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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 4 / 10 (Num 34:2–Deu 12:11)

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:2 - “Command H6680 the sons of Israel and say to them, ‘When you enter the land of Canaan, this is the land that shall fall to you as an inheritance, even the land of Canaan according to its borders.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:13 -

So Moses commanded H6680 the sons of Israel, saying, “This is the land that you shall inherit by lot among you as a possession, which Yahweh has commanded H6680 to give to the nine and a half tribes.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:29 -

These are those whom Yahweh commanded H6680 to apportion the inheritance to the sons of Israel in the land of Canaan.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:2 - “Command H6680 the sons of Israel that they give to the Levites from the inheritance of their possession cities to live in; and you shall give to the Levites pasture lands around the cities.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 36:2 - and they said, “Yahweh commanded H6680 my lord to give the land by lot to the sons of Israel as an inheritance, and my lord was commanded H6680 by Yahweh to give the inheritance of Zelophehad our brother to his daughters.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 36:5 -

Then Moses commanded H6680 the sons of Israel according to the [fn]word of Yahweh, saying, “The tribe of the sons of Joseph are right in their statements.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 36:6 - “This is [fn]what Yahweh has commanded H6680 concerning the daughters of Zelophehad, saying, ‘Let them marry whoever is good in their sight; only they must marry within the family of the tribe of their father.’
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 36:10 -

Just as Yahweh had commanded H6680 Moses, so the daughters of Zelophehad did:

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 36:13 -

These are the commandments and the judgments which Yahweh commanded H6680 to the sons of Israel by the hand of Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan opposite Jericho.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:3 - Now it happened, in the fortieth year, on the first day of the eleventh month, Moses spoke to the children of Israel, according to all that [fn]Yahweh had commanded H6680 him to give to them,
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:16 -

“Then I commanded H6680 your judges at that time, saying, ‘Hear the cases between your brothers, and judge righteously between a man and his brother or the sojourner who is with him.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:18 - “And I commanded H6680 you at that time all the things that you should do.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:19 -

“Then we set out from Horeb and went through all that great and fearsome wilderness which you saw on the way to the hill country of the Amorites, just as Yahweh our God had commanded H6680 us; and we came to Kadesh-barnea.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:41 -

“Then you said to me, ‘We have sinned against Yahweh; we will indeed go up and fight, just as Yahweh our God commanded H6680 us.’ And every man of you girded on his weapons of war and regarded it as easy to go up into the hill country.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:4 - and command H6680 the people, saying, “You are going to pass through the territory of your brothers the sons of Esau who live in Seir; and they will be afraid of you. So be very careful;
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:37 - “Only you did not go near to the land of the sons of Ammon, all along the [fn]river Jabbok and the cities of the hill country, and wherever Yahweh our God had commanded H6680 us.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:18 -

“Then I commanded H6680 you at that time, saying, ‘Yahweh your God has given you this land to possess it; all you men of valor shall cross over armed before your brothers, the sons of Israel.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:21 - “And I commanded H6680 Joshua at that time, saying, ‘Your eyes have seen all that Yahweh your God has done to these two kings; so Yahweh shall do to all the kingdoms into which you are about to cross.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:28 - ‘But command H6680 Joshua and strengthen him and encourage him, for he shall go across [fn]at the head of this people, and he will cause them to inherit the land which you will see.’
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:2 - “You shall not add to the word which I am commanding H6680 you, nor take away from it, that you may keep the commandments of Yahweh your God which I am commanding H6680 you.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:5 -

“See, I have taught you statutes and judgments just as Yahweh my God commanded H6680 me, that you should do thus in the land where you are entering to possess it.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:13 - “So He declared to you His covenant which He commanded H6680 you to do, that is, the Ten [fn]Commandments; and He wrote them on two tablets of stone.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:14 - “And Yahweh commanded H6680 me at that time to teach you statutes and judgments, that you might do them in the land where you are going over to possess it.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:23 - “So keep yourselves, lest you forget the covenant of Yahweh your God which He cut with you and make for yourselves a graven image in the form of anything against which Yahweh your God has commanded H6680 you.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:40 - “So you shall keep His statutes and His commandments which I am commanding H6680 you today, that it may go well with you and with your children after you, and that you may prolong your days on the land which Yahweh your God is giving you for all the days.”
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:12 -

‘Observe the sabbath day to keep it holy, as Yahweh your God commanded H6680 you.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:15 -

‘You shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and Yahweh your God brought you out of there with a mighty hand and with an outstretched arm; therefore Yahweh your God commanded H6680 you to observe the sabbath day.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:16 -

‘Honor your father and your mother, as Yahweh your God has commanded H6680 you, that your days may be prolonged and that it may go well with you on the land which Yahweh your God gives you.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:32 - “So you shall be careful to do just as Yahweh your God has commanded H6680 you; you shall not turn aside to the right or to the left.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:33 - “In all the way which Yahweh your God has commanded H6680 you, you shall walk, that you may live and that it may be well with you and that you may prolong your days in the land which you will possess.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:1 -

“Now this is the commandment, the statutes and the judgments, which Yahweh your God has commanded H6680 me to teach you, that you might do it in the land where you are going over to possess it,

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:2 - so that you and your son and your grandson might fear Yahweh your God, to keep all His statutes and His commandments which I am commanding H6680 you, all the days of your life, and that your days may be prolonged.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:6 - “These words, which I am commanding H6680 you today, shall be on your heart.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:17 - “You should diligently keep the commandments of Yahweh your God and His testimonies and His statutes which He has commanded H6680 you.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:20 -

“When your son asks you in time to come, saying, ‘What do the testimonies and the statutes and the judgments mean which Yahweh our God commanded H6680 you?’

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:24 - “So Yahweh commanded H6680 us to do all these statutes, to fear Yahweh our God for our good all our days and for our survival, as it is today.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:25 - “And it will be righteousness for us if we [fn]are careful to do all this commandment before Yahweh our God, just as He commanded H6680 us.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:11 - “Therefore, you shall keep the commandment and the statutes and the judgments which I am commanding H6680 you today, to do them.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:1 -

“The entire commandment that I am commanding H6680 you today you shall be careful to do, that you may live and multiply, and go in and possess the land which Yahweh swore to give to your fathers.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:11 -

[fn]Beware lest you forget Yahweh your God by not keeping His commandments and His judgments and His statutes which I am commanding H6680 you today;

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:12 - “Then Yahweh said to me, ‘Arise, go down from here quickly, for your people whom you brought out of Egypt have acted corruptly. They have quickly turned aside from the way which I commanded H6680 them; they have made a molten image for themselves.’
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:16 - “And I saw that you had indeed sinned against Yahweh your God. You had made for yourselves a molten calf; you had turned aside quickly from the way which Yahweh had commanded H6680 you.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:5 - “Then I turned and came down from the mountain and put the tablets in the ark which I had made; and there they are, as Yahweh commanded H6680 me.”
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:13 - and to keep the commandments of Yahweh and His statutes which I am commanding H6680 you today for your good?
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:8 -

“You shall therefore keep every commandment which I am commanding H6680 you today, so that you may be strong and go in and possess the land into which you are about to cross to possess it;

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:13 -

“And it will be that, if you listen obediently to my commandments which I am commanding H6680 you today, to love Yahweh your God and to serve Him with all your heart and all your soul,

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:22 - “For if you are careful to keep this entire commandment which I am commanding H6680 you to do, to love Yahweh your God, to walk in all His ways, and to cling to Him,
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:27 - the blessing, if you listen to the commandments of Yahweh your God, which I am commanding H6680 you today;
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:28 - and the curse, if you do not listen to the commandments of Yahweh your God, but turn aside from the way which I am commanding H6680 you today, by walking after other gods which you have not known.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:11 - Then it will be that the place in which Yahweh your God will choose for His name to dwell, there you shall bring all that I am commanding H6680 you: your burnt offerings and your sacrifices, your tithes and the [fn]contribution of your hand, and all your choice votive offerings which you will vow to Yahweh.

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