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לָמַד
lâmad · Hebrew · Strong's H3925 · 86 occurrences
The KJV renders 24 different Hebrew and Greek words as “ing”
What it means
properly, to goad, i.e. (by implication) to teach (the rod being an Oriental incentive)
a primitive root;
How the KJV renders it
unaccustomed, expert, instruct, learn, skilful, teacher, ing
Where that flattens a distinction
The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.
“ing”
also renders oikodoméō (G3618), katára (G2671), oikodomḗ (G3619), ʼâbêl (H57), beged (H899), chêqer (H2714), yâtsab (H3320), yârêʼ (H3372), yârâh (H3384), yâshên (H3463), kâshal (H3782), lûwn (H3885), maṭṭâʻ (H4302), mishṭôwach (H4894), mishteh (H4960), nâbêl (H5034), nâgach (H5055), nâgan (H5059), nâdad (H5074), nâtsar (H5341), nâqaph (H5362), shîyr (H7892), simlâh (H8071)
“instruct”
“teacher”
“expert”
also renders gnṓstēs (G1109), sâkal (H7919)
Answers that weigh this word
Where it appears
86 occurrences in the Hebrew text, first 60 verses shown.
1 Chronicles 5:18 · HC/Vqsmpc
The sons of Reuben, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, of valiant men, men able to bear buckler and sword, able to shoot with bow, and skillful in war, were forty-four thousand seven hundred sixty that were able to go out to war.
1 Chronicles 25:7 · HVPsmpc
The number of them, with their brothers who were instructed in singing to Yahweh, even all who were skillful, was two hundred eighty-eight.
2 Chronicles 17:7 · HR/Vpc
Also in the third year of his reign he sent his princes, even Ben Hail, Obadiah, Zechariah, Nethanel, and Micaiah, to teach in the cities of Judah;
2 Chronicles 17:9 · HC/Vpw3mp
They taught in Judah, having the book of Yahweh’s law with them. They went about throughout all the cities of Judah and taught among the people.
2 Samuel 1:18 · HR/Vpc
(and he commanded them to teach the children of Judah the song of the bow; behold, it is written in the book of Jashar):
2 Samuel 22:35 · HVprmsa
He teaches my hands to war, so that my arms bend a bow of bronze.
Daniel 1:4 HC/R/Vpc/Sp3mpDeuteronomy 4:1 HVprmsaDeuteronomy 4:5 HVpp1csDeuteronomy 4:10 HVpi3mp/SnDeuteronomy 4:14 HR/VpcDeuteronomy 5:1 HC/Vqq2mpDeuteronomy 5:31 HVpi2ms/Sp3mpDeuteronomy 6:1 HR/VpcDeuteronomy 11:19 HC/Vpq2mpDeuteronomy 14:23 HVqi2msDeuteronomy 17:19 HVqi3msDeuteronomy 18:9 HVqi2msDeuteronomy 20:18 HVpi3mpDeuteronomy 31:12 HVqi3mpDeuteronomy 31:13 HC/Vqq3cpDeuteronomy 31:19 HC/Vpv2ms/Sp3fsDeuteronomy 31:22 HC/Vpw3ms/Sp3fsEcclesiastes 12:9 HVpp3msEzekiel 19:3 HC/Vqw3msEzekiel 19:6 HC/Vqw3msEzra 7:10 HC/R/VpcHosea 10:11 HVPsfsaIsaiah 1:17 HVqv2mpIsaiah 2:4 HVqi3mpIsaiah 26:9 HVqp3cpIsaiah 26:10 HVqp3msIsaiah 29:13 HVPsfsaIsaiah 29:24 HVqi3mpIsaiah 40:14 HC/Vpw3ms/Sp3msIsaiah 48:17 HVprmsc/Sp2msJudges 3:2 HR/Vpc/Sp3mpJeremiah 2:33 HVpp1csJeremiah 9:5 HVpp3cpJeremiah 9:14 HVpp3cp/Sp3mpJeremiah 9:20 HC/Vpv2fpJeremiah 10:2 HVqj2mpJeremiah 12:16 HVpp3cpJeremiah 13:21 HVpp2fsJeremiah 31:18 HVPp3msJeremiah 31:34 HVpi3mpJeremiah 32:33 HC/VpaJob 21:22 HVpi3msMicah 4:3 HVqi3mp/SnProverbs 5:13 HC/R/Vprmsc/Sp1csProverbs 30:3 HVqp1csPsalm 18:34 HVprmsaPsalm 25:4 HVpv2ms/Sp1csPsalm 25:5 HC/Vpv2ms/Sp1csPsalm 25:9 HC/Vpi3msPsalm 34:11 HVpi1cs/Sp2mpPsalm 51:13 HVph1csPsalm 60:0 HR/VpcPsalm 71:17 HVpp2ms/Sp1csPsalm 94:10 HTd/Vprmsa
Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Hebrew text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.