לֶקַח
lekach · teaching, instruction
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H3948 · appears 9 times in the Bible
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lekach (לֶקַח) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “teaching, instruction”.
Teaching: what is received in order to learn; also persuasion.
How to say it
le·kach
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- What is learned and passed on; also persuasive words.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
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Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Deuteronomy 32:2
Let my teaching drip like the rain, let my saying distill like the dew, like showers on the vegetation and like downpours on the grass.
- Job 11:4
You say, ‘My teaching is pure, and I have been spotless in your eyes.’
- Proverbs 1:5
Let the wise man hear, and he will increase in teaching; and the discerning one will acquire guidance,
- Proverbs 4:2
For good teaching I give you; my instruction do not abandon.
- Proverbs 7:21
She turns him aside with the greatness of her teaching; with the smoothness of her lips she drags him along.
- Proverbs 9:9
Give to a wise man, and he will become wiser still; teach a righteous man, and he will increase in teaching.
- Proverbs 16:21
The wise of heart will be called discerning, and sweetness of lips increases teaching.
- Proverbs 16:23
The heart of the wise makes his mouth prudent, and on his lips it adds teaching.
- Isaiah 29:24
And those who stray in spirit will know understanding, and those who murmur will learn teaching.”