תּוֹרָה
tôwrâh · to-raw'
a precept or statute, especially the Decalogue or Pentateuch
Lexicon
Derivation: or תֹּרָה; from H3384 (יָרָה);
a precept or statute, especially the Decalogue or Pentateuch
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: law.
Letters
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the mark, the covenant sign › to fasten and establish › the head, the highest › to reveal, behold
The mark, the covenant sign that works to fasten and establish of the head, the highest that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of תּוֹרָה above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
219 occurrences · 219 OT · 0 NT · 117 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of the law28 · 17%
- the law28 · 17%
- in the law18 · 11%
- thy law15 · 9%
- this is the law14 · 8%
- of this law11 · 7%
- law6 · 4%
- my law5 · 3%
- and the law4 · 2%
- in my law4 · 2%
- and this is the law4 · 2%
- this law3 · 2%
- and laws3 · 2%
- according to all the law3 · 2%
- for the law2 · 1%
- to the law2 · 1%
- and thy law2 · 1%
- but thy law2 · 1%
- in thy law2 · 1%
- from thy law2 · 1%
- in his law2 · 1%
- not the law2 · 1%
- unto the law2 · 1%
- according to the law2 · 1%
- and my laws2 · 1%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.