יָדַע
yâdaʻ · yaw-dah'
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.)
Lexicon
Derivation: 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.)
- 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.)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: 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.
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
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the hand that works › the doorway, the way in › to see and know
The hand that works of the doorway, the way in that works to see and know.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of יָדַע 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
945 occurrences · 945 OT · 0 NT · 505 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- know39 · 12%
- i know32 · 10%
- knew30 · 9%
- and ye shall know26 · 8%
- knoweth22 · 7%
- and they shall know21 · 6%
- thou knowest19 · 6%
- shall know18 · 5%
- to know18 · 5%
- for i know15 · 4%
- may know14 · 4%
- knowest10 · 3%
- and thou shalt know9 · 3%
- and know7 · 2%
- for thou knowest6 · 2%
- that we may know6 · 2%
- which thou knowest6 · 2%
- that ye may know6 · 2%
- perceived5 · 1%
- that thou mayest know5 · 1%
- known5 · 1%
- have known4 · 1%
- that i may know4 · 1%
- is known4 · 1%
- and i knew4 · 1%
Where it is used, by book.
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.