Words the Bible translates as instruction
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 6 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- torahתּוֹרָהauthoritative instruction: binding teaching given by a recognized authority, and in time the whole body of God's teaching gathered into a written book
- paideiaπαιδείαthe shaping of a person by someone responsible for them: teaching and correction together, aimed at forming character
- diastellōδιαστέλλωto give a strict, explicit order; to charge someone emphatically about what must or must not be done
- musarמוּסָרdiscipline: the corrective training, by teaching or by hardship, that shapes a person toward wisdom and right living
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- a bond or fetter: a physical restraint, in the few places where the word is read from a separate root meaning to bind
- didaskaliaδιδασκαλίαteaching: both the act of instructing and the body of instruction that results
- leqaḥלֶקַחteaching thought of from the receiving end: the content a teacher hands over, and the store of understanding a hearer takes in and adds to
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- persuasive power in speech: the quality that makes words go down easily and win a hearer over
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