Strong's Hebrew · H3034
H3034 yâdâh
יָדָה
yaw-daw'
to give thanks
Looking for Greek G3034 litházō? It has the same number in Strong's Greek lexicon but is a different word, not a translation of H3034. Strong's numbering starts again for each language.
yâdâh appears 114 times in Scripture, including Genesis 29:35 and Leviticus 5:5. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
physically, to throw (a stone, an arrow) at or away; especially to revere or worship (with extended hands); intensively, to bemoan (by wringing the hands)
In the King James Version
cast (out), (make) confess(-ion), praise, shoot, (give) thank(-ful, -s, -sgiving).
Derivation
a primitive root; used only as denominative from H3027 (יָד); literally, to use (i.e. hold out) the hand;
Appears 114 times in Scripture
“While they stood in their places, they read from the Book of the Law of the LORD their God for a quarter of the day, and they spent another quarter of the day in confession and worship of the LORD their God.”
“Let them give thanks to the LORD for His loving devotion and His wonders to the sons of men.”
“And once more she conceived and gave birth to a son and said, “This time I will praise the LORD.” So she named him Judah. Then Leah stopped having children.”
“Then he is to lay both hands on the head of the live goat and confess over it all the iniquities and rebellious acts of the Israelites in regard to all their sins. He is to put them on the goat’s head and send it away into the wilderness by the hand of a man appointed for the task.”
“Judah, your brothers shall praise you. Your hand shall be on the necks of your enemies; your father’s sons shall bow down to you.”
“I will praise You forever, because You have done it. I will wait on Your name—for it is good—in the presence of Your saints.”
“If someone incurs guilt in one of these ways, he must confess the sin he has committed,”
“Enter His gates with thanksgiving and His courts with praise; give thanks to Him and bless His name.”
“and must confess the sin he has committed. He must make full restitution, add a fifth to its value, and give all this to the one he has wronged.”
“But if they will confess their iniquity and that of their fathers in the unfaithfulness that they practiced against Me, by which they have also walked in hostility toward Me—”
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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).
