מוּסָר musar
Hebrew word for “discipline” · Strong’s H4148 · used 50 times in 50 verses
Meaning
: discipline/punishment; 1) discipline, chastening, correction; 1a) discipline, correction; 1b) chastening
Senses in the lexicon
- discipline (29)
- discipline: instruction (19)
- discipline: bonds (2)
How it is translated
Glosses given for musar in context, with how often each is used:
- discipline 24
- correction 20
- chastening 3
- training 1
- warning 1
- instruction 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Proverbs | 30 | 4.3 | |
| Jeremiah | 8 | 0.4 | |
| Job | 4 | 0.5 | |
| Isaiah | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Zephaniah | 2 | 2.6 | |
| Deuteronomy | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Psalms | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Ezekiel | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Hosea | 1 | 0.4 |
Chapters where it is used most
Proverbs 1 (4), Proverbs 15 (4), Proverbs 13 (3), Proverbs 23 (3), Proverbs 4 (2), Proverbs 5 (2), Proverbs 8 (2), Proverbs 19 (2), Zephaniah 3 (2), Deuteronomy 11 (1)
Forms
- מוסר 40
- ומוסר 5
- למוסר 2
- מוסרך 1
- במוסר 1
- מוסרי 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with musar more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- תּוֹכַחַת tokhachat “argument” 10
- שָׁמַע shama “to hear” 13
- לָקַח laqach “to take” 11
- אַל al “not” 8
- דַּעַת daat “knowledge” 5
- אֱוִיל evil “fool(ish)” 4
- בִּינָה binah “understanding” 4
- שָׂנֵא sane “to hate” 5
- פָּרַע para “to neglect” 3
- אִוֶּלֶת ivvelet “folly” 3
- חׇכְמָה chokhmah “wisdom” 4
- לֵב lev “heart” 5
Key verses
The verses using musar that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Psalms 50:17 — Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest my words behind thee.
- Proverbs 1:7 — The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
- Proverbs 5:12 — And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;
- Proverbs 6:23 — For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
- Proverbs 23:23 — Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.
- Isaiah 26:16 — LORD, in trouble have they visited thee, they poured out a prayer when thy chastening was upon them.
- Isaiah 53:5 — But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.
- Jeremiah 2:30 — In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.
- Jeremiah 5:3 — O LORD, are not thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive…
- Jeremiah 10:8 — But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock is a doctrine of vanities.
- Jeremiah 30:14 — All thy lovers have forgotten thee; they seek thee not; for I have wounded thee with the wound of an enemy, with the chastisement of a cruel one, for the…
- Zephaniah 3:2 — She obeyed not the voice; she received not correction; she trusted not in the LORD; she drew not near to her God.
See all 50 verses in the Word Atlas
Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.