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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 Kings 4:39יָדָֽעוּ׃ · knew [what they were]
    One of them went out to the field to gather herbs, and he found a wild vine from which he gathered as many wild gourds as his garment could hold. Then he came back and cut them up into the pot of stew, though no one knew what they were.
  2. 2 Kings 5:7דְּעֽוּ־ · Surely you can
    When the king of Israel read the letter, he tore his clothes and asked, “Am I God, killing and giving life, that this man expects me to cure a leper? Surely you can see that he is seeking a quarrel with me!”
  3. 2 Kings 5:8וְיֵדַ֕ע · and he will know
    Now when Elisha the man of God heard that the king of Israel had torn his clothes, he sent a message to the king: “Why have you torn your clothes? Please let the man come to me, and he will know that there is a prophet in Israel.”
  4. 2 Kings 5:15יָדַ֙עְתִּי֙ · I know
    Then Naaman and all his attendants went back to the man of God, stood before him, and declared, “Now I know for sure that there is no God in all the earth except in Israel. So please accept a gift from your servant.”
  5. 2 Kings 7:12יָדְע֞וּ · They know
    So the king got up in the night and said to his servants, “Let me tell you what the Arameans have done to us. They know we are starving, so they have left the camp to hide in the field, thinking, ‘When they come out of the city, we will take them alive and enter the city.’”
  6. 2 Kings 8:12יָדַ֡עְתִּי · I know
    “Why is my lord weeping?” asked Hazael. “Because I know the evil you will do to the Israelites,” Elisha replied. “You will set fire to their fortresses, kill their young men with the sword, dash their little ones to pieces, and rip open their pregnant women.”
  7. 2 Kings 9:11יְדַעְתֶּ֥ם · know
    When Jehu went out to the servants of his master, they asked, “Is everything all right? Why did this madman come to you?” “You know his kind and their babble,” he replied.
  8. 2 Kings 10:10דְּע֣וּ · Know
    Know, then, that not a word the LORD has spoken against the house of Ahab will fail, for the LORD has done what He promised through His servant Elijah.”
  9. 2 Kings 10:11וּמְיֻדָּעָ֣יו · and close friends
    So Jehu killed everyone in Jezreel who remained of the house of Ahab, as well as all his great men and close friends and priests, leaving him without a single survivor.
  10. 2 Kings 17:26יָֽדְע֔וּ · know; יֹדְעִ֔ים
    So they spoke to the king of Assyria, saying, “The peoples that you have removed and placed in the cities of Samaria do not know the requirements of the God of the land. Because of this, He has sent lions among them, which are indeed killing them off.”
  11. 2 Kings 19:19וְיֵֽדְעוּ֙ · may know
    And now, O LORD our God, please save us from his hand, so that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that You alone, O LORD, are God.”
  12. 2 Kings 19:27יָדָ֑עְתִּי · But I know
    But I know your sitting down, your going out and coming in, and your raging against Me.
  13. 1 Chronicles 12:32יוֹדְעֵ֤י · [men] who understood; לָדַ֖עַת · and knew
    From Issachar, men who understood the times and knew what Israel should do: 200 chiefs with all their kinsmen at their command.
  14. 1 Chronicles 14:2וַיֵּ֣דַע · realized
    And David realized that the LORD had established him as king over Israel and had highly exalted his kingdom for the sake of His people Israel.
  15. 1 Chronicles 16:8הוֹדִ֥יעוּ · make known
    “Give thanks to the LORD; call upon His name; make known His deeds among the nations.
  16. 1 Chronicles 17:18יָדָֽעְתָּ׃ · know
    What more can David say to You for honoring Your servant? For You know Your servant,
  17. 1 Chronicles 17:19לְהֹדִ֖יעַ · and made known
    O LORD. For the sake of Your servant and according to Your own heart, You have accomplished this great thing and made known all these great promises.
  18. 1 Chronicles 21:2וְאֵדְעָ֖ה · so that I may know
    So David said to Joab and the commanders of the troops, “Go and count the Israelites from Beersheba to Dan and bring me a report, so that I may know their number.”
  19. 1 Chronicles 28:9דַּע֩ · know
    As for you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve Him wholeheartedly and with a willing mind, for the LORD searches every heart and understands the intent of every thought. If you seek Him, He will be found by you; but if you forsake Him, He will reject you forever.
  20. 1 Chronicles 29:17וְיָדַ֣עְתִּי · I know
    I know, my God, that You test the heart and delight in uprightness. All these things I have given willingly and with an upright heart, and now I have seen Your people who are present here giving joyfully and willingly to You.
  21. 2 Chronicles 2:7וְיֹדֵ֖עַ · skilled
    Send me, therefore, a craftsman skilled in engraving to work with gold and silver, with bronze and iron, and with purple, crimson, and blue yarn. He will work with my craftsmen in Judah and Jerusalem, whom my father David provided.
  22. 2 Chronicles 2:8יָדַ֔עְתִּי · know; יֽוֹדְעִ֔ים · have skill
    Send me also cedar, cypress, and algum logs from Lebanon, for I know that your servants have skill to cut timber there. And indeed, my servants will work with yours
  23. 2 Chronicles 2:12יוֹדֵ֙עַ֙
    And Hiram added: “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who made the heavens and the earth! He has given King David a wise son with insight and understanding, who will build a temple for the LORD and a royal palace for himself.
  24. 2 Chronicles 2:13יוֹדֵ֥עַ · endowed
    So now I am sending you Huram-abi, a skillful man endowed with creativity.
  25. 2 Chronicles 2:14יוֹדֵ֡עַ · He is skilled
    He is the son of a woman from the daughters of Dan, and his father is a man of Tyre. He is skilled in work with gold and silver, bronze and iron, stone and wood, purple, blue, and crimson yarn, and fine linen. He is experienced in every kind of engraving and can execute any design that is given him. He will work with your craftsmen and with those of my lord, your father David.
  26. 2 Chronicles 6:29יֵדְע֗וּ · knowing
    …then may whatever prayer or plea Your people Israel make—each knowing his own afflictions and spreading out his hands toward this temple—
  27. 2 Chronicles 6:30תֵּדַ֖ע · You know; יָדַ֔עְתָּ · know
    …be heard by You from heaven, Your dwelling place. And may You forgive and repay each man according to all his ways, since You know his heart—for You alone know the hearts of men—
  28. 2 Chronicles 6:33יֵדְעוּ֩ · 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.
  29. 2 Chronicles 8:18י֣וֹדְעֵי · of experienced sailors
    So Hiram sent him ships captained by his servants, along with crews of experienced sailors. They went with Solomon’s servants to Ophir and acquired from there 450 talents of gold, which they delivered to King Solomon.
  30. 2 Chronicles 12:8וְיֵדְעוּ֙ · so that they may learn
    Nevertheless, they will become his servants, so that they may learn the difference between serving Me and serving the kings of other lands.”
  31. 2 Chronicles 13:5לָדַ֔עַת · know
    Do you not know that the LORD, the God of Israel, has given the kingship of Israel to David and his descendants forever by a covenant of salt?
  32. 2 Chronicles 20:12נֵדַע֙ · know
    Our God, will You not judge them? For we are powerless before this vast army that comes against us. We do not know what to do, but our eyes are upon You.”
  33. 2 Chronicles 23:13וּמוֹדִיעִ֖ים · were leading
    And she looked and saw the king standing by his pillar at the entrance. The officers and trumpeters were beside the king, and all the people of the land were rejoicing and blowing trumpets, while the singers with musical instruments were leading the praises. Then Athaliah tore her clothes and screamed, “Treason, treason!”
  34. 2 Chronicles 25:16יָדַ֗עְתִּי · I know
    While he was still speaking, the king asked, “Have we made you the counselor to the king? Stop! Why be struck down?” So the prophet stopped, but he said, “I know that God has determined to destroy you, because you have done this and have not heeded my advice.”
  35. 2 Chronicles 32:13תֵדְע֗וּ · know
    Do you not know what I and my fathers have done to all the peoples of the lands? Have the gods of these nations ever been able to deliver their land from my hand?
  36. 2 Chronicles 32:31לָדַ֖עַת · that He might know
    And so when ambassadors of the rulers of Babylon were sent to him to inquire about the wonder that had happened in the land, God left him alone to test him, that He might know all that was in Hezekiah’s heart.
  37. 2 Chronicles 33:13וַיֵּ֣דַע · knew
    And when he prayed to Him, the LORD received his plea and heard his petition. So He brought him back to Jerusalem and to his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the LORD is God.
  38. Nehemiah 2:16יָדְעוּ֙ · know
    The officials did not know where I had gone or what I was doing, for I had not yet told the Jews or priests or nobles or officials or any other workers.
  39. Nehemiah 4:11יֵדְעוּ֙ · they know
    And our enemies said, “Before they know or see a thing, we will come into their midst, kill them, and put an end to the work.”
  40. Nehemiah 4:15נ֣וֹדַֽע · we were aware
    When our enemies heard that we were aware of their scheme and that God had frustrated it, each of us returned to his own work on the wall.
  41. Nehemiah 6:16וַיֵּ֣דְע֔וּ · for they realized
    When all our enemies heard about this, all the surrounding nations were afraid and disheartened, for they realized that this task had been accomplished by our God.
  42. Nehemiah 8:12הוֹדִ֖יעוּ · had been made known
    Then all the people began to eat and drink, to send out portions, and to rejoice greatly, because they understood the words that had been made known to them.
  43. Nehemiah 9:10יָדַ֔עְתָּ · You knew
    You performed signs and wonders against Pharaoh, all his officials, and all the people of his land, for You knew they had acted with arrogance against our fathers. You made a name for Yourself that endures to this day.
  44. Nehemiah 9:14הוֹדַ֣עַתָ · You revealed
    You revealed to them Your holy Sabbath and gave them commandments and statutes and laws through Your servant Moses.
  45. Nehemiah 10:28יוֹדֵ֥עַ
    “The rest of the people—the priests, Levites, gatekeepers, singers, temple servants, and all who had separated themselves from the people of the land to obey the Law of God—along with their wives and all their sons and daughters who are able to understand,