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Lexicon :: Strong's H4687 - miṣvâ

Aa
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.
c. of special commands of God 1 Samuel 13:13; 1 Kings 13:21; 2 Chronicles 29:25; Nehemiah 13:5; Malachi 2:1, 4; Job 23:12.
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)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:5 - Because Abraham gave ear to my voice and kept my words, my rules, my orders, and my laws.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:26

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:26 - And he said, If with all your heart you will give attention to the voice of the Lord your God, and do what is right in his eyes, giving ear to his orders and keeping his laws, I will not put on you any of the diseases which I put on the Egyptians: for I am the Lord your life-giver.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:28

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:28 - And the Lord said to Moses, How long will you go against my orders and my laws?

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:6 - And I will have mercy through a thousand generations on those who have love for me and keep my laws.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 24:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 24:12 - And the Lord said to Moses, Come up to me on the mountain, and take your place there: and I will give you the stones on which I have put in writing the law and the orders, so that you may give the people knowledge of them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:2 - Say to the children of Israel: These are the offerings of anyone who does wrong through error, doing any of the things which by the Lord's order are not to be done:

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:13 - And if all the people of Israel do wrong, without anyone's knowledge; if they have done any of the things which by the Lord's order are not to be done, causing sin to come on them;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:22

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:22 - If a ruler does wrong, and in error does any of the things which, by the order of the Lord his God, are not to be done, causing sin to come on him;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:27

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:27 - And if any one of the common people does wrong in error, doing any of the things which the Lord has given orders are not to be done, causing sin to come on him;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:17

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:17 - And if anyone does wrong, and does any of the things which the Lord has given orders are not to be done, though he has no knowledge of it, still he is in the wrong and he is responsible.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:31

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:31 - So then, keep my orders and do them: I am the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:3 - If you are guided by my rules, and keep my laws and do them,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:14 - But if you do not give ear to me, and do not keep all these my laws;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:15 - And if you go against my rules and if you have hate in your souls for my decisions and you do not do all my orders, but go against my agreement;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:34

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:34 - These are the orders which the Lord gave to Moses for the children of Israel in Mount Sinai.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:22 - And if in error you go against any of these laws which the Lord has given to Moses,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:31 - Because he had no respect for the word of the Lord, and did not keep his law, that man will be cut off without mercy and his sin will be on him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:39

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:39 - So that, looking on these ornaments, you may keep in mind the orders of the Lord and do them; and not be guided by the desires of your hearts and eyes, through which you have been untrue to me:

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:40

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:40 - And that you may keep in mind all my orders and do them and be holy to your God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 36:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 36:13 - These are the laws and the orders which the Lord gave to the children of Israel by Moses, in the lowlands of Moab by Jordan at Jericho.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:2 - Make no addition to the orders which I give you, and take nothing from them, but keep the orders of the Lord your God which I give you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:40

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:40 - Then keep his laws and his orders which I give you today, so that it may be well for you and for your children after you, and that your lives may be long in the land which the Lord your God is giving you for ever.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:10 - And I will have mercy through a thousand generations on those who have love for me and keep my laws.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:29

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:29 - If only they had such a heart in them at all times, so that they might go in fear of me and keep my orders and that it might be well for them and for their children for ever!

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:31

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:31 - But as for you, keep your place here by me, and I will give you all the orders and the laws and the decisions which you are to make clear to them, so that they may do them in the land which I am giving them for their heritage.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:1 - Now these are the orders and the laws and the decisions which the Lord your God gave me for your teaching, so that you might do them in the land of your heritage to which you are going:

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:2 - So that living in the fear of the Lord your God, you may keep all his laws and his orders, which I give you: you and your son and your son's son, all the days of your life; and so that your life may be long.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:17 - Keep with care the orders of the Lord your God, and his rules and his laws which he has given you;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:25

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:25 - And it will be our righteousness if we take care to keep all this order before the Lord our God as he has given it to us.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:9 - Be certain, then, that the Lord your God is God; whose faith and mercy are unchanging, who keeps his word through a thousand generations to those who have love for him and keep his laws;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:11 - So keep the orders and the laws and the decisions which I give you today and do them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:1 - Take care to keep all the orders which I give you today, so that you may have life and be increased and go in and take as a heritage the land which the Lord, by his oath to your fathers, undertook to give you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:2 - And keep in mind the way by which the Lord your God has taken you through the waste land these forty years, so that he might make low your pride and put you to the test, to see what was in your heart and if you would keep his orders or not.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:6 - Then keep the orders of the Lord your God, fearing him and walking in his ways.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:11 - Then take care that you are not turned away from the Lord your God and from keeping his orders and decisions and laws which I give you this day:

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:13 - Doing the orders of the Lord and keeping his laws which I give you this day for your good?

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:1 - So have love for the Lord your God, and give him worship, and keep his laws and his decisions and his orders at all times.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:8 - So keep all the orders which I give you today, so that you may be strong, and go in and take the land which is to be your heritage;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:13 - And it will be that if you truly give ear to the orders which I put before you this day, loving the Lord your God and worshipping him with all your heart and all your soul,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:22

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:22 - For if you take care to keep all the orders which I give you, and to do them; loving the Lord your God and walking in all his ways and being true to him:

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:27

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:27 - The blessing if you give ear to the orders of the Lord your God, which I give you this day:

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:28

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:28 - And the curse if you do not give ear to the orders of the Lord your God, but let yourselves be turned from the way which I have put before you this day, and go after other gods which are not yours.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:4

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:4 - But keep on in the ways of the Lord your God, fearing him and keeping his orders and hearing his voice, worshipping him and being true to him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:18 - So long as you give ear to the voice of the Lord your God, and keep all his orders which I give you today, and do what is right in the eyes of the Lord your God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:5 - If only you give ear to the voice of the Lord your God, and take care to keep all these orders which I give you today.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:20 - So that his heart may not be lifted up over his countrymen, and he may not be turned away from the orders, to one side or the other: but that his life and the lives of his children may be long in his kingdom in Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:9 - If you keep and do all these orders which I give you today, loving the Lord your God and walking ever in his ways; then let three more towns, in addition to these three, be marked out for you:

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:13 - And say before the Lord your God, I have taken all the holy things out of my house and have given them to the Levite, and the man from a strange land, and him who has no father, and the widow, as you have given me orders: I have kept in mind all your orders, in nothing have I gone against them:

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:17 - Today you have given witness that the Lord is your God, and that you will go in his ways and keep his laws and his orders and his decisions and give ear to his voice:

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:18 - And the Lord has made it clear this day that you are a special people to him, as he gave you his word; and that you are to keep all his orders;

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