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Lexicon :: Strong's H6680 - ṣāvâ

Aa
צָוָה
Transliteration
ṣāvâ
Pronunciation
tsaw-vaw'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1887

Strong’s Definitions

צָוָה tsâvâh, tsaw-vaw'; a primitive root; (intensively) to constitute, enjoin:—appoint, (for-) bid, (give a) charge, (give a, give in, send with) command(-er, -ment), send a messenger, put, (set) in order.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 494x

The KJV translates Strong's H6680 in the following manner: command (430x), charge (39x), commandment (9x), appoint (5x), bade (3x), order (3x), commander (1x), miscellaneous (4x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 494x
The KJV translates Strong's H6680 in the following manner: command (430x), charge (39x), commandment (9x), appoint (5x), bade (3x), order (3x), commander (1x), miscellaneous (4x).
  1. to command, charge, give orders, lay charge, give charge to, order

    1. (Piel)

      1. to lay charge upon

      2. to give charge to, give command to

      3. to give charge unto

      4. to give charge over, appoint

      5. to give charge, command

      6. to charge, command

      7. to charge, commission

      8. to command, appoint, ordain (of divine act)

    2. (Pual) to be commanded

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
צָוָה tsâvâh, tsaw-vaw'; a primitive root; (intensively) to constitute, enjoin:—appoint, (for-) bid, (give a) charge, (give a, give in, send with) command(-er, -ment), send a messenger, put, (set) in order.
STRONGS H6680: Abbreviations
[צָוָה] 485 verb
Pi. lay charge (upon), give charge (to), charge, command, order (BaZMG xii (1887), 641 Gerber124op. Arabic bdb084504 combine, II. enjoin, IV. charge; bdb084505 injunction, command; Thes compare Syriac bdb084506, heap up (stones), bdb084507, stone-heap, Arabic bdb084508 guide-stone, compare Schulth57; Gerber makes Hebrew verb denominative from מִצְוָה but verb is much earlier); — Perfect 3rd person masculine singular צִוָּה Genesis 6:22 +; suffix צִוַּנִי Deuteronomy 4:5 +; צִוְּךָ Deuteronomy 4:23 +; צִוָּהוּ Genesis 7:5 +, etc.; 1st person singular צִוִּיתִי Exodus 29:35 + 29 times, צִוֵּיתִי Leviticus 8:31 + 4 times, etc.; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יְצַוֶּה Genesis 18:19 + 8 times; יְצַו Deuteronomy 28:8; וַיְצַו Genesis 2:16 +; suffix וִיצַוְּךָ 1 Chronicles 22:12, etc.; 1st person singular וָאֲצִוֶּה Ezra 8:17 Qr (> Kt ואוצאה); 3rd person masculine plural וַיְצַזּוּ Genesis 50:16 +, etc.; Infinitive construct צַוֹּת 2 Samuel 18:5 +, etc.; Imperative masculine singular צַוֵּה Joshua 4:16 + 2 times; צַו Leviticus 6:2 + 9 times; masculine plural צַוּוּ Joshua 1:11; Joshua 4:3; Participle מְצַוֶּה Numbers 32:23 +; construct מְצַוֵּה Isaiah 55:4, etc.; feminine מְצַוָּה Genesis 27:8; —
1.
a. lay charge upon, with עַל person, Genesis 2:16 (J) Genesis 28:6 (P) 1 Kings 2:43; 1 Kings 11:11; Amos 2:12; Jeremiah 35:6 + 6 times; עַל of thing, עַל הֶעָבִים אֲצַוֶּה מֵהַמְטִיר Isaiah 5:6, compare Job 36:32, עַלתָֿגָב צ׳ 2 Chronicles 7:13.
b. give charge to, command to with לְ person Exodus 1:22 (E) 1 Samuel 20:29; 1 Chronicles 22:17; Isaiah 13:3; Jeremiah 32:23; Psalm 105:8 לָנוּ משֶׁה תּוֺרָה צ׳ Deuteronomy 33:4, compare Nehemiah 9:14; צַו לְבֵיתֶ֑ךָ 2 Kings 20:1 give charge to thy household (in preparation for death) = Isaiah 38:1 (compare Late Hebrew, B.Bath.151b, צַוָּאָה 'verbal will' Id147a).
c. give charge uno, with אֶל person Exodus 16:34 (P), 1 Kings 11:10; וַיְצַו אֶלכֵּֿיתוֺ 2 Samuel 17:23 (compare b.).
d. give charge over, appoint, with accusative of person + עַל of thing, Nehemiah 7:2; 1 Chronicles 22:12, (לִהְיוֺת) נָנִיד עַל צ׳ appoint one (to be) ruler over 2 Samuel 6:21; 1 Kings 1:35; with לנגיד 1 Samuel 13:14; 1 Samuel 25:30; שׁפטים על 2 Samuel 7:11 = 1 Chronicles 17:10; with infinitive (no על), לִרְעוֺת עמי 2 Samuel 7:7 = 1 Chronicles 17:6; וְצִוִּיתָה אֹתוֺ לְעֵינֵיהֶם Numbers 27:19 (P) and thou shalt install him in their sight, compare Numbers 27:23 (P).
e. give one charge, command (often עַל concerning), Genesis 12:20 (J), Numbers 8:22 (P), 2 Samuel 14:8; 2 Samuel 18:5; Jeremiah 7:22; Jeremiah 39:11; Isaiah 45:12 (AV RV Che RyKau; > Ges Ew Di Du and others as d.), Isaiah 10:6 (others against), Nahum 1:14 (others id.); with לְ Numbers 9:8; Numbers 32:38 (P), Psalm 91:11; Lamentations 1:17; Esther 3:2; with אֶל Isaiah 23:11; Jeremiah 47:7.
2. charge, command:
a. with accusative of person + thing, often, especially of the law: Deuteronomic phrases are אשׁר אנכי מצוךָ Exodus 34:11 (J), Deuteronomy 4:40; Deuteronomy 6:2, 6 + 18 times Deuteronomy, compare Deuteronomy 15:15; אשׁר אנכי מצוה אתכם Deuteronomy 4:2 (twice in verse) + 9 times Deuteronomy; הַדֶּרֶךְ אשׁר צ׳ Deuteronomy 13:6; Deuteronomy 13:6; Exodus 32:8 (E) Deuteronomy 5:30; Deuteronomy 9:12, 16; Deuteronomy 11:28; Deuteronomy 31:29.
b. with accusative of person + object clause, e.g., Infinitive Genesis 50:2+; ו consecutive Perfect Genesis 18:19 (J), Numbers 35:2 (P); ו consecutive Imperfect 2 Samuel 4:12; 1 Kings 2:46; weak ו with Imperfect Exodus 27:20 (P) Joshua 4:16; Imperative Joshua 1:9; 1 Samuel 18:22.
c. accusative of person, accusative of thing omitted, Exodus 18:23 (E) Genesis 49:33 (P) +; object given after לֵאמֹר Genesis 26:11; Genesis 32:15, 20; Leviticus 6:2 +; וַיּאֹמֶר etc., Genesis 28:1; Genesis 49:29 +.
d. accusative of thing, accusative of person omitted, לעולם בריתוֺ צ׳ Psalm 111:9; וֶה הַדָּבָר י׳ אֲשֶׁר צ׳, Exodus 16:16, 32; Exodus 35:4; Leviticus 8:5; Leviticus 9:6; Leviticus 17:2; Numbers 30:2; Numbers 36:6 (P); object clause, Leviticus 8:34 (P), Leviticus 13:54 (P); Genesis 42:25 (E), 1 Kings 5:20; Judges 4:6.
e. absolute Genesis 50:16 (E), Lamentations 3:37.
3. charge, command, accusative of person in phrase כַּאֲשֶׁר צ׳ Exodus 23:15 (E) Genesis 7:9 (P) +; ככל אשׁר צ׳ Genesis 7:5 (J) Exodus 29:35 (P) +; משֶׁה י׳ כאשׁר צ׳ Exodus 12:28, 50; Exodus 39:1, 5 + 37 times P; משׁה י׳ ככל אשׁר צ׳ Exodus 39:32, 42 + 5 times P; לכל אשׁר צ׳ Joshua 1:18; Joshua 22:2; Jeremiah 35:8; accusative of person omitted כאשׁר צ׳ Exodus 7:10; Numbers 32:25 (P) +; ככל אשׁר צ׳ 2 Kings 11:9 2 Chronicles 23:8 +; לכל אשׁר צ׳ Exodus 36:1 (P).
†4. charge, with command to others, commission,
a. accusative of person +אֶל person (sometimes + accusative of thing) Exodus 6:13; Exodus 25:22; Leviticus 27:34 (P) Deuteronomy 1:3; Jeremiah 27:4; Esther 4:10; accusative of person omitted Genesis 50:16 (E) Esther 3:12; Esther 8:9.
b. בְּיַד of agent, + אֶל, Numbers 15:23; Numbers 36:13 (P); אֶל omitted Leviticus 8:36 (P), Ezra 9:11; Nehemiah 8:14.
c. accusative of person + עַל for אֶל Ezra 8:17; 1 Chronicles 22:13; Malachi 3:22; Esther 4:5.
d. with accusative of thing, כִּרְכָתִי לְ וצ׳ Leviticus 25:21 (P) and I will command my blessing to you, with אִתְּךָ Deuteronomy 28:8, compare Psalm 133:3; חסדוֺ צ׳ Psalm 42:9, בֹּקֶר Job 38:12, נָחָשׁ, חֶרֶב Amos 9:3, 4.
† 5. command, appoint, ordain, of divine act: in creation Isaiah 45:12; Psalm 33:9; Psalm 148:5, providence 2 Samuel 17:4; Amos 6:11; Amos 9:9; Job 37:12; Psalm 78:23; Isaiah 34:16, redemption Psalm 7:7; Psalm 44:5; Psalm 68:29; Psalm 71:3; so of idol Isaiah 48:5 (|| עשׂה).
Pu. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular צֻוָּה Numbers 3:16; Numbers 36:2; 2nd person masculine singular צֻוֵּיתָה Genesis 45:19, etc.; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יְצֻוֶּה Exodus 34:34; — be commanded, i.e. receive command, subject person, Genesis 45:19 (E), with בְּ by whom Numbers 36:2 (P); אשׁר צ׳ Exodus 34:34 (P), כִּיכֵֿן צ׳ Leviticus 8:35; Leviticus 10:13 (P), כאשׁר צ׳ Numbers 3:16 (P) Ezekiel 12:7; Ezekiel 24:18; Ezekiel 37:7.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

2:16; 2:16; 6:22; 7:5; 7:5; 7:9; 12:20; 18:19; 18:19; 26:11; 27:8; 28:1; 28:6; 32:15; 32:20; 42:25; 45:19; 45:19; 49:29; 49:33; 50:2; 50:16; 50:16; 50:16

Exodus

1:22; 6:13; 7:10; 12:28; 12:50; 16:16; 16:32; 16:34; 18:23; 23:15; 25:22; 27:20; 29:35; 29:35; 32:8; 34:11; 34:34; 34:34; 35:4; 36:1; 39:1; 39:5; 39:32; 39:42

Leviticus

6:2; 6:2; 8:5; 8:31; 8:34; 8:35; 8:36; 9:6; 10:13; 13:54; 17:2; 25:21; 27:34

Numbers

3:16; 3:16; 8:22; 9:8; 15:23; 27:19; 27:23; 30:2; 32:23; 32:25; 32:38; 35:2; 36:2; 36:2; 36:6; 36:13

Deuteronomy

1:3; 4:2; 4:5; 4:23; 4:40; 5:30; 6:2; 6:6; 9:12; 9:16; 11:28; 13:6; 13:6; 15:15; 28:8; 28:8; 31:29; 33:4

Joshua

1:9; 1:11; 1:18; 4:3; 4:16; 4:16; 22:2

Judges

4:6

1 Samuel

13:14; 18:22; 20:29; 25:30

2 Samuel

4:12; 6:21; 7:7; 7:11; 14:8; 17:4; 17:23; 18:5; 18:5

1 Kings

1:35; 2:43; 2:46; 11:10; 11:11

2 Kings

11:9; 20:1

1 Chronicles

17:6; 17:10; 22:12; 22:12; 22:13; 22:17

2 Chronicles

7:13; 23:8

Ezra

8:17; 8:17; 9:11

Nehemiah

7:2; 8:14; 9:14

Esther

3:2; 3:12; 4:5; 4:10; 8:9

Job

36:32; 37:12; 38:12

Psalms

7:7; 33:9; 42:9; 44:5; 68:29; 71:3; 78:23; 91:11; 105:8; 111:9; 133:3; 148:5

Isaiah

5:6; 10:6; 13:3; 23:11; 34:16; 38:1; 45:12; 45:12; 48:5; 55:4

Jeremiah

7:22; 27:4; 32:23; 35:6; 35:8; 39:11; 47:7

Lamentations

1:17; 3:37

Ezekiel

12:7; 24:18; 37:7

Amos

2:12; 6:11; 9:3; 9:4; 9:9

Nahum

1:14

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H6680 matches the Hebrew צָוָה (ṣāvâ),
which occurs 496 times in 475 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 5 / 10 (Deu 12:14–Jos 1:13)

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:14 - but in the place which Yahweh chooses in one of your tribes, there you shall offer your burnt offerings, and there you shall do all that I am commanding H6680 you.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:21 - “If the place where Yahweh your God chooses to set His name is too far away from you, then you may sacrifice of your herd and flock which Yahweh has given you, as I have commanded H6680 you; and you may eat within your gates [fn]whatever you desire.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:28 -

“Be careful to listen to all these words which I command H6680 you, so that it may be well with you and your sons after you forever, for you will be doing what is good and right in the sight of Yahweh your God.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:32 -

[fn]Whatever I am commanding H6680 you, you shall be careful to do; you shall not add to nor take away from it.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:5 - “But that prophet or that dreamer of dreams shall be put to death because he has [fn]counseled [fn]rebellion against Yahweh your God who brought you from the land of Egypt and redeemed you from the house of [fn]slavery, to drive you from the way in which Yahweh your God commanded H6680 you to walk. So you shall purge the evil from among you.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:18 - [fn]if you will listen to the voice of Yahweh your God, [fn]keeping all His commandments which I am commanding H6680 you today, [fn]and doing what is right in the sight of Yahweh your God.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:5 - if only you listen obediently to the voice of Yahweh your God, to be careful to do all this commandment which I am commanding H6680 you today.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:11 - “For the needy will never cease to be [fn]in the land; therefore I am commanding H6680 you, saying, ‘You shall freely open your hand to your brother, to your afflicted and needy in your land.’
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:15 - “And you shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and Yahweh your God redeemed you; therefore I am commanding H6680 you [fn]this today.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:3 - and has gone and served other gods and worshiped them, or the sun or the moon or any of the heavenly host, which I have not commanded H6680,
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 18:18 - ‘I will raise up a prophet from among their brothers like you, and I will put My words in his mouth, and he shall speak to them all that I command H6680 him.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 18:20 - ‘But the prophet who speaks a word presumptuously in My name which I have not commanded H6680 him to speak, or which he speaks in the name of other gods, [fn]that prophet shall die.’
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:7 - “Therefore, I am commanding H6680 you, saying, ‘You shall set apart three cities for yourself.’
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:9 - if you [fn]be careful to do all this commandment which I am commanding H6680 you today, to love Yahweh your God and to walk in His ways all your days—then you shall add three more cities for yourself, besides these three.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:17 - “But you shall devote them to destruction, the Hittite and the Amorite, the Canaanite and the Perizzite, the Hivite and the Jebusite, as Yahweh your God has commanded H6680 you,
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:8 -

“Take care against [fn]an infection of leprosy, to be very careful and to do according to all that the Levitical priests instruct you; as I have commanded H6680 them, so you shall be careful to do.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:18 - “But you shall remember that you were a slave in Egypt and that Yahweh your God redeemed you from there; therefore I am commanding H6680 you to do this thing.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:22 - “And you shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt; therefore I am commanding H6680 you to do this thing.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:13 - “Then you shall say before Yahweh your God, ‘I have purged the sacred portion from my house, and I also have given it to the Levite and the sojourner, the [fn]orphan and the widow, according to all Your commandments which You have commanded H6680 me; I have not trespassed against or forgotten any of Your commandments.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:14 - ‘I have not eaten of it [fn]while mourning, nor have I purged any of it while I was unclean, nor have I given any of it to the dead. I have listened to the voice of Yahweh my God; I have done according to all that You have commanded H6680 me.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:16 -

“This day Yahweh your God commands H6680 you to do these statutes and judgments. You shall therefore be careful to do them with all your heart and with all your soul.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:1 -

Then Moses and the elders of Israel commanded H6680 the people, saying, “Keep the entire commandment which I am commanding H6680 you today.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:4 - “So it will be when you cross the Jordan, you shall set up on Mount Ebal, these stones, [fn]as I am commanding H6680 you today, and you shall coat them with lime.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:10 - “You shall therefore listen to the voice of Yahweh your God and do His commandments and His statutes which I am commanding H6680 you today.”
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:11 -

Moses also commanded H6680 the people on that day, saying,

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:1 -

“Now it will be, if you diligently listen to the voice of Yahweh your God, being careful to do all His commandments which I am commanding H6680 you today, Yahweh your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:8 - “Yahweh will command H6680 the blessing upon you in your barns and in all that you send forth your hand to do, and He will bless you in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:13 - “And Yahweh will make you the head and not the tail, and you only will be above, and you will not be underneath, if you listen to the commandments of Yahweh your God, which I am commanding H6680 you today, to keep and to do,
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:14 - and do not turn aside from any of the words which I am commanding H6680 you today, to the right or to the left, to walk after other gods to serve them.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:15 -

“But it will be, if you do not listen to the voice of Yahweh your God, to keep and to do all His commandments and His statutes with which I am commanding H6680 you today, that all these curses will come upon you and overtake you:

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:45 -

“So all these curses shall come on you and pursue you and overtake you until you are destroyed, because you would not listen to the voice of Yahweh your God to keep His commandments and His statutes which He commanded H6680 you.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:1 -

[fn]These are the words of the covenant which Yahweh commanded H6680 Moses to cut with the sons of Israel in the land of Moab, besides the covenant which He had cut with them at Horeb.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:2 - and you return to Yahweh your God and listen to His voice with all your heart and soul according to all that I am commanding H6680 you today, you and your sons,
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:8 - “And you shall return and listen to the voice of Yahweh, and you shall do all His commandments which I am commanding H6680 you today.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:11 -

“For this commandment which I am commanding H6680 you today is not too difficult for you, nor is it far from you.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:16 - in that I am commanding H6680 you today to love Yahweh your God, to walk in His ways, and to keep His commandments and His statutes and His judgments, that you may live and multiply, and that Yahweh your God may bless you in the land where you are entering to possess it.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:5 - “And Yahweh will give them over before you, and you shall do to them according to all the commandments which I have commanded H6680 you.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:10 - Then Moses commanded H6680 them, saying, “At the end of every seven years, at the time of the year of the remission of debts, at the Feast of Booths,
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:14 -

Then Yahweh said to Moses, “Behold, [fn]the time for you to die is near; call Joshua and present yourselves at the tent of meeting, that I may commission H6680 him.” So Moses and Joshua went and presented themselves at the tent of meeting.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:23 -

Then He commissioned H6680 Joshua the son of Nun and said, “Be strong and courageous, for you shall bring the sons of Israel into the land which I swore to them, and I will be with you.”

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:25 - that Moses commanded H6680 the Levites who carried the ark of the covenant of Yahweh, saying,
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:29 - “For I know that after my death you will act corruptly and turn away from the way which I have commanded H6680 you; and evil will befall you in the last days, for you will do that which is evil in the sight of Yahweh, provoking Him to anger with the work of your hands.”
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:46 - and he said to them, “Place in your heart all the words with which I am warning you today, which you shall command H6680 your sons to be careful to do, even all the words of this law.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:4 -

“Moses commanded H6680 us with a law,

A possession for the assembly of Jacob.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 34:9 -

Now Joshua the son of Nun was filled with the spirit of wisdom, for Moses had laid his hands on him; and the sons of Israel listened to him and did as Yahweh had commanded H6680 Moses.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 1:7 - “Only be strong and very courageous to [fn]be careful to do according to all the law which Moses My servant commanded H6680 you; do not turn aside from it to the right or to the left, so that you may [fn]be prosperous wherever you go.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 1:9 - “Have I not commanded H6680 you? Be strong and courageous! Do not be in dread or be dismayed, for Yahweh your God is with you wherever you go.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 1:10 -

Then Joshua commanded H6680 the officers of the people, saying,

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 1:11 - “Pass through the midst of the camp and command H6680 the people, saying, ‘Prepare provisions for yourselves, for within three days you are to cross this Jordan, to go in to possess the land which Yahweh your God is giving you, to possess it.’”
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 1:13 - “Remember the word which Moses the servant of Yahweh commanded H6680 you, saying, ‘Yahweh your God gives you rest and will give you this land.’

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