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יָדַע

yada

yaw-dah'

Strong's 1890 spelling: yâdaʻ

to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing)

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

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.)

Rendered in the KJV as

acknowledge, acquaintance(-ted with), advise, answer, appoint, assuredly, be aware, (un-) awares, can(-not), certainly, comprehend, consider, [idiom] 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, [phrase] be learned, [phrase] lie by man, mark, perceive, privy to, [idiom] prognosticator, regard, have respect, skilful, shew, can (man of) skill, be sure, of a surety, teach, (can) tell, understand, have (understanding), [idiom] will be, wist, wit, wot.

  • 945
    occurrencesin the Old Testament
  • 17 of 39
    Old Testament booksamong the first 500 shown
  • 310
    inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 500 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 310

  • יָדַ֔עְתִּי16
  • יָדַ֔עְתָּ10
  • יָדַ֥ע8
  • יָדַ֣ע8
  • יָדַ֣עְתִּי8
  • יָדַ֗עְתִּי7
  • יָדַ֖עְתִּי7
  • וַיֵּ֣דַע6
  • יָדְע֖וּ6
  • יָדַ֙עְתָּ֙6
  • תֵּדַ֔ע6
  • יָדַ֔ע5

and 298 more spellings in the ledger below.

How it is rendered · 170

  • I know51
  • you know33
  • he knew24
  • and you will know17
  • to know17
  • and he knew15
  • [is] knowing13
  • he knows12
  • they knew11
  • and know10
  • I knew10
  • know10

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 123

  • verb · simple (qal), completed action · 1st person common singular60
  • verb · simple (qal), completed action · 2nd person masculine singular38
  • verb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singular38
  • verb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person common plural26
  • verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular22
  • Hc/Vqw3ms17
  • preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)16
  • verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 1st person common singular11
  • verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singular10
  • verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine singular10
  • Hc/Vqq2mp9
  • Hc/Vqq2ms9
Show the grammar codes as tagged
  • HVqp1cs · 60
  • HVqp2ms · 38
  • HVqp3ms · 38
  • HVqp3cp · 26
  • HVqrmsa · 22
  • Hc/Vqw3ms · 17
  • HR/Vqcc · 16
  • HVqi1cs · 11
  • HVNp3ms · 10
  • HVqi2ms · 10
  • Hc/Vqq2mp · 9
  • Hc/Vqq2ms · 9

The first 500 of 945, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

Psalms carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.

Genesis57 occurrences
Exodus45 occurrences
Leviticus9 occurrences
Numbers17 occurrences
Deuteronomy46 occurrences
Joshua17 occurrences
Judges23 occurrences
Ruth7 occurrences
1 Samuel57 occurrences
2 Samuel30 occurrences
1 Kings35 occurrences
2 Kings19 occurrences
1 Chronicles9 occurrences
2 Chronicles20 occurrences
Nehemiah9 occurrences
Job7 occurrences
Psalms93 occurrences
Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), CC BY 4.0 — their grammar codes written out in English here, and shown as tagged under each list. Dictionary: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).