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Lexicon :: Strong's H6673 - ṣav

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צַו
Transliteration
ṣav
Pronunciation
tsav
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1887c

Strong’s Definitions

צַו tsav, tsav; or צָו tsâv; from H6680; an injunction:—commandment, precept.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x

The KJV translates Strong's H6673 in the following manner: precept (8x), commandment (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x
The KJV translates Strong's H6673 in the following manner: precept (8x), commandment (1x).
  1. command, ordinance, oracle (meaning dubious)

    1. used in mocking mimicry of Isaiah's words and thus not a true divine command

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
צַו tsav, tsav; or צָו tsâv; from H6680; an injunction:—commandment, precept.
STRONGS H6673: Abbreviations
צַו apparently noun [masculine], dubious word; — in הָלַךְ אַחֲי־צָ֑ו Hosea 5:11 usually command, ordinance; < Greek Version of the LXX Syriac Version Che Now GASm שָׁוְא; elsewhere only צַו לָצָ֨ו צַו לָצָ֔ו (|| קַו לָקָו קָו קַו לָקָו), Isaiah 28:10 in mocking mimicry of Isaiah's words, and, Isaiah 28:13, of the unintelligible speech of י׳'s foreign agents of judgement; Ges CheComm. and others (compare AV RV) render command upon command; Ew Di (carpenter's) rule (+ קַו = line and rule), from √ צָוָה (whence צִיּוּן); Du CheHpt explain as mocking sounds without sense.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Isaiah

28:10; 28:13

Hosea

5:11

H6673

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H6673 matches the Hebrew צַו (ṣav),
which occurs 9 times in 3 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:10 -

“For He says,

‘Precept upon precept, precept upon precept,

Rule upon rule, rule upon rule,

Here a little, there a little.’”

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:13 -

Therefore the word of the LORD to them will be [merely monotonous repetitions]:

“Precept upon precept, precept upon precept,

Rule upon rule, rule upon rule,

Here a little, there a little.”

That they may go and stumble backward, and be broken, ensnared, and taken captive.

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 5:11 -

Ephraim is oppressed; he is broken and crushed by [divine] judgment,

Because he was determined to follow man’s command [fn](vanities, filth, secular precepts).

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