Strong's Lexicon

H4687

H4687 — מִצוָה

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewmitsvahnoun femOccurrences: 184TWOT: 1887b

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H4687
Word:מִצוָה
Part of Speech:noun fem
Etymology:from H6680
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:184
Transliteration:mitsvah
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:mits-vaw'
Meaning:1. a command, whether human or divine (collectively, the Law)
KJV Renderings:(which was) commanded(-ment), law, ordinance, precept.

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מִצְוָה181 noun feminine commandment; — ׳ מ Prov 6:23 +; construct מִצְוִת Josh 22:3 +; suffix מִצְוָ˜תְךָ Deut 26:13; Ps 119:96 מִצְוָתוֺ Num 15:81 plural מִצְוֺת absolute Lev 26:14 +(מִצְווֺת Neh 9:14); construct Neh 4:2 +; suffix מִצְוֺתַי Gen 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, 1Kgs 2:43; 2Kgs 18:36 = Isa 36:21; 2Chr 8:15 + 14 t.; אב ׳ מ Jer 35:14; Jer 35:16; Jer 35:18; Prov 6:20 אנשׁים ׳ מ Isa 29:13 plural only Jer 35:18; Prov 10:8; Neh 10:33 המצוה, the order (title of property) Jer 32:11.
2. of God:
a. singular the commandment, code of law: 2Chr 8:13; Ezra 10:3; Ps 19:9 especially of D ׳ שׁמר המ Deut 8:1; Deut 8:2 + 5 t. D ; ׳ עשׂח המ Deut 6:25; Deut 15:5 אשׁר צוּה ׳ (ה)מ) Deut 26:13; Deut 30:11; Deut 31:5 ׳ סוּר מִן המ Deut 17:20 הֵפַר ׳ מ Num 15:31 ( P ); || תּוֺרָה Exod 24:12 ( R D ) Josh 22:5 ( D ) 2Chr 14:3 ; 2Chr 31:21 +חֻקִּים, מִשְׁפָּטִים Deut 5:28; Deut 6:1 +.
b. plural of commands of D and later codes with 2 plural (ye shall, shall not; BrHex. new ed., 246 ff.), Lev 4:2 + 5 t. P , Isa 48:18 + 25 t. (late; especially Ps 119:20 t.); ׳ שׁמר מ Exod 20:6 ( R ) Lev 22:31 ( H ) Deut 4:2 + 10 t. D , 1Kgs 14:8 ; 2Kgs 18:6 + 5 t.; ׳ עשׂה מ Lev 26:14 ( H ) + 5 t.; ׳ שׁמע מ Deut 11:13 + 4 t.; אשׁר צוּה ׳ המ Lev 27:34 ( H ); ׳ עבר מ Deut 26:13; 2Chr 24:20 ׳ עזב מ 1Kgs 18:18 ; 2Kgs 17:16 ; Ezra 9:10 ׳ הפר מ Ezra 9:14 in combinations, especially by Redactors and late writers; order various: (1) with חֻקִּים Exod 15:26 ( R D ) Deut 4:40 ; Ezra 7:11 +; ׳ ח + משׁפטים Deut 26:17; 1Kgs 8:58; Neh 1:7; Neh 10:30 + משׁפטים, תורות Neh 9:18 + תורה Neh 9:14 + עדוֺת Deut 6:17; 1Chr 29:19 ; 2Chr 34:31 . (2) with חֻקּוֺת Lev 26:3 ( H ) Deut 6:2 ; Deut 10:13 + 9t.; ׳ ח + משׁפטים Lev 26:15; Deut 8:11; Deut 11:1; Deut 30:16; 1Kgs 6:12 + תורה, משׁפטים Ps 89:32, + משׁפטים, עֵדְוֺת 1Kgs 2:3 + תּוֺרוֺת Gen 26:5 ( R D ); +עדוֺת 2Kgs 23:3. (3) with משׁפטים Num 36:13 ( P ) 1Chr 28:7 ; Neh 9:29 ; Dan 9:5 with תורות Exod 16:28 ( R ), with ערות Neh 9:34.
c. of special commands of God 1Sam 13:13; 1Kgs 13:21; 2Chr 29:25 ; Neh 13:5; Mal 2:1; Mal 2:4; Job 23:12.
3. commandment, singular, of code of wisdom Prov 19:16, || תורה Prov 6:23 , || דבר Prov 13:13 plural of special commands Prov 2:1; Prov 3:1; Prov 4:4; Prov 7:1; Prov 7:2.


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

מצוה (mitz-vah’)

Genesis 26:5

KJV: Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.
EHCC: my commandments, my statutes,

Exodus 15:96

EHCC: give ear to his commandments,

Exodus 16:28

KJV: And the Lord said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws?
EHCC: to keep my commandments

Exodus 20:6

KJV: And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.
EHCC: and keep my commandments.

Exodus 24:12

KJV: And the Lord said unto Moses, Come up to me into the mount, and be there: and I will give thee tables of stone, and a law, and commandments which I have written; that thou mayest teach them.
EHCC: a law, and commandments

Leviticus 4:2

KJV: Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a soul shall sin through ignorance against any of the commandments of the Lord concerning things which ought not to be done, and shall do against any of them:
EHCC: 13,22.any of the commandments of the

Leviticus 5:17

KJV: And if a soul sin, and commit any of these things which are forbidden to be done by the commandments of the Lord; though he wist it not, yet is he guilty, and shall bear his iniquity.
EHCC: the armani of the Lord ;

Leviticus 22:31

KJV: Therefore shall ye keep my commandments, and do them: I am the Lord.
EHCC: Therefore shall ye keep my commandments,

Leviticus 26:3

KJV: If ye walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do them;
EHCC: and keep my commandments,

Leviticus 27:34

KJV: These are the commandments, which the Lord commanded Moses for the children of Israel in mount Sinai.
EHCC: These (are) the commandments,

Numbers 15:22

KJV: And if ye have erred, and not observed all these commandments, which the Lord hath spoken unto Moses,
EHCC: all these commandments,

Numbers 36:13

KJV: These are the commandments and the judgments, which the Lord commanded by the hand of Moses unto the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho.
EHCC: These (are) the commundments

Deuteronomy 4:2

KJV: Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the Lord your God which I command you.
EHCC: the commandments of the Lord

Deuteronomy 5:10

KJV: And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments.
EHCC: and keep my commandments.

Deuteronomy 6:1

KJV: Now these are the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments, which the Lord your God commanded to teach you, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go to possess it:go: Heb. pass over
EHCC: these (are) the commandments,

Deuteronomy 7:9

KJV: Know therefore that the Lord thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations;
EHCC: keep his commandments

Deuteronomy 8:1

KJV: All the commandments which I command thee this day shall ye observe to do, that ye may live, and multiply, and go in and possess the land which the Lord sware unto your fathers.
EHCC: All the commandments which

Deuteronomy 10:13

KJV: To keep the commandments of the Lord, and his statutes, which I command thee this day for thy good?
EHCC: the commandments ene Lord,

Deuteronomy 13:4

KJV: Ye shall walk after the Lord your God, and fear him, and keep his commandments, and obey his voice, and ye shall serve him, and cleave unto him.
EHCC: (5). keep his commandments,

Deuteronomy 17:20

KJV: That his heart be not lifted up above his brethren, and that he turn not aside from the commandment, to the right hand, or to the left: to the end that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he, and his children, in the midst of Israel.
EHCC: turn not aside from the commandment,

Deuteronomy 19:9

KJV: If thou shalt keep all these commandments to do them, which I command thee this day, to love the Lord thy God, and to walk ever in his ways; then shalt thou add three cities more for thee, beside these three:
EHCC: keep all these commandments

Deuteronomy 30:8

KJV: And thou shalt return and obey the voice of the Lord, and do all his commandments which I command thee this day.
EHCC: do all Ais commandments

Joshua 22:3

KJV: Ye have not left your brethren these many days unto this day, but have kept the charge of the commandment of the Lord your God.
EHCC: the charge of the commandment of

Judges 2:17

KJV: And yet they would not hearken unto their judges, but they went a whoring after other gods, and bowed themselves unto them: they turned quickly out of the way which their fathers walked in, obeying the commandments of the Lord; but they did not so.
EHCC: & 3:4. the commandments of the Lord ;

Judges 3:14

KJV: So the children of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years.
EHCC: to keep my statutes and my commandments,

Judges 6:12

KJV: And the angel of the Lord appeared unto him, and said unto him, The Lord is with thee, thou mighty man of valour.
EHCC: keep all my commandments

Judges 6:58

EHCC: G1.to keep Ais commandments,

Judges 9:6

KJV: And all the men of Shechem gathered together, and all the house of Millo, and went, and made Abimelech king, by the plain of the pillar that was in Shechem.plain: or, oak
EHCC: keep my commandments

Judges 11:34

KJV: And Jephthah came to Mizpeh unto his house, and, behold, his daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with dances: and she was his only child; beside her he had neither son nor daughter.beside…: or, he had not of his own either son or daughter: Heb. of himself
EHCC: he kept my commandments

Judges 13:21

KJV: But the angel of the Lord did no more appear to Manoah and to his wife. Then Manoah knew that he was an angel of the Lord.
EHCC: hast not kept the commandment

Judges 14:8

KJV: And after a time he returned to take her, and he turned aside to see the carcase of the lion: and, behold, there was a swarm of bees and honey in the carcase of the lion.
EHCC: David, who kept my commandments,

Judges 18:18

KJV: And these went into Micah’s house, and fetched the carved image, the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image. Then said the priest unto them, What do ye?
EHCC: the commandments of the Lord,

2 Kings 17:13

KJV: Yet the Lord testified against Israel, and against Judah, by all the prophets, and by all the seers, saying, Turn ye from your evil ways, and keep my commandments and my statutes, according to all the law which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you by my servants the prophets.by: Heb. by the hand of
EHCC: keep my commandments

2 Kings 18:6

KJV: For he clave to the Lord, and departed not from following him, but kept his commandments, which the Lord commanded Moses.from…: Heb. from after him
EHCC: kept his commandments,

2 Kings 23:3

KJV: And the king stood by a pillar, and made a covenant before the Lord, to walk after the Lord, and to keep his commandments and his testimonies and his statutes with all their heart and all their soul, to perform the words of this covenant that were written in this book. And all the people stood to the covenant.
EHCC: tokeep his commandments

1 Chronicles 28:7

KJV: Moreover I will establish his kingdom for ever, if he be constant to do my commandments and my judgments, as at this day.constant: Heb. strong
EHCC: to do my commandments

1 Chronicles 29:19

KJV: And give unto Solomon my son a perfect heart, to keep thy commandments, thy testimonies, and thy statutes, and to do all these things, and to build the palace, for the which I have made provision.
EHCC: to keep thy commandments,

2 Chronicles 7:19

KJV: But if ye turn away, and forsake my statutes and my commandments, which I have set before you, and shall go and serve other gods, and worship them;
EHCC: my statutes and my commandments,

2 Chronicles 8:13

KJV: Even after a certain rate every day, offering according to the commandment of Moses, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts, three times in the year, even in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles.
EHCC: according to the commandment of Moses,

2 Chronicles 14:4

KJV: And commanded Judah to seek the Lord God of their fathers, and to do the law and the commandment.
EHCC: (3). the law and the ה

2 Chronicles 17:4

KJV: But sought to the Lord God of his father, and walked in his commandments, and not after the doings of Israel.
EHCC: and walked in his commandments,

2 Chronicles 19:10

KJV: And what cause soever shall come to you of your brethren that dwell in their cities, between blood and blood, between law and commandment, statutes and judgments, ye shall even warn them that they trespass not against the Lord, and so wrath come upon you, and upon your brethren: this do, and ye shall not trespass.
EHCC: between law and commandment,

2 Chronicles 24:20

KJV: And the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest, which stood above the people, and said unto them, Thus saith God, Why transgress ye the commandments of the Lord, that ye cannot prosper? because ye have forsaken the Lord, he hath also forsaken you.came…: Heb. clothed
EHCC: the commandments of the Lord,

2 Chronicles 29:15

KJV: And they gathered their brethren, and sanctified themselves, and came, according to the commandment of the king, by the words of the Lord, to cleanse the house of the Lord.by the words…: or, in the business of the Lord
EHCC: according to the commundment of the king,

2 Chronicles 30:6

KJV: So the posts went with the letters from the king and his princes throughout all Israel and Judah, and according to the commandment of the king, saying, Ye children of Israel, turn again unto the Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, and he will return to the remnant of you, that are escaped out of the hand of the kings of Assyria.from: Heb. from the hand
EHCC: and according to the commandment of

2 Chronicles 81:21

EHCC: and in the commandments,

2 Chronicles 34:31

KJV: And the king stood in his place, and made a covenant before the Lord, to walk after the Lord, and to keep his commandments, and his testimonies, and his statutes, with all his heart, and with all his soul, to perform the words of the covenant which are written in this book.
EHCC: to keep Ais commandments,

2 Chronicles 35:10

KJV: So the service was prepared, and the priests stood in their place, and the Levites in their courses, according to the king’s commandment.
EHCC: according to the king’s commandment.

Ezra 7:11

KJV: Now this is the copy of the letter that the king Artaxerxes gave unto Ezra the priest, the scribe, even a scribe of the words of the commandments of the Lord, and of his statutes to Israel.
EHCC: the commandments of the Lord,

Ezra 9:10

KJV: And now, O our God, what shall we say after this? for we have forsaken thy commandments,
EHCC: we have forsaken thy commandments,

Ezra 10:8

KJV: And that whosoever would not come within three days, according to the counsel of the princes and the elders, all his substance should be forfeited, and himself separated from the congregation of those that had been carried away.forfeited: Heb. devoted
EHCC: 04 the commundment of our God ;

Nehemiah 1:5

KJV: And said, I beseech thee, O Lord God of heaven, the great and terrible God, that keepeth covenant and mercy for them that love him and observe his commandments:
EHCC: observe his commandments:

Nehemiah 9:13

KJV: Thou camest down also upon mount Sinai, and spakest with them from heaven, and gavest them right judgments, and true laws, good statutes and commandments:true…: Heb. laws of truth
EHCC: good statutes and commandments :

Nehemiah 10:29

KJV: They clave to their brethren, their nobles, and entered into a curse, and into an oath, to walk in God’s law, which was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe and do all the commandments of the Lord our Lord, and his judgments and his statutes;by: Heb. by the hand of
EHCC: (30). the commandments of the Lord

Nehemiah 11:23

KJV: For it was the king’s commandment concerning them, that a certain portion should be for the singers, due for every day.a certain…: or, a sure ordinance
EHCC: the king's commandment

Nehemiah 12:24

KJV: And the chief of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brethren over against them, to praise and to give thanks, according to the commandment of David the man of God, ward over against ward.
EHCC: 45. according to the commandment of David

Nehemiah 18:5

EHCC: which was commanded (to be given) to the

Esther 3:3

KJV: Then the king’s servants, which were in the king’s gate, said unto Mordecai, Why transgressest thou the king’s commandment?
EHCC: the king's commandment?

Job 23:12

KJV: Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.esteemed: Heb. hid, or, laid upmy…: or, my appointed portion
EHCC: the commandment of his lips ;

Psalms 19:8

KJV: The statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes.
EHCC: (9). the cornea nee Lord

Psalms 78:7

KJV: That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments:
EHCC: but keep his commandments ;

Psalms 89:31

KJV: If they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments;break: Heb. profane
EHCC: (32).and keep not my commandments ;

Psalms 112:1

KJV: Praise ye the Lord. Blessed is the man that feareth the Lord, that delighteth greatly in his commandments.Praise…: Heb. Hallelujah
EHCC: delighteth greatly in Ais commandments,

Psalms 119:6

KJV: Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments.
EHCC: have respect unto all thy commandments.

Psalms 66:1

KJV: To the chief Musician, A Song or Psalm.Make a joyful noise unto God, all ye lands:all…: Heb. all the earth
EHCC: have believed thy commandments,

Psalms 127:1

KJV: A Song of degrees for Solomon.Except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.for…: or, of Solomonthat…: Heb. that are builders of it in it
EHCC: love thy commandments

Psalms 131:1

KJV: A Song of degrees of David.Lord, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty: neither do I exercise myself in great matters, or in things too high for me.exercise…: Heb. walkhigh: Heb. wonderful
EHCC: longed for thy commandments.

Psalms 176:1

EHCC: do not forget thy commandments. |

Psalms 3:1

KJV: A Psalm of David, when he fled from Absalom his son.Lord, how are they increased that trouble me! many are they that rise up against me.
EHCC: but let thine heart keep my commandments:

Psalms 4:4

KJV: Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah.
EHCC: keep my commandments, and live.

Psalms 6:20

EHCC: keep thy father's commandment,

Psalms 7:1

KJV: Shiggaion of David, which he sang unto the Lord, concerning the words of Cush the Benjamite.O Lord my God, in thee do I put my trust: save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me:words: or, business
EHCC: 684 lay up my commandments

Psalms 10:8

KJV: He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against the poor.are…: Heb. hide themselves
EHCC: wise in heart will receive commandments ;

Psalms 13:13

EHCC: he that feareth the commandment

Psalms 19:16

EHCC: He that keepeth the commandment

Ecclesiastes 8:5

KJV: Whoso keepeth the commandment shall feel no evil thing: and a wise man’s heart discerneth both time and judgment.shall…: Heb. shall know
EHCC: Whoso keepeth the commandment

Ecclesiastes 12:13

KJV: Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.Let…: or, The end of the matter, even all that hath been heard, is
EHCC: Fear God, and keep Ais commandments:

Ecclesiastes 36:2

EHCC: the king's commandment

Ecclesiastes 48:18

EHCC: hearkened to my commandments !

Jeremiah 32:11

KJV: So I took the evidence of the purchase, both that which was sealed according to the law and custom, and that which was open:
EHCC: (according ) to the law and custom,

Jeremiah 35:14

KJV: The words of Jonadab the son of Rechab, that he commanded his sons not to drink wine, are performed; for unto this day they drink none, but obey their father’s commandment: notwithstanding I have spoken unto you, rising early and speaking; but ye hearkened not unto me.
EHCC: obey their father’s commandment :

Daniel 9:4

KJV: And I prayed unto the Lord my God, and made my confession, and said, O Lord, the great and dreadful God, keeping the covenant and mercy to them that love him, and to them that keep his commandments;
EHCC: them that keep his commandments ;

Malachi 2:1

KJV: And now, O ye priests, this commandment is for you.
EHCC: 0 ye priests, this commaredment (is) for

Malachi 4:1

KJV: For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the Lord of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.
EHCC: have sent this commandment
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