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 · 401–450 of 945 · BSB
Then the king consulted the wise men who knew the times, for it was customary for him to confer with the experts in law and justice.
Then the king consulted the wise men who knew the times, for it was customary for him to confer with the experts in law and justice.
And every day Mordecai would walk back and forth in front of the court of the harem to learn about Esther’s welfare and what was happening to her.
When Mordecai learned of the plot, he reported it to Queen Esther, and she informed the king on Mordecai’s behalf.
When Mordecai learned of all that had happened, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth and ashes, and went out into the middle of the city, wailing loudly and bitterly.
Then Esther summoned Hathach, one of the king’s eunuchs appointed to her, and she dispatched him to Mordecai to learn what was troubling him and why.
“All the royal officials and the people of the king’s provinces know that one law applies to every man or woman who approaches the king in the inner court without being summoned—that he be put to death. Only if the king extends the gold scepter may that person live. But I have not been summoned to appear before the king for the past thirty days.”
For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance for the Jews will arise from another place, but you and your father’s house will perish. And who knows if perhaps you have come to the kingdom for such a time as this?”
You will know that your tent is secure, and find nothing amiss when inspecting your home.
You will know that your offspring will be many, your descendants like the grass of the earth.
Indeed, we have investigated, and it is true! So hear it and know for yourself.”
For we were born yesterday and know nothing; our days on earth are but a shadow.
“Yes, I know that it is so, but how can a mortal be righteous before God?
He moves mountains without their knowledge and overturns them in His anger.
Though I am blameless, I have no concern for myself; I despise my own life.
I would still dread all my sufferings; I know that You will not acquit me.
I will say to God: Do not condemn me! Let me know why You prosecute me.
Yet You concealed these things in Your heart, and I know that this was in Your mind:
and disclose to you the secrets of wisdom, for true wisdom has two sides. Know then that God exacts from you less than your iniquity deserves.
They are higher than the heavens—what can you do? They are deeper than Sheol—what can you know?
Surely He knows the deceit of men. If He sees iniquity, does He not take note?
Which of all these does not know that the hand of the LORD has done this?
What you know, I also know; I am not inferior to you.
Behold, now that I have prepared my case, I know that I will be vindicated.
How many are my iniquities and sins? Reveal to me my transgression and sin.
If his sons receive honor, he does not know it; if they are brought low, he is unaware.
What do you know that we do not? What do you understand that is not clear to us?
What do you know that we do not? What do you understand that is not clear to us?
He wanders about as food for vultures; he knows the day of darkness is at hand.
Surely such is the dwelling of the wicked and the place of one who does not know God.”
then understand that it is God who has wronged me and drawn His net around me.
He has removed my brothers from me; my acquaintances have abandoned me.
My kinsmen have failed me, and my friends have forgotten me.
But I know that my Redeemer lives, and in the end He will stand upon the earth.
then you should fear the sword yourselves, because wrath brings punishment by the sword, so that you may know there is a judgment.”
Do you not know that from antiquity, since man was placed on the earth,
Because his appetite is never satisfied, he cannot escape with his treasure.
It is said that God lays up one’s punishment for his children. Let God repay the man himself, so he will know it.
Behold, I know your thoughts full well, the schemes by which you would wrong me.
Yet you say: ‘What does God know? Does He judge through thick darkness?
If only I knew where to find Him, so that I could go to His seat.
I would learn how He would answer, and consider what He would say.
Yet He knows the way I have taken; when He has tested me, I will come forth as gold.
“Why does the Almighty not reserve times for judgment? Why may those who know Him never see His days?
In the dark they dig through houses; by day they shut themselves in, never to experience the light.
How you have counseled the unwise and provided fully sound insight!
No bird of prey knows that path; no falcon’s eye has seen it.
No man can know its value, nor is it found in the land of the living.
But God understands its way, and He knows its place.
I was a father to the needy, and I took up the case of the stranger.
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