Hebrew adjective · H3039
יְדִיד
yedidyed-eed'
beloved; love
8 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: yᵉdîyd
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H3039is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 4 of 39Old Testament books
- 7spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H3039
loved
The King James renders it: amiable, (well-) beloved, loves.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
yedid is rendered "beloved; love". It stands 8 times in the Hebrew text, across four books.
- Four of the uses stand in Psalms, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "beloved".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Deuteronomy 33:12Concerning Benjamin he said: “May the beloved of the LORD rest secure in Him; God shields him all day long, and upon His shoulders he rests.”
- The Greek text spells it seven different ways.
The first use
Concerning Benjamin he said: “May the beloved of the LORD rest secure in Him; God shields him all day long, and upon His shoulders he rests.”
Deuteronomy 33:12יְדִ֣יד
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Four of the word's eight uses are in Psalms.
What the word means
The word carries two meanings: beloved, and love.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| belovedStrong's entry A | Tagged aslisted under the table | WhereDeuteronomy 33:12Concerning Benjamin he said: “May the beloved of the LORD rest secure in Him… |
| loveStrong's entry B | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- to beloved my3
- beloved your2
- beloved of1
- lovely1
- to beloved his1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| יְדִדוּת | yediduth | beloved | Uses1 |
All 8, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
7 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- יְדִידֶ֑יךָ2
- יְדִ֣יד1
- יְּדִיד֥וֹת1
- לִֽידִיד֣וֹ1
- לִֽידִידִ֔י1
- לִֽידִידִ֖י1
- לִֽידִידִ֞י1
The grammar of each form
- preposition + adjective · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular3HR/Aamsc/Sp1bs
- adjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular2HAampc/Sp2ms
- adjective · feminine plural1HAafpa
- adjective · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1HAamsc
- preposition + adjective · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1HR/Aamsc/Sp3ms
Deuteronomy
one use
Concerning Benjamin he said: “May the beloved of the LORD rest secure in Him; God shields him all day long, and upon His shoulders he rests.”
- יְדִ֣ידyedidadjective · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: beloved of
Psalms
four uses
Respond and save us with Your right hand, that Your beloved may be delivered.
- יְדִידֶ֑יךָyedideikhaadjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: beloved your
How lovely is Your dwelling place, O LORD of Hosts!
- יְּדִיד֥וֹתyedidotadjective · feminine pluraltagged: lovely
Respond and save us with Your right hand, that Your beloved may be delivered.
- יְדִידֶ֑יךָyedideikhaadjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: beloved your
In vain you rise early and stay up late, toiling for bread to eat— for He gives sleep to His beloved.
- לִֽידִיד֣וֹlididopreposition + adjective · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: to beloved his
Isaiah
two uses
I will sing for my beloved a song of his vineyard: My beloved had a vineyard on a very fertile hill.
- לִֽידִידִ֔יlididipreposition + adjective · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: to beloved my
- לִֽידִידִ֖יlididipreposition + adjective · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: to beloved my
Jeremiah
one use
What right has My beloved in My house, having carried out so many evil schemes? Can consecrated meat avert your doom, so that you can rejoice?
- לִֽידִידִ֞יlididipreposition + adjective · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: to beloved my
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.