Strong’s H3027 · Hebrew

יָד
yâd
yawd

Definition

a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),

Etymology

a primitive word; in distinction from H3709 (כַּף), the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote (as follows)

Word family

How the KJV renders it

  • ( be) able
  • about
  • armholes
  • at
  • axletree
  • because of
  • beside
  • border
  • bounty
  • broad
  • (broken-) handed
  • by
  • charge
  • coast
  • consecrate
  • creditor
  • custody
  • debt
  • dominion
  • enough
  • fellowship
  • force
  • from
  • hand(-staves
  • -y work)
  • he
  • himself
  • in
  • labour
  • large
  • ledge
  • (left-) handed
  • means
  • mine
  • ministry
  • near
  • of
  • order
  • ordinance
  • our
  • parts
  • pain
  • power
  • presumptuously
  • service
  • side
  • sore
  • state
  • stay
  • draw with strength
  • stroke
  • swear
  • terror
  • thee
  • by them
  • themselves
  • thine own
  • thou
  • through
  • throwing
  • thumb
  • times
  • to
  • under
  • us
  • wait on
  • (way-) side
  • where
  • wide
  • with (him
  • me
  • you)
  • work
  • yield
  • yourselves

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.