יָדַע

ya.da · to know

Hebrew · Strong's H3045 · Verb · Sounds like: yaw-dah' · 945 occurrences

Word meanings

Strong's dictionary

a primitive root; 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.); 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.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (public domain)

Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
יָדַע 943 vb. know
Qal
1.
a. know, learn to know
b. perceive
c. perceive and see; find out and discern
d. discriminate, distinguish
e. know by experience
f. recognize, admit, acknowledge, confess
g. consider
h. not know = not expect
2. know a person, be acquainted with
3. know a person carnally, of sexual intercourse
4.
a. know how, to do a thing, be able to do it
b. be skilful in
5. abs. have knowledge, be wise
Niph.
1. be made known, be or become known, of things
2. make oneself known of pers.
3. be perceived
4. be instructed
Pi. cause to know
Pu. known
Hiph. make known, declare
Hoph. made known
Hithp. make oneself known

Every occurrence

  1. 1 Kings 2:44 יָדַ֙עְתָּ֙ ya.Da'.ta · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by you

    The king said moreover to Shimei, Thou knowest all the wickedness which thy heart is privy to, that thou didst to David my father: therefore Jehovah shall return thy wickedness upon thine own head.

  2. 1 Kings 2:44 יָדַע֙ ya.Da' · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    The king said moreover to Shimei, Thou knowest all the wickedness which thy heart is privy to, that thou didst to David my father: therefore Jehovah shall return thy wickedness upon thine own head.

  3. 1 Kings 3:7 אֵדַ֖ע 'e.Da' · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by me

    And now, O Jehovah my God, thou hast made thy servant king instead of David my father: and I am but a little child; I know not how to go out or come in.

  4. 1 Kings 5:3 יָדַ֜עְתָּ ya.Da'.ta · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by you

    Thou knowest how that David my father could not build a house for the name of Jehovah his God for the wars which were about him on every side, until Jehovah put them under the soles of his feet.

  5. 1 Kings 5:6 יָדַ֗עְתָּ ya.Da'.ta · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by you

    Now therefore command thou that they cut me cedar-trees out of Lebanon; and my servants shall be with thy servants; and I will give thee hire for thy servants according to all that thou shalt say: for thou knowest that there is not among us any that knoweth how to cut timber like unto the Sidonians.

  6. 1 Kings 5:6 יֹדֵ֥עַ yo.De.a' · An -ing word: simple action

    Now therefore command thou that they cut me cedar-trees out of Lebanon; and my servants shall be with thy servants; and I will give thee hire for thy servants according to all that thou shalt say: for thou knowest that there is not among us any that knoweth how to cut timber like unto the Sidonians.

  7. 1 Kings 8:38 יֵדְע֗וּן ye.de.'Un · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by them

    what prayer and supplication soever be made by any man, or by all thy people Israel, who shall know every man the plague of his own heart, and spread forth his hands toward this house:

  8. 1 Kings 8:39 תֵּדַ֖ע te.Da' · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by you

    then hear thou in heaven thy dwelling-place, and forgive, and do, and render unto every man according to all his ways, whose heart thou knowest; (for thou, even thou only, knowest the hearts of all the children of men;)

  9. 1 Kings 8:39 יָדַ֙עְתָּ֙ ya.Da'.ta · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by you

    then hear thou in heaven thy dwelling-place, and forgive, and do, and render unto every man according to all his ways, whose heart thou knowest; (for thou, even thou only, knowest the hearts of all the children of men;)

  10. 1 Kings 8:43 יֵדְעוּן֩ ye.de.'Un · A mild command: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by them

    hear thou in heaven thy dwelling-place, and do according to all that the foreigner calleth to thee for; that all the peoples of the earth may know thy name, to fear thee, as doth thy people Israel, and that they may know that this house which I have built is called by my name.

  11. 1 Kings 8:43 וְלָדַ֕עַת ve.la.Da.'at · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    hear thou in heaven thy dwelling-place, and do according to all that the foreigner calleth to thee for; that all the peoples of the earth may know thy name, to fear thee, as doth thy people Israel, and that they may know that this house which I have built is called by my name.

  12. 1 Kings 8:60 דַּ֚עַת Da.'at · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    that all the peoples of the earth may know that Jehovah, he is God; there is none else.

  13. 1 Kings 9:27 יֹדְעֵ֖י yo.de.'Ei · An -ing word: simple action

    And Hiram sent in the navy his servants, shipmen that had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon.

  14. 1 Kings 14:2 יֵֽדְע֔וּ ye.de.'U · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by them

    And Jeroboam said to his wife, Arise, I pray thee, and disguise thyself, that thou be not known to be the wife of Jeroboam; and get thee to Shiloh: behold, there is Ahijah the prophet, who spake concerning me that I should be king over this people.

  15. 1 Kings 17:24 יָדַ֔עְתִּי ya.Da'.ti · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by me

    And the woman said to Elijah, Now I know that thou art a man of God, and that the word of Jehovah in thy mouth is truth.

  16. 1 Kings 18:12 אֵדָ֔ע 'e.Da' · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by me

    And it will come to pass, as soon as I am gone from thee, that the Spirit of Jehovah will carry thee whither I know not; and so when I come and tell Ahab, and he cannot find thee, he will slay me: but I thy servant fear Jehovah from my youth.

  17. 1 Kings 18:36 יִוָּדַ֗ע yi.va.Da' · An action: receiving the action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    And it came to pass at the time of the offering of the evening oblation, that Elijah the prophet came near, and said, O Jehovah, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known this day that thou art God in Israel, and that I am thy servant, and that I have done all these things at thy word.

  18. 1 Kings 18:37 וְיֵֽדְעוּ֙ ve.ye.de.'U · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by them

    Hear me, O Jehovah, hear me, that this people may know that thou, Jehovah, art God, and that thou hast turned their heart back again.

  19. 1 Kings 20:7 דְּעֽוּ־ de.'u- · A command to all of you: simple action

    Then the king of Israel called all the elders of the land, and said, Mark, I pray you, and see how this man seeketh mischief: for he sent unto me for my wives, and for my children, and for my silver, and for my gold; and I denied him not.

  20. 1 Kings 20:13 וְיָדַעְתָּ֖ ve.ya.da'.Ta · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by you

    And, behold, a prophet came near unto Ahab king of Israel, and said, Thus saith Jehovah, Hast thou seen all this great multitude? behold, I will deliver it into thy hand this day; and thou shalt know that I am Jehovah.

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