8451. torah
Lexical Summary
torah: direction, instruction, law
Original Word: תּוֹרָה
Transliteration: torah
Phonetic Spelling: (to-raw')
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: direction, instruction, law
Meaning: direction, instruction, law
Strong's Concordance
bullock, ox

(Aramaic) corresponding (by permutation) to showr; a bull -- bullock, ox.

see HEBREW showr

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H8451. torah

תּוֺרָהnoun feminineDeuteronomy 1:5 direction, instruction, law (possibly in first instance from casting lots, WeG i, 470; H 394 (less confidently WeSkizzen iii, 167), SS SmAT Rel. Geschichte. 36 BenzArchaeology 408 NowArchaeology ii, 97, opposed to byOffenb. ii, 347 BaudPriesterthum 207); — ׳ת‎, Exodus 12:49 88t.; construct תּוֺרַת13:9 65t.; suffixes תּוֺרָתִיPsalm 78:1 16t.; תֹּרָר֯תְךָJeremiah 32:23; תֹּרָתוֺ44:23 34t. suffixes; plural תּוֺרוֺתNehemiah 9:13; תּוֺרֹתIsaiah 24:5 2t.; suffix תּוֺרֹתַיEzekiel 44:24; תּוֺרֹתָ֯ו43:11; 44:5 5t. suffixes; —

1 instruction:

a. human: of a mother Proverbs 1:8; 6:20, 23; of a father 3:1; 4:2; 7:2; of sages 13:14; 28:4 (twice in verse); 28:7, 9; 29:18; of a poet Psalm 78:1; חֶסֶד תּוֺרַתkind instruction (of a wise wife) Proverbs 31:26.

b. divine "" אֲמָרִיםJob 22:22; through his servants Isaiah 30:9; Jeremiah 8:8; "" אִמְרָהIsaiah 5:24; "" דָּבָר1:10; "" תְּעוּדָה8:16, 20; "" חָזוֺןLamentations 2:9; plural תורותDaniel 9:10.

c. a body of prophetic (or sometimes perhaps priestly) teaching Isaiah 42:21, 24; Jeremiah 9:12; 16:11; in the heart Isaiah 51:7; Psalm 37:31; 40:9; "" משׁפטHabakkuk 1:4; "" משׁפטיםPsalm 89:31; "" דְּבָרִיםJeremiah 6:19; 26:4; Zechariah 7:12; "" חקיםAmos 2:4; "" חקותJeremiah 44:10, 23; myriads of precepts Hosea 8:12.

d. instruction in Messianic age Isaiah 2:3 = Micah 4:4; Isaiah 42:4; 51:4; Jeremiah 31:33.

e. a body of priestly direction or instruction relating to sacred things Hosea 4:6; Jeremiah 2:8; 18:18; Ezekiel 7:26; Haggai 2:11; Malachi 2:6-7, 8, 9; Zephaniah 3:4; Ezekiel 22:26; "" מוֺרֶה כֹּחֵן לֹא תוֺרָה לֹא2 Chronicles 15:3.

2 law (properly direction): namely

a. of special laws, singular of Feast of Maƒƒoth Exodus 13:9 (J), sabbath 16:4 (J); of direction given by priests in particular case Deuteronomy 17:11; of statutes of priest's code Exodus 12:49 (P), Leviticus 6:2; 6:7; 6:18; 7:1, 7, 11, 37; 11:46; 12:7; 13:59; 14:2, 32, 54, 57; 15:32; Numbers 5:29-30, 6:13, 21 (twice in verse); 15:16, 29; 19:2, 14; 31:21 (P); הַבָּיִת תּוֺרַתEzekiel 43:12 (twice in verse); ח ׳בֵּין לְמִעְוָךְ2 Chronicles 19:10; plural תּוֺרוֺתlaws, "" חקיםExodus 18:16, 20 (E; of decisions in civil cases given by Moses), Psalm 105:45; "" מצותExodus 16:28 (J); "" חקות מצות,Genesis 26:5 (J); "" משׁפטים חקיםLeviticus 26:46 (H); "" חק ברית,Isaiah 24:5; "" מצות חקים, משׁפטים,Nehemiah 9:13; the laws of the new temple Ezekiel 43:11; 44:5, 24; those laws in which men should walk Jeremiah 32:23 (Kt).

b. of codes of law, (1) הַתּוֺרָה‎ as written in the code of the covenant, "" הַמִּצְוָהExodus 24:12 (E); אלהים תּוֺרַת ספרJoshua 24:26 (E); probably also Deuteronomy 33:4, "" משׁפטים33:10, "" בְּרִיתHosea 8:1; Psalm 78:10, "" עֵדוּת78:5; -2the law of the Deuteronomic code, in D and Deuteronomic sections of Kings and sources of Chronicles, הַזּאֹת הַתּוֺרָהDeuteronomy 1:5; 4:8, 44; 17:18; 31:9, 11; הַתּ ׳דִּבְרֵי הזאת27:26; 31:24, + כל17:19; 27:3, 8; 28:58; 29:28; 31:12; 32:46; הַתּ ׳סֵפֶר הזאת28:61; הזה התורה ספר29:20; 30:10; 31:26; Joshua 1:8; התורה ספר8:34; 2 Kings 22:8 2 Chronicles 34:15; התורה דבריJoshua 8:34; 2 Kings 23:24; so משׁה צוך אשׁר התורהJoshua 1:7, similarly 22:5; 2 Kings 17:13, 34, 37; 21:8; משׁה תּוֺרַת‎ (ספר‎) Joshua 8:31-32, 23:6; 1 Kings 2:3; 2 Kings 14:6 = ׳הַתּ מ ׳בספר2 Chronicles 25:4; 2 Kings 23:25; הַתּ סֵפֶר ׳דִּבְרֵי22:11= הַתּ ׳דברי2 Chronicles 34:19; יהוה תּוֺרַת2 Kings 10:31. It is probable that ׳ת‎ in Psalm 1:2 (twice in verse); 94:12 and some other parts of Chronicles, e.g. 1 Chronicles 22:12; 2 Chronicles 6:16 (= 1 Kings 8:25 without ׳ת‎), refers to Deuteronomic code. (3) other passages of Chronicles may refer to code of D, but most of them certainly refer to the law of the Priests' code. The same is true of Malachi, Daniel and late Psalms. The phrases are: (ספר‎) משׁה תורת2 Chronicles 23:18; 30:16; Ezra 3:2; 7:6; Nehemiah 8:1; Malachi 3:22; Daniel 9:11, 13; יהוה תורת‎ (ספר‎) Ezra 7:10; Nehemiah 9:3; 1 Chronicles 16:40; 2 Chronicles 12:1; 17:9; 31:3-4, 34:14; 35:26; Psalm 19:8; 119:1; (ספר‎) האלהים תורתNehemiah 8:18; 10:29; 10:30; הַתּ ׳ספר8:3; הַתּ ׳דִּבְרֵי8:9; 8:13; הַתּוֺרָה2 Chronicles 14:3; 31:21; 33:8; Ezra 10:3; Nehemiah 8:2, 7, 14; 10:35; 10:37; 12:44; 13:3; ׳תּ מִּיךָPsalm 119:72; תורתךNehemiah 9:26, 29, 34; Daniel 9:11; Psalm 119:18; 119:29; 119:34; 119:44; 119:51; 119:53; 119:55; 119:61; 119:70; 119:77; 119:85; 119:92; 119:97; 119:109; 119:126; 119:136; 119:142; 119:150; 119:153; 119:163; 119:165; 119:174; תּוֺרָה‎ (indefinite) "" מצוות חקים,Nehemiah 9:14.

3 custom, manner: הָאָדָם תּוֺרַת2 Samuel 7:19 the manner of man, not of God, i.e. deal with me as man with man, Thes, law for man RV, but EwGeschichte. iii. 180 reads דּוֺרֹת‎ (וַתַּרְאֵנִי‎) hast shewed me generations of men; so We Dr. — On ׳ת‎ see further Dr on Deuteronomy 1:10; 24:8; 33:10 and references








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