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KING JAMES BIBLE DICTIONARY

 

Instruct

The Bible

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  • Included in Hitchcocks: No
  • Included in Naves: No
  • Included in Smiths: No
  • Included in Websters: Yes
  • Included in Strongs: Yes
  • Included in Thayers: Yes
  • Included in BDB: Yes

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Instruct

INSTRUCT', verb transitive [Latin instruo, instructum; in and struo, to set or to put on, to furnish. The Latin struo is contracted from struco or strugo. See Destroy.]

1. To teach; to inform the mind; to educate; to impart knowledge to one who was destitute of it. The first duty of parents is to instruct their children in the principles of religion and morality.

2. To direct; to enjoin; to persuade or admonish.

She being before instructed by her mother, said, give me here the head of John the Baptist in a charger. Matthew 14:8.

3. To direct or command; to furnish with orders. The president instructed his envoy to insist on the restitution of the property.

4. To inform; to advise or give notice to. On this question the court is not instructed.

5. To model; to form; to prepare. [Not used.]


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Instructed

INSTRUCT'ED, participle passive Taught; informed; trained up; educated.


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Instructible

INSTRUCT'IBLE, adjective Able to instruct.


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Instructing

INSTRUCT'ING, participle present tense Teaching; informing the mind; directing.


Naves Topical Index
Instruction

General references
Proverbs 24:30-34

From nature

General references
Proverbs 24:30-34; Ecclesiastes 1:13-18; Ecclesiastes 21:3; Ecclesiastes 4:1; Matthew 6:25-30
Parables

From the study of human nature
Matthew 21:3

By object lessons:

The pot of manna
Exodus 16:32

The pillar of twelve stones at the fords of the Jordan
Joshua 4:19-24

Fringes on the borders of garments
Numbers 15:38-39

Symbolically wearing sackcloth and going barefoot
Isaiah 20:2-3

The linen girdle
Jeremiah 13:1-11

Potter's vessel
Jeremiah 19:1-12

Basket of figs
Jeremiah 24:1-10

Bonds and yokes
Jeremiah 27:2-11; Jeremiah 24:28

Illustrations on a tile
Ezekiel 4:1-3

Lying on one side in public view for a long period
Ezekiel 4:4-8

Eating bread mixed with dung
Ezekiel 4:9-17

Shaving the head
Ezekiel 26:5

Moving household goods
Ezekiel 12:3-16

Eating and drinking sparingly
Ezekiel 12:18-20

Sighing
Ezekiel 21:6-7

The boiling pot
Ezekiel 24:1-14

Widowhood
Ezekiel 24:16-27

Two sticks joined together
Ezekiel 37:16-22

By symbols and parables
Symbols; Parables; Purification; Firstborn; Animals, Clean and Unclean; Passover; Pillar

Unclassified scriptures relating to
2 Chronicles 15:3; 2 Chronicles 17:7-9; Ezra 7:10; Psalms 50:17; Psalms 78:2-8; Psalms 119:3-125; Psalms 143:8; Psalms 143:10; Proverbs 1:1-6; Proverbs 1:20-30; Proverbs 22:17-21; Proverbs 23:12; Proverbs 23:23; Proverbs 24:30-34; Jeremiah 32:33; Daniel 1:3-5; Daniel 1:17-20; Luke 20:1-2; Luke 21:37-38; Romans 2:18; 1 Corinthians 12:28-29; Galatians 3:24-25; Galatians 4:1-2; Ephesians 4:11-12

Of children

General references
Exodus 10:2; Exodus 12:26-27; Exodus 13:14-16; Exodus 13:8-10; Deuteronomy 4:9-10; Deuteronomy 6:6-9; Deuteronomy 11:18-21; Deuteronomy 31:9-13; Joshua 8:35; Psalms 34:11; Psalms 78:5-8; Proverbs 20:7; Proverbs 22:6; Isaiah 38:19; Acts 22:3; Ephesians 6:4; 2 Timothy 3:15
Children

In religion

General references
Exodus 13:11-16; Leviticus 11:44-47; Numbers 15:38-39; Deuteronomy 27:1-26; Joshua 4:1-11; Deuteronomy 31:19; Deuteronomy 32:1-47; 2 Chronicles 17:7-9; Nehemiah 8:7-8; Isaiah 28:9-10; Matthew 5:1-48; Matthew 40:6; Luke 4:16-21; Luke 24:27; John 7:14; Mark 12:35; Luke 19:47; Luke 20:1-18; John 8:2; Romans 2:19-20; Galatians 6:6
Jesus, The Christ, History of; Minister, A Sacred Teacher, Duties of; Teacher; School

In music
Music


Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Instruction

INSTRUC'TION, noun [Latin instructio.]

1. The act of teaching or informing the understanding in that of which it was before ignorant; information.

2. Precepts conveying knowledge.

Receive my instruction and not silver. Proverbs 8:10.

3. Direction; order; command; mandate. The minister received instructions from his sovereign to demand a categorical answer.


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Instructive

INSTRUCT'IVE, adjective Conveying knowledge; serving to instruct or inform. Affliction furnishes very instructive lessons.


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Instructively

INSTRUCT'IVELY, adverb So as to afford instruction.


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Instructor

INSTRUCT'OR, noun A teacher; a person who imparts knowledge to another by precept or information. 1 Corinthians 4:15.

1. The preceptor of a school or seminary of learning; any president, professor or tutor, whose business is to teach languages, literature or the sciences; any professional man who teaches the principles of his profession.


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Instructress

INSTRUCT'RESS, noun A female who instructs; a preceptress; a tutoress.


The Bible

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  • Included in Hitchcocks: No
  • Included in Naves: No
  • Included in Smiths: No
  • Included in Websters: Yes
  • Included in Strongs: Yes
  • Included in Thayers: Yes
  • Included in BDB: Yes

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