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HebrewH3027Noun

יָד

yad

1,351Occurrences
H3027Strong's #
NounPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),

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)

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
hand/arm[anatomy] 1) hand 1a) hand (of man) 1b) strength, power (fig.) 1c) side (of land), part, portion (metaph.) (fig.) 1d) (various special, technical senses) 1d1) sign, monument 1d2) part, fractional part, share 1d3) time, repetition 1d4) axle-trees, axle 1d5) stays, support (for laver) 1d6) tenons (in tabernacle) 1d7) a phallus, a hand (meaning unsure) 1d8) wrists

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun

Morphology Code

H:N

Full Description

Hebrew Noun

Occurrences

יָד appears 1,351 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Ezk
96
Jeremiah
96
1 Samuel
88
Exodus
87
Isaiah
84
Judges
83
Genesis
77
Deuteronomy
73

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 11:3BSB

So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, where David made a covenant with them before the LORD. And they anointed him king over Israel, according to the word of the LORD through Samuel.

2 Kings 21:14BSB

So I will forsake the remnant of My inheritance and deliver them into the hands of their enemies. And they will become plunder and spoil to all their enemies,

Exodus 4:2BSB

And the LORD asked him, “What is that in your hand?”“A staff,” he replied.

Isaiah 42:6BSB

“I, the LORD, have called youfor a righteous purpose,and I will take hold of your hand.I will keep you and appoint youto be a covenant for the peopleand a light to the nations,

Joshua 14:2BSB

Their inheritance was assigned by lot for the nine and a half tribes, as the LORD had commanded through Moses.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.