Instruction
תּוֹרָהStrong’s H8451torah (to-rah)
Appears in 213 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Torah: instruction or teaching, more than rules alone. "The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul" (Psalm 19:7).
“The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple.”
Meaning
- Law, direction, instructioninstruction, direction (human or divine) · law · custom, manner · the Deuteronomic or Mosaic Law
How it's translated
- the law 46
- law of 28
- law your 18
- in law of 15
- law 12
- legal of 12
- law my 8
- and law your 7
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Psalms 35
- Deuteronomy 22
- Nehemiah 21
- 2 Chronicles 17
- Leviticus 16
- Proverbs 12
28 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Daniel 9:10In contextNeither have we obeyed the voice of the LORD our God, to walk in his laws, which he set before us by his servants the prophets.
- Daniel 9:11In contextYea, all Israel have transgressed thy law, even by departing, that they might not obey thy voice; therefore the curse is poured upon us, and the oath that is written in the law of Moses the servant of God, because we have sinned against him.
- Daniel 9:13In contextAs it is written in the law of Moses, all this evil is come upon us: yet made we not our prayer before the LORD our God, that we might turn from our iniquities, and understand thy truth.
- Zechariah 7:12In contextYea, they made their hearts as an adamant stone, lest they should hear the law, and the words which the LORD of hosts hath sent in his spirit by the former prophets: therefore came a great wrath from the LORD of hosts.
- Genesis 26:5Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.
- Exodus 12:49One law shall be to him that is homeborn, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among you.
All 213 verses, by book
- Genesis 1
- 26:5
- Deuteronomy 22
- 1:54:84:4417:1117:1817:1927:327:827:2628:5828:6129:2129:2930:1031:931:1131:1231:2431:2632:4633:433:10
- 1 Kings 1
- 2:3
- Job 1
- 22:22
- Psalms 35
- 1:219:737:3140:878:178:578:1089:3094:12105:45119:1119:18119:29119:34119:44119:51119:53119:55119:61119:70119:72119:77119:85119:92119:97119:109119:113119:126119:136119:142119:150119:153119:163119:165119:174
- Lamentations 1
- 2:9
- Amos 1
- 2:4
- Micah 1
- 4:2
- Habakkuk 1
- 1:4
- Zephaniah 1
- 3:4
- Haggai 1
- 2:11
- Zechariah 1
- 7:12
Hebrew dictionary
תּוֹרָה torah · instruction
1) law, direction, instruction 1a) instruction, direction (human or divine) 1a1) body of prophetic teaching 1a2) instruction in Messianic age 1a3) body of priestly direction or instruction 1a4) body of legal directives 1b) law 1b1) law of the burnt offering 1b2) of special law, codes of law 1c) custom, manner 1d) the Deuteronomic or Mosaic Law
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “instruction” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
INSTRUC'TION, noun
[Latin instructio.]
- The act of teaching or informing the understanding in that of which it was before ignorant; information.
- Precepts conveying knowledge.“Receive my instruction and not silver” Proverbs 8:10
- Direction; order; command; mandate.
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.