תּוֹרָהtôwrâh
direction, instruction, law
Pronunciation: to-raw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H8451
Meanings
1. instruction
a. kind instruction (Proverbs 1:8; Proverbs 6:20; Proverbs 6:23)
c. a body of prophetic, teaching (Isaiah 42:21; Isaiah 42:24; Jeremiah 9:12)
d. instruction in Messianic age (Isaiah 2:3; Micah 4:4; Isaiah 42:4)
e. a body of priestly direction, instruction (Hosea 4:6; Jeremiah 2:8; Jeremiah 18:18)
2. law, (properly direction)
a. special laws (Exodus 13:9; Exodus 16:4; Deuteronomy 17:11)
b. codes of law, written in the code of the covenant (Exodus 24:12; Joshua 24:26; Deuteronomy 33:4)
3. custom, manner (2 Samuel 7:19; Deuteronomy 1:10; Deuteronomy 24:8)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 219 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 26:5 I will do this because Abraham listened to me and obeyed all my requirements, commands, decrees, and instructions.”
- Exodus 12:49 This instruction applies to everyone, whether a native-born Israelite or a foreigner living among you.”
- Exodus 13:9 This annual festival will be a visible sign to you, like a mark branded on your hand or your forehead. Let it remind you always to recite this teaching of the Lord: ‘With a strong hand, the Lord rescued you from Egypt.’
- Exodus 16:4 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Look, I’m going to rain down food from heaven for you. Each day the people can go out and pick up as much food as they need for that day. I will test them in this to see whether or not they will follow my instructions.
- Exodus 16:28 The Lord asked Moses, “How long will these people refuse to obey my commands and instructions?
- Exodus 18:16 When a dispute arises, they come to me, and I am the one who settles the case between the quarreling parties. I inform the people of God’s decrees and give them his instructions.”
See every passage
- Genesis 26:5
- Exodus 12:49, 13:9, 16:4, 16:28, 18:16, 18:20, 24:12
- Leviticus 6:9, 6:14, 6:25, 7:1, 7:7, 7:11, 7:37, 11:46, 12:7, 13:59, 14:2, 14:32, 14:54, 14:57, 15:32, 26:46
- Numbers 5:29, 5:30, 6:13, 6:21, 15:16, 15:29, 19:2, 19:14, 31:21
- Deuteronomy 1:5, 4:8, 4:44, 17:11, 17:18, 17:19, 27:3, 27:8, 27:26, 28:58, 28:61, 29:21, 29:29, 30:10, 31:9, 31:11, 31:12, 31:24, 31:26, 32:46, 33:4, 33:10
- Joshua 1:7, 1:8, 8:31, 8:32, 8:34, 22:5, 23:6, 24:26
- 1 Kings 2:3
- 2 Kings 10:31, 14:6, 17:13, 17:34, 17:37, 21:8, 22:8, 22:11, 23:24, 23:25
- 1 Chronicles 16:40, 22:12
- 2 Chronicles 6:16, 12:1, 14:4, 15:3, 17:9, 19:10, 23:18, 25:4, 30:16, 31:3, 31:4, 31:21, 33:8, 34:14, 34:15, 34:19, 35:26
- Ezra 3:2, 7:6, 7:10, 10:3
- Nehemiah 8:1, 8:2, 8:3, 8:7, 8:8, 8:9, 8:13, 8:14, 8:18, 9:3, 9:13, 9:14, 9:26, 9:29, 9:34, 10:28, 10:29, 10:34, 10:36, 12:44, 13:3
- Job 22:22
- Psalms 1:2, 19:7, 37:31, 40:8, 78:1, 78:5, 78:10, 89:30, 94:12, 105:45, 119:1, 119:18, 119:29, 119:34, 119:44, 119:51, 119:53, 119:55, 119:61, 119:70, 119:72, 119:77, 119:85, 119:92, 119:97, 119:109, 119:113, 119:126, 119:136, 119:142, 119:150, 119:153, 119:163, 119:165, 119:174
- Proverbs 1:8, 3:1, 4:2, 6:20, 6:23, 7:2, 13:14, 28:4, 28:7, 28:9, 29:18, 31:26
- Isaiah 1:10, 2:3, 5:24, 8:16, 8:20, 24:5, 30:9, 42:4, 42:21, 42:24, 51:4, 51:7
- Jeremiah 2:8, 6:19, 8:8, 9:13, 16:11, 18:18, 26:4, 31:33, 32:23, 44:10, 44:23
- Lamentations 2:9
- Ezekiel 7:26, 22:26, 43:11, 43:12, 44:5, 44:24
- Daniel 9:10, 9:11, 9:13
- Hosea 4:6, 8:1, 8:12
- Amos 2:4
- Micah 4:2
- Habakkuk 1:4
- Zephaniah 3:4
- Haggai 2:11
- Zechariah 7:12
- Malachi 2:6, 2:7, 2:8, 2:9, 4:4
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).