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Lexicon :: Strong's H8451 - tôrâ

Aa
תּוֹרָה
Transliteration
tôrâ
Pronunciation
to-raw'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 910d

Strong’s Definitions

תּוֹרָה tôwrâh, to-raw'; or תֹּרָה tôrâh; from H3384; a precept or statute, especially the Decalogue or Pentateuch:—law.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 219x

The KJV translates Strong's H8451 in the following manner: law (219x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 219x
The KJV translates Strong's H8451 in the following manner: law (219x).

  1. law, direction, instruction

    1. instruction, direction (human or divine)

      1. body of prophetic teaching

      2. instruction in Messianic age

      3. body of priestly direction or instruction

      4. body of legal directives

    2. law

      1. law of the burnt offering

      2. of special law, codes of law

    3. custom, manner

    4. the Deuteronomic or Mosaic Law

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
תּוֹרָה tôwrâh, to-raw'; or תֹּרָה tôrâh; from H3384; a precept or statute, especially the Decalogue or Pentateuch:—law.
STRONGS H8451: Abbreviations
† תּוֺרָה noun feminineDeuteronomy 1:5 direction, instruction, law (possibly in first instance from casting lots, WeG i, 470; H 394 (less confidently WeSkizzen iii, 167), SS SmAT Rel. Geschichte. 36 BenzArchaeology 408 NowArchaeology ii, 97, opposed to by KöOffenb. ii, 347 BaudPriesterthum 207); — ת׳, Exodus 12:49 + 88 times; construct תּוֺרַת Exodus 13:9 + 65 times; suffixes תּוֺרָתִי Psalm 78:1 + 16 times; תֹּרָר֯תְךָ Jeremiah 32:23; תֹּרָתוֺ Jeremiah 44:23 + 34 times suffixes; plural תּוֺרוֺת Nehemiah 9:13; תּוֺרֹת Isaiah 24:5 + 2 times; suffix תּוֺרֹתַי Ezekiel 44:24; תּוֺרֹתָ֯ו Ezekiel 43:11; Ezekiel 44:5 + 5 times suffixes; —
1. instruction:
a. human: of a mother Proverbs 1:8; Proverbs 6:20, 23; of a father Proverbs 3:1; Proverbs 4:2; Proverbs 7:2; of sages Proverbs 13:14; Proverbs 28:4 (twice in verse); Proverbs 28:7, 9; Proverbs 29:18; of a poet Psalm 78:1; תּוֺרַת חֶסֶד kind instruction (of a wise wife) Proverbs 31:26.
b. divine || אֲמָרִים Job 22:22; through his servants Isaiah 30:9; Jeremiah 8:8; || אִמְרָה Isaiah 5:24; || דָּבָר Isaiah 1:10; || תְּעוּדָה Isaiah 8:16, 20; || חָזוֺן Lamentations 2:9; plural תורות Daniel 9:10.
c. a body of prophetic (or sometimes perhaps priestly) teaching Isaiah 42:21, 24; Jeremiah 9:12; Jeremiah 16:11; in the heart Isaiah 51:7; Psalm 37:31; Psalm 40:9; || משׁפט Habakkuk 1:4; || משׁפטים Psalm 89:31; || דְּבָרִים Jeremiah 6:19; Jeremiah 26:4; Zechariah 7:12; || חקים Amos 2:4; || חקות Jeremiah 44:10, 23; myriads of precepts Hosea 8:12.
d. instruction in Messianic age Isaiah 2:3 = Micah 4:4; Isaiah 42:4; Isaiah 51:4; Jeremiah 31:33.
e. a body of priestly direction or instruction relating to sacred things Hosea 4:6; Jeremiah 2:8; Jeremiah 18:18; Ezekiel 7:26; Haggai 2:11; Malachi 2:6, 7, 8, 9; Zephaniah 3:4; Ezekiel 22:26; || לֹא תוֺרָה לֹא כֹּחֵן מוֺרֶה 2 Chronicles 15:3.
2. law (properly direction): namely
a. of special laws, singular of Feast of Maṣṣoth Exodus 13:9 (J), sabbath Exodus 16:4 (J); of direction given by priests in particular case Deuteronomy 17:11; of statutes of priest's code Exodus 12:49 (P), Leviticus 6:2; Leviticus 6:7; Leviticus 6:18; Leviticus 7:1, 7, 11, 37; Leviticus 11:46; Leviticus 12:7; Leviticus 13:59; Leviticus 14:2, 32, 54, 57; Leviticus 15:32; Numbers 5:29, 30; Numbers 6:13, 21 (twice in verse); Numbers 15:16, 29; Numbers 19:2, 14; Numbers 31:21 (P); תּוֺרַת הַבָּיִת Ezekiel 43:12 (twice in verse); לְמִעְוָךְ בֵּין ח׳ 2 Chronicles 19:10; plural תּוֺרוֺת laws, || חקים Exodus 18:16, 20 (E; of decisions in civil cases given by Moses), Psalm 105:45; || מצות Exodus 16:28 (J); || מצות, חקות Genesis 26:5 (J); || חקים משׁפטים Leviticus 26:46 (H); || ברית, חק Isaiah 24:5; || משׁפטים, חקים, מצות Nehemiah 9:13; the laws of the new temple Ezekiel 43:11; Ezekiel 44:5, 24; those laws in which men should walk Jeremiah 32:23 (Kt).
b. of codes of law,
(1) הַתּוֺרָה as written in the code of the covenant, || הַמִּצְוָה Exodus 24:12 (E); ספר תּוֺרַת אלהים Joshua 24:26 (E); probably also Deuteronomy 33:4, || משׁפטים Deuteronomy 33:10, || בְּרִית Hosea 8:1; Psalm 78:10, || עֵדוּת Psalm 78:5;
(2) the law of the Deuteronomic code, in D and Deuteronomic sections of Kings and sources of Chronicles, הַתּוֺרָה הַזּאֹת Deuteronomy 1:5; Deuteronomy 4:8, 44; Deuteronomy 17:18; Deuteronomy 31:9, 11; הזאת דִּבְרֵי הַתּ׳ Deuteronomy 27:26; Deuteronomy 31:24, + כל Deuteronomy 17:19; Deuteronomy 27:3, 8; Deuteronomy 28:58; Deuteronomy 29:28; Deuteronomy 31:12; Deuteronomy 32:46; הזאת סֵפֶר הַתּ׳ Deuteronomy 28:61; ספר התורה הזה Deuteronomy 29:20; Deuteronomy 30:10; Deuteronomy 31:26; Joshua 1:8; ספר התורה Joshua 8:34; 2 Kings 22:8 2 Chronicles 34:15; דברי התורה Joshua 8:34; 2 Kings 23:24; so התורה אשׁר צוך משׁה Joshua 1:7, similarly Joshua 22:5; 2 Kings 17:13, 34, 37; 2 Kings 21:8; תּוֺרַת משׁה (ספר) Joshua 8:31, 32; Joshua 23:6; 1 Kings 2:3; 2 Kings 14:6 = בספר מ׳ הַתּ׳ 2 Chronicles 25:4; 2 Kings 23:25; דִּבְרֵי סֵפֶר הַתּ׳ 2 Kings 22:11= דברי הַתּ׳ 2 Chronicles 34:19; תּוֺרַת יהוה 2 Kings 10:31. It is probable that ת׳ in Psalm 1:2 (twice in verse); Psalm 94:12 and some other parts of Chronicles, e.g. 1 Chronicles 22:12; 2 Chronicles 6:16 (= 1 Kings 8:25 without ת׳), refers to Deuteronomic code.
(3) other passages of Chronicles may refer to code of D, but most of them certainly refer to the law of the Priests' code. The same is true of Malachi, Daniel and late Psalms. The phrases are: (ספר) תורת משׁה 2 Chronicles 23:18; 30:16; Ezra 3:2; Ezra 7:6; Nehemiah 8:1; Malachi 3:22; Daniel 9:11, 13; תורת יהוה (ספר) Ezra 7:10; Nehemiah 9:3; 1 Chronicles 16:40; 2 Chronicles 12:1; 17:9; 31:3, 4; 34:14; 35:26; Psalm 19:8; Psalm 119:1; (ספר) תורת האלהים Nehemiah 8:18; Nehemiah 10:29; Nehemiah 10:30; ספר הַתּ׳ Nehemiah 8:3; דִּבְרֵי הַתּ׳ Nehemiah 8:9; Nehemiah 8:13; הַתּוֺרָה 2 Chronicles 14:3; 2 Chronicles 31:21; 33:8; Ezra 10:3; Nehemiah 8:2, 7, 14; Nehemiah 10:35; Nehemiah 10:37; Nehemiah 12:44; Nehemiah 13:3; מִּיךָ תּ׳ Psalm 119:72; תורתך Nehemiah 9:26, 29, 34; Daniel 9:11; Psalm 119:18; Psalm 119:29; Psalm 119:34; Psalm 119:44; Psalm 119:51; Psalm 119:53; Psalm 119:55; Psalm 119:61; Psalm 119:70; Psalm 119:77; Psalm 119:85; Psalm 119:92; Psalm 119:97; Psalm 119:109; Psalm 119:126; Psalm 119:136; Psalm 119:142; Psalm 119:150; Psalm 119:153; Psalm 119:163; Psalm 119:165; Psalm 119:174; תּוֺרָה (indefinite) || חקים, מצוות Nehemiah 9:14.
3. custom, manner: תּוֺרַת הָאָדָם [H8452 2 Samuel 7:19] the manner of man, not of God, i.e. deal with me as man with man, Thes, law for man RV, but EwGeschichte. iii. 180 reads דּוֺרֹת (וַתַּרְאֵנִי) hast shewed me generations of men; so We Dr. — On ת׳ see further Dr on Deuteronomy 1:10; Deuteronomy 24:8; Deuteronomy 33:10 and references
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

26:5

Exodus

12:49; 12:49; 13:9; 13:9; 16:4; 16:28; 18:16; 18:20; 24:12

Leviticus

6:2; 6:7; 6:18; 7:1; 7:7; 7:11; 7:37; 11:46; 12:7; 13:59; 14:2; 14:32; 14:54; 14:57; 15:32; 26:46

Numbers

5:29; 5:30; 6:13; 6:21; 15:16; 15:29; 19:2; 19:14; 31:21

Deuteronomy

1:5; 1:5; 1:10; 4:8; 4:44; 17:11; 17:18; 17:19; 24:8; 27:3; 27:8; 27:26; 28:58; 28:61; 29:20; 29:28; 30:10; 31:9; 31:11; 31:12; 31:24; 31:26; 32:46; 33:4; 33:10; 33:10

Joshua

1:7; 1:8; 8:31; 8:32; 8:34; 8:34; 22:5; 23:6; 24:26

1 Kings

2:3; 8:25

2 Kings

10:31; 14:6; 17:13; 17:34; 17:37; 21:8; 22:8; 22:11; 23:24; 23:25

1 Chronicles

16:40; 22:12

2 Chronicles

6:16; 12:1; 14:3; 15:3; 17:9; 19:10; 23:18; 25:4; 30:16; 31:3; 31:4; 31:21; 33:8; 34:14; 34:15; 34:19; 35:26

Ezra

3:2; 7:6; 7:10; 10:3

Nehemiah

8:1; 8:2; 8:3; 8:7; 8:9; 8:13; 8:14; 8:18; 9:3; 9:13; 9:13; 9:14; 9:26; 9:29; 9:34; 10:29; 10:30; 10:35; 10:37; 12:44; 13:3

Job

22:22

Psalms

1:2; 19:8; 37:31; 40:9; 78:1; 78:1; 78:5; 78:10; 89:31; 94:12; 105:45; 119:1; 119:18; 119:29; 119:34; 119:44; 119:51; 119:53; 119:55; 119:61; 119:70; 119:72; 119:77; 119:85; 119:92; 119:97; 119:109; 119:126; 119:136; 119:142; 119:150; 119:153; 119:163; 119:165; 119:174

Proverbs

1:8; 3:1; 4:2; 6:20; 6:23; 7:2; 13:14; 28:4; 28:7; 28:9; 29:18; 31:26

Isaiah

1:10; 2:3; 5:24; 8:16; 8:20; 24:5; 24:5; 30:9; 42:4; 42:21; 42:24; 51:4; 51:7

Jeremiah

2:8; 6:19; 8:8; 9:12; 16:11; 18:18; 26:4; 31:33; 32:23; 32:23; 44:10; 44:23; 44:23

Lamentations

2:9

Ezekiel

7:26; 22:26; 43:11; 43:11; 43:12; 44:5; 44:5; 44:24; 44:24

Daniel

9:10; 9:11; 9:11; 9:13

Hosea

4:6; 8:1; 8:12

Amos

2:4

Micah

4:4

Habakkuk

1:4

Zephaniah

3:4

Haggai

2:11

Zechariah

7:12

Malachi

2:6; 2:7; 2:8; 2:9

H8451

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H8451 matches the Hebrew תּוֹרָה (tôrâ),
which occurs 10 times in 10 verses in '2Ki' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:31

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:31 - But Jehu did not obey the Law of the LORD, the God of Israel, with all his heart. He refused to turn from the sins that Jeroboam had led Israel to commit.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:6 - However, he did not kill the children of the assassins, for he obeyed the command of the LORD as written by Moses in the Book of the Law: “Parents must not be put to death for the sins of their children, nor children for the sins of their parents. Those deserving to die must be put to death for their own crimes.”[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:13 - Again and again the LORD had sent his prophets and seers to warn both Israel and Judah: “Turn from all your evil ways. Obey my commands and decrees—the entire law that I commanded your ancestors to obey, and that I gave you through my servants the prophets.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:34

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:34 - And this is still going on today. They continue to follow their former practices instead of truly worshiping the LORD and obeying the decrees, regulations, instructions, and commands he gave the descendants of Jacob, whose name he changed to Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:37

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:37 - Be careful at all times to obey the decrees, regulations, instructions, and commands that he wrote for you. You must not worship other gods.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:8 - If the Israelites will be careful to obey my commands—all the laws my servant Moses gave them—I will not send them into exile from this land that I gave their ancestors.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 22:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 22:8 - Hilkiah the high priest said to Shaphan the court secretary, “I have found the Book of the Law in the LORD’s Temple!” Then Hilkiah gave the scroll to Shaphan, and he read it.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 22:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 22:11 - When the king heard what was written in the Book of the Law, he tore his clothes in despair.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:24 - Josiah also got rid of the mediums and psychics, the household gods, the idols,[fn] and every other kind of detestable practice, both in Jerusalem and throughout the land of Judah. He did this in obedience to the laws written in the scroll that Hilkiah the priest had found in the LORD’s Temple.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:25 - Never before had there been a king like Josiah, who turned to the LORD with all his heart and soul and strength, obeying all the laws of Moses. And there has never been a king like him since.
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