the Levite took his concubine and sent her outside to them, and they raped her and abused her throughout the night, and at dawn they let her go.
  11. Judges 20:34יָדְע֔וּ · realize
    Then 10,000 select men from all Israel made a frontal assault against Gibeah, and the battle was fierce. But the Benjamites did not realize that disaster was upon them.
  12. Judges 21:11יֹדַ֥עַת · who has had relations with
    This is what you are to do: Devote to destruction every male, as well as every female who has had relations with a man.”
  13. Judges 21:12יָדְעָ֛ה · had relations with
    So they found among the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead four hundred young women who had not had relations with a man, and they brought them to the camp at Shiloh in the land of Canaan.
  14. Ruth 2:1מְיֻדָּע · had a relative
    Now Naomi had a relative on her husband’s side, a prominent man of noble character from the clan of Elimelech, whose name was Boaz.
  15. Ruth 2:11יָדַ֖עַתְּ · know
    Boaz replied, “I have been made fully aware of all you have done for your mother-in-law since the death of your husband, how you left your father and mother and the land of your birth, and how you came to a people you did not know before.
  16. Ruth 3:3תִּוָּדְעִ֣י · know
    Therefore wash yourself, put on perfume, and wear your best clothes. Go down to the threshing floor, but do not let the man know you are there until he has finished eating and drinking.
  17. Ruth 3:4וְיָדַ֙עַתְּ֙ · note
    When he lies down, note the place where he lies. Then go in and uncover his feet, and lie down, and he will explain to you what you should do.”
  18. Ruth 3:11יוֹדֵ֙עַ֙ · know
    And now do not be afraid, my daughter. I will do for you whatever you request, since all my fellow townspeople know that you are a woman of noble character.
  19. Ruth 3:14יִוָּדַ֔ע · let it be known
    So she lay down at his feet until morning, but she got up before anyone else could recognize her. Then Boaz said, “Do not let it be known that a woman came to the threshing floor.”
  20. Ruth 3:18תֵּֽדְעִ֔ין · you find out
    “Wait, my daughter,” said Naomi, “until you find out how things go, for he will not rest unless he has resolved the matter today.”
  21. Ruth 4:4וְאֵדַע · so I may know
    I thought I should inform you that you may buy it back in the presence of those seated here and in the presence of the elders of my people. If you want to redeem it, do so. But if you will not redeem it, tell me so I may know, because there is no one but you to redeem it, and I am next after you.” “I will redeem it,” he replied.
  22. 1 Samuel 1:19וַיֵּ֤דַע · had relations with
    The next morning they got up early to bow in worship before the LORD, and then they returned home to Ramah. And Elkanah had relations with his wife Hannah, and the LORD remembered her.
  23. 1 Samuel 2:12יָדְע֖וּ · regard
    Now the sons of Eli were wicked men; they had no regard for the LORD
  24. 1 Samuel 3:7יָדַ֣ע · know
    Now Samuel did not yet know the LORD, because the word of the LORD had not yet been revealed to him.
  25. 1 Samuel 3:13יָדַ֗ע · he knows
    I told him that I would judge his house forever for the iniquity of which he knows, because his sons blasphemed God and he did not restrain them.
  26. 1 Samuel 3:20וַיֵּ֙דַע֙ · knew
    So all Israel from Dan to Beersheba knew that Samuel was confirmed as a prophet of the LORD.
  27. 1 Samuel 4:6וַיֵּ֣דְע֔וּ · And when they realized
    On hearing the noise of the shout, the Philistines asked, “What is this loud shouting in the camp of the Hebrews?” And when they realized that the ark of the LORD had entered the camp,
  28. 1 Samuel 6:2הוֹדִעֻ֕נוּ · Tell us
    …the Philistines summoned the priests and diviners, saying, “What shall we do with the ark of the LORD? Tell us how to send it back to its place.”
  29. 1 Samuel 6:3וְנוֹדַ֣ע · and you will understand
    They replied, “If you return the ark of the God of Israel, do not send it away empty, but by all means return it to Him with a guilt offering. Then you will be healed, and you will understand why His hand has not been lifted from you.”
  30. 1 Samuel 6:9וְיָדַ֙עְנוּ֙ · then we will know
    …but keep watching it. If it goes up the road to its homeland, toward Beth-shemesh, it is the LORD who has brought on us this great disaster. But if it does not, then we will know that it was not His hand that punished us and that it happened by chance.”
  31. 1 Samuel 10:8וְהוֹדַעְתִּ֣י · and show
    And you shall go before me to Gilgal, and surely I will come to you to offer burnt offerings and to sacrifice peace offerings. Wait seven days until I come to you and show you what you are to do.”
  32. 1 Samuel 10:11יֽוֹדְעוֹ֙ · known [Saul]
    When all those who had formerly known Saul saw him prophesying with the prophets, they asked one another, “What has happened to the son of Kish? Is Saul also among the prophets?”
  33. 1 Samuel 12:17וּדְע֣וּ · so that you will know
    Is it not the wheat harvest today? I will call on the LORD to send thunder and rain, so that you will know and see what a great evil you have committed in the sight of the LORD by asking for a king.”
  34. 1 Samuel 14:3יָדַ֔ע · know
    …including Ahijah, who was wearing an ephod. He was the son of Ichabod’s brother Ahitub son of Phinehas, the son of Eli the priest of the LORD in Shiloh. But the troops did not know that Jonathan had left.
  35. 1 Samuel 14:12וְנוֹדִ֥יעָה · and we will teach
    So the men of the outpost called out to Jonathan and his armor-bearer, “Come on up, and we will teach you a lesson!” “Follow me,” Jonathan told his armor-bearer, “for the LORD has delivered them into the hand of Israel.”
  36. 1 Samuel 14:38וּדְע֣וּ · and let us investigate
    Therefore Saul said, “Come here, all you leaders of the troops, and let us investigate how this sin has occurred today.
  37. 1 Samuel 16:3אוֹדִֽיעֲךָ֙ · will show you
    Then invite Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will show you what you are to do. You are to anoint for Me the one I indicate.”
  38. 1 Samuel 16:16יֹדֵ֖עַ · who can skillfully
    Let our lord command your servants here to seek out someone who can skillfully play the harp. Whenever the spirit of distress from God is upon you, he is to play it, and you will be well.”
  39. 1 Samuel 16:18יֹדֵ֣עַ · who knows
    One of the servants answered, “I have seen a son of Jesse of Bethlehem who knows how to play the harp. He is a mighty man of valor, a warrior, eloquent and handsome, and the LORD is with him.”
  40. 1 Samuel 17:28יָדַ֣עְתִּי · know
    Now when David’s oldest brother Eliab heard him speaking to the men, his anger burned against David. “Why have you come down here?” he asked. “And with whom did you leave those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your pride and wickedness of heart—you have come down to see the battle!”
  41. 1 Samuel 17:46וְיֵֽדְעוּ֙ · will know
    This day the LORD will deliver you into my hand. This day I will strike you down, cut off your head, and give the carcasses of the Philistine army to the birds of the air and the creatures of the earth. Then the whole world will know that there is a God in Israel.
  42. 1 Samuel 17:47וְיֵֽדְעוּ֙ · will know
    And all those assembled here will know that it is not by sword or spear that the LORD saves; for the battle is the LORD’s, and He will give all of you into our hands.”
  43. 1 Samuel 17:55יָדָֽעְתִּי׃ · know
    As Saul had watched David going out to confront the Philistine, he said to Abner the commander of the army, “Abner, whose son is this young man?” “As surely as you live, O king,” Abner replied, “I do not know.”
  44. 1 Samuel 18:28וַיֵּ֔דַע
    When Saul realized that the LORD was with David and that his daughter Michal loved David,
  45. 1 Samuel 20:3יָדֹ֨עַ · knows very well; יָדַ֜ע; יֵֽדַע־ · know
    But David again vowed, “Your father knows very well that I have found favor in your eyes, and he has said, ‘Jonathan must not know of this, or he will be grieved.’ As surely as the LORD lives and as you yourself live, there is but a step between me and death.”
  46. 1 Samuel 20:7דַּ֕ע · you will know
    If he says, ‘Good,’ then your servant is safe, but if he is enraged, you will know he has evil intentions.
  47. 1 Samuel 20:9יָדֹ֣עַ · I ever found out
    “Never!” Jonathan replied. “If I ever found out that my father had evil intentions against you, would I not tell you?”