Usually translated as
praise, thanks, confess, thank, cast, confession, thanksgiving, shoot, thankful
Occurrences
Yâdâh occurs 114 times in 111 verses of the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (2), Leviticus (3), Numbers (1), 2 Samuel (1), 1 Kings (2), 1 Chronicles (9), 2 Chronicles (8), Ezra (2), Nehemiah (6), Job (1), Psalms (64), Proverbs (1), Isaiah (5), Jeremiah (2), Lamentations (1), Daniel (2), Zechariah (1)
- Genesis 29:35 — And she conceived again, and bare a son: and she said, Now will I praise (אוֹדֶ֣ה) the LORD: therefore she called his name Judah; and left bearing.
- Genesis 49:8 — Judah, thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise (יוֹד֣וּךָ): thy hand shall be in the neck of thine enemies; thy father’s children shall bow down before thee.
- Leviticus 5:5 — And it shall be, when he shall be guilty in one of these things, that he shall confess (וְהִ֨תְוַדָּ֔ה) that he hath sinned in that thing:
- Leviticus 16:21 — And Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat, and confess (וְהִתְוַדָּ֣ה) over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions in all their sins, putting them upon the head of the goat, and shall send him away by the hand of a fit man into the wilderness:
- Leviticus 26:40 — If they shall confess (וְהִתְוַדּ֤וּ) their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers, with their trespass which they trespassed against me, and that also they have walked contrary unto me;
- Numbers 5:7 — Then they shall confess (וְהִתְוַדּ֗וּ) their sin which they have done: and he shall recompense his trespass with the principal thereof, and add unto it the fifth part thereof, and give it unto him against whom he hath trespassed.
- 2 Samuel 22:50 — Therefore I will give thanks (אוֹדְךָ֥) unto thee, O LORD, among the heathen, and I will sing praises unto thy name.
- 1 Kings 8:33 — When thy people Israel be smitten down before the enemy, because they have sinned against thee, and shall turn again to thee, and confess (וְהוֹד֣וּ) thy name, and pray, and make supplication unto thee in this house:
- 1 Kings 8:35 — When heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against thee; if they pray toward this place, and confess (וְהוֹד֣וּ) thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou afflictest them:
- 1 Chronicles 16:4 — And he appointed certain of the Levites to minister before the ark of the LORD, and to record, and to thank (וּלְהוֹד֣וֹת) and praise the LORD God of Israel:
- 1 Chronicles 16:7 — Then on that day David delivered first this psalm to thank (לְהֹד֖וֹת) the LORD into the hand of Asaph and his brethren.
- 1 Chronicles 16:8 — Give thanks (הוֹד֤וּ) unto the LORD, call upon his name, make known his deeds among the people.
- 1 Chronicles 16:34 — O give thanks (הוֹד֤וּ) unto the LORD; for he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever.
- 1 Chronicles 16:35 — And say ye, Save us, O God of our salvation, and gather us together, and deliver us from the heathen, that we may give thanks (לְהֹדוֹת֙) to thy holy name, and glory in thy praise.
- 1 Chronicles 16:41 — And with them Heman and Jeduthun, and the rest that were chosen, who were expressed by name, to give thanks (לְהֹדוֹת֙) to the LORD, because his mercy endureth for ever;
- 1 Chronicles 23:30 — And to stand every morning to thank (לְהֹד֥וֹת) and praise the LORD, and likewise at even;
- 1 Chronicles 25:3 — Of Jeduthun: the sons of Jeduthun; Gedaliah, and Zeri, and Jeshaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six, under the hands of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied with a harp, to give thanks (הֹד֥וֹת) and to praise the LORD.
- 1 Chronicles 29:13 — Now therefore, our God, we thank (מוֹדִ֥ים) thee, and praise thy glorious name.
- 2 Chronicles 5:13 — It came even to pass, as the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking (וּלְהֹדוֹת֮) the LORD; and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of musick, and praised the LORD, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever: that then the house was filled with a cloud, even the house of the LORD;
- 2 Chronicles 6:24 — And if thy people Israel be put to the worse before the enemy, because they have sinned against thee; and shall return and confess (וְהוֹד֣וּ) thy name, and pray and make supplication before thee in this house;
- 2 Chronicles 6:26 — When the heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against thee; yet if they pray toward this place, and confess (וְהוֹד֣וּ) thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou dost afflict them;
- 2 Chronicles 7:3 — And when all the children of Israel saw how the fire came down, and the glory of the LORD upon the house, they bowed themselves with their faces to the ground upon the pavement, and worshipped, and praised (וְהוֹד֤וֹת) the LORD, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever.
- 2 Chronicles 7:6 — And the priests waited on their offices: the Levites also with instruments of musick of the LORD, which David the king had made to praise (לְהֹד֤וֹת) the LORD, because his mercy endureth for ever, when David praised by their ministry; and the priests sounded trumpets before them, and all Israel stood.
- 2 Chronicles 20:21 — And when he had consulted with the people, he appointed singers unto the LORD, and that should praise the beauty of holiness, as they went out before the army, and to say, Praise (הוֹד֣וּ) the LORD; for his mercy endureth for ever.
- 2 Chronicles 30:22 — And Hezekiah spake comfortably unto all the Levites that taught the good knowledge of the LORD: and they did eat throughout the feast seven days, offering peace offerings, and making confession (וּמִ֨תְוַדִּ֔ים) to the LORD God of their fathers.
- 2 Chronicles 31:2 — And Hezekiah appointed the courses of the priests and the Levites after their courses, every man according to his service, the priests and Levites for burnt offerings and for peace offerings, to minister, and to give thanks (וּלְהֹד֣וֹת), and to praise in the gates of the tents of the LORD.
- Ezra 3:11 — And they sang together by course in praising and giving thanks (וּבְהוֹדֹ֤ת) unto the LORD; because he is good, for his mercy endureth for ever toward Israel. And all the people shouted with a great shout, when they praised the LORD, because the foundation of the house of the LORD was laid.
- Ezra 10:1 — Now when Ezra had prayed, and when he had confessed (וּכְ֨הִתְוַדֹּת֔וֹ), weeping and casting himself down before the house of God, there assembled unto him out of Israel a very great congregation of men and women and children: for the people wept very sore.
- Nehemiah 1:6 — Let thine ear now be attentive, and thine eyes open, that thou mayest hear the prayer of thy servant, which I pray before thee now, day and night, for the children of Israel thy servants, and confess (וּמִתְוַדֶּ֗ה) the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against thee: both I and my father’s house have sinned.
- Nehemiah 9:2 — And the seed of Israel separated themselves from all strangers, and stood and confessed (וַיִּתְוַדּוּ֙) their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers.
- Nehemiah 9:3 — And they stood up in their place, and read in the book of the law of the LORD their God one fourth part of the day; and another fourth part they confessed (מִתְוַדִּ֣ים), and worshipped the LORD their God.
- Nehemiah 11:17 — And Mattaniah the son of Micha, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, was the principal to begin the thanksgiving (יְהוֹדֶ֣ה) in prayer: and Bakbukiah the second among his brethren, and Abda the son of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun.
- Nehemiah 12:24 — And the chief of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brethren over against them, to praise and to give thanks (לְהוֹד֔וֹת), according to the commandment of David the man of God, ward over against ward.
- Nehemiah 12:46 — For in the days of David and Asaph of old there were chief of the singers, and songs of praise and thanksgiving (וְהֹד֖וֹת) unto God.
- Job 40:14 — Then will I also confess (אוֹדֶ֑ךָּ) unto thee that thine own right hand can save thee.
- Psalms 6:5 — For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in the grave who shall give thee thanks (יֽוֹדֶה)?
- Psalms 7:17 — I will praise (אוֹדֶ֣ה) the LORD according to his righteousness: and will sing praise to the name of the LORD most high.
- Psalms 9:1 — I will praise (אוֹדֶ֣ה) thee, O LORD, with my whole heart; I will shew forth all thy marvellous works.
- Psalms 18:49 — Therefore will I give thanks (אוֹדְךָ֖) unto thee, O LORD, among the heathen, and sing praises unto thy name.
- Psalms 28:7 — The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise (אֲהוֹדֶֽנּוּ) him.
- Psalms 30:4 — Sing unto the LORD, O ye saints of his, and give thanks (וְ֝הוֹד֗וּ) at the remembrance of his holiness.
- Psalms 30:9 — What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise (הֲיוֹדְךָ֥) thee? shall it declare thy truth?
- Psalms 30:12 — To the end that my glory may sing praise to thee, and not be silent. O LORD my God, I will give thanks (אוֹדֶֽךָּ) unto thee for ever.
- Psalms 32:5 — I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess (אוֹדֶ֤ה) my transgressions unto the LORD; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah.
- Psalms 33:2 — Praise (הוֹד֣וּ) the LORD with harp: sing unto him with the psaltery and an instrument of ten strings.
- Psalms 35:18 — I will give thee thanks (א֭וֹדְךָ) in the great congregation: I will praise thee among much people.
- Psalms 42:5 — Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise (אוֹדֶ֗נּוּ) him for the help of his countenance.
- Psalms 42:11 — Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise (אוֹדֶ֑נּוּ) him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.
- Psalms 43:4 — Then will I go unto the altar of God, unto God my exceeding joy: yea, upon the harp will I praise (וְאוֹדְךָ֥) thee, O God my God.
- Psalms 43:5 — Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope in God: for I shall yet praise (אוֹדֶ֑נּוּ) him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.