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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 1 / 4 (Gen 26:5–Deu 26:18)

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:5 - because H6118 H834 Abraham H85 [fn]obeyed H8085 H6963 Me and kept H8104 My charge, H4931 My commandments, H4687 My statutes H2708 and My laws.” H8451
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:26 - And He said, H559 “If H518 you will give H8085 earnest H8085 heed H8085 to the voice H6963 of the LORD H3068 your God, H430 and do H6213 what is right H3477 in His sight, H5869 and give H238 ear H238 to His commandments, H4687 and keep H8104 all H3605 His statutes, H2706 I will put H7760 none H3605 H3808 of the diseases H4245 on you which H834 I have put H7760 on the Egyptians; H4714 for I, the LORD, H3068 am your healer.” H7495
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:28 - Then the LORD H3068 said H559 to Moses, H4872 “How H575 long H5704 do you refuse H3985 to keep H8104 My commandments H4687 and My [fn]instructions? H8451
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:6 - but showing H6213 lovingkindness H2617 to thousands, H505 to those who love H157 Me and keep H8104 My commandments. H4687
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 24:12 - Now the LORD H3068 said H559 to Moses, H4872 “Come H5927 up to Me on the mountain H2022 and [fn]remain H1961 there, H8033 and I will give H5414 you the stone H68 tablets H3871 [fn]with the law H8451 and the commandment H4687 which H834 I have written H3789 for their instruction.” H3384
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:2 - “Speak H1696 to the sons H1121 of Israel, H3478 saying, H559 ‘If H3588 a person H5315 sins H2398 unintentionally H7684 in any H3605 of the [fn]things H4687 which H834 the LORD H3068 has commanded H4687 not to be done, H6213 and commits H6213 any H259 of them,
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:13 - ‘Now if H518 the whole H3605 congregation H5712 of Israel H3478 commits H7686 error H7686 and the matter H1697 [fn]escapes H5956 the notice H5869 of the assembly, H6951 and they commit H6213 any H259 of the [fn]things H4687 which H834 the LORD H3068 has commanded H4687 not to be done, H6213 and they become H816 guilty; H816
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:22 - ‘When H834 a leader H5387 sins H2398 and unintentionally H7684 does H6213 any H259 one H259 of all H3605 the [fn]things H4687 which H834 the LORD H3068 his God H430 has commanded H4687 not to be done, H6213 and he becomes H816 guilty, H816
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:27 - ‘Now if H518 [fn]anyone H5315 H259 of [fn]the common H776 people H5971 sins H2398 unintentionally H7684 in doing H6213 any H259 of the [fn]things H4687 which H834 the LORD H3068 has commanded H4687 not to be done, H6213 and becomes H816 guilty, H816
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:17 - “Now if H518 a person H5315 sins H2398 and does H6213 any H259 of the things [fn]which H834 the LORD H3068 has commanded H4687 not to be done, H6213 though he was unaware, H3045 H3808 still he is guilty H816 and shall bear H5375 his punishment. H5771
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:31 - “So you shall keep H8104 My commandments, H4687 and do H6213 them; I am the LORD. H3068
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:3 - ‘If H518 you walk H1980 in My statutes H2708 and keep H8104 My commandments H4687 so as to carry H6213 them out,
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:14 - ‘But if H518 you do not obey H8085 Me and do not carry H6213 out all H3605 these H428 commandments, H4687
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:15 - if, H518 instead, you reject H3988 My statutes, H2708 and if H518 your soul H5315 abhors H1602 My ordinances H4941 so as not to carry H6213 out all H3605 My commandments, H4687 and so break H6565 My covenant, H1285
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:34 - These H428 are the commandments H4687 which H834 the LORD H3068 commanded H6680 Moses H4872 for the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 at Mount H2022 Sinai. H5514
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:22 - ‘But when H3588 you unwittingly H7686 fail H7368 and do not observe H6213 all H3605 these H428 commandments, H4687 which H834 the LORD H3068 has spoken H1696 to Moses, H4872
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:31 - ‘Because H3588 he has despised H959 the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 and has broken H6565 His commandment, H4687 that person H5315 shall be completely H3772 cut H3772 off; H3772 his [fn]guilt H5771 will be on him.’”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:39 - “It shall be a tassel H6734 for you [fn]to look H7200 at and remember H2142 all H3605 the commandments H4687 of the LORD, H3068 so as to do H6213 them and not [fn]follow H8446 after H310 your own heart H3824 and your own eyes, H5869 after H310 which H834 you played H2181 the harlot, H2181
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:40 - so H4616 that you may remember H2142 to do H6213 all H3605 My commandments H4687 and be holy H6918 to your God. H430
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 36:13 - These H428 are the commandments H4687 and the ordinances H4941 which H834 the LORD H3068 commanded H6680 to the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 through H3027 Moses H4872 in the plains H6160 of Moab H4124 by the Jordan H3383 opposite Jericho. H3405
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:2 - “You shall not add H3254 to the word H1697 which H834 I am commanding H6680 you, nor H3808 take H1639 away H1639 from it, that you may keep H8104 the commandments H4687 of the LORD H3068 your God H430 which H834 I command H6680 you.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:40 - “So you shall keep H8104 His statutes H2706 and His commandments H4687 which H834 I am [fn]giving H6680 you today, H3117 that it may go H3190 well H3190 with you and with your children H1121 after H310 you, and that you may [fn]live H748 long H748 H3117 on the land H127 which H834 the LORD H3068 your God H430 is giving H5414 you for all H3605 time.” H3117
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:10 - but showing H6213 lovingkindness H2617 to thousands, H505 to those who love H157 Me and keep H8104 My commandments. H4687
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:29 - ‘Oh H4310 H5414 that they had H1961 such H2088 a heart H3824 in them, that they would fear H3372 Me and keep H8104 all H3605 My commandments H4687 always, H3605 H3117 that it may be well H3190 with them and with their sons H1121 forever! H5769
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:31 - ‘But as for you, stand H5975 here H6311 by Me, that I may speak H1696 to you all H3605 the commandments H4687 and the statutes H2706 and the judgments H4941 which H834 you shall teach H3925 them, that they may observe H6213 them in the land H776 which H834 I give H5414 them to possess.’ H3423
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:1 - “Now this H2088 is the commandment, H4687 the statutes H2706 and the judgments H4941 which H834 the LORD H3068 your God H430 has commanded H6680 me to teach H3925 you, that you might do H6213 them in the land H776 where H834 H8033 you are going H5674 over H5674 to possess H3423 it,
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:2 - so H4616 that you and your son H1121 and your grandson H1121 might fear H3372 the LORD H3068 your God, H430 to keep H8104 all H3605 His statutes H2708 and His commandments H4687 which H834 I command H6680 you, all H3605 the days H3117 of your life, H2416 and that your days H3117 may be prolonged. H748
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:17 - “You should diligently H8104 keep H8104 the commandments H4687 of the LORD H3068 your God, H430 and His testimonies H5713 and His statutes H2706 which H834 He has commanded H6680 you.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:25 - “It will be righteousness H6666 for us if H3588 we [fn]are careful H8104 to observe H6213 all H3605 this H2088 commandment H4687 before H6440 the LORD H3068 our God, H430 just H834 as He commanded H6680 us.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:9 - “Know H3045 therefore that the LORD H3068 your God, H430 He is God, H430 the faithful H539 God, H410 who keeps H8104 [fn]His covenant H1285 and [fn]His lovingkindness H2617 to a thousandth H505 generation H1755 with those who love H157 Him and keep H8104 His commandments; H4687
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:11 - “Therefore, you shall keep H8104 the commandment H4687 and the statutes H2706 and the judgments H4941 which H834 I am commanding H6680 you today, H3117 to do H6213 them.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:1 - “All H3605 the commandments H4687 that I am commanding H6680 you today H3117 you shall be careful H8104 to do, H6213 that you may live H2421 and multiply, H7235 and go H935 in and possess H3423 the land H776 which H834 the LORD H3068 swore H7650 to give to your forefathers. H1
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:2 - “You shall remember H2142 all H3605 the way H1870 which H834 the LORD H3068 your God H430 has led H1980 you in the wilderness H4057 these H2088 forty H705 years, H8141 that He might humble H6031 you, testing H5254 you, to know H3045 what H834 was in your heart, H3824 whether you would keep H8104 His commandments H4687 or H518 not.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:6 - “Therefore, you shall keep H8104 the commandments H4687 of the LORD H3068 your God, H430 to walk H1980 in His ways H1870 and to [fn]fear H3372 Him.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:11 - [fn]Beware H8104 that you do not forget H7911 the LORD H3068 your God H430 by not keeping H8104 His commandments H4687 and His ordinances H4941 and His statutes H2708 which H834 I am commanding H6680 you today; H3117
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:13 - and to keep H8104 the LORDS H3068 commandments H4687 and His statutes H2708 which H834 I am commanding H6680 you today H3117 for your good? H2896
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:1 - “You shall therefore love H157 the LORD H3068 your God, H430 and always H3605 H3117 keep H8104 His charge, H4931 His statutes, H2708 His ordinances, H4941 and His commandments. H4687
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:8 - “You shall therefore keep H8104 every H3605 commandment H4687 which H834 I am commanding H6680 you today, H3117 so H4616 that you may be strong H2388 and go H935 in and possess H3423 the land H776 into which H834 you are about to cross H5674 to possess H3423 it;
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:13 - “It shall come H1961 about, if H518 you listen H8085 obediently H8085 to my commandments H4687 which H834 I am commanding H6680 you today, H3117 to love H157 the LORD H3068 your God H430 and to serve H5647 Him with all H3605 your heart H3824 and all H3605 your soul, H5315
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:22 - “For if H518 you are careful H8104 to keep H8104 all H3605 this H2088 commandment H4687 which H834 I am commanding H6680 you to do, H6213 to love H157 the LORD H3068 your God, H430 to walk H1980 in all H3605 His ways H1870 and hold H1692 fast H1692 to Him,
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:27 - the blessing, H1293 if H834 you listen H8085 to the commandments H4687 of the LORD H3068 your God, H430 which H834 I am commanding H6680 you today; H3117
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:28 - and the curse, H7045 if H518 you do not listen H8085 to the commandments H4687 of the LORD H3068 your God, H430 but turn H5493 aside H5493 from the way H1870 which H834 I am commanding H6680 you today, H3117 [fn]by following H1980 H310 other H312 gods H430 which H834 you have not known. H3045
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:4 - “You shall follow H310 H1980 the LORD H3068 your God H430 and fear H3372 Him; and you shall keep H8104 His commandments, H4687 listen H8085 to His voice, H6963 serve H5647 Him, and cling H1692 to Him.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:18 - [fn]if H3588 you will listen H8085 to the voice H6963 of the LORD H3068 your God, H430 [fn]keeping H8104 all H3605 His commandments H4687 which H834 I am commanding H6680 you today, H3117 [fn]and doing H6213 what H3477 is right H3477 in the sight H5869 of the LORD H3068 your God. H430
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:5 - if H518 only H7534 you listen H8085 obediently H8085 to the voice H6963 of the LORD H3068 your God, H430 to observe H6213 carefully H6213 all H3605 this H2088 commandment H4687 which H834 I am commanding H6680 you today. H3117
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:20 - that his heart H3824 may not be lifted H7311 up above H4480 his [fn]countrymen H251 and that he may not turn H5493 aside H5493 from the commandment, H4687 to the right H3225 or the left, H8040 so H4616 that he and his sons H1121 may continue H748 long H748 H3117 in his kingdom H4467 in the midst H7130 of Israel. H3478
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:9 - if H3588 you [fn]carefully H6213 observe H8104 all H3605 this H2088 commandment H4687 which H834 I command H6680 you today, H3117 to love H157 the LORD H3068 your God, H430 and to walk H1980 in His ways H1870 always H3605 H3117then you shall add H3254 three H7969 more H5750 cities H5892 for yourself, besides H5921 these H428 three. H7969
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:13 - “You shall say H559 before H6440 the LORD H3068 your God, H430 ‘I have removed H1197 the sacred H6944 portion from my house, H1004 and also H1571 have given H5414 it to the Levite H3881 and the alien, H1616 the [fn]orphan H3490 and the widow, H490 according to all H3605 Your commandments H4687 which H834 You have commanded H6680 me; I have not transgressed H5674 or forgotten H7911 any H4480 of Your commandments. H4687
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:17 - “You have today H3117 declared H559 the LORD H3068 to be your God, H430 and [fn]that you would walk H1980 in His ways H1870 and keep H8104 His statutes, H2706 His commandments H4687 and His ordinances, H4941 and listen H8085 to His voice. H6963
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:18 - “The LORD H3068 has today H3117 declared H559 you to be His people, H5971 a treasured H5459 possession, H5459 as He promised H1696 you, and [fn]that you should keep H8104 all H3605 His commandments; H4687

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