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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 3 / 4 (2Ch 29:25–Psa 119:143)

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:25 -

He then stationed the Levites in the house of the LORD with cymbals, harps, and lyres, according to the command H4687 of David and of Gad, the king’s seer, and of Nathan the prophet; for the command H4687 was from the LORD through His prophets.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:6 - The [fn]couriers went throughout Israel and Judah with the letters from the hand of the king and his princes, even according to the command H4687 of the king, saying, “Sons of Israel, return to the LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, that He may return to those of you who escaped and are left from the [fn]hand of the kings of Assyria.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:12 - The hand of God was also on Judah to give them one heart to do what H4687 the king and the princes commanded H4687 by the word of the LORD.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:21 - Every work which he began in the service of the house of God in the Law and in the commandment H4687, seeking his God, he did with all his heart and prospered.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:31 - Then the king stood [fn]in his place and made a covenant before the LORD to walk after the LORD, and to keep His commandments H4687, His testimonies, and His statutes with all his heart and with all his soul, to perform the words of the covenant that are written in this book.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:10 -

So the service was prepared, and the priests stood at their positions and the Levites by their divisions according to the king’s command H4687.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:15 - The singers, the sons of Asaph, were also at their positions according to the command H4687 of David, Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun the king’s seer; and the gatekeepers at each gate did not have to leave their service, because their kinsmen the Levites prepared for them.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:16 -

So all the service of the LORD was prepared on that day to celebrate the Passover, and to offer burnt offerings on the altar of the LORD according to the command H4687 of King Josiah.

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:11 -

Now this is the copy of the letter which King Artaxerxes gave to Ezra the priest, the scribe, [fn]learned in the words of the commandments H4687 of the LORD and His statutes to Israel:

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:10 -

“And now, our God, what shall we say after this? For we have abandoned Your commandments H4687,

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:14 - shall we again break Your commandments H4687 and intermarry with the peoples [fn]who commit these abominations? Would You not be angry with us [fn]to the point of destruction, until there would be no remnant nor any who would escape?
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:3 - “So now let’s make a covenant with our God to send away all the wives and [fn]their children, following the counsel of [fn]my lord and of those who fear the commandment H4687 of our God; and let it be done according to the Law.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 1:5 - I said, “Please, LORD God of heaven, the great and awesome God, who keeps the covenant and faithfulness for those who love Him and keep His commandments H4687:
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 1:7 - “We have acted very corruptly against You and have not kept the commandments H4687, nor the statutes, nor the ordinances which You commanded Your servant Moses.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 1:9 - but if you return to Me and keep My commandments H4687 and do them, though those of you who have been scattered were in the most remote part of the heavens, I will gather them from there and bring them to the place where I have chosen to have My name dwell.’
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:13 -

“Then You came down on Mount Sinai,

And spoke with them from heaven;

You gave them just ordinances and true laws,

Good statutes and commandments H4687.

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:14 -

“So You made known to them Your holy Sabbath,

And gave them commandments H4687, statutes, and law,

Through Your servant Moses.

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:16 -

“But they, our fathers, acted arrogantly;

They [fn]became stubborn and would not listen to Your commandments H4687.

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:29 -

And admonished them in order to turn them back to Your Law.

Yet they acted arrogantly and did not listen to Your commandments H4687 but sinned against Your ordinances,

Which, if a person [fn]follows them, then he will live by them.

And they [fn]turned a stubborn shoulder and stiffened their neck, and would not listen.

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:34 -

“For our kings, our leaders, our priests, and our fathers have not kept Your Law

Or paid attention to Your commandments H4687 and Your [fn]admonitions with which You have [fn]admonished them.

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:29 - are joining with their kinsmen, their nobles, and are [fn]taking on themselves a curse and an oath to walk in God’s Law, which was given through Moses, God’s servant, and to keep and to [fn]comply with all the commandments H4687 of [fn]GOD our Lord, and His ordinances and statutes;
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:32 -

We also imposed [fn]on ourselves the obligation H4687 to contribute yearly a third of a shekel for the service of the house of our God:

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:23 - For there was a commandment H4687 from the king concerning them and a royal command for the singers day by day.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:24 - And the heads of the Levites were Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brothers opposite them, to praise and give thanks, [fn]as prescribed H4687 by David the man of God, division corresponding to division.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:45 - For they performed the [fn]worship of their God and the service of purification, together with the singers and the gatekeepers in accordance with the command H4687 of David and of his son Solomon.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:5 - had prepared a large [fn]room for him, where previously they used to put the grain offerings, the frankincense, the utensils and the tithes of grain, wine, and oil prescribed H4687 for the Levites, the singers, and the gatekeepers, and the [fn]contributions for the priests.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:3 - Then the king’s servants who were at the king’s gate said to Mordecai, “Why are you violating the king’s command H4687?”
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 23:12 -

“I have not [fn]failed the command H4687 of His lips;

I have treasured the words of His mouth [fn]more than my [fn]necessary food.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 19:8 -

The precepts of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart;

The commandment H4687 of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:7 -

So that they would put their confidence in God

And not forget the works of God,

But comply with His commandments H4687,

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:31 -

If they [fn]violate My statutes

And do not keep My commandments H4687,

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 112:1 -

[fn]Praise [fn]the LORD!

Blessed is a person who [fn]fears the LORD,

Who greatly delights in His commandments H4687.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:6 -

Then I will not be ashamed

When I look at all Your commandments H4687.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:10 -

With all my heart I have sought You;

Do not let me wander from Your commandments H4687.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:19 -

I am a stranger on the earth;

Do not hide Your commandments H4687 from me.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:21 -

You rebuke the arrogant, [fn]the cursed,

Who wander from Your commandments H4687.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:32 -

I shall run the way of Your commandments H4687,

For You will enlarge my heart.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:35 -

Make me walk in the path of Your commandments H4687,

For I delight in it.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:47 -

I will delight in Your commandments H4687,

Which I love.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:48 -

And I shall lift up my hands to Your commandments H4687,

Which I love;

And I will meditate on Your statutes.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:60 -

I hurried and did not delay

To keep Your commandments H4687.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:66 -

Teach me good [fn]discernment and knowledge,

For I believe in Your commandments H4687.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:73 -

Yodh

Your hands made me and [fn]fashioned me;

Give me understanding, so that I may learn Your commandments H4687.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:86 -

All Your commandments H4687 are faithful;

They have persecuted me with a lie; help me!

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:96 -

I have seen [fn]a limit to all perfection;

Your commandment H4687 is exceedingly broad.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:98 -

Your commandments H4687 make me wiser than my enemies,

For they are ever [fn]mine.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:115 -

Leave me, you evildoers,

So that I may comply with the commandments H4687 of my God.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:127 -

Therefore I love Your commandments H4687

Above gold, yes, above pure gold.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:131 -

I opened my mouth wide and panted,

For I longed for Your commandments H4687.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:143 -

Trouble and anguish have [fn]come upon me,

Yet Your commandments H4687 are my delight.


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