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 · 651–700 of 945 · BSB
For before the boy knows enough to reject evil and choose good, the land of the two kings you dread will be laid waste.
For before the boy knows how to cry ‘Father’ or ‘Mother,’ the wealth of Damascus and the plunder of Samaria will be carried off by the king of Assyria.”
All the people will know it— Ephraim and the dwellers of Samaria. With pride and arrogance of heart they will say:
and on that day you will say: “Give praise to the LORD; proclaim His name! Make His works known among the peoples; declare that His name is exalted.
Sing to the LORD, for He has done glorious things. Let this be known in all the earth.
Where are your wise men now? Let them tell you and reveal what the LORD of Hosts has planned against Egypt.
The LORD will make Himself known to Egypt, and on that day Egypt will acknowledge the LORD. They will worship with sacrifices and offerings; they will make vows to the LORD and fulfill them.
The LORD will make Himself known to Egypt, and on that day Egypt will acknowledge the LORD. They will worship with sacrifices and offerings; they will make vows to the LORD and fulfill them.
And the entire vision will be to you like the words sealed in a scroll. If it is handed to someone to read, he will say, “I cannot, because it is sealed.”
Or if the scroll is handed to one unable to read, he will say, “I cannot read.”
Or if the scroll is handed to one unable to read, he will say, “I cannot read.”
Woe to those who dig deep to hide their plans from the LORD. In darkness they do their works and say, “Who sees us, and who will know?”
Then the wayward in spirit will come to understanding, and those who grumble will accept instruction.”
You who are far off, hear what I have done; you who are near, acknowledge My might.”
And now, O LORD our God, save us from his hand, so that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that You alone, O LORD, are God.”
But I know your sitting down, your going out and coming in, and your raging against Me.
The living, only the living, can thank You, as I do today; fathers will tell their children about Your faithfulness.
Who has directed the Spirit of the LORD, or informed Him as His counselor?
Whom did He consult to enlighten Him, and who taught Him the paths of justice? Who imparted knowledge to Him and showed Him the way of understanding?
Do you not know? Have you not heard? Has it not been declared to you from the beginning? Have you not understood since the foundation of the earth?
Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary; His understanding is beyond searching out.
so that all may see and know, may consider and understand, that the hand of the LORD has done this and the Holy One of Israel has created it.”
“Let them come and tell us what will happen. Tell the former things, so that we may reflect on them and know the outcome. Or announce to us what is coming.
Tell us the things that are to come, so that we may know that you are gods. Yes, do something good or evil, that we may look on together in dismay.
Who has declared this from the beginning, so that we may know, and from times past, so that we may say: ‘He was right’? No one announced it, no one foretold it, no one heard your words.
I will lead the blind by a way they did not know; I will guide them on unfamiliar paths. I will turn darkness into light before them and rough places into level ground. These things I will do for them, and I will not forsake them.
I will lead the blind by a way they did not know; I will guide them on unfamiliar paths. I will turn darkness into light before them and rough places into level ground. These things I will do for them, and I will not forsake them.
So He poured out on them His furious anger and the fierceness of battle. It enveloped them in flames, but they did not understand; it consumed them, but they did not take it to heart.
“You are My witnesses,” declares the LORD, “and My servant whom I have chosen, so that you may consider and believe Me and understand that I am He. Before Me no god was formed, and after Me none will come.
Behold, I am about to do something new; even now it is coming. Do you not see it? Indeed, I will make a way in the wilderness and streams in the desert.
Do not tremble or fear. Have I not told you and declared it long ago? You are My witnesses! Is there any God but Me? There is no other Rock; I know not one.”
All makers of idols are nothing, and the things they treasure are worthless. Their witnesses fail to see or comprehend, so they are put to shame.
They do not comprehend or discern, for He has shut their eyes so they cannot see and closed their minds so they cannot understand.
I will give you the treasures of darkness and the riches hidden in secret places, so that you may know that I am the LORD, the God of Israel, who calls you by name.
For the sake of Jacob My servant and Israel My chosen one, I call you by name; I have given you a title of honor, though you have not known Me.
I am the LORD, and there is no other; there is no God but Me. I will equip you for battle, though you have not known Me,
so that all may know, from where the sun rises to where it sets, that there is none but Me; I am the LORD, and there is no other.
Come, gather together, and draw near, you fugitives from the nations. Ignorant are those who carry idols of wood and pray to a god that cannot save.
So now hear this, O lover of luxury who sits securely, who says to herself, ‘I am, and there is none besides me. I will never be a widow or know the loss of children.’
But disaster will come upon you; you will not know how to charm it away. A calamity will befall you that you will be unable to ward off. Devastation will happen to you suddenly and unexpectedly.
But disaster will come upon you; you will not know how to charm it away. A calamity will befall you that you will be unable to ward off. Devastation will happen to you suddenly and unexpectedly.
You are wearied by your many counselors; let them come forward now and save you— your astrologers who observe the stars, who monthly predict your fate.
For I knew that you are stubborn; your neck is iron and your forehead is bronze.
You have heard these things; look at them all. Will you not acknowledge them? From now on I will tell you of new things, hidden things unknown to you.
They are created now, and not long ago; you have not heard of them before today. So you cannot claim, ‘I already knew them!’
You have never heard; you have never understood; for a long time your ears have not been open. For I knew how deceitful you are; you have been called a rebel from birth.
You have never heard; you have never understood; for a long time your ears have not been open. For I knew how deceitful you are; you have been called a rebel from birth.
Kings will be your foster fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers. They will bow to you facedown and lick the dust at your feet. Then you will know that I am the LORD; those who hope in Me will never be put to shame.”
I will make your oppressors eat their own flesh; they will be drunk on their own blood, as with wine. Then all mankind will know that I, the LORD, am your Savior and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.”
The Lord GOD has given Me the tongue of discipleship, to sustain the weary with a word. He awakens Me morning by morning; He awakens My ear to listen as a disciple.
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