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Lexicon :: Strong's H4687 - miṣvâ

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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 3 / 4 (2Ch 29:25–Psa 119:143)

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:25 - And he set the Levites in the house of the LORD with cymbals, with psalteries, and with harps, according to the commandment H4687 of David, and of Gad the king's seer, and Nathan the prophet: for so was the commandment H4687 of the LORD by his prophets.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 30:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:6 - So the posts went with the letters from the king and his princes throughout all Israel and Judah, and according to the commandment H4687 of the king, saying, Ye children of Israel, turn again unto the LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, and he will return to the remnant of you, that are escaped out of the hand of the kings of Assyria.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:12 - Also in Judah the hand of God was to give them one heart to do the commandment H4687 of the king and of the princes, by the word of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 31:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:21 - And in every work that he began in the service of the house of God, and in the law, and in the commandments, H4687 to seek his God, he did it with all his heart, and prospered.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 34:31

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:31 - And the king stood in his place, and made a covenant before the LORD, to walk after the LORD, and to keep his commandments, H4687 and his testimonies, and his statutes, with all his heart, and with all his soul, to perform the words of the covenant which are written in this book.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:10 - So the service was prepared, and the priests stood in their place, and the Levites in their courses, according to the king's commandment. H4687

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 35:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:15 - And the singers the sons of Asaph were in their place, according to the commandment H4687 of David, and Asaph, and Heman, and Jeduthun the king's seer; and the porters waited at every gate; they might not depart from their service; for their brethren the Levites prepared for them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 35:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:16 - So all the service of the LORD was prepared the same day, to keep the passover, and to offer burnt offerings upon the altar of the LORD, according to the commandment H4687 of king Josiah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:11 - Now this is the copy of the letter that the king Artaxerxes gave unto Ezra the priest, the scribe, even a scribe of the words of the commandments H4687 of the LORD, and of his statutes to Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:10 - And now, O our God, what shall we say after this? for we have forsaken thy commandments, H4687

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:14 - Should we again break thy commandments, H4687 and join in affinity with the people of these abominations? wouldest not thou be angry with us till thou hadst consumed us, so that there should be no remnant nor escaping?

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:3 - Now therefore let us make a covenant with our God to put away all the wives, and such as are born of them, according to the counsel of my lord, and of those that tremble at the commandment H4687 of our God; and let it be done according to the law.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 1:5 - And said, I beseech thee, O LORD God of heaven, the great and terrible God, that keepeth covenant and mercy for them that love him and observe his commandments: H4687

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 1:7 - We have dealt very corruptly against thee, and have not kept the commandments, H4687 nor the statutes, nor the judgments, which thou commandedst thy servant Moses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 1:9 - But if ye turn unto me, and keep my commandments, H4687 and do them; though there were of you cast out unto the uttermost part of the heaven, yet will I gather them from thence, and will bring them unto the place that I have chosen to set my name there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 9:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:13 - Thou camest down also upon mount Sinai, and spakest with them from heaven, and gavest them right judgments, and true laws, good statutes and commandments: H4687

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 9:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:14 - And madest known unto them thy holy sabbath, and commandedst them precepts, H4687 statutes, and laws, by the hand of Moses thy servant:

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:16 - But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their necks, and hearkened not to thy commandments, H4687

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 9:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:29 - And testifiedst against them, that thou mightest bring them again unto thy law: yet they dealt proudly, and hearkened not unto thy commandments, H4687 but sinned against thy judgments, (which if a man do, he shall live in them;) and withdrew the shoulder, and hardened their neck, and would not hear.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 9:34

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:34 - Neither have our kings, our princes, our priests, nor our fathers, kept thy law, nor hearkened unto thy commandments H4687 and thy testimonies, wherewith thou didst testify against them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 10:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:29 - They clave to their brethren, their nobles, and entered into a curse, and into an oath, to walk in God's law, which was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe and do all the commandments H4687 of the LORD our Lord, and his judgments and his statutes;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:32 - Also we made ordinances H4687 for us, to charge ourselves yearly with the third part of a shekel for the service of the house of our God;

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 11:23

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:23 - For it was the king's commandment H4687 concerning them, that a certain portion should be for the singers, due for every day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 12:24

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:24 - And the chief of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brethren over against them, to praise and to give thanks, according to the commandment H4687 of David the man of God, ward over against ward.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 12:45

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:45 - And both the singers and the porters kept the ward of their God, and the ward of the purification, according to the commandment H4687 of David, and of Solomon his son.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 13:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:5 - And he had prepared for him a great chamber, where aforetime they laid the meat offerings, the frankincense, and the vessels, and the tithes of the corn, the new wine, and the oil, which was commanded H4687 to be given to the Levites, and the singers, and the porters; and the offerings of the priests.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:3 - Then the king's servants, which were in the king's gate, said unto Mordecai, Why transgressest thou the king's commandment? H4687

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 23:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 23:12 - Neither have I gone back from the commandment H4687 of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 19:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 19:8 - The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment H4687 of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:7 - That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments: H4687

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 89:31

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:31 - If they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments; H4687

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 112:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 112:1 - Praise ye the LORD. Blessed is the man that feareth the LORD, that delighteth greatly in his commandments. H4687

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:6 - Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments. H4687

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:10 - With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments. H4687

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:19 - I am a stranger in the earth: hide not thy commandments H4687 from me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:21 - Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, which do err from thy commandments. H4687

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:32

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:32 - I will run the way of thy commandments, H4687 when thou shalt enlarge my heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:35

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:35 - Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; H4687 for therein do I delight.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:47

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:47 - And I will delight myself in thy commandments, H4687 which I have loved.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:48

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:48 - My hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments, H4687 which I have loved; and I will meditate in thy statutes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:60

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:60 - I made haste, and delayed not to keep thy commandments. H4687

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:66

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:66 - Teach me good judgment and knowledge: for I have believed thy commandments. H4687

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:73

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:73 - JOD. Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments. H4687

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:86

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:86 - All thy commandments H4687 are faithful: they persecute me wrongfully; help thou me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:96

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:96 - I have seen an end of all perfection: but thy commandment H4687 is exceeding broad.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:98

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:98 - Thou through thy commandments H4687 hast made me wiser than mine enemies: for they are ever with me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:115

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:115 - Depart from me, ye evildoers: for I will keep the commandments H4687 of my God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:127

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:127 - Therefore I love thy commandments H4687 above gold; yea, above fine gold.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:131

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:131 - I opened my mouth, and panted: for I longed for thy commandments. H4687

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:143

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:143 - Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me: yet thy commandments H4687 are my delights.

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