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Hand

יָדStrong’s H3027

yad

Appears in 1,447 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Yad is the Hebrew word usually translated “hand his”, “hand of” and “from hand of”. It appears in 1,447 verses of the Old Testament.

“And the Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, with part of the vessels of the house of God: which he carried into the land of Shinar to the house of his god; and he brought the vessels into the treasure house of his god.”
Daniel 1:2 KJV
Meaning
  1. Handhand (of man) · strength, power (fig.) · side (of land), part, portion (metaph.) (fig.) · (various special, technical senses)
How it's translated
  • hand his 153
  • in hand of 147
  • by hand of 107
  • from hand of 103
  • hand your 101
  • hand of 90
  • in hand your 80
  • in hand his 75

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • 1 Samuel 101
  • Ezekiel 100
  • Jeremiah 96
  • Exodus 93
  • Psalms 89
  • Isaiah 89

36 books in all.

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Explore in Scripture
All 1,447 verses, by book
Song of Solomon 4
5:45:55:147:1
Joel 1
3:8
Habakkuk 2
3:43:10
Zephaniah 4
1:42:132:153:16
Hebrew dictionary

יָד yad · hand

: hand/arm[anatomy] 1) hand 1a) hand (of man) 1b) strength, power (fig.) 1c) side (of land), part, portion (metaph.) (fig.) 1d) (various special, technical senses) 1d1) sign, monument 1d2) part, fractional part, share 1d3) time, repetition 1d4) axle-trees, axle 1d5) stays, support (for laver) 1d6) tenons (in tabernacle) 1d7) a phallus, a hand (meaning unsure) 1d8) wrists

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “hand” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

HAND, noun

[Latin hendo, in prehendo.]

  1. In man, the extremity of the arm, consisting of the palm and fingers, connected with the arm at the wrist; the part with which we hold and use any instrument.
  2. In falconry, the foot of a hawk; and in the manege, the fore-foot of a horse.
  3. A measure of four inches; a palm applied chiefly to horses; as a horse 14 hands high.
  4. Side; part; right or left; as on the one hand or the other.
All definitions and other forms of “hand”
  1. Act; deed; performance; external action; that is, the effect for the cause, the hand being the instrument of action.
  2. Power of performance; skill.
  3. Power of making or producing.
  4. Manner of acting or performance; as, he changed his hand
  5. Agency; part in performing or executing.
  6. Conveyance; agency in transmitting.
  7. Possession; power.
  8. The cards held at a game; hence, a game.
  9. That which performs the office of the hand or of a finger in pointing; as the hand of a clock; the hour hand and the minute hand
  10. A person; an agent; a man employed in agency or service.
  11. Form of writing; style of penmanship; as a good hand; a bad hand; a fine hand
  12. Agency; service; ministry. Exodus 4:2Leviticus 8:23
  13. In Scripture, the hand of God, is his eternal purpose and executive power. Acts 4:28
  14. The providential bounty of God. Psalms 104:28
  15. The power of God exerted in judgments or mercies, in punishing or defending. Judges 2:15Psalms 32:4
  16. The spirit of God; divine influence. 1 Kings 18:9
  17. The favor of God, or his support. Nehemiah 2:8Luke 1:1
  18. Near in time; not distant.“The day of Christ is at hand” 2 Thessalonians 2:2
  19. In a state of execution.“Shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil?” Job 2:10
  20. Under one's care or management.“To put forth the hand against one, to kill him” 1 Samuel 24:10

HAND, verb transitive

To give or transmit with the hand

  1. To lead, guide and lift with the hand; to conduct.
  2. To manage; as, I hand my oar.
  3. To seize; to lay hands on. [Not used.]
  4. In seamanship, to furl; to wrap or roll a sail close to the yard, stay or mast, and fasten it with gaskets.

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.