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INSTRUCT', L. instruo, instructum in and struo, to set or to put on, to furnish. The L. struo is contracted from struco or strugo. See Destroy.
1. To teach to inform the mind to educate to impart knowledge to one who was destitute of it. The first duty of parents is to instruct their children in the principles of religion and morality.
2. To direct to enjoin to persuade or admonish.
She being before instructed by her mother, said, give me here the head of John the Baptist in a charger. Matthew 14
3. To direct or command to furnish with orders. The president instructed his envoy to insist on the restitution of the property.
4. To inform to advise or give notice to. On this question the court is not instructed.
5. To model to form to prepare. Not used.
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Dictionary of Words from the King James Bible. Public Domain. Copy freely.
Material presented was supplied by Brandon Staggs and was derived from the KJV Dictionary found on his website located at av1611.com.
The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
Dictionary of Words from the King James Bible. Public Domain. Copy freely.
Material presented was supplied by Brandon Staggs and was derived from the KJV Dictionary found on his website located at av1611.com.
The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
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Entry for 'Instruct'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/kjd/i/instruct.html.
Entry for 'Instruct'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/kjd/i/instruct.html.
