Word study · Hebrew
יָדַע
ya.daH3045to know
Used 945 times in the tagged text.
What it means
- to know
Full dictionary entry (technical)
- 1) to know
- 1a) (Qal)
- 1a1) to know
- 1a1a) to know, learn to know
- 1a1b) to perceive
- 1a1c) to perceive and see, find out and discern
- 1a1d) to discriminate, distinguish
- 1a1e) to know by experience
- 1a1f) to recognise, admit, acknowledge, confess
- 1a1g) to consider
- 1a2) to know, be acquainted with
- 1a3) to know (a person carnally)
- 1a4) to know how, be skilful in
- 1a5) to have knowledge, be wise
- 1b) (Niphal)
- 1b1) to be made known, be or become known, be revealed
- 1b2) to make oneself known
- 1b3) to be perceived
- 1b4) to be instructed
- 1c) (Piel) to cause to know
- 1d) (Poal) to cause to know
- 1e) (Pual)
- 1e1) to be known
- 1e2) known, one known, acquaintance (participle)
- 1f) (Hiphil) to make known, declare
- 1g) (Hophal) to be made known
- 1h) (Hithpael) to make oneself known, reveal oneself
- Aramaic equivalent: ye.da (יְדַע "to know" H3046)
Same idea, other words · Wisdom and knowing
To know in the Bible is more than to possess information: it is to be in relationship. Wisdom is skill for living in God's world.
- חׇכְמָהchokhmah wisdomwisdom, skillH2451
- σοφίαsophia wisdomwisdomG4678
- φρόνησιςphronēsis understandingunderstanding, practical insightG5428
- יָדַעyada to knowto know, including intimate knowingH3045
- γινώσκωginōskō to knowto know, to come to knowG1097
- ἐπίγνωσιςepignōsis knowledgefull knowledge, recognitionG1922
Where it appears
- Genesis57
- Exodus45
- Leviticus9
- Numbers17
- Deuteronomy46
- Joshua17
- Judges23
- Ruth7
- 1 Samuel57
- 2 Samuel30
- 1 Kings35
- 2 Kings19
- 1 Chronicles9
- 2 Chronicles20
- Nehemiah9
- Esther8
- Job70
- Psalms93
- Proverbs35
- Ecclesiastes36
- Song of Songs2
- Isaiah74
- Jeremiah74
- Ezekiel99
- Daniel7
- Hosea16
- Joel3
- Amos4
- Jonah6
- Micah3
- Nahum2
- Habakkuk2
- Zephaniah1
- Zechariah9
- Malachi1
Every use · 451–500 of 945 · BSB
Yes, I know that You will bring me down to death, to the place appointed for all the living.
let God weigh me with honest scales, that He may know my integrity.
I thought that age should speak, and many years should teach wisdom.
For I do not know how to flatter, or my Maker would remove me in an instant.
“Hear my words, O wise men; give ear to me, O men of learning.
Let us choose for ourselves what is right; let us learn together what is good.
Should God repay you on your own terms when you have disavowed His? You must choose, not I; so tell me what you know.
and further, that in His anger He has not punished or taken much notice of folly!
Indeed, God is great—beyond our knowledge; the number of His years is unsearchable.
God thunders wondrously with His voice; He does great things we cannot comprehend.
He seals up the hand of every man, so that all men may know His work.
Do you know how God dispatches the clouds or makes the lightning flash?
Do you understand how the clouds float, those wonders of Him who is perfect in knowledge?
Teach us what we should say to Him; we cannot draw up our case when our faces are in darkness.
Now brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall inform Me.
Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding.
Who fixed its measurements? Surely you know! Or who stretched a measuring line across it?
In your days, have you commanded the morning or assigned the dawn its place,
Have you surveyed the extent of the earth? Tell Me, if you know all this.
Surely you know, for you were already born! And the number of your days is great!
Do you know the laws of the heavens? Can you set their dominion over the earth?
“Do you know when mountain goats give birth? Have you watched the doe bear her fawn?
Can you count the months they are pregnant? Do you know the time they give birth?
“Now brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall inform Me.
“I know that You can do all things and that no plan of Yours can be thwarted.
You asked, ‘Who is this who conceals My counsel without knowledge?’ Surely I spoke of things I did not understand, things too wonderful for me to know.
You said, ‘Listen now, and I will speak. I will question you, and you shall inform Me.’
All his brothers and sisters and prior acquaintances came and dined with him in his house. They consoled him and comforted him over all the adversity that the LORD had brought upon him. And each one gave him a piece of silver and a gold ring.
For the LORD guards the path of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.
Know that the LORD has set apart the godly for Himself; the LORD hears when I call to Him.
Those who know Your name trust in You, for You, O LORD, have not forsaken those who seek You.
The LORD is known by the justice He brings; the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands. Higgaion Selah
Lay terror upon them, O LORD; let the nations know they are but men. Selah
Will the workers of iniquity never learn? They devour my people like bread; they refuse to call upon the LORD.
You have made known to me the path of life; You will fill me with joy in Your presence, with eternal pleasures at Your right hand.
You have delivered me from the strife of the people; You have made me the head of nations; a people I had not known shall serve me.
Now I know that the LORD saves His anointed; He answers him from His holy heaven with the saving power of His right hand.
Show me Your ways, O LORD; teach me Your paths.
The LORD confides in those who fear Him, and reveals His covenant to them.
I will be glad and rejoice in Your loving devotion, for You have seen my affliction; You have known the anguish of my soul.
Among all my enemies I am a disgrace, and among my neighbors even more. I am dreaded by my friends— they flee when they see me on the street.
Then I acknowledged my sin to You and did not hide my iniquity. I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the LORD,” and You forgave the guilt of my sin. Selah
May ruin befall them by surprise; may the net they hid ensnare them; may they fall into the hazard they created.
Hostile witnesses come forward; they make charges I know nothing about.
But when I stumbled, they assembled in glee; they gathered together against me. Assailants I did not know slandered me without ceasing.
Extend Your loving devotion to those who know You, and Your righteousness to the upright in heart.
The LORD knows the days of the blameless, and their inheritance will last forever.
“Show me, O LORD, my end and the measure of my days. Let me know how fleeting my life is.
“Show me, O LORD, my end and the measure of my days. Let me know how fleeting my life is.
Surely every man goes about like a phantom; surely he bustles in vain; he heaps up riches not knowing who will haul them away.
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