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Strong's numbers

יָד H3027

yâd

yawd

a primitive word; in distinction from כַּף, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote (as follows); a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),; ([phrase] be) able, [idiom] about, [phrase] armholes, at, axletree, because of, beside, border, [idiom] bounty, [phrase] broad, (broken-) handed, [idiom] by, charge, coast, [phrase] consecrate, [phrase] creditor, custody, debt, dominion, [idiom] enough, [phrase] fellowship, force, [idiom] from, hand(-staves, -y work), [idiom] he, himself, [idiom] in, labour, [phrase] large, ledge, (left-) handed, means, [idiom] mine, ministry, near, [idiom] of, [idiom] order, ordinance, [idiom] our, parts, pain, power, [idiom] presumptuously, service, side, sore, state, stay, draw with strength, stroke, [phrase] swear, terror, [idiom] thee, [idiom] by them, [idiom] themselves, [idiom] thine own, [idiom] thou, through, [idiom] throwing, [phrase] thumb, times, [idiom] to, [idiom] under, [idiom] us, [idiom] wait on, (way-) side, where, [phrase] wide, [idiom] with (him, me, you), work, [phrase] yield, [idiom] yourselves.

Brown–Driver–Briggs

יָד 1604 n.f. hand
1 hand
2 Fig. = strength, power
3 Fig. = side
4 יָד is used in various special, technical senses:—
a sign, monument
b part, fractional part or share
c time, repetition
d axle-trees
e stays, supports for laver
f tenons on sides of boards of tabernacle
g a (beckoning) hand
5 יַד with prep.

From Brown, Driver, and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), in the public domain.


1447 occurrences

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  • Ecclesiastes 9:10
    Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.
  • Ecclesiastes 10:18
    By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through.
  • Ecclesiastes 11:6
    In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.
  • Song of Solomon 5:4
    My beloved put in his hand by the hole of the door, and my bowels were moved for him.
  • Song of Solomon 5:5
    I rose up to open to my beloved; and my hands dropped with myrrh, and my fingers with sweet smelling myrrh, upon the handles of the lock.
  • Song of Solomon 5:14
    His hands are as gold rings set with the beryl: his belly is as bright ivory overlaid with sapphires.
  • Song of Solomon 7:1
    How beautiful are thy feet with shoes, O prince's daughter! the joints of thy thighs are like jewels, the work of the hands of a cunning workman.
  • Isaiah 1:12
    When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, to tread my courts?
  • Isaiah 1:15
    And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.
  • Isaiah 1:25
    And I will turn my hand upon thee, and purely purge away thy dross, and take away all thy tin: