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Thursday, October 31st, 2024
the Week of Proper 25 / Ordinary 30

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Bible Lexicons

Old Testament Hebrew Lexical DictionaryHebrew Lexicon

Strong's #3948 - לֶקַח

Transliteration

leqach

Phonetics

leh'-kakh

Origin

from (H3947)

Parts of Speech

masculine noun

TWOT

1124a

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

learning, teaching, insight
1. instruction (obj)
2. teaching (thing taught)
  1. teaching-power
  2. persuasiveness

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 191 ‑ ἀκούω (ak‑oo'‑o); 1435 ‑ δῶρον (do'‑ron); 1515 ‑ εἰρήνη (i‑rah'‑nay); 2041 ‑ ἔργον (er'‑gon); 3657 ‑ ὁμιλία (hom‑il‑ee'‑ah);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (9)

Deuteronomy 1

Job 1

Proverbs 6

Isaiah 1

BSB (9)

Deuteronomy 1

Job 1

Proverbs 6

Isaiah 1

CSB (4)

Deuteronomy 1

Job 1

Proverbs 6

Isaiah 1

ESV (9)

Deuteronomy 1

Job 1

Proverbs 6

Isaiah 1

KJV (9)

Deuteronomy 1

Job 1

Proverbs 6

Isaiah 1

LEB (9)

Deuteronomy 1

Job 1

Proverbs 6

Isaiah 1

LSB (10)

Deuteronomy 2

Job 1

Proverbs 6

Isaiah 1

N95 (9)

Deuteronomy 1

Job 1

Proverbs 6

Isaiah 1

NAS (9)

Deuteronomy 1

Job 1

Proverbs 6

Isaiah 1

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (9)

Deuteronomy 1

Job 1

Proverbs 6

Isaiah 1

ASV (9)

doctrine 1

fair speech 1

in learning 2

instruction 1

learning 2

my doctrine 2

BSB (9)

his learning 1

instruction 2

learning 1

let my teaching 1

my doctrine is 1

persuasion 1

persuasiveness 1

teaching 1

CSB (4)

his learning 1

learning 1

my teaching 1

teaching 1

ESV (9)

doctrine 2

instruction 1

learning 2

persuasiveness 2

precepts 1

seductive speech 1

KJV (9)

doctrine 4

learning 4

speech 1

LEB (9)

her teachings 1

instruction 2

learning 2

may my teaching 1

my teaching 1

persuasiveness 2

LSB (10)

learned 1

learning 7

persuasions 1

what 1

N95 (9)

instruction 1

learning 2

persuasions 1

persuasiveness 2

teaching 3

NAS (9)

insight 1

instruction 1

learning 1

persuasions 1

persuasiveness 2

teaching 3

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (9)

in learning 2

instruction 2

learning 2

my doctrine 1

words 1

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2319) h q l (לקהה LQHh) AC: Take CO: Tong AB: ?: [from: ql- gathering]

V) h q l (לקהה LQHh) - Take: [A generic verb with a wide application meaning to take] KJV (965): (vf: Paal, Niphal, Hitpael, Hophal, Pual) take, receive, fetch, bring, get, carry, marry, buy - Strongs: H3947 (לָקַח)

N^m) h q l (לקהה LQHh) - Learning: In the sense of being received. KJV (9): doctrine, learning speech - Strongs: H3948 (לֶקַח)

a^m) h q l m (מלקהה MLQHh) - Tong: A tool for taking coals out of the fire. KJV (6): tong, snuffer - Strongs: H4457 (מַלְקָח)

ac^m) h f q l m (מלקוהה MLQWHh) - I. Jaw:As tongs for taking food. II. Prey:What is taken. KJV (8): prey, booty, jaw - Strongs: H4455 (מַלְקוֹחַיִם)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

לֶ֫קַח noun masculine^{Proverbs 4:2} learning, teaching ( concrete; probably what is received ); — ׳ל absolute Isaiah 29:24 5t.; suffix לִקְחִי Deuteronomy 32:3; Job 11:4; לִקְחָהּ Proverbs 7:21; —

1 instruction, subjective, as personal acquirement; יִלְמְדוּ לֶ֑קַח Isaiah 29:24, they shall learn instruction ("" בִּינָה); וְיוֺסֶף לֶ֑קַח Proverbs 1:5 a wise man will hear and will increase (his) learning, so Proverbs 9:9.

2 teaching, object, as thing taught, יַעֲרֹף כַּמָּטָרלִקְחִי Deuteronomy 32:2 ("" אִמְרָתִי), Job 11:4; טוֺב נָתַתִּי לָכֶם׳ל Proverbs 4:2; also = teaching-power, persuasiveness, ׳מֶתֶק שְׂפָתַיִם יוֺסִיף ל Proverbs 16:21 sweetness of lips increaseth persuasiveness (see מתק), וְעַל שְׂפָתָיו יוֺסִיףלֶקַח Proverbs 16:23; in bad sense, of seductive words of adulteress, ׳בְּרֹב ל Proverbs 7:21 ("" בְּחֵלֶק שְׂפָתֶיהָ).

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

לֶקַח m.

(1) arts, by which any one’s mind is captivated (Kunft iem. einzunehmen), Proverbs 7:21 compare root No. 1, letter c.

(2) doctrine, knowledge, which any one receives, i.e. perceives, or learns (see root No. 2, b; compare Syr. ܩܒܰܠ to receive and learn; Gr. παραλαμβάνω and Lat. accipio), Proverbs 1:5, 9:9 Isaiah 29:24. So far as this is communicated to others, i.q. instruction, the discourse of one who teaches, Proverbs 4:2; Deuteronomy 32:2; Job 11:4.

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List of Word Forms

לִקְחִ֑י לִקְחִ֔י לִקְחָ֑הּ לֶ֑קַח לֶ֣קַח לֶֽקַח׃ לקח לקח׃ לקחה לקחי le·qaḥ Lekach leqaḥ likChah likChi liq·ḥāh liq·ḥî liqḥāh liqḥî