Torah definition

tôrə, toirə, tô-rä
torahs torah torot toroth
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The first five books of the Hebrew Scriptures.
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The entire body of religious law and learning including both sacred literature and oral tradition.
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A scroll of parchment containing the first five books of the Hebrew Scriptures, used in a synagogue during services.
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Learning, law, instruction, etc.
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The Pentateuch.
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A parchment scroll containing the Pentateuch.
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The whole body of Jewish religious literature, including the Scripture and the Talmud.
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Noun

Singular:
torah
Plural:
torahs

Origin of torah

  • Hebrew tôrâ law, instruction from hôrâ to throw, direct, teach derived stem of yārâ to throw, shoot wrw in Semitic roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Torah Sentence Examples

  • The Torah of Jesus was essentially prophetic and in no sense priestly or legal.

  • The Ark of the Law, in the Jewish synagogue, is a chest or cupboard containing the scrolls of the Torah (Pentateuch), and is placed against or in the wall in the direction of Jerusalem.

  • To obtain these heavenly mysteries, which alone make the Torah superior to profane codes, definite hermeneutical rules are employed, of which the following are the most important.

  • Rather it was implicitly contained in the Torah, and the duty of the teacher was to show this.

  • And thus Israel's old prophetic Torah was at length to achieve its victory, for after Jesus came St Paul.

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