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תּוֹרָה to·rah

“instruction” · 219 times in the Old Testament

Through the Bible

Genesis: onceExodus: 7 timesLeviticus: 16 timesNumbers: 10 timesDeuteronomy: 22 timesJoshua: 9 timesJudges: 0 timesRuth: 0 times1 Samuel: 0 times2 Samuel: 0 times1 Kings: once2 Kings: 10 times1 Chronicles: 2 times2 Chronicles: 17 timesEzra: 4 timesNehemiah: 21 timesEsther: 0 timesJob: oncePsalms: 36 timesProverbs: 13 timesEcclesiastes: 0 timesSong of Songs: 0 timesIsaiah: 12 timesJeremiah: 11 timesLamentations: onceEzekiel: 7 timesDaniel: 4 timesHosea: 3 timesJoel: 0 timesAmos: onceObadiah: 0 timesJonah: 0 timesMicah: onceNahum: 0 timesHabakkuk: onceZephaniah: onceHaggai: onceZechariah: onceMalachi: 5 timesMatthew: 8 timesMark: 0 timesLuke: 9 timesJohn: 15 timesActs: 17 timesRomans: 74 times1 Corinthians: 9 times2 Corinthians: 0 timesGalatians: 32 timesEphesians: oncePhilippians: 3 timesColossians: 0 times1 Thessalonians: 0 times2 Thessalonians: 0 times1 Timothy: 2 times2 Timothy: 0 timesTitus: 0 timesPhilemon: 0 timesHebrews: 14 timesJames: 10 times1 Peter: 0 times2 Peter: 0 times1 John: 0 times2 John: 0 times3 John: 0 timesJude: 0 timesRevelation: 0 timesLawHistoryWisdomProphetsGospelsLetters
  • “law” 172
  • “instruction” 19
  • “laws” 15
  • “teaching” 5
  • “according to the law” 2
  • other ways 6
  • nomos, the Greek the New Testament uses for it 194

In the New Testament it continues as nomos: Hebrews 8:10 quotes Jeremiah 31:33, and puts this word in Greek.

As a table, book by book
BookTimes
Genesis1
Exodus7
Leviticus16
Numbers10
Deuteronomy22
Joshua9
1 Kings1
2 Kings10
1 Chronicles2
2 Chronicles17
Ezra4
Nehemiah21
Job1
Psalms36
Proverbs13
Isaiah12
Jeremiah11
Lamentations1
Ezekiel7
Daniel4
Hosea3
Amos1
Micah1
Habakkuk1
Zephaniah1
Haggai1
Zechariah1
Malachi5
Matthew8
Luke9
John15
Acts17
Romans74
1 Corinthians9
Galatians32
Ephesians1
Philippians3
1 Timothy2
Hebrews14
James10

How the BSB translates it

Each way the Berean Standard Bible puts it into English, and how often.

  1. law172
  2. instruction19
  3. laws15
  4. teaching5
  5. according to the law2
  6. directive1
  7. guard my teachings1
  8. if your law1
  9. matters of the law1
  10. obey the law1
  11. ruling1

With a pronoun joined

Hebrew joins “me”, “you”, “him” and the like to the end of a word.

Where it occurs

Grouped by how it’s translated, then by book. Each reference opens the verse.

“law” 172

  • Exodus 3

    • 12:49 …The same law shall apply to both…
    • 13:9 …on your forehead that the Law of the LORD is…
    • 24:12 …the tablets of stone with the law and commandments I have…

  • Leviticus 15

    • 6:9 …his sons that this is the law of the burnt offering…
    • 6:14 …Now this is the law of the grain offering…
    • 6:25 …his sons that this is the law of the sin offering…
    • 7:1 …Now this is the law of the guilt offering…
    • 7:7 …sin offering the same law applies to both It…
    • 7:11 …Now this is the law of the peace offering…
    • 7:37 …This is the law of the burnt offering…
    • 11:46 …This is the law regarding animals birds all…
    • 12:7 …flow of blood This is the law for a woman giving…
    • 13:59 …This is the law concerning a mildew contamination…
    • 14:2 …This is the law for the one afflicted…
    • 14:32 …This is the law for someone who has…
    • 14:54 …This is the law for any infectious skin…
    • 14:57 …clean or unclean This is the law regarding skin diseases and…
    • 15:32 …This is the law of him who has…

  • Numbers 10

    • 5:29 …This is the law of jealousy when a…
    • 5:30 …to her this entire law
    • 6:13 …Now this is the law of the Nazirite when…
    • 6:21 …This is the law of the Nazirite who…
    • 6:21 …he makes according to the law of his separation…
    • 15:16 …The same law and the same ordinance…
    • 15:29 …shall have the same law for the one who…
    • 19:2 …This is the statute of the law that the LORD has…
    • 19:14 …This is the law when a person dies…
    • 31:21 …This is the statute of the law which the LORD has…

  • Deuteronomy 20

    • 1:5 …began to explain this law saying…
    • 4:8 …ordinances like this entire law I set before you…
    • 4:44 …This is the law that Moses set before…
    • 17:11 …according to the terms of law they give and the…
    • 27:3 …the words of this law when you have crossed…
    • 27:8 …the words of this law
    • 27:26 …the words of this law into practice And let…
    • 28:58 …the words of this law which are written in…
    • 28:61 …recorded in this Book of the Law until you are destroyed…
    • 29:21 …written in this Book of the Law
    • 29:29 …the words of this law
    • 30:10 …written in this Book of the Law and if you turn…
    • 31:9 …Moses wrote down this law and gave it to…
    • 31:11 …are to read this law in the hearing of…
    • 31:12 …the words of this law
    • 31:24 …the words of this law from beginning to end…
    • 31:26 …Take this Book of the Law and place it beside…
    • 32:46 …the words of this law
    • 33:4 the law that Moses gave us…
    • 33:10 …Your ordinances to Jacob and Your law to Israel he will…

  • Joshua 9

    • 1:7 …careful to observe all the law that My servant Moses…
    • 1:8 …This Book of the Law must not depart from…
    • 8:31 …written in the Book of the Law of Moses an altar…
    • 8:32 …the stones a copy of the law of Moses which he…
    • 8:34 …aloud all the words of the law the blessings and the…
    • 8:34 …written in the Book of the Law
    • 22:5 …observe the commandment and the law that Moses the servant…
    • 23:6 …written in the Book of the Law of Moses not turning…
    • 24:26 …things in the Book of the Law of God Then he…

  • 1 Kings 1

    • 2:3 …and decrees as written in the Law of Moses so that…

  • 2 Kings 7

    • 14:6 …written in the Book of the Law of Moses where the…
    • 17:13 …according to the entire Law that I commanded your…
    • 21:8 …commanded them the whole Law that My servant Moses…
    • 22:8 …have found the Book of the Law in the house of…
    • 22:11 …words of the Book of the Law he tore his clothes…
    • 23:24 …carry out the words of the law written in the book…
    • 23:25 …strength according to all the Law of Moses…

  • 1 Chronicles 2

    • 16:40 …all that was written in the Law of the LORD which…
    • 22:12 …that you may keep the Law of the LORD your…

  • 2 Chronicles 13

    • 6:16 …their way to walk in My law as you have walked…
    • 12:1 …Israel with him forsook the Law of the LORD…
    • 14:4 …fathers and to observe the law and the commandments…
    • 15:3 …instruct them and without the law
    • 17:9 …with them the Book of the Law of the LORD They…
    • 19:10 …some other violation of law commandments statutes or ordinances…
    • 23:18 …the LORD as written in the Law of Moses with rejoicing…
    • 25:4 …to what is written in the Law in the Book of…
    • 31:3 …appointed feasts as written in the Law of the LORD…
    • 31:4 …they could devote themselves to the Law of the LORD…
    • 31:21 …the house of God and in the law and the commandments in…
    • 34:14 …priest found the Book of the Law of the LORD given…
    • 34:15 …have found the Book of the Law in the house of…

And 92 more, on the full page.

“instruction” 19

  • Exodus 2

    • 16:4 …not they will follow My instructions
    • 16:28 …to keep My commandments and instructions

  • Deuteronomy 2

    • 17:18 …a copy of this instruction on a scroll in…
    • 17:19 …the words of this instruction and these statutes…

  • 2 Kings 1

    • 10:31 …not careful to follow the instruction of the LORD the…

  • Job 1

    • 22:22 …Receive instruction from His mouth and…

  • Psalms 1

    • 78:1 …ear O my people to my instruction listen to the words…

  • Proverbs 1

    • 31:26 …with wisdom and faithful instruction is on her tongue…

  • Isaiah 3

    • 1:10 …rulers of Sodom listen to the instruction of our God you…
    • 5:24 …for they have rejected the instruction of the LORD of…
    • 30:9 …to obey the LORD’s instruction

  • Jeremiah 4

    • 6:19 …word and have rejected My instruction
    • 16:11 …and did not keep My instruction
    • 44:10 …nor have they followed My instruction or the statutes that…
    • 44:23 …LORD or walk in His instruction His statutes and His…

  • Ezekiel 1

    • 7:26 …vision from a prophet but instruction from the priests will…

  • Malachi 3

    • 2:6 …True instruction was in his mouth…
    • 2:7 …and people should seek instruction from his mouth because…
    • 2:8 …departed from the way and your instruction has caused many to…
“laws” 15

  • Genesis 1

    • 26:5 …My commandments My statutes and My laws

  • Exodus 2

    • 18:16 …them the statutes and laws of God…
    • 18:20 …Teach them the statutes and laws and show them the…

  • Leviticus 1

    • 26:46 …are the statutes ordinances and laws that the LORD established…

  • 2 Kings 2

    • 17:34 …observe the statutes ordinances laws and commandments that the…
    • 17:37 …observe the statutes ordinances laws and commandments He wrote…

  • 2 Chronicles 1

    • 33:8 …them through Moses all the laws statutes and judgments…

  • Nehemiah 2

    • 9:13 …them just ordinances true laws and good statutes and…
    • 9:14 …them commandments and statutes and laws through Your servant Moses…

  • Psalms 1

    • 105:45 …His statutes and obey His laws Hallelujah…

  • Isaiah 1

    • 24:5 …people they have transgressed the laws they have overstepped the…

  • Ezekiel 3

    • 43:11 …its statutes forms and laws Write it down in…
    • 44:5 …all the statutes and laws of the house of…
    • 44:24 …ordinances They must keep My laws and statutes regarding all…

  • Daniel 1

    • 9:10 …our God to walk in His laws which He set before…
“teaching” 5

  • Proverbs 5

    • 1:8 …and do not forsake the teaching of your mother…
    • 3:1 …son do not forget my teaching but let your heart…
    • 6:20 …not forsake your mother’s teaching
    • 6:23 …commandment is a lamp this teaching is a light and…
    • 13:14 The teaching of the wise is…
“according to the law” 2

  • 2 Chronicles 1

    • 30:16 …at their prescribed posts according to the Law of Moses the man…

  • Ezra 1

    • 10:3 …Let it be done according to the Law
“obey the law” 1

  • Nehemiah 1

    • 10:28 …of the land to obey the Law of God along with…
“if your law” 1

  • Psalms 1

    • 119:92 If Your law had not been my…
“directive” 1

  • Proverbs 1

    • 4:2 …teaching do not abandon my directive
“guard my teachings” 1

  • Proverbs 1

    • 7:2 …my commandments and live guard my teachings as the apple of…
“ruling” 1

  • Haggai 1

    • 2:11 …says Ask the priests for a ruling
“matters of the law” 1

  • Malachi 1

    • 2:9 …but have shown partiality in matters of the law

The Hebrew and Greek words, their glosses and grammar: STEP Bible (CC BY 4.0). The English: the Berean Standard Bible, which also gives which English words render which. Counts are ours.