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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 1 / 4 (Gen 26:5–Deu 26:18)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:5 - because that Abraham hath hearkened to My voice, and keepeth My charge, My commands, My statutes, and My laws.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 15:26

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:26 - and He saith, 'If thou dost really hearken to the voice of Jehovah thy God, and dost that which is right in His eyes, and hast hearkened to His commands, and kept all His statutes: none of the sickness which I laid on the Egyptians do I lay on thee, for I, Jehovah, am healing thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 16:28

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:28 - And Jehovah saith unto Moses, 'How long have ye refused to keep My commands, and My laws?

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:6 - and doing kindness to thousands, of those loving Me and keeping My commands.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 24:12 - And Jehovah saith unto Moses, 'Come up unto Me to the mount, and be there, and I give to thee the tables of stone, and the law, and the command, which I have written to direct them.'

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:2 - 'Speak unto the sons of Israel, saying, When a person doth sin through ignorance against any of the commands of Jehovah regarding things which are not to be done, and hath done something against one of these --

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 4:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:13 - 'And if the whole company of Israel err ignorantly, and the thing hath been hidden from the eyes of the assembly, and they have done something against one of all the commands of Jehovah concerning things which are not to be done, and have been guilty;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:22 - 'When a prince doth sin, and hath done something against one of all the commands of Jehovah his God regarding things which are not to be done, through ignorance, and hath been guilty --

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 4:27

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:27 - 'And if any person of the people of the land sin through ignorance, by his doing something against one of the commands of Jehovah regarding things which are not to be done, and hath been guilty --

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:17 - 'And when any person sinneth, and hath done something against one of all the commands of Jehovah regarding things which are not to be done, and hath not known, and he hath been guilty, and hath borne his iniquity,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 22:31

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:31 - and ye have kept my commands, and have done them; I am Jehovah;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:3 - 'If in My statutes ye walk, and My commands ye keep, and have done them,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:14 - 'And if ye do not hearken to Me, and do not all these commands;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:15 - and if at My statutes ye kick, and if My judgments your soul loathe, so as not to do all My commands -- to your breaking My covenant --

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 27:34

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:34 - These are the commands which Jehovah hath commanded Moses for the sons of Israel, in mount Sinai.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:22 - 'And when ye err, and do not all these commands which Jehovah hath spoken unto Moses,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 15:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:31 - because the word of Jehovah he despised, and His command hath broken -- that person is certainly cut off; his iniquity is on him.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 15:39

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:39 - and it hath been to you for a fringe, and ye have seen it, and have remembered all the commands of Jehovah, and have done them, and ye search not after your heart, and after your eyes, after which ye are going a-whoring;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 15:40

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:40 - so that ye remember and have done all My commands, and ye have been holy to your God;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 36:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 36:13 - These are the commands and the judgments which Jehovah hath commanded, by the hand of Moses, concerning the sons of Israel, in the plains of Moab, by Jordan, near Jericho.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:2 - Ye do not add to the word which I am commanding you, nor diminish from it, to keep the commands of Jehovah your God which I am commanding you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 4:40

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:40 - and thou hast kept His statutes and His commands which I am commanding thee to-day, so that it is well to thee, and to thy sons after thee, and so that thou prolongest days on the ground which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee -- all the days.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 5:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:10 - and doing kindness to thousands, to those loving Me, and to those keeping My commands.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 5:29

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:29 - O that their heart had been thus to them, to fear Me, and to keep My commands all the days, that it may be well with them, and with their sons -- to the age!

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 5:31

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:31 - and thou here stand thou with Me, and let Me speak unto thee all the command, and the statutes, and the judgments which thou dost teach them, and they have done in the land which I am giving to them to possess it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 6:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:1 - 'And this is the command, the statutes and the judgments which Jehovah your God hath commanded to teach you, to do in the land which ye are passing over thither to possess it,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:2 - so that thou dost fear Jehovah thy God, to keep all His statutes and His commands, which I am commanding thee, thou, and thy son, and thy son's son, all days of thy life, and so that thy days are prolonged.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 6:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:17 - ye do diligently keep the commands of Jehovah your God, and His testimonies, and His statutes which He hath commanded thee,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 6:25

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:25 - and righteousness it is for us, when we observe to do all this command before Jehovah our God, as He hath commanded us.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:9 - 'And thou hast known that Jehovah thy God He is God, the faithful God, keeping the covenant, and the kindness, to those loving Him, and to those keeping His commands -- to a thousand generations,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 7:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:11 - and thou hast kept the command, and the statutes, and the judgments, which I am commanding thee to-day to do them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 8:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:1 - 'All the command which I am commanding thee to-day ye observe to do, so that ye live, and have multiplied, and gone in, and possessed the land which Jehovah hath sworn to your fathers;

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 8:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:2 - and thou hast remembered all the way which Jehovah thy God hath caused thee to go these forty years in the wilderness, in order to humble thee to try thee, to know that which is in thy heart, whether thou dost keep His commands or not.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 8:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:6 - and thou hast kept the commands of Jehovah thy God, to walk in His ways, and to fear Him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 8:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:11 - 'Take heed to thyself, lest thou forget Jehovah thy God so as not to keep His commands, and His judgments, and His statutes which I am commanding thee to-day;

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 10:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:13 - to keep the commands of Jehovah, and His statutes which I am commanding thee to-day, for good to thee?

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 11:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:1 - 'And thou hast loved Jehovah thy God, and kept His charge, and His statutes, and His judgments, and His commands, all the days;

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 11:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:8 - and ye have kept all the command which I am commanding thee to-day, so that ye are strong, and have gone in, and possessed the land whither ye are passing over to possess it,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 11:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:13 - 'And it hath been -- if thou hearken diligently unto My commands which I am commanding you to-day, to love Jehovah your God, and to serve Him with all your heart, and with all your soul --

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 11:22

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:22 - 'For, if ye diligently keep all this command which I am commanding you -- to do it, to love Jehovah your God, to walk in all His ways, and to cleave to Him,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 11:27

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:27 - the blessing, when ye hearken unto the commands of Jehovah your God, which I am commanding you to-day;

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 11:28

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:28 - and the reviling, if ye do not hearken unto the commands of Jehovah your God, and have turned aside out of the way which I am commanding you to-day, to go after other gods which ye have not known.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 13:4

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:4 - after Jehovah your God ye walk, and Him ye fear, and His commands ye keep, and to His voice ye hearken, and Him ye serve, and to Him ye cleave.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 13:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:18 - when thou dost hearken to the voice of Jehovah thy God, to keep all his commands which I am commanding thee to-day, to do that which is right in the eyes of Jehovah thy God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 15:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:5 - 'Only, if thou dost diligently hearken to the voice of Jehovah thy God, to observe to do all this command which I am commanding thee to-day,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 17:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:20 - so that his heart is not high above his brethren, and so as not to turn aside from the command, right or left, so that he prolongeth days over his kingdom, he and his sons, in the midst of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 19:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:9 - when thou keepest all this command to do it, which I am commanding thee to-day, to love Jehovah thy God, and to walk in His ways all the days -- then thou hast added to thee yet three cities to these three;

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 26:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:13 - and thou hast said before Jehovah thy God, I have put away the separated thing out of the house, and also have given it to the Levite, and to the sojourner, and to the orphan, and to the widow, according to all Thy command which Thou hast commanded me; I have not passed over from Thy commands, nor have I forgotten.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 26:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:17 - Jehovah thou hast caused to promise to-day to become thy God, and to walk in His ways, and to keep His statutes, and His commands, and His judgments, and to hearken to His voice.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 26:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:18 - 'And Jehovah hath caused thee to promise to-day to become His people, a peculiar treasure, as He hath spoken to thee, and to keep all His commands;

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