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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.
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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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 28:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:10 - For it is precept upon precept, precept upon precept,
line upon line, line upon line,
here a little, there a little.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 28:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:13 - And the word of the LORD will be to them
precept upon precept, precept upon precept,
line upon line, line upon line,
here a little, there a little,
that they may go, and fall backward,
and be broken, and snared, and taken.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 5:11 - Ephraim is oppressed, crushed in judgment,
because he was determined to go after filth.[fn]
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