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Lexicon :: Strong's H6680 - ṣāvâ

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צָוָה
Transliteration
ṣāvâ
Pronunciation
tsaw-vaw'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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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 3 / 10 (Lev 10:13–Num 32:28)

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 10:13 - “And you shall eat it in a holy place because it is a statute for you and a statute for your sons taken out of the offerings of Yahweh by fire; for thus I have been commanded H6680.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 10:15 - “The thigh contributed by [fn]raising up and the breast offered by waving they shall bring along with the offerings by fire of the portions of fat, to wave as a wave offering before Yahweh; so it shall be a perpetual statute for you and your sons with you, just as Yahweh has commanded H6680.”
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 10:18 - “Behold, since its blood had not been brought inside, into the sanctuary, you should certainly have eaten it in the sanctuary, just as I commanded H6680.”
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:54 - then the priest shall command H6680 them to wash the thing in which the mark occurs, and he shall [fn]isolate it for seven more days.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:4 - then the priest shall give a command H6680 to take two live clean birds and cedar wood and a [fn]scarlet string and hyssop for the one who is to be cleansed.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:5 - “The priest shall also give H6680 a command H6680 to slaughter the one bird in an earthenware vessel over [fn]running water.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:36 - “The priest shall then command H6680 that they empty the house before the priest goes in to look at the mark, so that everything in the house need not become unclean; and afterward the priest shall go in to look at the house.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:40 - then the priest shall command H6680 them to tear out the stones with the mark in them and throw them away [fn]at an unclean place outside the city.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:34 - “Now you shall have this as a perpetual statute, to make atonement for the sons of Israel for all their sins once every year.” And just as Yahweh had commanded H6680 Moses, so he did.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 17:2 - “Speak to Aaron and to his sons and to all the sons of Israel and say to them, ‘This is what Yahweh has commanded H6680, saying,
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:2 - “Command H6680 the sons of Israel that they bring to you clear oil from beaten olives for the [fn]light, to make a lamp [fn]burn continually.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:23 - Then Moses spoke to the sons of Israel, and they brought the one who had cursed outside the camp and stoned him with stones. Thus the sons of Israel did, just as Yahweh had commanded H6680 Moses.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:21 - then I will command H6680 My blessing for you in the sixth year that it will bring forth the produce for three years.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:34 -

These are the commandments which Yahweh commanded H6680 Moses for the sons of Israel at Mount Sinai.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:19 - just as Yahweh had commanded H6680 Moses. So he numbered them in the wilderness of Sinai.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:54 - Thus the sons of Israel did; according to all which Yahweh had commanded H6680 Moses, so they did.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:33 - The Levites, however, were not numbered among the sons of Israel, just as Yahweh had commanded H6680 Moses.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:34 - Thus the sons of Israel did; according to all that Yahweh commanded H6680 Moses, so they camped by their standards, and so they set out, every one by his family according to his father’s household.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:16 - So Moses numbered them according to the [fn]word of Yahweh, just as he had been commanded H6680.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:42 - So Moses numbered all the firstborn among the sons of Israel, just as Yahweh had commanded H6680 him;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:51 - Then Moses gave the money of the redemption price to Aaron and to his sons, at the [fn]command of Yahweh, just as Yahweh had commanded H6680 Moses.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:49 - According to the [fn]word of Yahweh by the hand of Moses, they were numbered, everyone by his serving or carrying; thus these were his numbered men, just as Yahweh had commanded H6680 Moses.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:2 - “Command H6680 the sons of Israel that they send away from the camp every leper and everyone having a discharge and everyone who is [fn]unclean because of a dead person.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:3 - Aaron therefore did so; he [fn]mounted its lamps at the front of the lampstand, just as Yahweh had commanded H6680 Moses.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:20 -

Thus did Moses and Aaron and all the congregation of the sons of Israel to the Levites; according to all that Yahweh had commanded H6680 Moses concerning the Levites, so the sons of Israel did to them.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:22 - Then after that the Levites went in to perform their service in the tent of meeting before Aaron and before his sons; just as Yahweh had commanded H6680 Moses concerning the Levites, so they did to them.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:5 - And they celebrated the Passover in the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, at twilight, in the wilderness of Sinai; according to all that Yahweh had commanded H6680 Moses, so the sons of Israel did.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:8 - Moses therefore said to them, “[fn]Wait, and I will listen to what Yahweh will command H6680 concerning you.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:23 - even all that Yahweh has commanded H6680 you by the hand of Moses, from the day when Yahweh commanded H6680 and onward throughout your generations,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:36 - So all the congregation brought him outside the camp and stoned him [fn]to death with stones, just as Yahweh had commanded H6680 Moses.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 17:11 - Thus Moses did; just as Yahweh had commanded H6680 him, so he did.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:2 - “This is the statute of the law which Yahweh has commanded H6680, saying, ‘Speak to the sons of Israel that they take to you a red heifer without blemish, in which is no defect and on which a yoke has never [fn]been placed.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:9 -

So Moses took the rod from before Yahweh, just as He had commanded H6680 him;

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:27 - So Moses did just as Yahweh had commanded H6680, and they went up to Mount Hor in the sight of all the congregation.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:4 - Take a census of the people from twenty years old and upward, as Yahweh has commanded H6680 Moses.”

Now the sons of Israel who came out of the land of Egypt were:

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 27:11 - ‘And if his father has no brothers, then you shall give his inheritance to his blood relative in his own family, and he shall possess it; and it shall be a statutory judgment to the sons of Israel, just as Yahweh commanded H6680 Moses.’”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 27:19 - and have him stand before Eleazar the priest and before all the congregation, and commission H6680 him in their sight.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 27:22 - So Moses did just as Yahweh commanded H6680 him; and he took Joshua and had him stand before Eleazar the priest and before all the congregation.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 27:23 - Then he laid his hands on him and commissioned H6680 him, just as Yahweh had spoken by the hand of Moses.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 28:2 - “Command H6680 the sons of Israel and say to them, ‘You shall [fn]be careful to bring near My offering, My food for My offerings by fire, of a soothing aroma to Me, at their appointed time.’
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 29:40 - [fn]And Moses spoke to the sons of Israel according to all that Yahweh had commanded H6680 Moses.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 30:1 -

Then Moses spoke to the heads of the tribes of the sons of Israel, saying, “This is the word which Yahweh has commanded H6680.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 30:16 -

These are the statutes which Yahweh commanded H6680 Moses, as between a man and his wife, and as between a father and his daughter, while she is in her youth in her father’s house.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:7 - So they made war against Midian, just as Yahweh had commanded H6680 Moses, and they killed every male.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:21 -

Then Eleazar the priest said to the men of war who had gone to battle, “This is the statute of the law which Yahweh has commanded H6680 Moses:

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:31 - Moses and Eleazar the priest did just as Yahweh had commanded H6680 Moses.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:41 - And Moses gave the levy, which was the contribution to Yahweh, to Eleazar the priest, just as Yahweh had commanded H6680 Moses.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:47 - and from the sons of Israel’s half, Moses took one drawn out of every fifty, both of man and of animals, and gave them to the Levites, who kept the responsibility of the tabernacle of Yahweh, just as Yahweh had commanded H6680 Moses.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:25 -

And the sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben spoke to Moses, saying, “Your servants will do just as my lord commands H6680.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:28 -

So Moses gave H6680 a command H6680 concerning them to Eleazar the priest and to Joshua the son of Nun and to the heads of the fathers’ households of the tribes of the sons of Israel.


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