Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)
beloved
Usage: 1) beloved 2) lovely
Yedid means “amiable” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's G3039 — likmao (“grind to powder”) in the Greek Bible.
Strong's H3039 יְדִידּ (ydiyd) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. ydiyd (yed-eed') adj. 1. loved [from the same as H1730] It has 7 linked Bible usages across 4 books. Visible English usage signals include beloved and amiable. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
ydiyd (yed-eed') adj. 1. loved [from the same as H1730] KJV: amiable, (well-)beloved, loves. Root(s): H1730
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H3039. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
beloved
Usage: 1) beloved 2) lovely
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render ydiyd, 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.
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.
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.
7 indexed usages in Old Testament.
And of Benjamin he said, The beloved of the LORD shall dwell in safety by him; and the Lord shall cover him all the day long, and he shall dwell between his shoulders.
That thy beloved may be delivered; save with thy right hand, and hear me.
How amiable are thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts!
First 7 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H3039.
And of Benjamin he said, The beloved of the LORD shall dwell in safety by him; and the Lord shall cover him all the day long, and he shall dwell between his shoulders.
That thy beloved may be delivered; save with thy right hand, and hear me.
How amiable are thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts!
That thy beloved may be delivered: save with thy right hand, and answer me.
It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep.
Now will I sing to my wellbeloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. My wellbeloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill:
What hath my beloved to do in mine house, seeing she hath wrought lewdness with many, and the holy flesh is passed from thee? when thou doest evil, then thou rejoicest.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's H3039, grouped by book.
Yedid (Strong's H3039) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "amiable". ydiyd (yed-eed') adj. 1. loved [from the same as H1730]
This page currently indexes 7 linked usages for Strong's H3039 across 4 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H3039 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as beloved and amiable. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.