Strong’s H3948 · Hebrew
לֶקַח
leqach · leh'-kakh
Origin from לָקַח (H3947);
Meaning properly, something received, i.e. (mentally) instruction (whether on the part of the teacher or hearer); also (in an active and sinister sense) inveiglement
In the King James Version doctrine, learning, fair speech.
In 9 verses of the King James Version
- Deuteronomy 32:2My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass:
- Job 11:4For thou hast said, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thine eyes.
- Proverbs 1:5A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:
- Proverbs 4:2For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law.
- Proverbs 7:21With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.
- Proverbs 9:9Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.
- Proverbs 16:21The wise in heart shall be called prudent: and the sweetness of the lips increaseth learning.
- Proverbs 16:23The heart of the wise teacheth his mouth, and addeth learning to his lips.
- Isaiah 29:24They also that erred in spirit shall come to understanding, and they that murmured shall learn doctrine.
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.