תּוֹרָה (to.rah) means “instruction” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: to-raw' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
תּוֹרָה · to.rah · instruction
1) law, direction, instruction 1a) instruction, direction (human or divine) 1a1) body of prophetic teaching 1a2) instruction in Messianic age 1a3) body of priestly direction or instruction 1a4) body of legal directives 1b) law 1b1) law of the burnt offering 1b2) of special law, codes of law 1c) custom, manner 1d) the Deuteronomic or Mosaic Law
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or תֹּרָה; from H3384 (יָרָה); a precept or statute, especially the Decalogue or Pentateuch
KJV glosses: law.
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| the law | 34 |
| of the law | 28 |
| is the law | 20 |
| law | 20 |
| your law | 19 |
| in the law | 16 |
| instruction | 7 |
| laws | 6 |
| my law | 5 |
| from your law | 4 |
| and laws | 3 |
| and your law | 3 |
| my instruction | 3 |
| a law | 2 |
| according to the law | 2 |
| but your law | 2 |
| his law | 2 |
| in my law | 2 |
| in your law | 2 |
| the instruction | 2 |
| the laws | 2 |
| the teaching | 2 |
| to the law | 2 |
| and in the law | 1 |
| and instructions | 1 |
| and my laws | 1 |
| and on his law | 1 |
| and the law | 1 |
| and your instruction | 1 |
| but instruction | 1 |
| by his law | 1 |
| for a ruling | 1 |
| guard my teachings | 1 |
| his instruction | 1 |
| his laws | 1 |
| if your law | 1 |
| in his law | 1 |
| in his laws | 1 |
| in matters of the law | 1 |
| is in the law | 1 |
| my directive | 1 |
| my instructions | 1 |
| my laws | 1 |
| my teaching | 1 |
| obey the law | 1 |
| of law | 1 |
| of my law | 1 |
| teaching | 1 |
| this law | 1 |
| this teaching | 1 |
| to my instruction | 1 |
| to the instruction | 1 |
| with my law | 1 |
| with the law | 1 |
| your custom | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| the law | 50 |
| of the law | 28 |
| in the law | 19 |
| thy law | 16 |
| of this law | 11 |
| my law | 7 |
| law | 6 |
| and the law | 4 |
| in my law | 4 |
| according to all the law | 3 |
| and laws | 3 |
| this law | 3 |
| according to the law | 2 |
| and my laws | 2 |
| and thy law | 2 |
| for the law | 2 |
| from thy law | 2 |
| in his law | 2 |
| in thy law | 2 |
| not the law | 2 |
| to the law | 2 |
| unto the law | 2 |
| a law | 1 |
| after the law | 1 |
| against my law | 1 |
| and a law | 1 |
| and all the laws | 1 |
| and grant me thy law | 1 |
| and his laws | 1 |
| and in his law | 1 |
| and in the law | 1 |
| and my law | 1 |
| and without law | 1 |
| as all this law | 1 |
| at the law | 1 |
| between law | 1 |
| but the law | 1 |
| but thy law | 1 |
| for a law | 1 |
| for his law | 1 |
| for thy law | 1 |
| him out of thy law | 1 |
| his laws | 1 |
| i pray thee the law | 1 |
| in his laws | 1 |
| laws | 1 |
| my laws | 1 |
| nor to my law | 1 |
| not after thy law | 1 |
| not my law | 1 |
| not thy law | 1 |
| of my law | 1 |
| or after the law | 1 |
| out of thy law | 1 |
| the laws | 1 |
| them according to the whole law | 1 |
| them and according to all the law | 1 |
| therefore the law | 1 |
| thereof and all the laws | 1 |
| this shall be the law | 1 |
| unto his law | 1 |
| unto thy law | 1 |
| upon her all this law | 1 |
| us a law | 1 |
| ye not my law | 1 |
| ye the law | 1 |
| yea thy law | 1 |
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When Moses had finished writing in a book the words of this law from beginning to end,
Read word by word“Take this Book of the Law and place it beside the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, so that it may remain there as a witness against you.
Read word by wordhe said to them, “Take to heart all the words I have solemnly declared to you this day, so that you may command your children to carefully follow all the words of this law.
Read word by wordthe law that Moses gave us, the possession of the assembly of Jacob.
Read word by wordHe will teach Your ordinances to Jacob and Your law to Israel; he will set incense before You and whole burnt offerings on Your altar.
Read word by wordAbove all, be strong and very courageous. Be careful to observe all the law that My servant Moses commanded you. Do not turn from it to the right or to the left, so that you may prosper wherever you go.
Read word by wordThis Book of the Law must not depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. For then you will prosper and succeed in all you do.
Read word by wordjust as Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded the Israelites. He built it according to what is written in the Book of the Law of Moses: “an altar of uncut stones on which no iron tool has been used.” And on it they offered burnt offerings to the LORD, and they sacrificed peace offerings.
Read word by wordAnd there in the presence of the Israelites, Joshua inscribed on the stones a copy of the law of Moses, which he had written.
Read word by wordAfterward, Joshua read aloud all the words of the law—the blessings and the curses—according to all that is written in the Book of the Law.
Read word by wordBut be very careful to observe the commandment and the law that Moses the servant of the LORD gave you: to love the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways, to keep His commandments, to hold fast to Him, and to serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul.”
Read word by wordBe very strong, then, so that you can keep and obey all that is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, not turning aside from it to the right or to the left.
Read word by wordJoshua recorded these things in the Book of the Law of God. Then he took a large stone and set it up there under the oak that was near the sanctuary of the LORD.
Read word by wordAnd keep the charge of the LORD your God to walk in His ways and to keep His statutes, commandments, ordinances, and decrees, as written in the Law of Moses, so that you may prosper in all you do and wherever you turn,
Read word by wordYet Jehu was not careful to follow the instruction of the LORD, the God of Israel, with all his heart. He did not turn away from the sins that Jeroboam had caused Israel to commit.
Read word by wordYet he did not put the sons of the murderers to death, but acted according to what is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, where the LORD commanded: “Fathers must not be put to death for their children, and children must not be put to death for their fathers; each is to die for his own sin.”
Read word by wordYet through all His prophets and seers, the LORD warned Israel and Judah, saying, “Turn from your wicked ways and keep My commandments and statutes, according to the entire Law that I commanded your fathers and delivered to you through My servants the prophets.”
Read word by wordTo this day they are still practicing their former customs. None of them worship the LORD or observe the statutes, ordinances, laws, and commandments that the LORD gave the descendants of Jacob, whom He named Israel.
Read word by wordAnd you must always be careful to observe the statutes, ordinances, laws, and commandments He wrote for you. Do not worship other gods.
Read word by wordI will never again cause the feet of the Israelites to wander from the land that I gave to their fathers, if only they are careful to do all I have commanded them—the whole Law that My servant Moses commanded them.”
Read word by wordThen Hilkiah the high priest said to Shaphan the scribe, “I have found the Book of the Law in the house of the LORD!” And he gave it to Shaphan, who read it.
Read word by wordWhen the king heard the words of the Book of the Law, he tore his clothes
Read word by wordFurthermore, Josiah removed the mediums and spiritists, the household gods and idols, and all the abominations that were seen in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem. He did this to carry out the words of the law written in the book that Hilkiah the priest had found in the house of the LORD.
Read word by wordNeither before nor after Josiah was there any king like him, who turned to the LORD with all his heart and with all his soul and with all his strength, according to all the Law of Moses.
Read word by wordto regularly present burnt offerings to the LORD on the altar of burnt offerings, morning and evening, according to all that was written in the Law of the LORD, which He had commanded Israel to keep.
Read word by wordAbove all, may the LORD give you insight and understanding when He puts you in command over Israel, so that you may keep the Law of the LORD your God.
Read word by wordTherefore now, O LORD, God of Israel, keep for Your servant, my father David, what You promised when You said: ‘You will never fail to have a man to sit before Me on the throne of Israel, if only your descendants guard their way to walk in My law as you have walked before Me.’
Read word by wordAfter Rehoboam had established his sovereignty and royal power, he and all Israel with him forsook the Law of the LORD.
Read word by wordHe commanded the people of Judah to seek the LORD, the God of their fathers, and to observe the law and the commandments.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 14.3
For many years Israel has been without the true God, without a priest to instruct them, and without the law.
Read word by wordThey taught throughout Judah, taking with them the Book of the Law of the LORD. They went throughout the towns of Judah and taught the people.
Read word by wordFor every dispute that comes before you from your brothers who dwell in their cities—whether it regards bloodshed or some other violation of law, commandments, statutes, or ordinances—you are to warn them, so that they will not incur guilt before the LORD and wrath will not come upon you and your brothers. Do this, and you will not incur guilt.
Read word by wordMoreover, Jehoiada put the oversight of the house of the LORD into the hands of the Levitical priests, whom David had appointed over the house of the LORD, to offer burnt offerings to the LORD as written in the Law of Moses, with rejoicing and song, as ordained by David.
Read word by wordYet he did not put their sons to death, but acted according to what is written in the Law, in the Book of Moses, where the LORD commanded: “Fathers must not be put to death for their children, and children must not be put to death for their fathers; each is to die for his own sin.”
Read word by wordThey stood at their prescribed posts, according to the Law of Moses the man of God. The priests splattered the blood, which they received from the hand of the Levites.
Read word by wordThe king contributed from his own possessions for the regular morning and evening burnt offerings and for the burnt offerings on the Sabbaths, New Moons, and appointed feasts, as written in the Law of the LORD.
Read word by wordMoreover, he commanded the people living in Jerusalem to make a contribution for the priests and Levites so that they could devote themselves to the Law of the LORD.
Read word by wordHe acted with all his heart in every work that he began in the service of the house of God, and in the law and the commandments, in order to seek his God. And so he prospered.
Read word by wordI will never again cause the feet of the Israelites to leave the land that I assigned to your fathers, if only they are careful to do all that I have commanded them through Moses—all the laws, statutes, and judgments.”
Read word by wordWhile they were bringing out the money that had been taken into the house of the LORD, Hilkiah the priest found the Book of the Law of the LORD given by Moses.
Read word by wordAnd Hilkiah said to Shaphan the scribe, “I have found the Book of the Law in the house of the LORD!” And he gave it to Shaphan.
Read word by wordWhen the king heard the words of the Law, he tore his clothes
Read word by wordAs for the rest of the acts of Josiah and his deeds of loving devotion according to what is written in the Law of the LORD—
Read word by wordThen Jeshua son of Jozadak and his fellow priests, along with Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and his associates, began to build the altar of the God of Israel to sacrifice burnt offerings on it, as it is written in the Law of Moses the man of God.
Read word by wordthis Ezra came up from Babylon. He was a scribe skilled in the Law of Moses, which the LORD, the God of Israel, had given. The king had granted Ezra all his requests, for the hand of the LORD his God was upon him.
Read word by wordFor Ezra had set his heart to study the Law of the LORD, to practice it, and to teach its statutes and ordinances in Israel.
Read word by wordSo now let us make a covenant before our God to send away all the foreign wives and their children, according to the counsel of my lord and of those who tremble at the command of our God. Let it be done according to the Law.
Read word by wordAt that time all the people gathered together in the square before the Water Gate, and they asked Ezra the scribe to bring out the Book of the Law of Moses, which the LORD had commanded for Israel.
Read word by wordOn the first day of the seventh month, Ezra the priest brought the Law before the assembly of men and women and all who could listen and understand.
Read word by wordSo Ezra read it aloud from daybreak until noon as he faced the square before the Water Gate, in front of the men and women and those who could understand. And all the people listened attentively to the Book of the Law.
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