יְדַע
yᵉdaʻ · yed-ah'
{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: (Aramaic) corresponding to H3045 (יָדַע)
{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: certify, know, make known, teach.
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 יְדַע 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
47 occurrences · 47 OT · 0 NT · 44 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- known4 · 11%
- know4 · 11%
- make known3 · 8%
- and make known3 · 8%
- be it known2 · 5%
- to make known2 · 5%
- thou know2 · 5%
- and certified1 · 3%
- and know1 · 3%
- certify1 · 3%
- to certify1 · 3%
- also we certify1 · 3%
- such as know1 · 3%
- and teach1 · 3%
- ye them that know1 · 3%
- and i shall know1 · 3%
- to them that know1 · 3%
- he knoweth1 · 3%
- and hast made known1 · 3%
- for thou hast now made known1 · 3%
- that will make known1 · 3%
- and maketh known1 · 3%
- maketh known1 · 3%
- shall make known1 · 3%
- and that thou mightest know1 · 3%
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.