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It is used in contexts that highlight the value of learning and the importance of receiving guidance, particularly in a moral or spiritual sense.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In ancient Israelite culture, instruction was highly valued, especially in the context of passing down wisdom and knowledge from one generation to the next. The concept of "leqach" is closely associated with the wisdom literature of the Old Testament, where the pursuit of wisdom and understanding is seen as a noble and essential endeavor. Instruction was often given by parents, elders, or teachers and was considered a vital part of one's spiritual and moral development.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>from <a href="/hebrew/3947.htm">laqach</a><br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>a learning, teaching<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>instruction (1), learning (2), persuasions (1), persuasiveness (2), teaching (3).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Brown-Driver-Briggs</div> <font class="hebrew2">לֶ֫קַח</font> <font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>noun masculine</b></font><sup>Proverbs 4:2</sup> <font size="+1"><b>learning, teaching</b></font> ( concrete; probably <em>what is received</em> ); — <font class="hebrew2">׳</font><font class="hebrew2">ל</font> absolute <a href="/interlinear/isaiah/29-24.htm">Isaiah 29:24</a> 5t.; suffix <font class="hebrew2">לִקְחִי</font> <a href="/interlinear/deuteronomy/32-3.htm">Deuteronomy 32:3</a>; <a href="/interlinear/job/11-4.htm">Job 11:4</a>; <font class="hebrew2">לִקְחָהּ</font> <a href="/interlinear/proverbs/7-21.htm">Proverbs 7:21</a>; — <p><font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>1</b></font> <em>instruction</em>, subjective, as personal acquirement; <font class="hebrew2">יִלְמְדוּ לֶ֑קַח</font> <a href="/interlinear/isaiah/29-24.htm">Isaiah 29:24</a>, they <em>shall learn instruction</em> ("" <font class="hebrew2">בִּינָה</font>); <font class="hebrew2">וְיוֺסֶף לֶ֑קַח</font> <a href="/interlinear/proverbs/1-5.htm">Proverbs 1:5</a> a wise man will hear <em>and will increase</em> (his) <em>learning</em>, so <a href="/interlinear/proverbs/9-9.htm">Proverbs 9:9</a>. <p><font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>2</b></font> <em>teaching</em>, object, as thing taught, <font class="hebrew2">יַעֲרֹף כַּמָּטָר</font> <font class="hebrew2">לִקְחִי</font> <a href="/interlinear/deuteronomy/32-2.htm">Deuteronomy 32:2</a> ("" <font class="hebrew2">אִמְרָתִי</font>), <a href="/interlinear/job/11-4.htm">Job 11:4</a>; <font class="hebrew2">טוֺב נָתַתִּי לָכֶם</font> <font class="hebrew2">׳</font><font class="hebrew2">ל</font> <a href="/interlinear/proverbs/4-2.htm">Proverbs 4:2</a>; also = <em>teaching-power, persuasiveness</em>, <font class="hebrew2">׳</font><font class="hebrew2">מֶתֶק שְׂפָתַיִם יוֺסִיף ל</font> <a href="/interlinear/proverbs/16-21.htm">Proverbs 16:21</a> <em>sweetness of lips increaseth persuasiveness</em> (see <font class="hebrew2">מתק</font>), <font class="hebrew2">וְעַל שְׂפָתָיו יוֺסִיף</font> <font class="hebrew2">לֶקַח</font> <a href="/interlinear/proverbs/16-23.htm">Proverbs 16:23</a>; in bad sense, of seductive words of adulteress, <font class="hebrew2">׳</font><font class="hebrew2">בְּרֹב ל</font> <a href="/interlinear/proverbs/7-21.htm">Proverbs 7:21</a> ("" <font class="hebrew2">בְּחֵלֶק שְׂפָתֶיהָ</font>). <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft2.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>doctrine, learning, fair speech <p>From <a href="/hebrew/3947.htm">laqach</a>; properly, something received, i.e. (mentally) instruction (whether on the part of the teacher or hearer); also (in an active and sinister sense) inveiglement -- doctrine, learning, fair speech. <p>see HEBREW <a href="/hebrew/3947.htm">laqach</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>לִקְחִ֑י לִקְחִ֔י לִקְחָ֑הּ לֶ֑קַח לֶ֣קַח לֶֽקַח׃ לקח לקח׃ לקחה לקחי le·qaḥ Lekach leqaḥ likChah likChi liq·ḥāh liq·ḥî liqḥāh liqḥî<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/deuteronomy/32-2.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Deuteronomy 32:2</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/deuteronomy/32.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">יַעֲרֹ֤ף כַּמָּטָר֙ <b> לִקְחִ֔י </b> תִּזַּ֥ל כַּטַּ֖ל</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/deuteronomy/32.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> <span class="itali">Let my teaching</span> drop as the rain,<br><a href="/kjvs/deuteronomy/32.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> <span class="itali">My doctrine</span> shall drop as the rain,<br><a href="/interlinear/deuteronomy/32-2.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> drop as the rain <span class="itali">my teaching</span> distill as the dew<p><b><a href="/text/job/11-4.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Job 11:4</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/job/11.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">וַ֭תֹּאמֶר זַ֣ךְ <b> לִקְחִ֑י </b> וּ֝בַ֗ר הָיִ֥יתִי</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/job/11.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> For you have said, <span class="itali">'My teaching</span> is pure,<br><a href="/kjvs/job/11.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> For thou hast said, <span class="itali">My doctrine</span> [is] pure,<br><a href="/interlinear/job/11-4.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> have said is pure <span class="itali">my teaching</span> innocent am<p><b><a href="/text/proverbs/1-5.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Proverbs 1:5</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/proverbs/1.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">חָ֭כָם וְי֣וֹסֶף <b> לֶ֑קַח </b> וְ֝נָב֗וֹן תַּחְבֻּל֥וֹת</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/proverbs/1.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> and increase <span class="itali">in learning,</span> And a man of understanding<br><a href="/kjvs/proverbs/1.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> and will increase <span class="itali">learning;</span> and a man of understanding<br><a href="/interlinear/proverbs/1-5.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> A wise and increase <span class="itali">learning</span> of understanding wise<p><b><a href="/text/proverbs/4-2.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Proverbs 4:2</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/proverbs/4.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3"> כִּ֤י <b> לֶ֣קַח </b> ט֭וֹב נָתַ֣תִּי</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/proverbs/4.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> you sound <span class="itali">teaching;</span> Do not abandon<br><a href="/kjvs/proverbs/4.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> you good <span class="itali">doctrine,</span> forsake<br><a href="/interlinear/proverbs/4-2.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> for <span class="itali">teaching</span> sound give<p><b><a href="/text/proverbs/7-21.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Proverbs 7:21</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/proverbs/7.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">הִ֭טַּתּוּ בְּרֹ֣ב <b> לִקְחָ֑הּ </b> בְּחֵ֥לֶק שְׂ֝פָתֶ֗יהָ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/proverbs/7.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> With her many <span class="itali">persuasions</span> she entices<br><a href="/kjvs/proverbs/7.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> With her much <span class="itali">fair speech</span> she caused him to yield,<br><a href="/interlinear/proverbs/7-21.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> entices her many <span class="itali">persuasions</span> the flattering lips<p><b><a href="/text/proverbs/9-9.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Proverbs 9:9</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/proverbs/9.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">לְ֝צַדִּ֗יק וְי֣וֹסֶף <b> לֶֽקַח׃ </b> פ </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/proverbs/9.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> and he will increase <span class="itali">[his] learning.</span><br><a href="/kjvs/proverbs/9.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> [man], and he will increase <span class="itali">in learning.</span><br><a href="/interlinear/proverbs/9-9.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> A righteous will increase <span class="itali">learning</span><p><b><a href="/text/proverbs/16-21.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Proverbs 16:21</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/proverbs/16.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">שְׂ֝פָתַ֗יִם יֹסִ֥יף <b> לֶֽקַח׃ </b> </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/proverbs/16.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> of speech increases <span class="itali">persuasiveness.</span><br><a href="/kjvs/proverbs/16.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> of the lips increaseth <span class="itali">learning.</span><br><a href="/interlinear/proverbs/16-21.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> of speech increases <span class="itali">persuasiveness</span><p><b><a href="/text/proverbs/16-23.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Proverbs 16:23</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/proverbs/16.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">שְׂ֝פָתָ֗יו יֹסִ֥יף <b> לֶֽקַח׃ </b> </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/proverbs/16.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> And adds <span class="itali">persuasiveness</span> to his lips.<br><a href="/kjvs/proverbs/16.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> and addeth <span class="itali">learning</span> to his lips.<br><a href="/interlinear/proverbs/16-23.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> his lips and adds <span class="itali">persuasiveness</span><p><b><a href="/text/isaiah/29-24.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Isaiah 29:24</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/29.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">וְרוֹגְנִ֖ים יִלְמְדוּ־ <b> לֶֽקַח׃ </b> </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/isaiah/29.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> will accept <span class="itali">instruction.</span><br><a href="/kjvs/isaiah/29.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> shall learn <span class="itali">doctrine.</span><br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/29-24.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> criticize will accept <span class="itali">instruction</span><p><i><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3948.htm">9 Occurrences</a></i><br /><br /><b><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3948.htm">Strong's Hebrew 3948<br>9 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/hebrew/lekach_3948.htm">le·qaḥ — 6 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/likchah_3948.htm">liq·ḥāh — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/likchi_3948.htm">liq·ḥî — 2 Occ.</a><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new 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