Yâdaʻ — H3045

H3045 · Hebrew — ידע

Pronunciation: yaw-dah'

Definition

verb

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.)

  1. to know
    1. (Qal)
      1. to know
        1. to know, learn to know
        2. to perceive
        3. to perceive and see, find out and discern
        4. to discriminate, distinguish
        5. to know by experience
        6. to recognise, admit, acknowledge, confess
        7. to consider
      2. to know, be acquainted with
      3. to know (a person carnally)
      4. to know how, be skilful in
      5. to have knowledge, be wise
    2. (Niphal)
      1. to be made known, be or become known, be revealed
      2. to make oneself known
      3. to be perceived
      4. to be instructed
    3. (Piel) to cause to know
    4. (Poal) to cause to know
    5. (Pual)
      1. to be known
      2. known, one known, acquaintance (participle)
    6. (Hiphil) to make known, declare
    7. (Hophal) to be made known
    8. (Hithpael) to make oneself known, reveal oneself

“To know” a man or a woman is a euphemism for sexual union: “Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived” (Gen 4:1).

Usually translated as

know, known, knowledge, tell, acquaintance, certainly, perceive, acknowledge, teach, consider, cunning, skill, be sure, declare, discern, be learned, mark, understand, assuredly, be aware, cannot, feel, can have, have, of a surety, advise, answer, unawares, comprehend, famous, kinsfolk, have respect, acquainted with, appoint, awares, can, could they, be diligent, discover, endued with, familiar friend, be, norant, instruct, kinsman, lie by man, privy to, prognosticator, regard, skilful, shew, will be, wist, wit, wot

Origin

a primitive root

Greek equivalents

Occurrences

Yâdaʻ occurs 936 times in 864 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (50), Exodus (41), Leviticus (9), Numbers (17), Deuteronomy (43), Joshua (14), Judges (20), Ruth (7), 1 Samuel (51), 2 Samuel (28), 1 Kings (29), 2 Kings (16), 1 Chronicles (8), 2 Chronicles (16), Nehemiah (9), Esther (7), Job (69), Psalms (90), Proverbs (33), Ecclesiastes (30), Song of Songs (2), Isaiah (66), Jeremiah (62), Ezekiel (96), Daniel (7), Hosea (14), Joel (3), Amos (4), Jonah (6), Micah (3), Nahum (2), Habakkuk (1), Zephaniah (1), Zechariah (9), Malachi (1)

Strong's Lexicon — Y