תּוֹרָה torah

Hebrew word for “instruction” · Strong’s H8451 · used 219 times in 213 verses

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Meaning

1) law, direction, instruction;

How it is translated

Glosses given for torah in context, with how often each is used:

• law 164
• instruction 27
• legal procedure 15
• laws 11
• legal procedures 1
• which law 1

Where it is used

Also in 16 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Psalms 119 (25), Nehemiah 8 (9), Nehemiah 9 (6), Deuteronomy 31 (5), Leviticus 7 (4), Leviticus 14 (4), Nehemiah 10 (4), Malachi 2 (4), Leviticus 6 (3), Deuteronomy 17 (3)

Forms

• תורת 48
• התורה 48
• תורה 23
• תורתך 18
• בתורת 15
• תורתי 12
• ותורתך 7
• בתורה 6
• ותורה 5
• ותורתי 4

Words used with it

Words that share verses with torah more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• כָּתַב katav “to write” 34
• זֹאת zot “this” 42
• שָׁמַר shamar “to keep” 35
• סֵפֶר sepher “scroll” 25
• מֹשֶׁה mosheh “Moses” 33
• מִצְוָה mitsvah “commandment” 22
• כֹּהֵן kohen “priest” 29
• מִשְׁפָּט mishpat “justice” 22
• צָוָה tsavah “to command” 22
• חֹק choq “statute” 16
• דָּבָר davar “word” 27
• שָׁמַע shama “to hear” 24

Key verses

The verses using torah that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• 2 Kings 17:13 — Yet the LORD testified against Israel, and against Judah, by all the prophets, and by all the seers, saying, Turn ye from your evil ways, and keep my…
• Nehemiah 9:26 — Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee, and cast thy law behind their backs, and slew thy prophets which testified against them to turn…
• Nehemiah 9:29 — And testifiedst against them, that thou mightest bring them again unto thy law: yet they dealt proudly, and hearkened not unto thy commandments, but sinned…
• Psalms 19:7 — The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple.
• Isaiah 8:20 — To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.
• Isaiah 24:5 — The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant.
• Jeremiah 18:18 — Then said they, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from…
• Jeremiah 31:33 — But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write…
• Hosea 4:6 — My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou…
• Amos 2:4 — Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have despised the law of the…
• Micah 4:2 — And many nations shall come, and say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his…
• Malachi 2:7 — For the priest’s lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth: for he is the messenger of the LORD of hosts.

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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.