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Strong's H3034 יָדָה (yadah)

Yadah means “praise” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's G3034 — lithazo (“stone”) in the Greek Bible.

Strong's Number H3034
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 111
Books 17

Strong's H3034 Quick Answer

Strong's H3034 יָדָה (yadah) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. yadah (yaw-daw') v. 1. (literally) to use (i.e. hold out) the hand 2. (physically) to throw (a stone, an arrow) at or away It has 111 linked Bible usages across 17 books. Visible English usage signals include out, hand, will, praise, and hands. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
yadah (yaw-daw') v. 1. (literally) to use (i.e. hold out) the hand 2. (physically) to throw (a stone, an arrow) at or away
Usage
111 linked usages
Books
17 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
out, hand, will, praise, and hands

Meaning and Definition

yadah (yaw-daw') v. 1. (literally) to use (i.e. hold out) the hand 2. (physically) to throw (a stone, an arrow) at or away 3. (especially) to revere or worship (with extended hands) 4. (intensively) to bemoan (by wringing the hands) [a primitive root; used only as denominative from H3027] KJV: cast (out), (make) confess(-ion), praise, shoot, (give) thank(-ful, -s, -sgiving). Root(s): H3027

Original Word
יָדָה
Transliteration
yadah
Derivation
Root: ידה First root strongs: 3027
Morphology
verb

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H3034. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)

to give thanks

Usage: 1) to throw, shoot, cast 1a) (Qal) to shoot (arrows) 1b) (Piel) to cast, cast down, throw down 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to give thanks, laud, praise 1c2) to confess, confess (the name of God) 1d) (Hithpael) 1d1) to confess (sin) 1d2) to give thanks Aramaic equivalent: ye.da (יְדָא "to praise" H3029)

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How Strong's H3034 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render yadah, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

How Strong's H3034 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 111 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H3034 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H3034 in the Old Testament

111 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Genesis 29:35 KJV

And she conceived again, and bare a son: and she said, Now will I praise the LORD: therefore she called his name Judah; and left bearing.

Genesis 49:8 KJV

Judah, thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise: thy hand shall be in the neck of thine enemies; thy father's children shall bow down before thee.

Leviticus 5:5 KJV

And it shall be, when he shall be guilty in one of these things, that he shall confess that he hath sinned in that thing:

Usage Excerpts

First 111 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H3034.

Genesis 29:35 Old Testament, KJV
And she conceived again, and bare a son: and she said, Now will I praise the LORD: therefore she called his name Judah; and left bearing.
Genesis 49:8 Old Testament, KJV
Judah, thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise: thy hand shall be in the neck of thine enemies; thy father's children shall bow down before thee.
Leviticus 5:5 Old Testament, KJV
And it shall be, when he shall be guilty in one of these things, that he shall confess that he hath sinned in that thing:
Leviticus 16:21 Old Testament, KJV
And Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions in all their sins, putting them upon the head of the goat, and shall send him away by the hand of a fit man into the wilderness:
Leviticus 26:40 Old Testament, KJV
If they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers, with their trespass which they trespassed against me, and that also they have walked contrary unto me;
Numbers 5:7 Old Testament, KJV
Then they shall confess their sin which they have done: and he shall recompense his trespass with the principal thereof, and add unto it the fifth part thereof, and give it unto him against whom he hath trespassed.
2 Samuel 22:50 Old Testament, KJV
Therefore I will give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among the heathen, and I will sing praises unto thy name.
1 Kings 8:33 Old Testament, KJV
When thy people Israel be smitten down before the enemy, because they have sinned against thee, and shall turn again to thee, and confess thy name, and pray, and make supplication unto thee in this house:
1 Kings 8:35 Old Testament, KJV
When heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against thee; if they pray toward this place, and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou afflictest them:
1 Chronicles 16:4 Old Testament, KJV
And he appointed certain of the Levites to minister before the ark of the LORD, and to record, and to thank and praise the LORD God of Israel:
1 Chronicles 16:7 Old Testament, KJV
Then on that day David delivered first this psalm to thank the LORD into the hand of Asaph and his brethren.
1 Chronicles 16:8 Old Testament, KJV
Give thanks unto the LORD, call upon his name, make known his deeds among the people.
1 Chronicles 16:34 Old Testament, KJV
O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever.
1 Chronicles 16:35 Old Testament, KJV
And say ye, Save us, O God of our salvation, and gather us together, and deliver us from the heathen, that we may give thanks to thy holy name, and glory in thy praise.
1 Chronicles 16:41 Old Testament, KJV
And with them Heman and Jeduthun, and the rest that were chosen, who were expressed by name, to give thanks to the LORD, because his mercy endureth for ever;
1 Chronicles 23:30 Old Testament, KJV
And to stand every morning to thank and praise the LORD, and likewise at even:
1 Chronicles 25:3 Old Testament, KJV
Of Jeduthun: the sons of Jeduthun; Gedaliah, and Zeri, and Jeshaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six, under the hands of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied with a harp, to give thanks and to praise the LORD.
1 Chronicles 29:13 Old Testament, KJV
Now therefore, our God, we thank thee, and praise thy glorious name.
2 Chronicles 5:13 Old Testament, KJV
It came even to pass, as the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking the LORD; and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of musick, and praised the LORD, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever: that then the house was filled with a cloud, even the house of the LORD;
2 Chronicles 6:24 Old Testament, KJV
And if thy people Israel be put to the worse before the enemy, because they have sinned against thee; and shall return and confess thy name, and pray and make supplication before thee in this house;
2 Chronicles 6:26 Old Testament, KJV
When the heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against thee; yet if they pray toward this place, and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou dost afflict them;
2 Chronicles 7:3 Old Testament, KJV
And when all the children of Israel saw how the fire came down, and the glory of the LORD upon the house, they bowed themselves with their faces to the ground upon the pavement, and worshipped, and praised the LORD, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever.
2 Chronicles 7:6 Old Testament, KJV
And the priests waited on their offices: the Levites also with instruments of musick of the LORD, which David the king had made to praise the LORD, because his mercy endureth for ever, when David praised by their ministry; and the priests sounded trumpets before them, and all Israel stood.
2 Chronicles 20:21 Old Testament, KJV
And when he had consulted with the people, he appointed singers unto the LORD, and that should praise the beauty of holiness, as they went out before the army, and to say, Praise the LORD; for his mercy endureth for ever.
2 Chronicles 30:22 Old Testament, KJV
And Hezekiah spake comfortably unto all the Levites that taught the good knowledge of the LORD: and they did eat throughout the feast seven days, offering peace offerings, and making confession to the LORD God of their fathers.
2 Chronicles 31:2 Old Testament, KJV
And Hezekiah appointed the courses of the priests and the Levites after their courses, every man according to his service, the priests and Levites for burnt offerings and for peace offerings, to minister, and to give thanks, and to praise in the gates of the tents of the LORD.
Ezra 3:11 Old Testament, KJV
And they sang together by course in praising and giving thanks unto the LORD; because he is good, for his mercy endureth for ever toward Israel. And all the people shouted with a great shout, when they praised the LORD, because the foundation of the house of the LORD was laid.
Ezra 10:1 Old Testament, KJV
Now when Ezra had prayed, and when he had confessed, weeping and casting himself down before the house of God, there assembled unto him out of Israel a very great congregation of men and women and children: for the people wept very sore.
Nehemiah 1:6 Old Testament, KJV
Let thine ear now be attentive, and thine eyes open, that thou mayest hear the prayer of thy servant, which I pray before thee now, day and night, for the children of Israel thy servants, and confess the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against thee: both I and my father's house have sinned.
Nehemiah 9:2 Old Testament, KJV
And the seed of Israel separated themselves from all strangers, and stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers.
Nehemiah 9:3 Old Testament, KJV
And they stood up in their place, and read in the book of the law of the LORD their God one fourth part of the day; and another fourth part they confessed, and worshipped the LORD their God.
Nehemiah 11:17 Old Testament, KJV
And Mattaniah the son of Micha, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, was the principal to begin the thanksgiving in prayer: and Bakbukiah the second among his brethren, and Abda the son of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun.
Nehemiah 12:24 Old Testament, KJV
And the chief of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brethren over against them, to praise and to give thanks, according to the commandment of David the man of God, ward over against ward.
Nehemiah 12:46 Old Testament, KJV
For in the days of David and Asaph of old there were chief of the singers, and songs of praise and thanksgiving unto God.
Job 40:14 Old Testament, KJV
Then will I also confess unto thee that thine own right hand can save thee.
Psalms 6:5 Old Testament, KJV
For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in the grave who shall give thee thanks?
Psalms 7:17 Old Testament, KJV
I will praise the LORD according to his righteousness: and will sing praise to the name of the LORD most high.
Psalms 9:1 Old Testament, KJV
I will praise thee, O LORD, with my whole heart; I will shew forth all thy marvellous works.
Psalms 18:49 Old Testament, KJV
Therefore will I give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among the heathen, and sing praises unto thy name.
Psalms 28:7 Old Testament, KJV
The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him.
Psalms 30:4 Old Testament, KJV
Sing unto the LORD, O ye saints of his, and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness.
Psalms 30:9 Old Testament, KJV
What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?
Psalms 30:12 Old Testament, KJV
To the end that my glory may sing praise to thee, and not be silent. O LORD my God, I will give thanks unto thee for ever.
Psalms 32:5 Old Testament, KJV
I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the LORD; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah.
Psalms 33:2 Old Testament, KJV
Praise the LORD with harp: sing unto him with the psaltery and an instrument of ten strings.
Psalms 35:18 Old Testament, KJV
I will give thee thanks in the great congregation: I will praise thee among much people.
Psalms 42:5 Old Testament, KJV
Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance.
Psalms 42:11 Old Testament, KJV
Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.
Psalms 43:4 Old Testament, KJV
Then will I go unto the altar of God, unto God my exceeding joy: yea, upon the harp will I praise thee, O God my God.
Psalms 43:5 Old Testament, KJV
Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.
Psalms 44:8 Old Testament, KJV
In God we boast all the day long, and praise thy name for ever. Selah.
Psalms 45:17 Old Testament, KJV
I will make thy name to be remembered in all generations: therefore shall the people praise thee for ever and ever.
Psalms 49:18 Old Testament, KJV
Though while he lived he blessed his soul: and men will praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself.
Psalms 52:9 Old Testament, KJV
I will praise thee for ever, because thou hast done it: and I will wait on thy name; for it is good before thy saints.
Psalms 54:6 Old Testament, KJV
I will freely sacrifice unto thee: I will praise thy name, O LORD; for it is good.
Psalms 57:9 Old Testament, KJV
I will praise thee, O Lord, among the people: I will sing unto thee among the nations.
Psalms 67:3 Old Testament, KJV
Let the people praise thee, O God; let all the people praise thee.
Psalms 67:5 Old Testament, KJV
Let the people praise thee, O God; let all the people praise thee.
Psalms 71:22 Old Testament, KJV
I will also praise thee with the psaltery, even thy truth, O my God: unto thee will I sing with the harp, O thou Holy One of Israel.
Psalms 75:1 Old Testament, KJV
Unto thee, O God, do we give thanks, unto thee do we give thanks: for that thy name is near thy wondrous works declare.
Psalms 76:10 Old Testament, KJV
Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: the remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain.
Psalms 79:13 Old Testament, KJV
So we thy people and sheep of thy pasture will give thee thanks for ever: we will shew forth thy praise to all generations.
Psalms 86:12 Old Testament, KJV
I will praise thee, O Lord my God, with all my heart: and I will glorify thy name for evermore.
Psalms 88:10 Old Testament, KJV
Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise and praise thee? Selah.
Psalms 89:5 Old Testament, KJV
And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O LORD: thy faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints.
Psalms 92:1 Old Testament, KJV
It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord, and to sing praises unto thy name, O most High:
Psalms 97:12 Old Testament, KJV
Rejoice in the LORD, ye righteous; and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness.
Psalms 99:3 Old Testament, KJV
Let them praise thy great and terrible name; for it is holy.
Psalms 100:4 Old Testament, KJV
Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name.
Psalms 105:1 Old Testament, KJV
O give thanks unto the LORD; call upon his name: make known his deeds among the people.
Psalms 106:1 Old Testament, KJV
Praise ye the LORD. O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.
Psalms 106:47 Old Testament, KJV
Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us from among the heathen, to give thanks unto thy holy name, and to triumph in thy praise.
Psalms 107:1 Old Testament, KJV
O give thanks unto the LORD, for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.
Psalms 107:8 Old Testament, KJV
Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
Psalms 107:15 Old Testament, KJV
Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
Psalms 107:21 Old Testament, KJV
Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
Psalms 107:31 Old Testament, KJV
Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
Psalms 108:3 Old Testament, KJV
I will praise thee, O LORD, among the people: and I will sing praises unto thee among the nations.
Psalms 109:30 Old Testament, KJV
I will greatly praise the LORD with my mouth; yea, I will praise him among the multitude.
Psalms 111:1 Old Testament, KJV
Praise ye the LORD. I will praise the LORD with my whole heart, in the assembly of the upright, and in the congregation.
Psalms 118:1 Old Testament, KJV
O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: because his mercy endureth for ever.
Psalms 118:19 Old Testament, KJV
Open to me the gates of righteousness: I will go into them, and I will praise the LORD:
Psalms 118:21 Old Testament, KJV
I will praise thee: for thou hast heard me, and art become my salvation.
Psalms 118:28 Old Testament, KJV
Thou art my God, and I will praise thee: thou art my God, I will exalt thee.
Psalms 118:29 Old Testament, KJV
O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.
Psalms 119:7 Old Testament, KJV
I will praise thee with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned thy righteous judgments.
Psalms 119:62 Old Testament, KJV
At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee because of thy righteous judgments.
Psalms 122:4 Old Testament, KJV
Whither the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD, unto the testimony of Israel, to give thanks unto the name of the LORD.
Psalms 136:1 Old Testament, KJV
O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.
Psalms 136:2 Old Testament, KJV
O give thanks unto the God of gods: for his mercy endureth for ever.
Psalms 136:3 Old Testament, KJV
O give thanks to the Lord of lords: for his mercy endureth for ever.
Psalms 136:26 Old Testament, KJV
O give thanks unto the God of heaven: for his mercy endureth for ever.
Psalms 138:1 Old Testament, KJV
I will praise thee with my whole heart: before the gods will I sing praise unto thee.
Psalms 138:2 Old Testament, KJV
I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.
Psalms 138:4 Old Testament, KJV
All the kings of the earth shall praise thee, O LORD, when they hear the words of thy mouth.
Psalms 139:14 Old Testament, KJV
I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.
Psalms 140:13 Old Testament, KJV
Surely the righteous shall give thanks unto thy name: the upright shall dwell in thy presence.
Psalms 142:7 Old Testament, KJV
Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise thy name: the righteous shall compass me about; for thou shalt deal bountifully with me.
Psalms 145:10 Old Testament, KJV
All thy works shall praise thee, O LORD; and thy saints shall bless thee.
Proverbs 28:13 Old Testament, KJV
He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.
Isaiah 12:1 Old Testament, KJV
And in that day thou shalt say, O LORD, I will praise thee: though thou wast angry with me, thine anger is turned away, and thou comfortedst me.
Isaiah 12:4 Old Testament, KJV
And in that day shall ye say, Praise the LORD, call upon his name, declare his doings among the people, make mention that his name is exalted.
Isaiah 25:1 Old Testament, KJV
O Lord, thou art my God; I will exalt thee, I will praise thy name; for thou hast done wonderful things; thy counsels of old are faithfulness and truth.
Isaiah 38:18 Old Testament, KJV
For the grave cannot praise thee, death can not celebrate thee: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.
Isaiah 38:19 Old Testament, KJV
The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day: the father to the children shall make known thy truth.
Jeremiah 33:11 Old Testament, KJV
The voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the voice of them that shall say, Praise the LORD of hosts: for the LORD is good; for his mercy endureth for ever: and of them that shall bring the sacrifice of praise into the house of the LORD. For I will cause to return the captivity of the land, as at the first, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah 50:14 Old Testament, KJV
Put yourselves in array against Babylon round about: all ye that bend the bow, shoot at her, spare no arrows: for she hath sinned against the LORD.
Lamentations 3:53 Old Testament, KJV
They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon me.
Daniel 9:4 Old Testament, KJV
And I prayed unto the LORD my God, and made my confession, and said, O Lord, the great and dreadful God, keeping the covenant and mercy to them that love him, and to them that keep his commandments;
Daniel 9:20 Old Testament, KJV
And whiles I was speaking, and praying, and confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my supplication before the LORD my God for the holy mountain of my God;
Zechariah 1:21 Old Testament, KJV
Then said I, What come these to do? And he spake, saying, These are the horns which have scattered Judah, so that no man did lift up his head: but these are come to fray them, to cast out the horns of the Gentiles, which lifted up their horn over the land of Judah to scatter it.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H3034, grouped by book.

Genesis 2 usages, Old Testament
Leviticus 3 usages, Old Testament
Numbers 1 usage, Old Testament
2 Samuel 1 usage, Old Testament
1 Kings 2 usages, Old Testament
1 Chronicles 9 usages, Old Testament
2 Chronicles 8 usages, Old Testament
Ezra 2 usages, Old Testament
Nehemiah 6 usages, Old Testament
Job 1 usage, Old Testament
Psalms 64 usages, Old Testament
Proverbs 1 usage, Old Testament
Isaiah 5 usages, Old Testament
Jeremiah 2 usages, Old Testament
Lamentations 1 usage, Old Testament
Daniel 2 usages, Old Testament
Zechariah 1 usage, Old Testament

Strong's H3034 FAQ

What does yadah (יָדָה) mean?

Yadah (Strong's H3034) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "praise". yadah (yaw-daw') v. 1. (literally) to use (i.e. hold out) the hand 2. (physically) to throw (a stone, an arrow) at or away

How many times is yadah (יָדָה) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 111 linked usages for Strong's H3034 across 17 books.

Where can I study yadah (יָדָה) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H3034 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate yadah (יָדָה)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as out, hand, will, praise, hands, and worship. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.