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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.
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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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 4 / 4 (Psa 119:151–Mal 2:4)

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:151 -

Near are You, O Yahweh,

And all Your commandments H4687 are truth.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:166 -

I hope for Your salvation, O Yahweh,

And I do Your commandments H4687.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:172 -

Let my tongue answer with Your [fn]word,

For all Your commandments H4687 are righteous.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:176 -

I have wandered off like a lost sheep; search for Your slave,

For I have not forgotten Your commandments H4687.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 2:1 -

My son, if you will receive my words

And treasure my commandments H4687 within you,

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:1 -

My son, do not forget my [fn]law,

But let your heart guard my commandments H4687;

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:4 -

Then he instructed me and said to me,

“Let your heart hold fast my words;

Keep my commandments H4687 and live;

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:20 -

My son, observe the commandment H4687 of your father

And do not abandon the [fn]law of your mother;

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:23 -

For the commandment H4687 is a lamp and the [fn]law is light;

And reproofs for discipline are the way of life

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:1 -

My son, keep my words

And treasure my commandments H4687 within you.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:2 -

Keep my commandments H4687 and live,

And my [fn]law as the [fn]apple of your eye.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:8 -

The wise of heart will receive commandments H4687,

But an ignorant fool of loose lips will be [fn]ruined.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:13 -

The one who despises the word will be [fn]in debt to it,

But the one who fears the commandment H4687 will be rewarded.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:16 -

He who keeps the commandment H4687 keeps his soul,

But he who despises his way will die.

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:5 -

He who keeps a royal command H4687 experiences no evil thing, for a wise heart knows the proper time and custom.

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:13 -

The end of the matter, all that has been heard: fear God and keep His commandments H4687, because this is the end of the matter for all mankind.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:13 -

Then the Lord said,

“Because this people draw near with their mouth

And honor Me with their lips,

But they remove their hearts far from Me,

And their fear of Me is in the command H4687 of men learned by rote,

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:21 -

But they were silent and answered him not a word, for the king’s commandment H4687 was, “Do not answer him.”

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:18 -

“If only you had paid attention to My commandments H4687!

Then your peace would have been like a river,

And your righteousness like the waves of the sea.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:11 - “Then I took the deeds of purchase, both the sealed copy containing the commandment H4687 and statutes and the open copy,
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 35:14 - “The words of Jonadab the son of Rechab, which he commanded his sons, not to drink wine, are established. So they do not drink wine to this day, for they have listened to their father’s command H4687. But I have spoken to you, rising up early and speaking; yet you have not listened to Me.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 35:16 - ‘Indeed, the sons of Jonadab the son of Rechab have established the command H4687 of their father which he commanded them, but this people has not listened to Me.’”’
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 35:18 -

Then Jeremiah said to the house of the Rechabites, “Thus says Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel, ‘Because you have listened to the command H4687 of Jonadab your father, kept all his commands H4687, and done according to all that he commanded you,

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:4 - And I prayed to Yahweh my God and confessed and said, “Alas, O Lord, the great and awesome God, who keeps His covenant and lovingkindness for those who love Him and keep His commandments H4687,
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:5 - we have sinned and committed iniquity and acted wickedly and rebelled, even turning aside from Your commandments H4687 and judgments.
Unchecked Copy BoxMal 2:1 -

“And now this commandment H4687 is for you, O priests.

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 2:4 - “Then you will know that I have sent this commandment H4687 to you, [fn]that My covenant may [fn]continue with Levi,” says Yahweh of hosts.

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