Yield

Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

1: Δίδωμι (Strong'S #1325 — Verb — didomi — did'-o-mee )

"to give," is translated "to yield," i.e., "to produce," in  Matthew 13:8 , RV (AV, "brought forth");  Mark 4:7,8 . See Give.

2: Ἀποδίδωμι (Strong'S #591 — Verb — apodidomi — ap-od-eed'-o-mee )

"to give up or back," is translated "to yield" in  Hebrews 12:11;  Revelation 22:2 (in each case, of bearing fruit). See Deliver , A, No. 3, etc.

3: Παρίστανω (Strong'S #3936 — Verb — paristemi | paristano — par-is'-tay-mee, par-is-tan'-o )

"to present," is translated "to yield" in  Romans 6:13 (twice),16,19 (twice), RV, "to present," in each place. See Commend , etc.

4: Ποιέω (Strong'S #4160 — Verb — poieo — poy-eh'-o )

"to make, to do," is translated "yield" in  James 3:12 . See Do.

5: Ἀφίημι (Strong'S #863 — Verb — aphiemi — af-ee'-ay-mee )

"to send away," is translated "yielded up (His spirit)" in  Matthew 27:50 (cp. paratithemi, "I commend,"   Luke 23:46 , and paradidomi, "He gave up,"  John 19:30 ). See Forgive , etc.

6: Πείθω (Strong'S #3982 — Verb — peitho — pi'-tho )

"to persuade," in the Passive Voice, "to be persuaded," is translated "do (not) thou yield,"  Acts 23:21 . See Persuade.

 Acts 5:10

Webster's Dictionary

(1): ( v. t.) To give in return for labor expended; to produce, as payment or interest on what is expended or invested; to pay; as, money at interest yields six or seven per cent.

(2): ( v. t.) To give a reward to; to bless.

(3): ( v. t.) To admit to be true; to concede; to allow.

(4): ( v. t.) To furnish; to afford; to render; to give forth.

(5): ( v. i.) To comply with; to assent; as, I yielded to his request.

(6): ( v. i.) To give way; to cease opposition; to be no longer a hindrance or an obstacle; as, men readily yield to the current of opinion, or to customs; the door yielded.

(7): ( v. i.) To give place, as inferior in rank or excellence; as, they will yield to us in nothing.

(8): ( n.) Amount yielded; product; - applied especially to products resulting from growth or cultivation.

(9): ( v. i.) To give up the contest; to submit; to surrender; to succumb.

(10): ( v. t.) To give up, as something that is claimed or demanded; to make over to one who has a claim or right; to resign; to surrender; to relinquish; as a city, an opinion, etc.

(11): ( v. t.) To permit; to grant; as, to yield passage.

King James Dictionary

Yield

1. To produce, as land, stock or funds to give in return for labor, or as profit. Lands yield not more than three per cent annually houses yield four or five percent. Maiz on good land, yields two or three hundred fold. 2. To produce, in general. Most vegetable juices yield a salt. 3. To afford to exhibit. The flowers in spring yield a beautiful sight. 4. To allow to concede to admit to be true as, to yield the point in debate. We yield that there is a God. 5. To give, as claimed of right as, to yield due honors to yield due praise. 6. To permit to grant.

Life is but air, that yields a passage to the whistling sword.

7. To emit to give up. To yield the breath, is to expire. 8. To resign to give up sometimes with up or over as, to yield up their own opinions. We yield the place to our superiors. 9. To surrender sometimes with up as, to yield a fortress to the enemy or to yield up a fortress.

YIELD,

1. To give up the contest to submit.

He saw the fainting Grecians yield.

2. To comply with as, I yielded to his request. 3. To give way not to oppose. We readily yield to the current of opinion we yield to customs and fashions. 4. To give place, as inferior in rank or excellence. They will yield to us in nothing.

Tell me in what more happy fields the thistle springs, to which the lily yields?