Yad — H3028

Definition

feminine noun

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

1. hand
2. power (fig.)

Usually translated as

hand, power

Origin

(Aramaic) corresponding to H3027

• Yâd (H3027)

Occurrences

Yad occurs 17 times in 16 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Ezra (5), Daniel (11)

• Ezra 5:8 — Be it known unto the king, that we went into the province of Judea, to the house of the great God, which is builded with great stones, and timber is laid in the walls, and this work goeth fast on, and prospereth in their hands (בְּיֶדְהֹֽם).
• Ezra 5:12 — But after that our fathers had provoked the God of heaven unto wrath, he gave them into the hand (בְּיַ֛ד) of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, the Chaldean, who destroyed this house, and carried the people away into Babylon.
• Ezra 6:12 — And the God that hath caused his name to dwell there destroy all kings and people, that shall put to their hand (יְדֵ֗הּ) to alter and to destroy this house of God which is at Jerusalem. I Darius have made a decree; let it be done with speed.
• Ezra 7:14 — Forasmuch as thou art sent of the king, and of his seven counsellors, to enquire concerning Judah and Jerusalem, according to the law of thy God which is in thine hand (בִידָֽךְ);
• Ezra 7:25 — And thou, Ezra, after the wisdom of thy God, that is in thine hand (בִידָךְ֙), set magistrates and judges, which may judge all the people that are beyond the river, all such as know the laws of thy God; and teach ye them that know them not.
• Daniel 2:34 — Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands (בִידַ֔יִן), which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces.
• Daniel 2:38 — And wheresoever the children of men dwell, the beasts of the field and the fowls of the heaven hath he given into thine hand (בִּידָ֔ךְ), and hath made thee ruler over them all. Thou art this head of gold.
• Daniel 2:45 — Forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands (בִידַ֗יִן), and that it brake in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the great God hath made known to the king what shall come to pass hereafter: and the dream is certain, and the interpretation thereof sure.
• Daniel 3:15 — Now if ye be ready that at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall down and worship the image which I have made; well: but if ye worship not, ye shall be cast the same hour into the midst of a burning fiery furnace; and who is that God that shall deliver you out of my hands (יְדָֽי)?
• Daniel 3:17 — If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand (יְדָ֥ךְ), O king.
• Daniel 4:35 — And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand (בִידֵ֔הּ), or say unto him, What doest thou?
• Daniel 5:5 — In the same hour came forth fingers of a man’s hand (יַד), and wrote over against the candlestick upon the plaister of the wall of the king’s palace: and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote.
• Daniel 5:5 — In the same hour came forth fingers of a man’s hand, and wrote over against the candlestick upon the plaister of the wall of the king’s palace: and the king saw the part of the hand (יְדָ֖ה) that wrote.
• Daniel 5:23 — But hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know: and the God in whose hand (בִּידֵ֛הּ) thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified:
• Daniel 5:24 — Then was the part of the hand (יְדָ֑א) sent from him; and this writing was written.
• Daniel 6:27 — He delivereth and rescueth, and he worketh signs and wonders in heaven and in earth, who hath delivered Daniel from the power (יַ֖ד) of the lions.
• Daniel 7:25 — And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand (בִּידֵ֔הּ) until a time and times and the dividing of time.