About The Word Torah
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Torah
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What's The Definition Of Torah?
[n] the first of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures comprising the first five books of the Old Testament considered as a unit
Synonyms | Synonyms for Torah: Laws | Pentateuch Related Terms | Find terms related to Torah: See Also | Deuteronomy | Exodus | Genesis | Leviticus | Numbers | Old Testament | religious text | religious writing | sacred text | sacred writing Torah In Webster's Dictionary \To"rah\, Tora \To"ra\, n.; pl. {Toroth}. [Heb.
t[=o]r[=a]h.] (Jewish Lit.)
(a) A law; a precept.
A considerable body of priestly Toroth. --S. R.
Driver.
(b) Divine instruction; revelation.
Tora, . . . before the time of Malachi, is
generally used of the revelations of God's will
made through the prophets. --T. K.
Cheyne.
(c) The Pentateuch or ``Law of Moses.''
The Hebrew Bible is divided into three parts: (1)
The Torah, ``Law,'' or Pentateuch. (2) The Prophets
. . . (3) The Kethubim, or the ``Writings,''
generally termed Hagiographa. --C. H. H.
Wright.
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