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
- Job 35:15 and further, that in His anger He has not punished or taken much notice of folly!
- Job 36:26 Indeed, God is great—beyond our knowledge; the number of His years is unsearchable.
- Job 37:5 God thunders wondrously with His voice; He does great things we cannot comprehend.
- Job 37:7 He seals up the hand of every man, so that all men may know His work.
- Job 37:15 Do you know how God dispatches the clouds or makes the lightning flash?
- Job 37:16 Do you understand how the clouds float, those wonders of Him who is perfect in knowledge?
- Job 37:19 Teach us what we should say to Him; we cannot draw up our case because of our darkness.
- Job 38:3 Now brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall inform Me.
- Job 38:4 Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding.
- Job 38:5 Who fixed its measurements? Surely you know! Or who stretched a measuring line across it?
- Job 38:12 In your days, have you commanded the morning or assigned the dawn its place,
- Job 38:18 Have you surveyed the extent of the earth? Tell Me, if you know all this.
- Job 38:21 Surely you know, for you were already born! And the number of your days is great!
- Job 38:33 Do you know the laws of the heavens? Can you set their dominion over the earth?
- Job 39:1 “Do you know when mountain goats give birth? Have you watched the doe bear her fawn?
- Job 39:2 Can you count the months they are pregnant? Do you know the time they give birth?
- Job 40:7 “Now brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall inform Me.
- Job 42:2 “I know that You can do all things and that no plan of Yours can be thwarted.
- Job 42:3 You asked, ‘Who is this who conceals My counsel without knowledge?’ Surely I spoke of things I did not understand, things too wonderful for me to know.
- Job 42:4 You said, ‘Listen now, and I will speak. I will question you, and you shall inform Me.’
- Job 42:11 All his brothers and sisters and prior acquaintances came and dined with him in his house. They consoled him and comforted him over all the adversity that the LORD had brought upon him. And each one gave him a piece of silver and a gold ring.
- Psalms 1:6 For the LORD guards the path of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.
- Psalms 4:3 Know that the LORD has set apart the godly for Himself; the LORD hears when I call to Him.
- Psalms 9:10 Those who know Your name trust in You, for You, O LORD, have not forsaken those who seek You.
- Psalms 9:16 The LORD is known by the justice He brings; the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands. Higgaion Selah
- Psalms 9:20 Lay terror upon them, O LORD; let the nations know they are but men. Selah
- Psalms 14:4 Will the workers of iniquity never learn? They devour my people like bread; they refuse to call upon the LORD.
- Psalms 16:11 You have made known to me the path of life; You will fill me with joy in Your presence, with eternal pleasures at Your right hand.
- Psalms 18:43 You have delivered me from the strife of the people; You have made me the head of nations; a people I had not known shall serve me.
- Psalms 20:6 Now I know that the LORD saves His anointed; He answers him from His holy heaven with the saving power of His right hand.
- Psalms 25:4 Show me Your ways, O LORD; teach me Your paths.
- Psalms 25:14 The LORD confides in those who fear Him, and reveals His covenant to them.
- Psalms 31:7 I will be glad and rejoice in Your loving devotion, for You have seen my affliction; You have known the anguish of my soul.
- Psalms 31:11 Among all my enemies I am a disgrace, and among my neighbors even more. I am dreaded by my friends—they flee when they see me on the street.
- Psalms 32:5 Then I acknowledged my sin to You and did not hide my iniquity. I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the LORD,” and You forgave the guilt of my sin. Selah
- Psalms 35:8 May ruin befall them by surprise; may the net they hid ensnare them; may they fall into the hazard they created.
- Psalms 35:11 Hostile witnesses come forward; they make charges I know nothing about.
- Psalms 35:15 But when I stumbled, they assembled in glee; they gathered together against me. Assailants I did not know slandered me without ceasing.
- Psalms 36:10 Extend Your loving devotion to those who know You, and Your righteousness to the upright in heart.
- Psalms 37:18 The LORD knows the days of the blameless, and their inheritance will last forever.
- Psalms 39:4 “Show me, O LORD, my end and the measure of my days. Let me know how fleeting my life is.
- Psalms 39:6 Surely every man goes about like a phantom; surely he bustles in vain; he heaps up riches not knowing who will haul them away.
- Psalms 40:9 I proclaim righteousness in the great assembly; behold, I do not seal my lips, as You, O LORD, do know.
- Psalms 41:11 By this I know that You delight in me, for my enemy does not triumph over me.
- Psalms 44:21 would not God have discovered, since He knows the secrets of the heart?
- Psalms 46:10 “Be still and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted over the earth.”
- Psalms 48:3 God is in her citadels; He has shown Himself to be a fortress.
- Psalms 50:11 I know every bird in the mountains, and the creatures of the field are Mine.
- Psalms 51:3 For I know my transgressions, and my sin is always before me.
- Psalms 51:6 Surely You desire truth in the inmost being; You teach me wisdom in the inmost place.
- Psalms 53:4 Will the workers of iniquity never learn? They devour my people like bread; they refuse to call upon God.
- Psalms 55:13 But it is you, a man like myself, my companion and close friend.
- Psalms 56:9 Then my enemies will retreat on the day I cry for help. By this I will know that God is on my side.
- Psalms 59:13 Consume them in wrath; consume them till they are no more, so it may be known to the ends of the earth that God rules over Jacob. Selah
- Psalms 67:2 that Your ways may be known on earth, Your salvation among all nations.
- Psalms 69:5 You know my folly, O God, and my guilt is not hidden from You.
- Psalms 69:19 You know my reproach, my shame and disgrace. All my adversaries are before You.
- Psalms 71:15 My mouth will declare Your righteousness and Your salvation all day long, though I cannot know their full measure.
- Psalms 73:11 The wicked say, “How can God know? Does the Most High have knowledge?”
- Psalms 73:16 When I tried to understand all this, it was troublesome in my sight