To become a Jew
יָהַדStrong’s H3054yahad (ya-had)
Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament
In short
Yahad is the Hebrew word usually translated “becoming jews”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.
“And in every province, and in every city, whithersoever the king’s commandment and his decree came, the Jews had joy and gladness, a feast and a good day. And many of the people of the land became Jews; for the fear of the Jews fell upon them.”
Meaning
- (Hithpael) to become a Jew (in fact or in fraud), become Judaised
How it's translated
- becoming jews 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Esther 1
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
Hebrew dictionary
יָהַד yahad · to become a Jew
(Hithpael) to become a Jew (in fact or in fraud), become Judaised
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.