לִמּוּד
limmûwd · H3928 · Hebrew · 6 occurrences
Meanings
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accustomed
State in which animals have adapted themselves to the conditions of a certain environment
ExamplesJeremiah 2:24 A wild donkey accustomed to the wilderness, That sniffs the wind in her passion. Who can turn her away in her mating season? None who seek her will grow weary; In her month they will find her.
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accustomed, practiced or schooled
A state in which humans have acquired knowledge or a skill from an identified or unidentified source, which usually results in a specific behavior or skill
ExamplesJeremiah 13:23 “Can the Ethiopian change his skin, Or the leopard his spots? Then you as well can do good Who are accustomed to doing evil.
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pupil, disciple
Person who receives instruction from someone else for a relatively long period
ExamplesIsaiah 8:16 Bind up the testimony, seal the Law among my disciples.
Isaiah 50:4 The Lord GOD has given Me the tongue of disciples, So that I may know how to sustain the weary one with a word. He awakens Me morning by morning, He awakens My ear to listen as a disciple.
Isaiah 54:13 “All your sons will be taught by the LORD; And the well-being of your sons will be great.
How it’s used In 5 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- יְהֹוָהthe LORD, YHWH 1
- יmy 1
Named alongside itApposition
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- אַתָּהyou 1
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- בֵּןson 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- בin/on/with 2
- כlike/as 2
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- לָשׁוֹןtongue, language 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Contrasting words 2 words
- כְּסִיל kᵉçîyl · H3684 · foolish, dull, constellation
- Lexical opposite contrasting the 'learned/taught' person (לִמּוּד) with the fool who rejects or lacks instruction (כְּסִיל). Standard wisdom literature antonymy.
- פְּתִי pᵉthîy · H6612 · simpleton
- Lexical opposite contrasting the trained/taught status (לִמּוּד) with the untrained, inexperienced simple person (פֶּתִי) who lacks instruction or discipline.
In the other Testament 2 words
- μαθητής mathētḗs · G3101 · disciple, follower, pupil
- Greek translation-equivalent for the 'disciple' sense of לִמּוּד; both denote one who has been taught/trained. μαθητής is the standard LXX and NT rendering for someone instructed or trained.
- διδακτός didaktós · G1318 · taught, instructed
- Greek adjectival equivalent for the 'taught/learned' sense of לִמּוּד as a passive participle describing someone who has received instruction.
Semantic domains 2 entries
- Know002004002007
- לִמּוּד describes one who is taught or instructed, a disciple, as in Isaiah 50:4's "the Lord GOD has given Me the tongue of disciples," placing it among terms tied to learning and instruction.
- People001001003
- The word also refers concretely to a person occupying the role of disciple or accustomed one, as in Isaiah 8:16's "seal the Law among my disciples," grouping the term with categories of people.
Word family 4 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H3928. limmud לִמֻּד adjective taught; — ׳ל Jer 2:24; plural לִמּוּדִים Isa 50:4 (twice…
לִמֻּד adjective taught; — ׳ל Jer 2:24; plural לִמּוּדִים Isa 50:4 (twice in verse); construct לִמּוּדֵי Isa 54:13; לִמֻּדֵי Jer 13:23; suffix לִמֻּדַי Isa 8:16; —
1 taught, as disciples Isa 8:16; Isa 50:4 (twice in verse); Isa 54:13.
2 accustomed to something, מִדְבָּר לִמֻּד Jer 2:24 (wild ass) accustomed to the wilderness; הָרֵעַ לִמֻּדֵי Jer 13:23 accustomed to do evil.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 2 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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