3032. yadad
Strong's Lexicon
yadad: To love, to be loved

Original Word: ידד
Part of Speech: verb
Transliteration: yadad
Pronunciation: yah-DAD
Phonetic Spelling: (yaw-dad')
Definition: To love, to be loved
Meaning: to handle, to throw, lots

Word Origin: A primitive root

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: The Greek equivalent often used in the Septuagint and the New Testament for love is "agapao" (Strong's Greek 25), which similarly denotes a selfless, sacrificial love that is central to Christian teaching.

Usage: The Hebrew verb "yadad" primarily conveys the idea of love or affection. It is used to describe a deep, abiding love that is often relational and covenantal in nature. This term is less common than other Hebrew words for love, such as "ahav" (אָהַב), but it carries a similar depth of meaning, emphasizing a strong emotional bond.

Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient Hebrew culture, love was not merely an emotion but an action and commitment. The concept of love was deeply intertwined with covenant relationships, such as those between God and His people, or between individuals in familial or marital contexts. The Hebrew understanding of love often involved loyalty, faithfulness, and a sense of duty, reflecting the covenantal nature of many relationships in the biblical narrative.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
a prim. root
Definition
to cast a lot
NASB Translation
cast (3).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
I. [יָדַד] verb cast a lot (compare Ethiopic immittere, etc, Di935) — only

Qal Perfect3masculine plural יַדוּ גוֺרָל עַל Nahum 3:10; Obadiah 11; יַדוּ גוֺרָל אֶלֿ Joshua 4:3. (Possibly wrongly pointed perfects of ידה

Pi`el q. v.)

II. ידד (√ of following; love, compare Arabic love; Aramaic Pa`el love, also derivatives; Sabean epithet feminine ודת loving-one, friend, amie, DHMZMG 1883, 391; see also דוד).

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
cast

A primitive root; properly, to handle (compare yadah), i.e. To throw, e.g. Lots -- cast.

see HEBREW yadah

Forms and Transliterations
יַדּ֣וּ ידו yad·dū yadDu yaddū
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Englishman's Concordance
Joel 3:3
HEB: וְאֶל־ עַמִּ֖י יַדּ֣וּ גוֹרָ֑ל וַיִּתְּנ֤וּ
NAS: They have also cast lots
KJV: And they have cast lots for my people;
INT: about my people cast lots Traded

Obadiah 1:11
HEB: וְעַל־ יְרוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙ יַדּ֣וּ גוֹרָ֔ל גַּם־
NAS: his gate And cast lots
KJV: into his gates, and cast lots
INT: for Jerusalem and cast lots again

Nahum 3:10
HEB: וְעַל־ נִכְבַּדֶּ֙יהָ֙ יַדּ֣וּ גוֹרָ֔ל וְכָל־
NAS: street; They cast lots
KJV: of all the streets: and they cast lots
INT: for her honorable cast lots and all

3 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 3032
3 Occurrences


yad·dū — 3 Occ.
















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