יָדַע yâdaʻ

Meaning

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.)

In the King James Version: acknowledge, acquaintance(-ted with), advise, answer, appoint, assuredly, be aware, (un-) awares, can(-not), certainly, comprehend, consider, [idiom] could they, cunning, declare, be diligent, (can, cause to) discern, discover, endued with, familiar friend, famous, feel, can have, be (ig-) norant, instruct, kinsfolk, kinsman, (cause to let, make) know, (come to give, have, take) knowledge, have (knowledge), (be, make, make to be, make self) known, [phrase] be learned, [phrase] lie by man, mark, perceive, privy to, [idiom] prognosticator, regard, have respect, skilful, shew, can (man of) skill, be sure, of a surety, teach, (can) tell, understand, have (understanding), [idiom] will be, wist, wit, wot.

Derivation: a primitive root;

Where it is used

• Nehemiah 8:12 Then all the people began to eat and drink, to send out portions, and to rejoice greatly, because they understood the words that had been made known to them.
• Nehemiah 9:10 You performed signs and wonders against Pharaoh, all his officials, and all the people of his land, for You knew they had acted with arrogance against our fathers. You made a name for Yourself that endures to this day.
• Nehemiah 9:14 You revealed to them Your holy Sabbath and gave them commandments and statutes and laws through Your servant Moses.
• Nehemiah 10:28 “The rest of the people—the priests, Levites, gatekeepers, singers, temple servants, and all who had separated themselves from the people of the land to obey the Law of God—along with their wives and all their sons and daughters who are able to understand,
• Nehemiah 13:10 I also learned that because the portions for the Levites had not been given to them, all the Levites and singers responsible for performing the service had gone back to their own fields.
• Esther 1:13 Then the king consulted the wise men who knew the times, for it was customary for him to confer with the experts in law and justice.
• Esther 2:11 And every day Mordecai would walk back and forth in front of the court of the harem to learn about Esther’s welfare and what was happening to her.
• Esther 2:22 When Mordecai learned of the plot, he reported it to Queen Esther, and she informed the king on Mordecai’s behalf.
• Esther 4:1 When Mordecai learned of all that had happened, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth and ashes, and went out into the middle of the city, wailing loudly and bitterly.
• Esther 4:5 Then Esther summoned Hathach, one of the king’s eunuchs appointed to her, and she dispatched him to Mordecai to learn what was troubling him and why.
• Esther 4:11 “All the royal officials and the people of the king’s provinces know that one law applies to every man or woman who approaches the king in the inner court without being summoned—that he be put to death. Only if the king extends the gold scepter may that person live. But I have not been summoned to appear before the king for the past thirty days.”
• Esther 4:14 For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance for the Jews will arise from another place, but you and your father’s house will perish. And who knows if perhaps you have come to the kingdom for such a time as this?”
• Job 5:24 You will know that your tent is secure, and find nothing amiss when inspecting your home.
• Job 5:25 You will know that your offspring will be many, your descendants like the grass of the earth.
• Job 5:27 Indeed, we have investigated, and it is true! So hear it and know for yourself.”
• Job 8:9 For we were born yesterday and know nothing; our days on earth are but a shadow.
• Job 9:2 “Yes, I know that it is so, but how can a mortal be righteous before God?
• Job 9:5 He moves mountains without their knowledge and overturns them in His anger.
• Job 9:21 Though I am blameless, I have no concern for myself; I despise my own life.
• Job 9:28 I would still dread all my sufferings; I know that You will not acquit me.
• Job 10:2 I will say to God: Do not condemn me! Let me know why You prosecute me.
• Job 10:13 Yet You concealed these things in Your heart, and I know that this was in Your mind:
• Job 11:6 and disclose to you the secrets of wisdom, for true wisdom has two sides. Know then that God exacts from you less than your iniquity deserves.
• Job 11:8 They are higher than the heavens—what can you do? They are deeper than Sheol—what can you know?
• Job 11:11 Surely He knows the deceit of men. If He sees iniquity, does He not take note?
• Job 12:9 Which of all these does not know that the hand of the LORD has done this?
• Job 13:2 What you know, I also know; I am not inferior to you.
• Job 13:18 See now, I have prepared my case; I know that I will be vindicated.
• Job 13:23 How many are my iniquities and sins? Reveal to me my transgression and sin.
• Job 14:21 If his sons receive honor, he does not know it; if they are brought low, he is unaware.
• Job 15:9 What do you know that we do not? What do you understand that is not clear to us?
• Job 15:23 He wanders about as food for vultures; he knows the day of darkness is at hand.
• Job 18:21 Surely such is the dwelling of the wicked and the place of one who does not know God.”
• Job 19:6 then understand that it is God who has wronged me and drawn His net around me.
• Job 19:13 He has removed my brothers from me; my acquaintances have abandoned me.
• Job 19:14 My kinsmen have failed me, and my friends have forgotten me.
• Job 19:25 But I know that my Redeemer lives, and in the end He will stand upon the earth.
• Job 19:29 then you should fear the sword yourselves, because wrath brings punishment by the sword, so that you may know there is a judgment.”
• Job 20:4 Do you not know that from antiquity, since man was placed on the earth,
• Job 20:20 Because his appetite is never satisfied, he cannot escape with his treasure.
• Job 21:19 It is said that God lays up one’s punishment for his children. Let God repay the man himself, so he will know it.
• Job 21:27 Behold, I know your thoughts full well, the schemes by which you would wrong me.
• Job 22:13 Yet you say: ‘What does God know? Does He judge through thick darkness?
• Job 23:3 If only I knew where to find Him, so that I could go to His seat.
• Job 23:5 I would learn how He would answer, and consider what He would say.
• Job 23:10 Yet He knows the way I have taken; when He has tested me, I will come forth as gold.
• Job 24:1 “Why does the Almighty not reserve times for judgment? Why may those who know Him never see His days?
• Job 24:16 In the dark they dig through houses; by day they shut themselves in, never to experience the light.
• Job 26:3 How you have counseled the unwise and provided fully sound insight!
• Job 28:7 No bird of prey knows that path; no falcon’s eye has seen it.
• Job 28:13 No man can know its value, nor is it found in the land of the living.
• Job 28:23 But God understands its way, and He knows its place.
• Job 29:16 I was a father to the needy, and I took up the case of the stranger.
• Job 30:23 Yes, I know that You will bring me down to death, to the place appointed for all the living.
• Job 31:6 let God weigh me with honest scales, that He may know my integrity.
• Job 32:7 I thought that age should speak, and many years should teach wisdom.
• Job 32:22 For I do not know how to flatter, or my Maker would remove me in an instant.
• Job 34:2 “Hear my words, O wise men; give ear to me, O men of learning.
• Job 34:4 Let us choose for ourselves what is right; let us learn together what is good.
• Job 34:33 Should God repay you on your own terms when you have disavowed Him? You must choose, not I; so tell me what you know.