Teaching
לֶ֫קַחStrong’s H3948leqach (le-qach)
Appears in 9 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Leqach is the Hebrew word usually translated “teaching my”, “insight” and “instruction”. It appears in 9 verses of the Old Testament.
“My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass:”
Meaning
- Learning, teaching, insightinstruction (obj) · teaching (thing taught)
How it's translated
- teaching my 2
- insight 2
- instruction 2
- teaching 2
- persuasiveness her 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Proverbs 6
- Deuteronomy 1
- Job 1
- Isaiah 1
4 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Job 11:4For thou hast said, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thine eyes.
- Proverbs 1:5A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:
- Proverbs 4:2For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law.
- Proverbs 7:21With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.
- Proverbs 9:9Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.
- Proverbs 16:21The wise in heart shall be called prudent: and the sweetness of the lips increaseth learning.
Hebrew dictionary
לֶ֫קַח leqach · teaching
1) learning, teaching, insight 1a) instruction (obj) 1b) teaching (thing taught) 1b1) teaching-power 1b2) persuasiveness
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “teaching” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
TE'ACHING, participle present
tense Instructing; informing.
All definitions and other forms of “teaching”
TE'ACHING, noun
The act or business of instructing.
- Instruction.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.