H4687 - מִצְוָה (mitsvâh)

H4687 מִצְוָה (mitsvâh) mits-vaw'

Hebrew

Noun (Feminine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

commandment

Strong's Definition

a command, whether human or divine (collectively, the Law)

Derivation: from H6680 (צָוָה);

KJV Usage: (which was) commanded(-ment), law, ordinance, precept.

TWOT Reference: 1887b

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) commandment

1a) commandment (of man)

1b) the commandment (of God)

1c) commandment (of code of wisdom)

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G1345 G1778 G1785 G2920 G3004 G3056 G3551 G3598 G4487 G5456

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

1) commandment 1a) commandment (of man) 1b) the commandment (of God) 1c) commandment (of code of wisdom)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

מִצְוָה mitsvâh BDB Definition: 1) commandment 1a) commandment (of man) 1b) the commandment (of God) 1c) commandment (of code of wisdom) Part of Speech: noun feminine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H6680 Same Word by TWOT Number: 1887b Total KJV Occurrences: 181

Bible Occurrences (177)

26:5

15:26 16:28 20:6 24:12

4:2 4:13 4:22 4:27 5:17 22:31 26:3 26:14 26:15 27:34

15:22 15:31 15:39 15:40 36:13

4:2 4:40 5:10 5:29 5:31 6:1 6:2 6:17 6:25 7:9 7:11 8:1 8:2 8:6 8:11 10:13 11:1 11:8 11:13 11:22 11:27 11:28 13:4 13:18 15:5 17:20 19:9 26:13 26:17 26:18 27:1 27:10 28:1 28:9 28:13 28:15 28:45 30:8 30:10 30:11 30:16 31:5

22:3 22:5

2:17 3:4

13:13

2:3 2:43 3:14 6:12 8:58 8:61 9:6 11:34 11:38 13:21 14:8 18:18

17:13 17:16 17:19 17:34 17:37 18:6 18:36 23:3

28:7 28:8 29:19

7:19 8:13 8:14 8:15 14:4 17:4 19:10 24:20 24:21 29:15 29:25 30:6 30:12 31:21 34:31 35:10 35:15 35:16

7:11 9:10 9:14 10:3

1:5 1:7 1:9 9:13 9:14 9:16 9:29 9:34 10:29 10:32 11:23 12:24 12:45 13:5

3:3

23:12

19:8 78:7 89:31 112:1 119:6 119:10 119:19 119:21 119:32 119:35 119:47 119:48 119:60 119:66 119:73 119:86 119:96 119:98 119:115 119:127 119:131 119:143 119:151 119:166 119:172 119:176

2:1 3:1 4:4 6:20 6:23 7:1 7:2 10:8 13:13 19:16

8:5 12:13

29:13 36:21 48:18

32:11 35:14 35:16 35:18

9:4 9:5

2:1 2:4

Genesis 26:5

because Abraham listened to My voice and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes, and My laws.

Exodus 15:26

saying, If you will listen carefully... to the voice of the LORD your God, and do what is right in His eyes, and pay attention to His commands, and keep all His statutes, [then] I will not bring on you any of the diseases I inflicted on the Egyptians. For I am the LORD who heals you.

Exodus 16:28

Then the LORD said to Moses, How long... will you refuse to keep My commandments and instructions?

Exodus 20:6

but showing loving devotion to a thousand [generations] of those who love Me and keep My commandments.

Exodus 24:12

Then the LORD said to Moses, Come up to Me on the mountain and stay here, so that I may give you the tablets of stone, with the law and commandments I have written for their instruction.

Leviticus 4:2

Tell... the Israelites... to do as follows with one who sins unintentionally against any of the LORD’s commandments and does... what is forbidden by them:

Leviticus 4:13

Now if the whole congregation of Israel strays unintentionally and the matter escapes the notice of the assembly so that they violate any... of the LORD’s commandments and incur guilt by doing what is forbidden...,

Leviticus 4:22

When a leader sins unintentionally and does what is prohibited by any of the commandments of the LORD his God..., he incurs guilt.