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H6673 צַו (tsav) tsav

Hebrew
Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)
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Quick Definition

command

Strong's Definition

an injunction

Derivation: or צָו; from H6680 (צָוָה);

KJV Usage: commandment, precept.

TWOT Reference: 1887c

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) command, ordinance, oracle (meaning dubious)
1a) used in mocking mimicry of Isaiah's words and thus not a true divine command

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

צַו (tsav) — command. 1) command, ordinance, oracle (meaning uncertain) 1a) used in mocking mimicry of Isaiah's words and thus not a true divine command

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

noun c · צוה

Laws | ≈ קַו

command, precept = legal order that people are expected to obey; ≈ rejected by some as a heavy burden

ISA 28:10 · ISA 28:10 · ISA 28:10 · ISA 28:10 · ISA 28:13 · ISA 28:13 · ISA 28:13 · ISA 28:13

noun c

Sounds | ≈ קַו

Collocation: צַו לָצַו צַו לָצַו קַו לָקַו קַו לָקַו

tsade tsade qoph qoph = the letters tsade and qoph of the Hebrew alphabet recited as part of a kind of nursery rhyme; ≈ associated with childish behavior and therefore looked upon with contempt

ISA 28:10 · ISA 28:10 · ISA 28:10 · ISA 28:10 · ISA 28:13 · ISA 28:13 · ISA 28:13 · ISA 28:13

noun c

Worthless

worthlessness exact meaning unsure; possibly: = something regarded as not having any importance or value

HOS 5:11

2 HOS 5:11 RSV NRSV "vanity" NIV "idols" NJPS "futility" NJB "a Lie" REB "what is worthless" CEV "useless idols"

Graham S. Ogden

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

צַו appar. n.[m.] dub. word;—usu. command, ordinance base

Bible Occurrences (3)

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