Aramaic

To praise

יְדָאStrong’s H3029

yeda (ye-da)

Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Yeda is the Aramaic word usually translated “praising”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.

“I thank thee, and praise thee, O thou God of my fathers, who hast given me wisdom and might, and hast made known unto me now what we desired of thee: for thou hast now made known unto us the king’s matter.”

Daniel 2:23 KJV

Meaning

(Aphel) to praise, give thanks

How it's translated

praising 1
and praising 1

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

Where it's used most

Daniel 2

1 book in all.

Related words

Explore in Scripture

Daniel 6:10In contextNow when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime.

Aramaic dictionary

יְדָא yeda · to praise

(Aphel) to praise, give thanks Aramaic of ya.dah (יָדָה "to give thanks" H3034)

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

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

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

PRAISE, noun

s as z. [Latin pretium.]

Commendation bestowed on a person for his personal virtues or worthy actions, on meritorious actions themselves, or on any thing valuable; approbation expressed in words or song. praise may be expressed by an individual, and in this circumstance differs from fame, renown, and celebrity, which are the expression of the approbation of numbers, or public commendation.
The expression of gratitude for personal favors conferred; a glorifying or extolling.“He hath put a new song into my mouth, even praise to our God” Psalms 40:3
The object, ground or reason of praise“He is thy praise and he is thy God” Deuteronomy 10:21

All definitions and other forms of “praise”

PRAISE, verb transitive

[Latin tollo, extollo; pretium.]

To commend; to applaud; to express approbation of personal worth or actions.
To extol in words or song; to magnify; to glorify on account of perfections or excellent works.“PRAISE him, all his angels, praise ye him, all his hosts” Psalms 148:2
To express gratitude for personal favors.
To do honor to; to display the excellence of.

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.