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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.
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 3 / 4 (2Ch 29:25–Psa 119:143)

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:25 - And he set H5975 the Levites H3881 in the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 with cymbals, H4700 with psalteries, H5035 and with harps, H3658 according to the commandment H4687 of David, H1732 and of Gad H1410 the king's H4428 seer, H2374 and Nathan H5416 the prophet: H5030 for H3588 so was the commandment H4687 of H3027 the LORD H3068 by H3027 his prophets. H5030
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:6 - So H3212 the posts H7323 went H3212 with the letters H107 from H3027 the king H4428 and his princes H8269 throughout all H3605 Israel H3478 and Judah, H3063 and according to the commandment H4687 of the king, H4428 saying, H559 Ye children H1121 of Israel, H3478 turn again H7725 unto H413 the LORD H3068 God H430 of Abraham, H85 Isaac, H3327 and Israel, H3478 and he will return H7725 to H413 the remnant H7604 of you, that are escaped H6413 out of the hand H3709 of the kings H4428 of Assyria. H804
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:12 - Also H1571 in Judah H3063 the H430 hand H3027 of God H430 was H1961 to give H5414 them one H259 heart H3820 to do H6213 the commandment H4687 of the king H4428 and of the princes, H8269 by the word H1697 of the LORD. H3068
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:21 - And in every H3605 work H4639 that H834 he began H2490 in the service H5656 of H1004 the H430 house H1004 of God, H430 and in the law, H8451 and in the commandments, H4687 to seek H1875 his God, H430 he did H6213 it with all H3605 his heart, H3824 and prospered. H6743
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:31 - And H5975 the king H4428 stood H5975 in H5921 his place, H5977 and made H3772 a covenant H1285 before H6440 the LORD, H3068 to walk H3212 after H310 the LORD, H3068 and to keep H8104 his commandments, H4687 and his testimonies, H5715 and his statutes, H2706 with all H3605 his heart, H3824 and with all H3605 his soul, H5315 to perform H6213 the words H1697 of the covenant H1285 which are written H3789 in H5921 this H2088 book. H5612
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:10 - So H3559 the service H5656 was prepared, H3559 and H5975 the priests H3548 stood H5975 in H5921 their place, H5977 and the Levites H3881 in H5921 their courses, H4256 according to H4687 the king's H4428 commandment.  H4687
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:15 - And the singers H7891 the sons H1121 of Asaph H623 were in H5921 their place, H4612 according to the commandment H4687 of David, H1732 and Asaph, H623 and Heman, H1968 and Jeduthun H3038 the king's H4428 seer; H2374 and the porters H7778 waited at every gate; H8179 H8179 they might H5493 not H369 depart H5493 from H5921 their service; H5656 for H3588 their brethren H251 the Levites H3881 prepared H3559 for them.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:16 - So H3559 all H3605 the service H5656 of the LORD H3068 was prepared H3559 the same H1931 day, H3117 to keep H6213 the passover, H6453 and to offer H5927 burnt offerings H5930 upon H5921 the altar H4196 of the LORD, H3068 according to the commandment H4687 of king H4428 Josiah. H2977
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:11 - Now this H2088 is the copy H6572 of the letter H5406 that H834 the king H4428 Artaxerxes H783 gave H5414 unto Ezra H5830 the priest, H3548 the scribe, H5608 even a scribe H5608 of the words H1697 of the commandments H4687 of the LORD, H3068 and of his statutes H2706 to H5921 Israel. H3478
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:10 - And now, H6258 O our God, H430 what H4100 shall we say H559 after H310 this? H2063 for H3588 we have forsaken H5800 thy commandments, H4687
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:14 - Should we again H7725 break H6565 thy commandments, H4687 and join in affinity H2859 with the people H5971 of H8441 these H428 abominations? H8441 wouldest H599 not H3808 thou be angry H599 with us till H5704 thou hadst consumed H3615 us, so that H369 there should be no H369 remnant H7611 nor escaping? H6413
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:3 - Now therefore H6258 let us make H3772 a covenant H1285 with our God H430 to put away H3318 all H3605 the wives, H802 and such as are born H3205 of them, H1992 according to the counsel H6098 of my lord, H113 and of those that tremble H2730 at the commandment H4687 of our God; H430 and H8451 let it be done H6213 according to the law. H8451
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 1:5 - And said, H559 I beseech thee, H577 O LORD H3068 God H430 of heaven, H8064 the H410 great H1419 and terrible H3372 God, H410 that keepeth H8104 covenant H1285 and mercy H2617 for them that love him H157 and observe H8104 his commandments: H4687
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 1:7 - We have dealt H2254 very H2254 corruptly H2254 against thee, and H3808 have H8104 not H3808 kept H8104 the commandments, H4687 nor H853 the statutes, H2706 nor H853 the judgments, H4941 which H834 thou commandedst H6680 thy servant H5650 Moses. H4872
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 1:9 - But if ye turn H7725 unto me, H413 and keep H8104 my commandments, H4687 and do H6213 them; H853 though H518 there were H1961 of you cast out H5080 unto the uttermost part H7097 of the heaven, H8064 yet will I gather them H6908 from thence, H8033 and will bring them H935 unto H413 the place H4725 that H834 I have chosen H977 to set H7931 my name H8034 there. H8033
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:13 - Thou camest down H3381 also upon H5921 mount H2022 Sinai, H5514 and spakest H1696 with them H5973 from heaven, H8064 and gavest H5414 them right H3477 judgments, H4941 and H8451 true H571 laws, H8451 good H2896 statutes H2706 and commandments: H4687
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:14 - And H853 madest known H3045 unto them thy holy H6944 sabbath, H7676 and H4687 commandedst H6680 them precepts,  H4687 statutes, H2706 and laws, H8451 by the hand H3027 of Moses H4872 thy servant: H5650
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:16 - But they H1992 and our fathers H1 dealt proudly, H2102 and hardened H7185 their necks, H6203 and H3808 hearkened H8085 not H3808 to H413 thy commandments, H4687
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:29 - And testifiedst H5749 against them, that thou mightest bring them again H7725 unto H413 thy law: H8451 yet they H1992 dealt proudly, H2102 and H3808 hearkened H8085 not H3808 unto thy commandments, H4687 but H4941 sinned H2398 against thy judgments, H4941 (which H834 if H6213 a man H120 do, H6213 he shall live H2421 in them;) and withdrew H5414 the shoulder, H3802 and H6203 hardened H7185 their neck, H6203 and H3808 would H8085 not H3808 hear. H8085
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:34 - Neither H853 have H6213 our kings, H4428 our princes, H8269 our priests, H3548 nor our fathers, H1 kept H6213 thy law, H8451 nor H3808 hearkened H7181 unto H413 thy commandments H4687 and thy testimonies, H5715 wherewith H834 thou didst testify H5749 against them.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:29 - They clave H2388 to H5921 their brethren, H251 their nobles, H117 and entered H935 into a curse, H423 and into an oath, H7621 to walk H3212 in H8451 God's H430 law, H8451 which H834 was given H5414 by H3027 Moses H4872 the servant H5650 of God, H430 and to observe H8104 and do H6213 all H3605 the commandments H4687 of the LORD H3068 our Lord, H136 and his judgments H4941 and his statutes; H2706
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:32 - Also we made H5975 ordinances H4687 for us, H5921 to charge H5414 ourselves H5921 yearly H8141 with the third part H7992 of a shekel H8255 for the service H5656 of the house H1004 of our God; H430
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:23 - For H3588 it was the king's H4428 commandment H4687 concerning them, H5921 that a certain portion H548 should be for H5921 the singers, H7891 due H1697 for every day. H3117 H3117
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:24 - And the chief H7218 of the Levites: H3881 Hashabiah, H2811 Sherebiah, H8274 and Jeshua H3442 the son H1121 of Kadmiel, H6934 with their brethren H251 over against them, H5048 to praise H1984 and to give thanks, H3034 according to the commandment H4687 of David H1732 the man H376 of God, H430 ward H4929 over against H5980 ward. H4929
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:45 - And H8104 both the singers H7891 and the porters H7778 kept H8104 the ward H4931 of their God, H430 and the ward H4931 of the purification, H2893 according to the commandment H4687 of David, H1732 and of Solomon H8010 his son. H1121
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:5 - And he had prepared H6213 for him a H3957 great H1419 chamber, H3957 where H8033 aforetime H6440 they laid H5414 the meat offerings, H4503 the frankincense, H3828 and the vessels, H3627 and the tithes H4643 of the corn, H1715 the new wine, H8492 and the oil, H3323 which was commanded H4687 to be given to the Levites, H3881 and the singers, H7891 and the porters; H7778 and the offerings H8641 of the priests. H3548
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:3 - Then H559 the king's H4428 servants, H5650 which H834 were in H8179 the king's H4428 gate, H8179 said H559 unto Mordecai, H4782 Why H4069 transgressest H5674 thou H859 the king's H4428 commandment? H4687
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 23:12 - Neither H3808 have I gone back H4185 from the commandment H4687 of his lips; H8193 I have esteemed H6845 the words H561 of his mouth H6310 more than my necessary H2706 food.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 19:8 - The statutes H6490 of the LORD H3068 are right, H3477 rejoicing H8055 the heart: H3820 the commandment H4687 of the LORD H3068 is pure, H1249 enlightening H215 the eyes. H5869
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:7 - That they might set H7760 their hope H3689 in God, H430 and not H3808 forget H7911 the works H4611 of God, H410 but H4687 keep H5341 his commandments:  H4687
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:31 - If H518 they break H2490 my statutes, H2708 and H4687 keep H8104 not H3808 my commandments;  H4687
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 112:1 - Praise ye H1984 the LORD. H3050 Blessed H835 is the man H376 that feareth H3372 the LORD, H3068 that delighteth H2654 greatly H3966 in his commandments. H4687
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:6 - Then H227 shall I H954 not H3808 be ashamed, H954 when I have respect H5027 unto H413 all H3605 thy commandments. H4687
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:10 - With H3605 my H3820 whole H3605 heart H3820 have I sought thee: H1875 O let me H7686 not H408 wander H7686 from thy commandments. H4687
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:19 - I H595 am a stranger H1616 in the earth: H776 hide H5641 not H408 thy commandments H4687 from me. H4480
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:21 - Thou hast rebuked H1605 the proud H2086 that are cursed, H779 which do err H7686 from thy commandments. H4687
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:32 - I will run H7323 the way H1870 of thy commandments, H4687 when H3588 thou shalt enlarge H7337 my heart. H3820
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:35 - Make me to go H1869 in the path H5410 of thy commandments; H4687 for H3588 therein do I delight. H2654
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:47 - And I will delight myself H8173 in thy commandments, H4687 which H834 I have loved. H157
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:48 - My hands H3709 also will I lift up H5375 unto H413 thy commandments, H4687 which H834 I have loved; H157 and I will meditate H7878 in thy statutes. H2706
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:60 - I made haste, H2363 and H3808 delayed H4102 not H3808 to keep H8104 thy commandments. H4687
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:66 - Teach me H3925 good H2898 judgment H2940 and knowledge: H1847 for H3588 I have believed H539 thy commandments. H4687
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:73 - JOD. Thy hands H3027 have made me H6213 and fashioned me: H3559 give me understanding, H995 that I may learn H3925 thy commandments. H4687
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:86 - All H3605 thy commandments H4687 are faithful: H530 they persecute me H7291 wrongfully; H8267 help thou me. H5826
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:96 - I have seen H7200 an end H7093 of all H3605 perfection: H8502 but thy commandment H4687 is exceeding H3966 broad. H7342
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:98 - Thou H2449 through thy commandments H4687 hast made me wiser H2449 than mine enemies: H341 for H3588 they H1931 are ever H5769 with me. H589
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:115 - Depart H5493 from me, H4480 ye evildoers: H7489 for I will keep H5341 the commandments H4687 of my God. H430
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:127 - Therefore H5921 H3651 I love H157 thy commandments H4687 above gold; H2091 yea, above fine gold. H6337
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:131 - I opened H6473 my mouth, H6310 and panted: H7602 for H3588 I longed H2968 for thy commandments. H4687
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:143 - Trouble H6862 and anguish H4689 have taken hold on me: H4672 yet thy commandments H4687 are my delights. H8191

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