H3948 לֶקַח

לֶקַח (leqach), Strong’s 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 KJV…

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leqach — properly, something received, i.e. (mentally) instruction (whether on the part of the teacher or hearer); also (in an active and sinister sense) inveiglement

KJV: doctrine, learning, fair speech.

Derived from לָקַח lâqach (https://besorah.bible/word/H3947) (to take)

Occurs 9 times.

Brown–Driver–Briggs
- לֶ֫קַח n.m. learning, teaching (concrete; prob. what is received)
- 1 instruction, subjective, as personal acquirement
- 2 teaching, obj., as thing taught; also = teaching-power, persuasiveness

Where it occurs
- Deuteronomy 32:2 (https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/32?v=2) — My doctrine will drop as the rain. My speech will condense as the dew, as the misty rain on the tender grass, as the…
- Isaiah 29:24 (https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/29?v=24) — They also who err in spirit will come to understanding, and those who grumble will receive instruction.”
- Proverbs 1:5 (https://besorah.bible/tanakh/proverbs/1?v=5) — that the wise man may hear, and increase in learning; that the man of understanding may attain to sound counsel;
- Proverbs 4:2 (https://besorah.bible/tanakh/proverbs/4?v=2) — for I give you sound learning. Don’t forsake my law.
- Proverbs 7:21 (https://besorah.bible/tanakh/proverbs/7?v=21) — With persuasive words, she led him astray. With the flattering of her lips, she seduced him.
- Proverbs 9:9 (https://besorah.bible/tanakh/proverbs/9?v=9) — Instruct a wise person, and he will be still wiser. Teach a righteous person, and he will increase in learning.
- Proverbs 16:21 (https://besorah.bible/tanakh/proverbs/16?v=21) — The wise in heart shall be called prudent. Pleasantness of the lips promotes instruction.
- Proverbs 16:23 (https://besorah.bible/tanakh/proverbs/16?v=23) — The heart of the wise instructs his mouth, and adds learning to his lips.
- Job 11:4 (https://besorah.bible/tanakh/job/11?v=4) — For you say, ‘My doctrine is pure. I am clean in your eyes.’