יָדָה yadah

Hebrew word for “to give thanks” · Strong’s H3034 · used 114 times in 111 verses

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Meaning

1) to throw, shoot, cast;

How it is translated

Glosses given for yadah in context, with how often each is used:

• give thanks 34
• will give thanks to 26
• will praise 10
• will confess 5
• will give thanks 5
• may they praise 4
• them give thanks 4
• giving thanks 3
• confessing 3
• confessed 2
• give thanks to 2
• gives thanks to 2

Where it is used

Also in 5 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

1 Chronicles 16 (6), Psalms 107 (5), Psalms 118 (5), Psalms 136 (4), Psalms 30 (3), Psalms 138 (3), 1 Kings 8 (2), 2 Chronicles 6 (2), 2 Chronicles 7 (2), Nehemiah 9 (2)

Forms

• אודך 15
• הודו 15
• אודה 9
• יודוך 8
• להדות 8
• והודו 6
• יודו 6
• להודות 3
• אודנו 3
• והתודה 2

Words used with it

Words that share verses with yadah more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• חֶסֶד chesed “kindness” 22
• שֵׁם shem “name” 29
• עוֹלָם olam “forever” 22
• הָלַל halal “to boast” 16
• זָמַר zamar “to sing” 11
• פָּלַל palal “to pray” 8
• טוֹב tov “be pleasing” 7
• פָּלָא pala “to wonder” 7
• חַטָּאת chattat “sin” 8
• שִׁיר shir “song” 6
• חָטָא chata “to sin” 7
• ךָּ ka “you” 9

Key verses

The verses using yadah that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Genesis 49:8 — Judah, thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise: thy hand shall be in the neck of thine enemies; thy father’s children shall bow down before thee.
• Leviticus 26:40 — If they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers, with their trespass which they trespassed against me, and that also they have walked…
• Ezra 3:11 — And they sang together by course in praising and giving thanks unto the LORD; because he is good, for his mercy endureth for ever toward Israel. And all the…
• Psalms 28:7 — The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him.
• Psalms 32:5 — I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the LORD; and thou forgavest the iniquity of…
• Psalms 42:5 — Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance.
• Psalms 76:10 — Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: the remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain.
• Proverbs 28:13 — He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.
• Isaiah 12:1 — And in that day thou shalt say, O LORD, I will praise thee: though thou wast angry with me, thine anger is turned away, and thou comfortedst me.
• Isaiah 12:4 — And in that day shall ye say, Praise the LORD, call upon his name, declare his doings among the people, make mention that his name is exalted.
• Isaiah 25:1 — O LORD, thou art my God; I will exalt thee, I will praise thy name; for thou hast done wonderful things; thy counsels of old are faithfulness and truth.
• Jeremiah 33:11 — The voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the voice of them that shall say, Praise the LORD of…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.