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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. 2 Samuel 17:19נוֹדַ֖ע · would know
    Then the man’s wife took a covering, spread it over the mouth of the well, and scattered grain over it so nobody would know a thing.
  2. 2 Samuel 18:29יָדַ֖עְתִּי · know
    The king asked, “Is the young man Absalom all right?” And Ahimaaz replied, “When Joab sent the king’s servant and your servant, I saw a great tumult, but I do not know what it was.”
  3. 2 Samuel 19:6יָדַ֣עְתִּי · I know
    You love those who hate you and hate those who love you! For you have made it clear today that the commanders and soldiers mean nothing to you. I know today that if Absalom were alive and all of us were dead, it would have pleased you!
  4. 2 Samuel 19:20יָדַ֣ע · knows
    For your servant knows that I have sinned, so here I am today as the first of all the house of Joseph to come down to meet my lord the king.”
  5. 2 Samuel 19:22יָדַ֔עְתִּי · aware
    And David replied, “Sons of Zeruiah, what have I to do with you, that you should be my adversaries today? Should any man be put to death in Israel today? Am I not indeed aware that today I am king over Israel?”
  6. 2 Samuel 19:35הַאֵדַ֣ע׀ · Can I discern
    I am now eighty years old. Can I discern what is good and what is not? Can your servant taste what he eats or drinks? Can I still hear the voice of singing men and women? Why should your servant be an added burden to my lord the king?
  7. 2 Samuel 22:44יָדַ֖עְתִּי · known
    You have delivered me from the strife of my people; You have preserved me as the head of nations; a people I had not known shall serve me.
  8. 2 Samuel 24:2וְיָ֣דַעְתִּ֔י · so that I may know
    So the king said to Joab the commander of his army, who was with him, “Go now throughout the tribes of Israel from Dan to Beersheba and register the troops, so that I may know their number.”
  9. 2 Samuel 24:13דַּ֣ע · think it over
    So Gad went and said to David, “Do you choose to endure three years of famine in your land, three months of fleeing the pursuit of your enemies, or three days of plague upon your land? Now then, think it over and decide how I should reply to Him who sent me.”
  10. 1 Kings 1:4יְדָעָֽהּ׃ · relations with her
    The girl was unsurpassed in beauty; she cared for the king and served him, but he had no relations with her.
  11. 1 Kings 1:11יָדָֽע׃ · know it
    Then Nathan said to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, “Have you not heard that Adonijah son of Haggith has become king, and our lord David does not know it?
  12. 1 Kings 1:18יָדָֽעְתָּ׃ · know it
    But now, behold, Adonijah has become king, and you, my lord the king, do not know it.
  13. 1 Kings 1:27הוֹדַ֙עְתָּ֙ · informing
    Has my lord the king let this happen without informing your servant who should sit on the throne after my lord the king?”
  14. 1 Kings 2:5יָדַ֡עְתָּ · know
    Moreover, you know what Joab son of Zeruiah did to me—what he did to Abner son of Ner and Amasa son of Jether, the two commanders of the armies of Israel. He killed them in peacetime to avenge the blood of war. He stained with the blood of war the belt around his waist and the sandals on his feet.
  15. 1 Kings 2:9וְיָֽדַעְתָּ֙ · You know
    Now therefore, do not hold him guiltless, for you are a wise man. You know what you ought to do to him to bring his gray head down to Sheol in blood.”
  16. 1 Kings 2:15יָדַ֙עַתְּ֙ · know
    “You know that the kingship was mine,” he said. “All Israel expected that I should reign, but the kingship has turned to my brother, for it has come to him from the LORD.
  17. 1 Kings 2:32יָדָ֑ע · the knowledge
    The LORD will bring his bloodshed back upon his own head, for without the knowledge of my father David he struck down two men more righteous and better than he when he put to the sword Abner son of Ner, commander of Israel’s army, and Amasa son of Jether, commander of Judah’s army.
  18. 1 Kings 2:37יָדֹ֥עַ · know for sure; תֵּדַ֖ע
    On the day you go out and cross the Kidron Valley, know for sure that you will die; your blood will be on your own head.”
  19. 1 Kings 2:42יָדֹ֥עַ · know for sure; תֵּדַ֖ע
    …the king summoned Shimei and said to him, “Did I not make you swear by the LORD and warn you, ‘On the day you leave and go elsewhere, know for sure that you will die’? And you told me, ‘The sentence is fair; I will comply.’
  20. 1 Kings 2:44יָדַ֙עְתָּ֙ · know; יָדַע֙
    The king also said, “You know in your heart all the evil that you did to my father David. Therefore the LORD will bring your evil back upon your head.
  21. 1 Kings 3:7אֵדַ֖ע · knowing [how]
    And now, O LORD my God, You have made Your servant king in my father David’s place. But I am only a little child, not knowing how to go out or come in.
  22. 1 Kings 5:3יָדַ֜עְתָּ · are well aware
    “As you are well aware, due to the wars waged on all sides against my father David, he could not build a house for the Name of the LORD his God until the LORD had put his enemies under his feet.
  23. 1 Kings 5:6יָדַ֗עְתָּ · know; יֹדֵ֥עַ · as skilled
    Now therefore, order that cedars of Lebanon be cut down for me. My servants will be with your servants, and I will pay your servants whatever wages you set, for you know that there are none among us as skilled in logging as the Sidonians.”
  24. 1 Kings 8:38יֵדְע֗וּן · knowing
    …then may whatever prayer or petition Your people Israel make—each knowing his own afflictions and spreading out his hands toward this temple—
  25. 1 Kings 8:39תֵּדַ֖ע · You know; יָדַ֙עְתָּ֙ · know
    …be heard by You from heaven, Your dwelling place. And may You forgive and act, and repay each man according to all his ways, since You know his heart—for You alone know the hearts of all men—
  26. 1 Kings 8:43יֵדְעוּן֩ · will know; וְלָדַ֕עַת · and they will know
    …then may You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place, and do according to all for which the foreigner calls to You. Then all the peoples of the earth will know Your name and fear You, as do Your people Israel, and they will know that this house I have built is called by Your Name.
  27. 1 Kings 8:60דַּ֚עַת · may know
    …so that all the peoples of the earth may know that the LORD is God. There is no other!
  28. 1 Kings 9:27יֹדְעֵ֖י · who knew
    And Hiram sent his servants, sailors who knew the sea, to serve in the fleet with Solomon’s servants.
  29. 1 Kings 14:2יֵֽדְע֔וּ · recognize
    …and Jeroboam said to his wife, “Now get up, disguise yourself so they will not recognize you as my wife, and go to Shiloh. For Ahijah the prophet is there; it was he who spoke about my kingship over this people.
  30. 1 Kings 17:24יָדַ֔עְתִּי · I know
    Then the woman said to Elijah, “Now I know that you are a man of God and that the word of the LORD from your mouth is truth.”
  31. 1 Kings 18:12אֵדָ֔ע · know
    I do not know where the Spirit of the LORD may carry you off when I leave you. Then when I go and tell Ahab and he does not find you, he will kill me. But I, your servant, have feared the LORD from my youth.
  32. 1 Kings 18:36יִוָּדַ֗ע · let it be known
    At the time of the evening sacrifice, Elijah the prophet approached the altar and said, “O LORD, God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, let it be known this day that You are God in Israel and that I am Your servant and have done all these things at Your command.
  33. 1 Kings 18:37וְיֵֽדְעוּ֙ · will know
    Answer me, O LORD! Answer me, so that this people will know that You, the LORD, are God, and that You have turned their hearts back again.”
  34. 1 Kings 20:7דְּעֽוּ־ · take note
    Then the king of Israel summoned all the elders of the land and said, “Please take note and see that this man is looking for trouble, for when he demanded my wives, my children, my silver, and my gold, I did not deny him.”
  35. 1 Kings 20:13וְיָדַעְתָּ֖ · and you will know
    Meanwhile a prophet approached Ahab king of Israel and declared, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Do you see this entire great army? Behold, I will deliver it into your hand this very day, and you will know that I am the LORD.’”
  36. 1 Kings 20:22וְדַ֥ע · and take note
    Afterward, the prophet approached the king of Israel and said, “Go and strengthen your position, and take note what you must do, for in the spring the king of Aram will come up against you.”
  37. 1 Kings 20:28וִֽידַעְתֶּ֖ם · Then you will know
    Then the man of God approached the king of Israel and said, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Because the Arameans have said that the LORD is a god of the hills and not of the valleys, I will deliver all this great army into your hand. Then you will know that I am the LORD.’”
  38. 1 Kings 22:3הַיְדַעְתֶּ֕ם · Do you not know
    …who said to his servants, “Do you not know that Ramoth-gilead is ours, but we have failed to take it from the hand of the king of Aram?”
  39. 2 Kings 2:3הֲיָדַ֕עְתָּ · Do you know; יָדַ֖עְתִּי · know
    Then the sons of the prophets at Bethel came out to Elisha and said, “Do you know that the LORD will take your master away from you today?” “Yes, I know,” he replied. “Do not speak of it.”
  40. 2 Kings 2:5הֲיָדַ֕עְתָּ · Do you know; יָדַ֖עְתִּי · know
    Then the sons of the prophets at Jericho came up to Elisha and said, “Do you know that the LORD will take your master away from you today?” “Yes, I know,” he replied. “Do not speak of it.”
  41. 2 Kings 4:1יָדַ֔עְתָּ · know
    Now the wife of one of the sons of the prophets cried out to Elisha, “Your servant, my husband, is dead, and you know that your servant feared the LORD. And now his creditor is coming to take my two children as his slaves!”
  42. 2 Kings 4:9יָדַ֔עְתִּי · I know
    Then the woman said to her husband, “Behold, now I know that the one who often comes our way is a holy man of God.