Yâd — H3027

Definition

feminine noun

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

1. hand
1. hand (of man)
2. strength, power (fig.)
3. side (of land), part, portion (metaph.) (fig.)
4. (various special, technical senses)
1. sign, monument
2. part, fractional part, share
3. time, repetition
4. axle-trees, axle
5. stays, support (for laver)
6. tenons (in tabernacle)
7. a phallus, a hand (meaning unsure)
8. wrists

“By the hand of” means “through, by means of”: “as the LORD had spoken by Moses” (Exod 9:35); elsewhere it is kept literally, “by the hand of Moses” (Num 9:23).

To deliver someone or a land “into the hand” of another is to put it in his power (Judg 1:2).

Usually translated as

hand, by, power, with, consecrate, coast, side, beside, custody, means, parts, dominion, able, armholes, handed, force, large, ministry, near, order, service, state, wide, about, at, because of, border, bounty, charge, creditor, debt, enough, fellowship, from, handstaves, hay work, he, himself, in, mine, of, ordinance, presumptuously, sore, draw with strength, stroke, swear, thine own, through, throwing, times, to, under, us, wayside, where, work, yield, axletree, broad, brokenhanded, labour, ledge, lefthanded, our, pain, stay, terror, thee, by them, themselves, thou, thumb, wait on, yourselves

Origin

a primitive word; in distinction from H3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote (as follows)

• Derived from Kaph (H3709)

Greek equivalents

• ángelos (G32)
• adikéō (G91)
• anánkē (G318)
• brachíōn (G1023)
• bróchos (G1029)
• dáktylos (G1147)
• diádochos (G1240)
• dóxa (G1391)
• dýnamis (G1411)
• entolḗ (G1785)
• méros (G3313)
• métron (G3358)
• hórion (G3725)
• pēchys (G4083)
• plḗssō (G4141)
• tópos (G5117)
• cheîlos (G5491)
• cheír (G5495)

Occurrences

Yâd occurs 1,606 times in 1,439 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (80), Exodus (92), Leviticus (48), Numbers (44), Deuteronomy (78), Joshua (34), Judges (83), Ruth (3), 1 Samuel (99), 2 Samuel (52), 1 Kings (45), 2 Kings (64), 1 Chronicles (37), 2 Chronicles (70), Ezra (17), Nehemiah (32), Esther (21), Job (51), Psalms (88), Proverbs (27), Ecclesiastes (13), Song of Songs (4), Isaiah (88), Jeremiah (96), Lamentations (14), Ezekiel (99), Daniel (14), Hosea (6), Joel (1), Amos (4), Micah (5), Habakkuk (2), Zephaniah (4), Haggai (5), Zechariah (14), Malachi (5)

• Genesis 3:22 — And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand (יָד֗וֹ), and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:
• Genesis 4:11 — And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother’s blood from thy hand (מִיָּדֶֽךָ);
• Genesis 5:29 — And he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands (יָדֵ֔ינוּ), because of the ground which the LORD hath cursed.
• Genesis 8:9 — But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark, for the waters were on the face of the whole earth: then he put forth his hand (יָדוֹ֙), and took her, and pulled her in unto him into the ark.
• Genesis 9:2 — And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand (בְּיֶדְכֶ֥ם) are they delivered.
• Genesis 9:5 — And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand (מִיַּ֥ד) of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man’s brother will I require the life of man.
• Genesis 9:5 — And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand (וּמִיַּ֣ד) of man; at the hand of every man’s brother will I require the life of man.
• Genesis 9:5 — And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand (מִיַּד֙) of every man’s brother will I require the life of man.
• Genesis 14:20 — And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand (בְּיָדֶ֑ךָ). And he gave him tithes of all.
• Genesis 14:22 — And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lift up mine hand (יָדִ֤י) unto the LORD, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth,
• Genesis 16:6 — But Abram said unto Sarai, Behold, thy maid is in thy hand (בְּיָדֵ֔ךְ); do to her as it pleaseth thee. And when Sarai dealt hardly with her, she fled from her face.
• Genesis 16:9 — And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands (יָדֶֽיהָ).
• Genesis 16:12 — And he will be a wild man; his hand (יָד֣וֹ) will be against every man, and every man’s hand against him; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.
• Genesis 16:12 — And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man’s hand (וְיַ֥ד) against him; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.
• Genesis 19:10 — But the men put forth their hand (יָדָ֔ם), and pulled Lot into the house to them, and shut to the door.
• Genesis 19:16 — And while he lingered, the men laid hold upon his hand (בְּיָד֣וֹ), and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters; the LORD being merciful unto him: and they brought him forth, and set him without the city.
• Genesis 19:16 — And while he lingered, the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand (וּבְיַד) of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters; the LORD being merciful unto him: and they brought him forth, and set him without the city.
• Genesis 19:16 — And while he lingered, the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand (וּבְיַד֙) of his two daughters; the LORD being merciful unto him: and they brought him forth, and set him without the city.
• Genesis 21:18 — Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand (יָדֵ֖ךְ); for I will make him a great nation.
• Genesis 21:30 — And he said, For these seven ewe lambs shalt thou take of my hand (מִיָּדִ֑י), that they may be a witness unto me, that I have digged this well.
• Genesis 22:6 — And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and laid it upon Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand (בְּיָד֔וֹ), and a knife; and they went both of them together.
• Genesis 22:10 — And Abraham stretched forth his hand (יָד֔וֹ), and took the knife to slay his son.
• Genesis 22:12 — And he said, Lay not thine hand (יָֽדְךָ֙) upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me.
• Genesis 24:2 — And Abraham said unto his eldest servant of his house, that ruled over all that he had, Put, I pray thee, thy hand (יָדְךָ֖) under my thigh:
• Genesis 24:9 — And the servant put his hand (יָד֔וֹ) under the thigh of Abraham his master, and sware to him concerning that matter.
• Genesis 24:10 — And the servant took ten camels of the camels of his master, and departed; for all the goods of his master were in his hand (בְּיָד֑וֹ): and he arose, and went to Mesopotamia, unto the city of Nahor.
• Genesis 24:18 — And she said, Drink, my lord: and she hasted, and let down her pitcher upon her hand (יָדָ֖הּ), and gave him drink.
• Genesis 24:22 — And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the man took a golden earring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands (יָדֶ֔יהָ) of ten shekels weight of gold;
• Genesis 24:30 — And it came to pass, when he saw the earring and bracelets upon his sister’s hands (יְדֵ֣י), and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying, Thus spake the man unto me; that he came unto the man; and, behold, he stood by the camels at the well.
• Genesis 24:47 — And I asked her, and said, Whose daughter art thou? And she said, The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor’s son, whom Milcah bare unto him: and I put the earring upon her face, and the bracelets upon her hands (יָדֶֽיהָ).
• Genesis 25:26 — And after that came his brother out, and his hand (וְיָד֤וֹ) took hold on Esau’s heel; and his name was called Jacob: and Isaac was threescore years old when she bare them.
• Genesis 27:16 — And she put the skins of the kids of the goats upon his hands (יָדָ֑יו), and upon the smooth of his neck:
• Genesis 27:17 — And she gave the savoury meat and the bread, which she had prepared, into the hand (בְּיַ֖ד) of her son Jacob.
• Genesis 27:22 — And Jacob went near unto Isaac his father; and he felt him, and said, The voice is Jacob’s voice, but the hands (וְהַיָּדַ֖יִם) are the hands of Esau.
• Genesis 27:22 — And Jacob went near unto Isaac his father; and he felt him, and said, The voice is Jacob’s voice, but the hands are the hands (יְדֵ֥י) of Esau.
• Genesis 27:23 — And he discerned him not, because his hands (יָדָ֗יו) were hairy, as his brother Esau’s hands: so he blessed him.
• Genesis 27:23 — And he discerned him not, because his hands were hairy, as his brother Esau’s hands (כִּידֵ֛י): so he blessed him.
• Genesis 30:35 — And he removed that day the he goats that were ringstraked and spotted, and all the she goats that were speckled and spotted, and every one that had some white in it, and all the brown among the sheep, and gave them into the hand (בְּיַד) of his sons.
• Genesis 31:29 — It is in the power of my hand (יָדִ֔י) to do you hurt: but the God of your father spake unto me yesternight, saying, Take thou heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.
• Genesis 31:39 — That which was torn of beasts I brought not unto thee; I bare the loss of it; of my hand (מִיָּדִ֖י) didst thou require it, whether stolen by day, or stolen by night.
• Genesis 32:11 — Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand (מִיַּ֥ד) of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I fear him, lest he will come and smite me, and the mother with the children.
• Genesis 32:11 — Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand (מִיַּ֣ד) of Esau: for I fear him, lest he will come and smite me, and the mother with the children.
• Genesis 32:13 — And he lodged there that same night; and took of that which came to his hand (בְיָד֛וֹ) a present for Esau his brother;
• Genesis 32:16 — And he delivered them into the hand (בְּיַד) of his servants, every drove by themselves; and said unto his servants, Pass over before me, and put a space betwixt drove and drove.
• Genesis 33:10 — And Jacob said, Nay, I pray thee, if now I have found grace in thy sight, then receive my present at my hand (מִיָּדִ֑י): for therefore I have seen thy face, as though I had seen the face of God, and thou wast pleased with me.
• Genesis 33:19 — And he bought a parcel of a field, where he had spread his tent, at the hand (מִיַּ֥ד) of the children of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for an hundred pieces of money.
• Genesis 34:21 — These men are peaceable with us; therefore let them dwell in the land, and trade therein; for the land, behold, it is large enough (יָדַ֖יִם) for them; let us take their daughters to us for wives, and let us give them our daughters.
• Genesis 35:4 — And they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods which were in their hand (בְּיָדָ֔ם), and all their earrings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which was by Shechem.
• Genesis 37:21 — And Reuben heard it, and he delivered him out of their hands (מִיָּדָ֑ם); and said, Let us not kill him.
• Genesis 37:22 — And Reuben said unto them, Shed no blood, but cast him into this pit that is in the wilderness, and lay no hand (וְיָ֖ד) upon him; that he might rid him out of their hands, to deliver him to his father again.