Hebrew noun (masculine) · H4148
מוּסָר
musarmoo-sawr'
discipline
50 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: mûwçâr
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H4148is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 9 of 39Old Testament books
- 24spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H4148
properly, chastisement; figuratively, reproof, warning or instruction; also restraint
The King James renders it: bond, chastening(-eth), chastisement, check, correction, discipline, doctrine, instruction, rebuke.
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
musar is rendered "discipline". It stands 50 times in the Hebrew text, across nine books.
- Thirty of the uses stand in Proverbs, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Deuteronomy 11:2Know this day that it is not your children who have known and seen the discipline of the LORD your God: His greatness, His mighty hand, and His outstretched arm;
- The Greek text spells it twenty-four different ways.
The first use
Know this day that it is not your children who have known and seen the discipline of the LORD your God: His greatness, His mighty hand, and His outstretched arm;
Deuteronomy 11:2מוּסַ֖ר
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Thirty of the word's fifty 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
- discipline13
- correction11
- correction of8
- and discipline3
- discipline of3
- and discipline of2
- chastening of2
- a warning1
- chastening your1
- discipline my1
- for the correction1
- instruction1
and 3 more, 50 uses in all
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.
The words it stands beside
All 50, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
24 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
- מוּסָ֑ר11
- מוּסַ֣ר8
- מוּסָֽר׃5
- מ֣וּסַר2
- מוּסַ֥ר2
- מוּסָ֥ר2
- מ֭וּסָר2
- מוּסָ֣ר2
- בַּמּוּסָ֣ר1
- וּמוּסַ֥ר1
- וּמוּסַ֖ר1
- וּמוּסָ֑ר1
and 12 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- noun · masculine singular26HNcmsa
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)14HNcmsc
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular3HC/Ncmsa
- preposition with the article + noun · masculine singular3HRd/Ncmsa
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)2HC/Ncmsc
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular1HNcmsc/Sp1bs
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular1HNcmsc/Sp2ms
Deuteronomy
one use
Know this day that it is not your children who have known and seen the discipline of the LORD your God: His greatness, His mighty hand, and His outstretched arm;
- מוּסַ֖רmusarnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: training of
Job
four uses
Blessed indeed is the man whom God corrects; so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.
- וּמוּסַ֥רumusarconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and discipline of
He loosens the bonds placed by kings and fastens a belt around their waists.
- מוּסַ֣רmusarnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: correction of
I have heard a rebuke that insults me, and my understanding prompts a reply.
- מוּסַ֣רmusarnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: correction of
He opens their ears to correction and commands that they turn from iniquity.
- לַמּוּסָ֑רlamusarpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: for the correction
Psalms
one use
For you hate My instruction and cast My words behind you.
- מוּסָ֑רmusarnoun · masculine singulartagged: discipline
Proverbs
thirty uses
for gaining wisdom and discipline, for comprehending words of insight,
- וּמוּסָ֑רumusarconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and discipline
and for receiving instruction in wise living and in righteousness, justice, and equity.
- מוּסַ֣רmusarnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: correction of
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline.
- וּ֝מוּסָ֗רumusarconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and discipline
Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction, and do not forsake the teaching of your mother.
- מוּסַ֣רmusarnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: correction of
My son, do not reject the discipline of the LORD, and do not loathe His rebuke;
- מוּסַ֣רmusarnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: discipline of
Listen, my sons, to a father’s instruction; pay attention and gain understanding.
- מ֣וּסַרmusarnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: correction of
Hold on to instruction; do not let go. Guard it, for it is your life.
- בַּמּוּסָ֣רbamusarpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: on the discipline
and you will say, “How I hated discipline, and my heart despised reproof!
- מוּסָ֑רmusarnoun · masculine singulartagged: discipline
He dies for lack of discipline, led astray by his own great folly.
- מוּסָ֑רmusarnoun · masculine singulartagged: discipline
For this commandment is a lamp, this teaching is a light, and the reproofs of discipline are the way to life,
- מוּסָֽר׃musarnoun · masculine singulartagged: discipline
He follows her on impulse, like an ox going to the slaughter, like a deer bounding into a trap,
- מוּסַ֥רmusarnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: chastening of
Receive my instruction instead of silver, and knowledge rather than pure gold.
- מוּסָרִ֥יmusarinoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: discipline my
Listen to instruction and be wise; do not ignore it.
- מוּסָ֥רmusarnoun · masculine singulartagged: correction
Whoever heeds instruction is on the path to life, but he who ignores reproof goes astray.
- מוּסָ֑רmusarnoun · masculine singulartagged: discipline
Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but he who hates correction is stupid.
- מ֭וּסָרmusornoun · masculine singulartagged: discipline
A wise son heeds his father’s discipline, but a mocker does not listen to rebuke.
- מ֣וּסַרmusarnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: discipline of
Poverty and shame come to him who ignores discipline, but whoever heeds correction is honored.
- מוּסָ֑רmusarnoun · masculine singulartagged: discipline
He who spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him disciplines him diligently.
- מוּסָֽר׃musarnoun · masculine singulartagged: discipline
A fool rejects his father’s discipline, but whoever heeds correction is prudent.
- מוּסַ֣רmusarnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: discipline of
Discipline is harsh for him who leaves the path; he who hates correction will die.
- מוּסָ֣רmusarnoun · masculine singulartagged: discipline
He who ignores discipline despises himself, but whoever heeds correction gains understanding.
- מ֭וּסָרmusornoun · masculine singulartagged: discipline
The fear of the LORD is the instruction of wisdom, and humility comes before honor.
- מוּסַ֣רmusarnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: correction of
Understanding is a fountain of life to its possessor, but the discipline of fools is folly.
- וּמוּסַ֖רumusarconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and discipline of
Listen to counsel and accept discipline, that you may be wise the rest of your days.
- מוּסָ֑רmusarnoun · masculine singulartagged: correction
If you cease to hear instruction, my son, you will stray from the words of knowledge.
- מוּסָ֑רmusarnoun · masculine singulartagged: correction
Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline drives it far from him.
- מ֝וּסָ֗רmusarnoun · masculine singulartagged: discipline
Apply your heart to instruction and your ears to words of knowledge.
- לַמּוּסָ֣רlamusarpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: to the discipline
Do not withhold discipline from a child; although you strike him with a rod, he will not die.
- מוּסָ֑רmusarnoun · masculine singulartagged: discipline
Invest in truth and never sell it—in wisdom and instruction and understanding.
- וּמוּסָ֣רumusarconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and discipline
I observed and took it to heart; I looked and received instruction:
- מוּסָֽר׃musarnoun · masculine singulartagged: instruction
Isaiah
two uses
O LORD, they sought You in their distress; when You disciplined them, they poured out a quiet prayer.
- מוּסָרְךָ֖musarekhanoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: chastening your
But He was pierced for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed.
- מוּסַ֤רmusarnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: chastening of
Jeremiah
eight uses
“I have struck your sons in vain; they accepted no discipline. Your own sword has devoured your prophets like a voracious lion.”
- מוּסָ֖רmusarnoun · masculine singulartagged: correction
O LORD, do not Your eyes look for truth? You struck them, but they felt no pain. You finished them off, but they refused to accept discipline. They have made their faces harder than stone and refused to repent.
- מוּסָ֑רmusarnoun · masculine singulartagged: correction
Therefore you must say to them, ‘This is the nation that would not listen to the voice of the LORD their God and would not receive correction. Truth has perished; it has disappeared from their lips.
- מוּסָ֑רmusarnoun · masculine singulartagged: correction
But they are altogether senseless and foolish, instructed by worthless idols made of wood!
- מוּסַ֥רmusarnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: correction of
Yet they would not listen or incline their ear, but they stiffened their necks and would not listen or receive My discipline.
- מוּסָֽר׃musarnoun · masculine singulartagged: correction
All your lovers have forgotten you; they no longer seek you, for I have struck you as an enemy would, with the discipline of someone cruel, because of your great iniquity and your numerous sins.
- מוּסַ֣רmusarnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: correction of
They have turned their backs to Me and not their faces. Though I taught them again and again, they would not listen or respond to discipline.
- מוּסָֽר׃musarnoun · masculine singulartagged: correction
“This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Go and tell the men of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem: ‘Will you not accept discipline and obey My words?’ declares the LORD.
- מוּסָ֛רmusarnoun · masculine singulartagged: correction
Ezekiel
one use
So you will be a reproach and a taunt, a warning and a horror to the nations around you, when I execute judgments against you in anger, wrath, and raging fury. I, the LORD, have spoken.
- מוּסָ֣רmusarnoun · masculine singulartagged: a warning
Hosea
one use
The rebels are deep in slaughter; but I will chastise them all.
- מוּסָ֥רmusarnoun · masculine singulartagged: discipline
Zephaniah
two uses
She heeded no voice; she accepted no correction. She does not trust in the LORD; she has not drawn near to her God.
- מוּסָ֑רmusarnoun · masculine singulartagged: correction
I said, ‘Surely you will fear Me and accept correction.’ Then her dwelling place would not be cut off despite all for which I punished her. But they rose early to corrupt all their deeds.
- מוּסָ֔רmusarnoun · masculine singulartagged: correction
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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.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.