Hebrew noun (masculine) · H3948
לֶקַח
leqachleh'-kakh
teaching
9 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H3948is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 4 of 39Old Testament books
- 7spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H3948
properly, something received, i.e. (mentally) instruction (whether on the part of the teacher or hearer); also (in an active and sinister sense) inveiglement
The King James renders it: doctrine, learning, fair speech.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
leqach is rendered "teaching". It stands 9 times in the Hebrew text, across four books.
- Six of the uses stand in Proverbs, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Deuteronomy 32:2Let my teaching fall like rain and my speech settle like dew, like gentle rain on new grass, like showers on tender plants.
- The Greek text spells it seven different ways.
The first use
Let my teaching fall like rain and my speech settle like dew, like gentle rain on new grass, like showers on tender plants.
Deuteronomy 32:2לִקְחִ֔י
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Six of the word's nine uses are in Proverbs.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- insight2
- instruction2
- teaching2
- teaching my2
- persuasiveness her1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 9, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
7 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- לֶֽקַח׃3
- לֶ֑קַח1
- לֶ֣קַח1
- לֶֽקַח׃ פ1
- לִקְחָ֑הּ1
- לִקְחִ֔י1
- לִקְחִ֑י1
The grammar of each form
- noun · masculine singular6HNcmsa
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular2HNcmsc/Sp1bs
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular1HNcmsc/Sp3fs
Deuteronomy
one use
Let my teaching fall like rain and my speech settle like dew, like gentle rain on new grass, like showers on tender plants.
- לִקְחִ֔יlikchinoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: teaching my
Job
one use
You have said, ‘My doctrine is sound, and I am pure in Your sight.’
- לִקְחִ֑יlikchinoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: teaching my
Proverbs
six uses
let the wise listen and gain instruction, and the discerning acquire wise counsel
- לֶ֑קַחlekachnoun · masculine singulartagged: insight
For I give you sound teaching; do not abandon my directive.
- לֶ֣קַחlekachnoun · masculine singulartagged: instruction
With her great persuasion she entices him; with her flattering lips she lures him.
- לִקְחָ֑הּlikchahnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: persuasiveness her
Instruct a wise man, and he will be wiser still; teach a righteous man, and he will increase his learning.
- לֶֽקַח׃ פlekachnoun · masculine singulartagged: insight
The wise in heart are called discerning, and pleasant speech promotes instruction.
- לֶֽקַח׃lekachnoun · masculine singulartagged: teaching
The heart of the wise man instructs his mouth and adds persuasiveness to his lips.
- לֶֽקַח׃lekachnoun · masculine singulartagged: teaching
Isaiah
one use
Then the wayward in spirit will come to understanding, and those who grumble will accept instruction.”
- לֶֽקַח׃lekachnoun · masculine singulartagged: instruction
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.