לֶקַחleqach
learning, teaching
Pronunciation: leh'-kakh · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3948
Meanings
1. instruction (Isaiah 29:24; Proverbs 1:5; Proverbs 9:9)
2. teaching (Deuteronomy 32:2; Job 11:4; Proverbs 4:2)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 9 times in the Bible.
- Deuteronomy 32:2 Let my teaching fall on you like rain; let my speech settle like dew. Let my words fall like rain on tender grass, like gentle showers on young plants.
- Job 11:4 You claim, ‘My beliefs are pure,’ and ‘I am clean in the sight of God.’
- Proverbs 1:5 Let the wise listen to these proverbs and become even wiser. Let those with understanding receive guidance
- Proverbs 4:2 for I am giving you good guidance. Don’t turn away from my instructions.
- Proverbs 7:21 So she seduced him with her pretty speech and enticed him with her flattery.
- Proverbs 9:9 Instruct the wise, and they will be even wiser. Teach the righteous, and they will learn even more.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).