Strong's Hebrew · H3034

יָדָה

yâdâh · yaw-daw'

cast (out), (make) confess(-ion), praise, shoot, (give) thank(-ful, -s, -sgiving).

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)

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

Nehemiah 9:3

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.

Psalms 107:21

Let them give thanks to the LORD for His loving devotion and His wonders to the sons of men.

Genesis 29:35

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.

Leviticus 16:21

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.

Genesis 49:8

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.

Psalms 52:9

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.

Leviticus 5:5

If someone incurs guilt in one of these ways, he must confess the sin he has committed,

Psalms 100:4

Enter His gates with thanksgiving and His courts with praise; give thanks to Him and bless His name.

Numbers 5:7

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.

Leviticus 26:40

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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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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