Hand
יַדStrong’s H3028yad
Appears in 16 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Yad is the Aramaic word usually translated “hand your”, “hands” and “hand the”. It appears in 16 verses of the Old Testament.
“Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces.”
Meaning
- Hand
- Power (fig.)
How it's translated
- in hand your 3
- by hands 2
- hand the 2
- in hand his 2
- in hand their 1
- in hand of 1
- hand his 1
- hands my 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Daniel 11
- Ezra 5
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Daniel 2:38In contextAnd wheresoever the children of men dwell, the beasts of the field and the fowls of the heaven hath he given into thine hand, and hath made thee ruler over them all. Thou art this head of gold.
- Daniel 2:45In contextForasmuch as thou sawest that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it brake in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the great God hath made known to the king what shall come to pass hereafter: and the dream is certain, and the interpretation thereof sure.
- Daniel 3:15In contextNow if ye be ready that at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall down and worship the image which I have made; well: but if ye worship not, ye shall be cast the same hour into the midst of a burning fiery furnace; and who is that God that shall deliver you out of my hands?
- Daniel 3:17In contextIf it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king.
- Daniel 4:35In contextAnd all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou?
- Daniel 5:5In contextIn the same hour came forth fingers of a man’s hand, and wrote over against the candlestick upon the plaister of the wall of the king’s palace: and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote.
Aramaic dictionary
יַד yad · hand
1) hand 2) power (fig.)
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.]
- 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.
- In falconry, the foot of a hawk; and in the manege, the fore-foot of a horse.
- A measure of four inches; a palm applied chiefly to horses; as a horse 14 hands high.
- Side; part; right or left; as on the one hand or the other.
All definitions and other forms of “hand”
- Act; deed; performance; external action; that is, the effect for the cause, the hand being the instrument of action.
- Power of performance; skill.
- Power of making or producing.
- Manner of acting or performance; as, he changed his hand
- Agency; part in performing or executing.
- Conveyance; agency in transmitting.
- Possession; power.
- The cards held at a game; hence, a game.
- 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
- A person; an agent; a man employed in agency or service.
- Form of writing; style of penmanship; as a good hand; a bad hand; a fine hand
- Agency; service; ministry. Exodus 4:2Leviticus 8:23
- In Scripture, the hand of God, is his eternal purpose and executive power. Acts 4:28
- The providential bounty of God. Psalms 104:28
- The power of God exerted in judgments or mercies, in punishing or defending. Judges 2:15Psalms 32:4
- The spirit of God; divine influence. 1 Kings 18:9
- The favor of God, or his support. Nehemiah 2:8Luke 1:1
- Near in time; not distant.“The day of Christ is at hand” 2 Thessalonians 2:2
- In a state of execution.“Shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil?” Job 2:10
- 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
- To lead, guide and lift with the hand; to conduct.
- To manage; as, I hand my oar.
- To seize; to lay hands on. [Not used.]
- 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 Aramaic, not from any one translation.