מוּסָר
mûwçâr · H4148 · Hebrew · 50 occurrences
Meanings
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teaching, instruction, correction, warning, punishment
Causative action by which deities offer primarily verbal instruction to humans, which may occasionally be accompanied by physical punishment, given as a result of misbehavior or to prevent misbehavior, aimed to teach the receiver (and sometimes other people as well) wisdom and good behavior
ExamplesDeuteronomy 11:2 “Know this day that I am not speaking with your sons who have not known and who have not seen the discipline of the LORD your God—His greatness, His mighty hand, His outstretched arm,
Proverbs 1:2 To know wisdom and instruction, To discern the sayings of understanding,
Proverbs 1:3 To receive instruction in wise behavior, Righteousness, justice, and integrity;
How it’s used In 9 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
18 occurrences in 13 groups
- אָבfather 4
- Other words · 12 groups that occur once or twice (14) 14
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- רַעevil, bad 1
What it doesIt is the subject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- הָיָהto be, to become 1
What is done to itIt is the object
31 occurrences in 14 groups
- לָקַחto take, to receive 11
- שָׁמַעto hear, to listen, to obey 5
- Other words · 12 groups that occur once or twice (15) 15
Second object ofSecond object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- שָׁחַרto turn black 1
What it is said to bePredicate
5 occurrences in 5 groups
- אִוֶּלֶתfolly 1
- אַיִןthere is no, not 1
- עָזַבto forsake, to leave 1
- וֹhim 1
- הֶםthem 1
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- יִרְאָהfear 1
- אֲנִיI 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
4 occurrences in 3 groups
- לto/for 4
- בin/on/with 2
- אֵלto, toward 1
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- שֵׁבֶטtribe, rod 1
- תּוֹכֵחָהarguments 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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In the other Testament 1 word
- παιδεία paideía · G3809 · to teach, to instruct, to train
- Greek παιδεία (paideía, G3809) ('tutorage,' i.e. education, training, or by implication disciplinary correction) renders Hebrew מוּסָר across the semantic range of discipline, correction, and instruction, representing the primary Septuagintal translation equivalent for this term.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Know002004002007
- מוּסָר describes disciplinary instruction or correction that produces knowledge and understanding, illustrated at Deuteronomy 11:2 ("who have not known and who have not seen the discipline of the LORD your God") and Job 36:10 ("He opens their ears to instruction").
Word family 5 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H4148. musar מוּסָר noun masculinePro 15:10 discipline (of the moral nature), chastening,…
מוּסָר noun masculinePro 15:10 discipline (of the moral nature), chastening, correction; — ׳מ Jer 2:30-31t. (Eze 5:15 strike out Co); construct מוּסַר Deu 11:2 Deu 11:14t. (for Job 12:28 see אסר); suffix מוּסָרִי Pro 8:10; מוּסָֽרְךָ Isa 26:16; מֹסָרָם Job 33:16 (for מֻסָרָם Di SS); — discipline, correction, of God, Deu 11:2 י ׳מוּסַר the discipline of ׳י (of Y.'s wonders, as exercising a disciplinary, educating influence upon Israel, compare Dr); מ ׳לקח Jer 17:23; Jer 32:33; Jer 35:13; Zep 3:2, Zep 3:7; Psa 50:17; Job 33:16; Job 36:10; ׳מ בְּלִמָּתִי the correction of (i.e. which lead-eth to) my shame Job 20:3.
b. ׳מ הוּא עֵץ הבלים the discipline of unreal gods is wood (is like themselves, destitute of true moral force) Jer 10:8; Eze 5:15 = warning example (?) Ew Sm (|| שְׁמָמָה; strike out ᵐ5 CO).
c. in Proverbs, discipline in the school of wisdom: ומ ׳חכמה Eze 1:2, Eze 1:7; Eze 23:23; ׳מ חכמה discipline of wisdom Ezekiel 15:33; ׳מ הַשְׂכֵּל Eze 1:3; מ ׳תוכחות Ezekiel 6:23; לַמּ ׳הָבִיאָה לִבֶּ֑ךָ Eze 23:12 apply thy mind to discipline; מ ׳קבּל Ezekiel 19:20; מ ׳לקח Eze 1:3; Eze 8:10; Ezekiel 24:32 (compare Jeremiah above); ׳מ קנה Eze 23:23; מ ׳שׁמע Ezekiel 8:23; Ezekiel 19:27; מ ׳שׁמר Eze 10:17; מ ׳אהב Eze 12:1; במ ׳החזק Eze 4:13; the reverse מ ׳שׂנא Eze 5:12; ׳מ פרע Eze 13:18; Ezekiel 15:32; מ ׳בזה Eze 1:7; מ ׳באין for lack of discipline Ezekiel 5:23 (|| אִיַלְתּוֺ בְּרֹב); ׳מ אִוֶּלֶת אֱוִלִים Eze 16:22 the discipline of fools is folly; of paternal discipline, correction, Pro 1:8; Pro 4:1; Pro 13:1.
2 more severely, chastening, chastisement: a. of God, ׳מ יהוה Pro 3:11 chastening of Yahweh; ׳מ שׁדַּי Job 5:17; מוּסָֽרְךָ Isa 26:16; ׳מ עָלָיו שְׁלוֺמֵנוּ Isa 53:5 chastisement of (i.e. leading to) our peace was upon him; מ ׳לקח Jer 2:30; Jer 5:3; Jer 7:28; ׳מ אַכְזָרִי Jer 30:14 chastisement of a cruel one, ᵑ0, but read א ׳מוּסָר cruel chastisement, Gf and especially Gie; מ ׳אני לְכֻלָּם Hos 5:2 I am a chastisement for them all.
b. of man, Pro 15:5; Pro 23:13; מ ׳שִׁחֲרוֺ Pro 13:24; מ ׳שֵׁבֶט Pro 22:15; ׳מ אויל Pro 7:22 chastisement of a fool; רָע מוּסָר Pro 15:10 grievous chastisement.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
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
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