יָד
yâd · yawd
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive word; in distinction from H3709 (כַּף), the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote (as follows)
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: ([phrase] be) able, [idiom] about, [phrase] armholes, at, axletree, because of, beside, border, [idiom] bounty, [phrase] broad, (broken-) handed, [idiom] by, charge, coast, [phrase] consecrate, [phrase] creditor, custody, debt, dominion, [idiom] enough, [phrase] fellowship, force, [idiom] from, hand(-staves, -y work), [idiom] he, himself, [idiom] in, labour, [phrase] large, ledge, (left-) handed, means, [idiom] mine, ministry, near, [idiom] of, [idiom] order, ordinance, [idiom] our, parts, pain, power, [idiom] presumptuously, service, side, sore, state, stay, draw with strength, stroke, [phrase] swear, terror, [idiom] thee, [idiom] by them, [idiom] themselves, [idiom] thine own, [idiom] thou, through, [idiom] throwing, [phrase] thumb, times, [idiom] to, [idiom] under, [idiom] us, [idiom] wait on, (way-) side, where, [phrase] wide, [idiom] with (him, me, you), work, [phrase] yield, [idiom] yourselves.
Letters
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the hand that works › the doorway, the way in
The hand that works of the doorway, the way in.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of יָד above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
1619 occurrences · 1619 OT · 0 NT · 474 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- hand85 · 13%
- his hand84 · 12%
- into the hand53 · 8%
- by the hand52 · 8%
- in his hand46 · 7%
- thine hand37 · 5%
- by36 · 5%
- mine hand30 · 4%
- their hands24 · 4%
- hands23 · 3%
- them into the hand23 · 3%
- out of the hand20 · 3%
- my hand17 · 3%
- and into the hand15 · 2%
- his hands15 · 2%
- the hand14 · 2%
- in thine hand14 · 2%
- of his hands13 · 2%
- into thine hand12 · 2%
- of thine hand11 · 2%
- from the hand11 · 2%
- in the hand10 · 1%
- under the hand10 · 1%
- of their hands10 · 1%
- into his hand9 · 1%
Where it is used, by book.
- Genesis95
- Exodus109
- Leviticus50
- Numbers45
- Deuteronomy83
- Joshua36
- Judges92
- Ruth3
- 1 Samuel120
- 2 Samuel63
- 1 Kings49
- 2 Kings73
- 1 Chronicles45
- 2 Chronicles82
- Ezra17
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.