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Lexicon :: Strong's H4687 - miṣvâ

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מִצְוָה
Transliteration
miṣvâ
Pronunciation
mits-vaw'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1887b

Strong’s Definitions

מִצְוָה mitsvâh, mits-vaw'; from H6680; a command, whether human or divine (collectively, the Law):—(which was) commanded(-ment), law, ordinance, precept.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 181x

The KJV translates Strong's H4687 in the following manner: commandments (177x), precept (4x), commanded (2x), law (1x), ordinances (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 181x
The KJV translates Strong's H4687 in the following manner: commandments (177x), precept (4x), commanded (2x), law (1x), ordinances (1x).
  1. commandment

    1. commandment (of man)

    2. the commandment (of God)

    3. commandment (of code of wisdom)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מִצְוָה mitsvâh, mits-vaw'; from H6680; a command, whether human or divine (collectively, the Law):—(which was) commanded(-ment), law, ordinance, precept.
STRONGS H4687: Abbreviations
מִצְוָה 181 noun feminine commandment; — מ׳ Proverbs 6:23 +; construct מִצְוִת Joshua 22:3 +; suffix מִצְוָֽֽֽתְךָ Deuteronomy 26:13; Psalm 119:96; מִצְוָתוֺ Numbers 15:81; plural מִצְוֺת absolute Leviticus 26:14 + (מִצְווֺת Nehemiah 9:14); construct Nehemiah 4:2 +; suffix מִצְוֺתַי Genesis 26:5 +, etc.; — not used before D and Jeremiah; in Jeremiah only of man's commands; not Ezekiel nor Minor Prophets, except Malachi; —
1. commandment, of man: king, 1 Kings 2:43; 2 Kings 18:36 = Isaiah 36:21; 2 Chronicles 8:15 + 14 times; אב מ׳ Jeremiah 35:14, 16, 18; Proverbs 6:20; אנשׁים מ׳ Isaiah 29:13; plural only Jeremiah 35:18; Proverbs 10:8; Nehemiah 10:33; המצוה, the order (title of property) Jeremiah 32:11.
2. of God:
a. following the commandment, code of law: 2 Chronicles 8:13; Ezra 10:3; Psalm 19:9; especially of D שׁמר המ׳ Deuteronomy 8:1, Deuteronomy 8:2 + 5 times D; עשׂח המ׳ Deuteronomy 6:25; Deuteronomy 15:5; אשׁר צוּה (ה)מ׳) Deuteronomy 26:13; Deuteronomy 30:11; Deuteronomy 31:5; סוּר מִן המ׳ Deuteronomy 17:20; הֵפַר מ׳ Numbers 15:31 (P); || תּוֺרָה Exodus 24:12 (RD) Joshua 22:5 (D) 2 Chron 14:3; 2 Chronicles 31:21; + חֻקִּים, מִשְׁפָּטִים Deuteronomy 5:28; Deuteronomy 6:1 +.
b. plural of commands of D and later codes with 2nd person plural (ye shall, shall not; BrHex. new ed., 246 ff.), Leviticus 4:2 + 5 times P, Isaiah 48:18 + 25 times (late; especially Psalm 119 + 20 times); שׁמר מ׳ Exodus 20:6 (R) Leviticus 22:31 (H) Deuteronomy 4:2 + 10 times D, 1 Kings 14:8; 2 Kings 18:6 + 5 times; עשׂה מ׳ Leviticus 26:14 (H) + 5 times; שׁמע מ׳ Deuteronomy 11:13 + 4 times; אשׁר צוּה המ׳ Leviticus 27:34 (H); עבר מ׳ Deuteronomy 26:13; 2 Chronicles 24:20; עזב מ׳ 1 Kings 18:18; 2 Kings 17:16; Ezra 9:10; הפר מ׳ Ezra 9:14; in combinations, especially by Redactors and late writers; order various:
(1) with חֻקִּים Exodus 15:26 (RD) Deuteronomy 4:40; Ezra 7:11 +; ח׳ + משׁפטים Deuteronomy 26:17; 1 Kings 8:58; Nehemiah 1:7; Nehemiah 10:30; + משׁפטים, תורות Nehemiah 9:18; + תורה Nehemiah 9:14; + עדוֺת Deuteronomy 6:17; 1 Chronicles 29:19; 2 Chronicles 34:31.
(2) with חֻקּוֺת Leviticus 26:3 (H) Deuteronomy 6:2; Deuteronomy 10:13 + 9 times; ח׳ + משׁפטים Leviticus 26:15; Deuteronomy 8:11; Deuteronomy 11:1; Deuteronomy 30:16; 1 Kings 6:12 + תורה, משׁפטים Psalm 89:32, + משׁפטים, עֵדְוֺת 1 Kings 2:3; + תּוֺרוֺת Genesis 26:5 (RD); +עדוֺת 2 Kings 23:3. (3) with משׁפטים Numbers 36:13 (P) 1 Chronicles 28:7; Nehemiah 9:29; Daniel 9:5; with תורות Exodus 16:28 (R), with ערות Nehemiah 9:34.
3. commandment, singular, of code of wisdom Proverbs 19:16, || תורה Proverbs 6:23, || דבר Proverbs 13:13; plural of special commands Proverbs 2:1; Proverbs 3:1; Proverbs 4:4; Proverbs 7:1, 2.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

26:5; 26:5

Exodus

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

Leviticus

4:2; 22:31; 26:3; 26:14; 26:14; 26:15; 27:34

Numbers

15:31; 36:13

Deuteronomy

4:2; 4:40; 5:28; 6:1; 6:2; 6:17; 6:25; 8:1; 8:2; 8:11; 10:13; 11:1; 11:13; 15:5; 17:20; 26:13; 26:13; 26:13; 26:17; 30:11; 30:16; 31:5

Joshua

22:3; 22:5

1 Samuel

13:13

1 Kings

2:3; 2:43; 6:12; 8:58; 13:21; 14:8; 18:18

2 Kings

17:16; 18:6; 18:36; 23:3

1 Chronicles

28:7; 29:19

2 Chronicles

8:13; 8:15; 14:3; 24:20; 29:25; 31:21; 34:31

Ezra

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

Nehemiah

1:7; 4:2; 9:14; 9:14; 9:18; 9:29; 9:34; 10:30; 10:33; 13:5

Job

23:12

Psalms

19:9; 89:32; 119; 119:96

Proverbs

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

Isaiah

29:13; 36:21; 48:18

Jeremiah

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

Daniel

9:5

Malachi

2:1; 2:4

H4687

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H4687 matches the Hebrew מִצְוָה (miṣvâ),
which occurs 184 times in 177 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 4 (Gen 26:5–Deu 26:18)

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:5 - because Abraham [fn]obeyed Me and fulfilled his duty to Me, and kept My commandments H4687, My statutes, and My laws.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:26 - And He said, “If you will listen carefully to the voice of the LORD your God, and do what is right in His sight, and listen to His commandments H4687, and keep all His statutes, I will put none of the diseases on you which I have put on the Egyptians; for I, the LORD, am your healer.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:28 - Then the LORD said to Moses, “How long do you refuse to keep My commandments H4687 and My [fn]instructions?
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:6 - but showing [fn]favor to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My commandments H4687.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 24:12 -

Now the LORD said to Moses, “Come up to Me on the mountain and [fn]stay there, and I will give you the stone tablets [fn]with the Law and the [fn]commandments H4687 which I have written for their instruction.”

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:2 - “Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, ‘If a person sins unintentionally in any of the [fn]things H4687 which the LORD has commanded H4687 not to be done, and commits any of them,
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:13 -

‘Now if the entire congregation of Israel does wrong unintentionally and the matter [fn]escapes the notice of the assembly, and they commit any of the [fn]things H4687 which the LORD has commanded H4687 not to be done, and they become guilty;

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:22 -

‘When a leader sins and unintentionally does any of [fn]the things H4687 which the LORD his God has commanded H4687 not to be done, and he becomes guilty,

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:27 -

‘Now if [fn]anyone of the [fn]common people sins unintentionally by doing any of the [fn]things H4687 which the LORD has commanded H4687 not to be done, and becomes guilty,

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:17 -

“Now if a person sins and does any of the things [fn]which the LORD has commanded H4687 not to be done, though he was unaware, he is still guilty and shall bear his punishment.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:31 - “So you shall keep My commandments H4687, and do them; I am the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:3 - ‘If you walk in My statutes and keep My commandments H4687 so as to carry them out,
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:14 -

‘But if you do not obey Me and do not carry out all these commandments H4687,

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:15 - if, instead, you reject My statutes, and if your soul loathes My ordinances so as not to carry out all My commandments H4687, but rather to break My covenant,
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:34 -

These are the commandments H4687 which the LORD commanded Moses for the sons of Israel on Mount Sinai.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:22 -

‘But when you unintentionally do wrong and fail to [fn]comply with all these commandments H4687 which the LORD has spoken to Moses,

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:31 - ‘Since he has despised the word of the LORD and has broken His commandment H4687, that person shall be completely cut off; his [fn]guilt will be on him.’”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:39 - “It shall be a tassel for you [fn]to look at and remember all the commandments H4687 of the LORD, so that you will do them and not [fn]follow your own heart and your own eyes, [fn]which led you to prostitute yourselves,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:40 - so that you will remember and do all My commandments H4687 and be holy to your God.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 36:13 -

These are the commandments H4687 and the ordinances which the LORD commanded to the sons of Israel through Moses in the plains of Moab, by the Jordan opposite Jericho.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:2 - “You shall not add to the word which I am commanding you, nor take away from it, so that you may keep the commandments H4687 of the LORD your God which I am commanding you.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:40 - “So you shall keep His statutes and His commandments H4687 which I am [fn]giving you today, so that it may go well for you and for your children after you, and that you may [fn]live long on the land which the LORD your God is giving you for all time.”
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:10 - but showing [fn]favor to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My commandments H4687.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:29 - ‘If only they had such a heart in them, to fear Me and keep all My commandments H4687 always, so that it would go well with them and with their sons forever!
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:31 - ‘But as for you, stand here by Me, that I may speak to you all the commandments H4687, the statutes, and the judgments which you shall teach them, so that they may [fn]follow them in the land which I am giving them to possess.’
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:1 -

“Now this is the commandment H4687, the statutes, and the judgments which the LORD your God has commanded me to teach you, so that you may do them in the land where you are going over to take possession of it,

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:2 - so that you, your son, and your grandson will fear the LORD your God, to keep all His statutes and His commandments H4687 which I command you, all the days of your life, and that your days may be prolonged.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:17 - “You shall diligently keep the commandments H4687 of the LORD your God, and His provisions and His statutes which He has commanded you.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:25 - “And it will be righteousness for us if we are careful to [fn]follow all this commandment H4687 before the LORD our God, just as He commanded us.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:9 - “Know therefore that the LORD your God, He is God, the faithful God, who keeps [fn]His covenant and [fn]His faithfulness to a thousand generations for those who love Him and keep His commandments H4687;
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:11 - “Therefore, you shall keep the commandment H4687, the statutes, and the judgments which I am commanding you today, to do them.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:1 -

“All the commandments H4687 that I am commanding you today you shall be careful to do, so that you may live and increase, and go in and take possession of the land which the LORD swore to give to your forefathers.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:2 - “And you shall remember all the way which the LORD your God has led you in the wilderness these forty years, in order to humble you, putting you to the test, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep His commandments H4687 or not.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:6 - “Therefore, you shall keep the commandments H4687 of the LORD your God, to walk in His ways and to [fn]fear Him.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:11 -

“Be careful that you do not forget the LORD your God by failing to keep His commandments H4687, His ordinances, and His statutes which I am commanding you today;

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:13 - and to keep the LORD’S commandments H4687 and His statutes which I am commanding you today for your good?
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:1 -

“You shall therefore love the LORD your God, and always keep His directive, His statutes, His ordinances, and His commandments H4687.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:8 -

“You shall therefore keep every commandment H4687 which I am commanding you today, so that you may be strong and go in and take possession of the land into which you are about to cross to possess it;

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:13 -

“And it shall come about, if you listen obediently to my commandments H4687 which I am commanding you today, to love the LORD your God and to serve Him with all your heart and all your soul,

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:22 - “For if you are careful to keep all of this commandment H4687 which I am commanding you to do, to love the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways and cling to Him,
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:27 - the blessing, if you listen to the commandments H4687 of the LORD your God, which I am commanding you today;
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:28 - and the curse, if you do not listen to the commandments H4687 of the LORD your God, but turn aside from the way which I am commanding you today, [fn]by following other gods which you have not known.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:4 - “You shall follow the LORD your God and fear Him; and you shall keep His commandments H4687, listen to His voice, serve Him, and cling to Him.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:18 - [fn]if you will listen to the voice of the LORD your God, [fn]keeping all His commandments H4687 which I am commanding you today, [fn]and doing what is right in the sight of the LORD your God.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:5 - if only you listen obediently to the voice of the LORD your God, to [fn]follow carefully all this commandment H4687 which I am commanding you today.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:20 - so that his heart will not be haughty toward his countrymen, and that he will not turn away from the commandment H4687 to the right or the left, so that he and his sons may [fn]live long in his kingdom in the midst of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:9 - if you [fn]carefully follow all of this commandment H4687 which I am commanding you today, to love the LORD your God, and to walk in His ways always—then you shall add three more cities for yourself, besides these three.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:13 - “And you shall say before the LORD your God, ‘I have removed the sacred portion from my house, and have also given it to the Levite, the stranger, the [fn]orphan, and the widow, in accordance with all Your commandments H4687 which You have commanded me; I have not violated or forgotten any of Your commandments H4687.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:17 - “Today you have declared the LORD to be your God, and [fn]that you will walk in His ways and keep His statutes, His commandments H4687, and His ordinances, and listen to His voice.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:18 - “And the LORD has today declared you to be His people, His personal possession, just as He promised you, and [fn]that you are to keep all His commandments H4687;

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