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יָדַע

yâdaʻ · Hebrew · Strong's H3045 · 945 occurrences

What it means

to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.)

a primitive root;

How the KJV renders it

acknowledge, acquaintance, advise, answer, appoint, assuredly, be aware, unawares, can, certainly, comprehend, consider, cunning, declare, be diligent, cause to discern, discover, endued with, familiar friend, famous, feel, can have, be ignorant, instruct, kinsfolk, kinsman, cause to let, make know, come to give, have, take knowledge, make, make to be, make self known, mark, perceive, privy to, regard, have respect, skilful, shew, can skill, be sure, of a surety, teach, tell, understand, wist, wit, wot

Where that flattens a distinction

The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.

Questions this word decides

• Is the seventh-day Sabbath binding on Gentiles?
• Is the Trinity explicitly taught in the Bible?
• Should Christians pray to saints?
• What does John 8:58 mean ('before Abraham was, I am')?
• Is the Christian Sabbath Saturday or Sunday?

Where it appears

945 occurrences in the Hebrew text, first 60 verses shown.

Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Hebrew text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.