יָדָה
to throw
also: shoot, cast fuller range ↓
Full lexicon entry — Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB)
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB)
Where this word appears
Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Verb
- An action or state-of-being word.
Stem
- Hiphil
- The causative active stem (“he caused / brought about”). Here: ‘give thanks’
- Hithpael
- The reflexive or reciprocal stem (the subject acts on itself). Here: ‘confess’
- Piel
- An intensive or resultative active stem.
- Qal
- The basic, simple active stem — the plain form of the verb (“he wrote”).
Form
- Imperative
- A direct command (“write!”).
- Imperfect
- An incomplete, ongoing, or future action (“he will / would write”).
- Infinitive Construct
- A bound verbal noun, frequently with prepositions (“to write / in writing”).
- Sequential Perfect
- A perfect with prefixed waw continuing a preceding imperfect or command (waw-consecutive perfect).
- Jussive
- A third- or second-person volitional form expressing wish or command (“let him write”).
- Participle Active
- A verbal adjective expressing ongoing or characteristic action (“writing / one who writes”).
- Perfect
- A completed action or state — Hebrew marks aspect (completeness) more than strict tense (“he wrote”).
- Sequential Imperfect
- An imperfect with prefixed waw — the standard past-narrative form (waw-consecutive imperfect).
- Cohortative
- A first-person volitional form expressing wish or resolve (“let me / let us write”).
State
- Absolute
- The independent form of a noun, not bound to a following word.
Person
- 2nd Person
- The one addressed (“you”).
- 1st Person
- The speaker (“I / we”).
- 3rd Person
- The one spoken about (“he / she / it / they”).
Gender
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
- Common
- Either gender — not distinguished for this form.
- Feminine
- Grammatically feminine.
Number
- Plural
- More than one (in Hebrew, generally three or more).
- Singular
- One.
Every verse where H3034 appears in the Book of Isaiah — 5 distinct verses. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Hebrew form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Hebrew Bible; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences are not indexed here.
Isaiah
- Isaiah 12:1 אוֹדְ/ךָ֣ Hiphil impf 1cs + sfx pers 2ms In that day you will say, "I will give thanks to you, Yahweh; for though you were angry with me, your anger has turned away and you comfort me.
- Isaiah 12:4 הוֹד֤וּ Hiphil impv 2mp In that day you will say, "Give thanks to Yahweh! Call on his name. Declare his doings among the peoples. Proclaim that his name is exalted!
- Isaiah 25:1 אוֹדֶ֣ה Hiphil impf 1cs Yahweh, you are my God; I will exalt you, I will praise your name; for you have done wonderful things, [even] counsels of old, in faithfulness [and] truth.
- Isaiah 38:18 תּוֹדֶ֖/ךָּ Hiphil impf 3fs + sfx pers 2ms For Sheol can't praise you, death can't celebrate you: Those who go down into the pit can't hope for your truth.
- Isaiah 38:19 יוֹדֶ֖/ךָ Hiphil impf 3ms + sfx pers 2ms The living, the living, he shall praise you, as I do this day: The father to the children shall make known your truth.
About this entry
At a glance — auto-summarized from this page’s data, not written by a person. Every figure links to its source below. This summary describes the numbers; it doesn’t interpret them.
ידה (yâdâh) is a Hebrew verb most often rendered “to throw.” It clusters heavily in Psalms, which alone accounts for 58% of its uses. With 111 verses in 17 books, it is a common word in the Hebrew Bible. It first appears in Genesis 29:35. Different stems carry different senses — BDB groups them under 3 stems, among them Piel and Hiphil. For the data behind this summary, explore the sense tree and the renderings breakdown below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's H3034 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 111
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 111 distinct verses.
- 17 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 17 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #384
- by frequency
- Top 500 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 384 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 111 occurrences in the concordance →
Most concentrated in
- Psalms 64 verses 58%
- 1 Chronicles 9 verses 8%
- 2 Chronicles 8 verses 7%
By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 111 distinct verses.
- Writings (Ketuvim) 94 verses · 85%
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 11 verses · 10%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 6 verses · 5%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
- King James Version: Give thanks 20×, I will praise 14×, Praise 14×
- American Standard Version: Give thanks 18×, I will give thanks 11×, Oh give thanks 8×
- Berean Standard Bible: Give thanks 20×, I will praise you 8×, Praise you 6×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: Give thanks 24×, I will thank you 11×, Thank you 6×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H3034 across 114 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 38 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H3034 across 112 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 38 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H3034 across 114 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 28 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H3034 across 126 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 29 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
11 senses and sub-senses in the full BDB
Hebrew verbs can shift meaning by stem (binyan): Qal is the basic action, Niphal is often passive or reflexive, Piel often intensifies or makes it factitive, and Hiphil is typically causative. The senses below are grouped under the stem BDB assigns to each. This entry also uses Hithpael (reflexive or reciprocal).
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 11 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
Piel
- Impf. וַיַּדּוּ בִּי La 3:53 and they cast (stones) on me; Inf. יַדּוֹת Zc 2:4 to cast down (the horns of the nations). e.g. Lamentations 3:53
Hiphil
- (connex. with ידה throw, obscure, yet v. supr.) Pf. הוֹדוּ 1 K 8:33 + 3 times; הוֹדִינוּ ψ 75:2(×2); Impf. יְהוֹדֶה Ne 11:17 (on form v. Ges§ 53, R. 7); יוֹדֶה ψ 6:6; 1 s. sf. אֲהוֹדֶנּוּ 28:7 (Gesl.c.); אוֹדֶנּוּ 42:6, 12; 43:5; pl. יוֹדוּ 99:3 + 6 times; sf. יְהוֹדוּךָ 44:18 (Gesl.c.); יוֹדֻךָ 49:19, etc. + 41 times Impf.; Imv. הוֹדוּ Is 12:4 + 16 times; הֹדוּ ψ 107:1; Inf. הוֹדוֹת 1 Ch 25:3 + 11 times; הוֹדֹת Ezr 3:11; הֹדוֹת 1 Ch 16:7 + 4 times (see Baer ψ 92:2); Pt. מוֹדֶה Pr 28:13; pl. מוֹדִים 1 Ch 29:13;— e.g. 1 Kings 8:33
- 1. give thanks, laud, praise;
- a. c. acc. (1) of men, Judah Gn 49:8 (poetic play on name); Job (ironical) Jb 40:14; the king ψ 45:18; the rich 49:19; (2) of י׳, Gn 29:35 (J expl. name יהודה); elsewhere (mostly ψψ and Ch) of ritual worship (v. LagOr. ii. 22 f.); obj. שֵׁם י׳ Is 25:1 ψ 44:9; 54:8; 99:3; 138:2; 142:7; פֶּלֶא י׳ 89:6; יהוה 7:18; 9:2; 109:30; 111:1; יָהּ 118:19; sf. -ךָ referring to God 30:10, 13; 35:18; 43:4; 52:11; 67:4(×2), 6(×2); 71:22; 76:11; 88:11; 118:21, 28; 119:7; 138:1; 139:14 Is 38:18, 19 (song of Hez.); ֶנּוּ ψ 42:6, 12; 43:5; מִשִּׁירִי אֲהוֹדֶנּוּ 28:7 with my song will I praise him; אוֹדְךָ י׳ I will praise thee י׳ 2 S 22:50 = ψ 18:50 = 108:4, Is 12:1 (exilic hymn); אדני ψ 57:10; 86:12, cf. 138:4; 145:10. e.g. Genesis 49:8
- b. sq. לְ, only of the ritual worship: לְשֵׁם י׳ ψ 106:47 = 1 Ch 16:35, ψ 122:4; 140:14; לְזֵכֶר קָדְשׁוֹ 30:5; 97:12; לי׳ 1 Ch 16:4, 7, 41; 23:30; 25:3; 2 Ch 5:13; 7:6; 20:21 ψ 33:2; 92:2; 105:1 = 1 Ch 16:8 = Is 12:4; הודו לי׳ כי טוב give thanks to י׳ for he is good ψ 106:1; 107:1; 118:1, 29; 136:1 1 Ch 16:34; so Je 33:11 (sq. אֶת־י׳); cf. הוד(ו)ת 2 Ch 7:3 Ezr 3:11; יודו לי׳ חסדו ψ 107:8, 15, 21, 31; לאלהים Ne 12:46 ψ 136:1; לאדני v 3; לאל v 26; sfs. referring to God: לְךָ 6:6; 79:13; 119:62; לוֹ 100:4; לך + אלהים 75:2(×2) 1 Ch 29:13; abs. 2 Ch 31:2 Ne 11:17; 12:24 all of the ritual worship. e.g. Psalms 106:47
- 2. confess,
- a. the name of God, ‖ שׁוּב, התחנן, התפלל, 1 K 8:33, 35 = 2 Ch 6:24, 26. e.g. 1 Kings 8:33
- b. עֲלֵי פשׁע ψ 32:5 (‖ לֹא כִסִּיתִי); מוֹדֶה וְעֹזֵב (פשׁעיו) Pr 28:13 confessing and forsaking (his transgressions; opp. מְכַסֶּה). e.g. Psalms 32:5
Hithpael
- Pf. הִתְוַדָּה Lv 5:5; 16:21; הִתְוַדּוּ 26:40 Nu 5:7; Impf. 1 s. אֶתְוַדֶּה Dn 9:4; pl. יִתְוַדּוּ Ne 9:2; Inf. sf. הִתְוַדֹּתוֹ Ezr 10:1; Pt. מִתְוַדֶּה Ne 1:6 Dn 9:20; pl. מִתְוַדִּים 2 Ch 30:22 Ne 9:3;— e.g. Leviticus 5:5
- 1. confess, abs. Ezr 10:1 Ne 9:3 Dn 9:4; c. acc. עָוֹן Lv 16:21 (P), 26:40 (H); חטאת Nu 5:7 (P), Dn 9:20; אֲשֶׁר חָטָא Lv 5:5 (P); עַל חטאות Ne 1:6; 9:2. e.g. Ezra 10:1
- 2. give thanks, ליהוה, in the ritual worship 2 Ch 30:22. e.g. 2 Chronicles 30:22
Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.
Word origin
vb. throw, cast (Arabic وَدَى exeruit, emisit, ii. iv. emisit (all now in special senses); Ethiopic ወደየ: throw, cast on or in (very often; cf. ወደደ:); whence Hiph. give thanks, confess (orig. acknowledge?) is commonly derived, perhaps from gestures accompanying the act, v. Thes LagOr ii. 22, yet connexion uncertain; Aramaic Pa. וַדֵּי, Aph. אוֹדִי confess, ܐܰܘܕܺܝ, ܐܫܬܘܕܝ id.; but Ethiopic አስተዋደየ accuse, perhaps also from gesture; Palm. מודא render thanks, often in votive inscrr., see Vog on No. 79; עבד ומודא Vog No. 101 = εὐχαρίστως ἀνέθηκε; מודן כל יום Vog No. 93. 1; ידתא pious Vog No. 29) Palm. ידתא 4 (arrows) at Je 50:14 (read prob., with some Codd. יְרוּ).
— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.
Derived from יד (yâd) (H3027) — hand.
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
יָדָה
- , v. ידי
ידי
- (b. h.) to point, move (cmp. b. h. הָדָה).—Denom. יָד.
- [to raise hands,]
- 1. to thank, acknowledge; to give praise. Taan. 6ᵇ מוֹדִים … לך we offer thanks unto thee. Ber. V, 3 he who says in public prayer מודים מודים … אותו ‘we thank, we thank’ (as if pointing in different directions and acknowledging two divinities) must be silenced. Ib. IX, 5 (play on מ̇אד̇ך, Deut. VI, 5) בכל מ̇ד̇ה ומדה … הוי מוֹדֶה לו for whatever measure He metes out to thee, give thanks to Him. Ib. 54ᵇ ארבעה צריכין להוֹרוֹת four persons are bound to offer public thanks; a. v. fr. e.g. Deuteronomy 6:5
- 2. to admit, consent, to confess. Pes. IV, 9 (56ᵃ); Ber. 10ᵃ על ג׳ הוֹדוּ לו concerning three of his acts they agreed with him. B. Mets. 3ᵃ, a. fr. מוֹדֶה במקצת הטענה he who admits part of his opponent’s claim. Shebu. VI, 3; Keth. 108ᵇ, a. e. טענו … וה׳ לו בשעורים, v. טָעַן I. B. Mets. 12ᵇ בשחייב מודה when the debtor admits his indebtedness; a. v. fr. [Tosef. Par. IX (VIII), 6 שהן מודין, v. מוֹרִיר.]
- , Nithpa. נִתְוַדֶּה, (denom. of תּוֹדָה, cmp. Josh. VII, 19) to confess one’s sins before God. Yoma III, 8 ומִתְיַרֶּה and confesses in public. Ib. 40ᵃ להגריל ולהִתְוַדּוֹת to cast lots and to make confession (on the head of the scapegoat). Y. ib. VIII, end, 45ᶜ אע"פ שנ׳ בערבית צריך להתודות וכ׳ although he has made confession in the evening prayer, he must again confess &c.; a. fr.—V. וִידּוּי. e.g. Joshua 7:19
A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature (Marcus Jastrow; London, Luzac, 1903) — Public Domain. Digitized via Sefaria. Digitized via Sefaria. Full attribution on Sources.
Forms in the corpus
The 77 distinct written forms H3034 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that stem’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
The 60 most common forms are shown; 17 rarer forms follow in the full concordance.
Same root — word family
Other BDB entries built from the same root as H3034, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Derives from
Shares the same root
Derived from this word
Proper names from this root
People and places named from this root — a name, not an additional meaning of the word.
- ידו Yiddôw H3035 Iddo
- ידון Yâdôwn H3036 Jadon
- ידותון Yᵉdûwthûwn H3038 Jeduthun
- ידיה Yᵉdâyâh H3042 Jedaiah
- יהודה Yᵉhûwdâh H3063 Judah
Compare all same-root words → Showing 4 of 12 — not the complete family. 5 of the same-root words are proper names (people or places). They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 87 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 111 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Genesis 29:35
- Leviticus 5:5
- Numbers 5:7
- 2 Samuel 22:50
- 1 Kings 8:33
- 1 Chronicles 16:4
- 2 Chronicles 5:13
- Ezra 3:11
- Job 40:14
- Psalms 6:5
- Proverbs 28:13
- Isaiah 12:1
This is a verse-level parallel only — the same verses exist in both the Hebrew and Greek Old Testaments. No word-level Hebrew↔Greek correspondence is claimed: the data carries no such alignment, so no Greek word is shown as this Hebrew word’s translation. Coverage is not total — the Septuagint omits the deuterocanon and renumbers the Psalms, so some Hebrew verses have no direct Greek parallel.
