Tsavah צָוָה

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Tsavah
צָוָה
Transliterationtsavah
Strong's numberH6680
LanguageHebrew
Part of speechverb
Glossto command
Occurrences494 in 475 verses
Most frequent inDeuteronomy (86)

Tsavah (Hebrew צָוָה, Strong's H6680) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to command”. It occurs 494 times in 475 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

1) to command, charge, give orders, lay charge, give charge to, order
1a)(Piel)
1a1) to lay charge upon
1a2) to give charge to, give command to
1a3) to give charge unto
1a4) to give charge over, appoint
1a5) to give charge, command
1a6) to charge, command
1a7) to charge, commission
1a8) to command, appoint, ordain (of divine act)
1b) (Pual) to be commanded

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVcommanded (329), command (84), charged (23), charge (16), commandment (9), commandeth (6), appointed (4), commandedst (4), bade (3), order (3), thee (2), commandest (2), and 9 other renderings
BSBhad commanded (85), commanded (49), has commanded (20), i commanded (14), command (14), had commanded him (13), am giving you today (10), i have commanded you (8), i have commanded (7), command you (7), gave (7), am giving you (7), and 157 other renderings

Verses

Tsavah occurs in 475 verses, listed here by reference.

Genesis (26): 2:16, 3:11, 3:17, 6:22, 7:5, 7:9, 7:16, 12:20, 18:19, 21:4, 26:11, 27:8, 28:1, 28:6, 32:4, 32:17, 32:19, 42:25, 44:1, 45:19, 47:11, 49:29, 49:33, 50:2, 50:12, 50:16

Exodus (54): 1:22, 4:28, 5:6, 6:13, 7:2, 7:6, 7:10, 7:20, 12:28, 12:50, 16:16, 16:24, 16:32, 16:34, 18:23, 19:7, 23:15, 25:22, 27:20, 29:35, 31:6, 31:11, 32:8, 34:4, 34:11, 34:18, 34:32, 34:34, 35:1, 35:4, 35:10, 35:29, 36:1, 36:5, 36:6, 38:22, 39:1, 39:5, 39:7, 39:21, 39:26, 39:29, 39:31, 39:32, 39:42, 39:43, 40:16, 40:19, 40:21, 40:23, 40:25, 40:27, 40:29, 40:32

Leviticus (34): 6:9, 7:36, 7:38, 8:4, 8:5, 8:9, 8:13, 8:17, 8:21, 8:29, 8:31, 8:34, 8:35, 8:36, 9:5, 9:6, 9:7, 9:10, 9:21, 10:1, 10:13, 10:15, 10:18, 13:54, 14:4, 14:5, 14:36, 14:40, 16:34, 17:2, 24:2, 24:23, 25:21, 27:34

Numbers (45): 1:19, 1:54, 2:33, 2:34, 3:16, 3:42, 3:51, 4:49, 5:2, 8:3, 8:20, 8:22, 9:5, 9:8, 15:23, 15:36, 17:11, 19:2, 20:9, 20:27, 26:4, 27:11, 27:19, 27:22, 27:23, 28:2, 29:40, 30:1, 30:16, 31:7, 31:21, 31:31, 31:41, 31:47, 32:25, 32:28, 34:2, 34:13, 34:29, 35:2, 36:2, 36:5, 36:6, 36:10, 36:13

Deuteronomy (86): 1:3, 1:16, 1:18, 1:19, 1:41, 2:4, 2:37, 3:18, 3:21, 3:28, 4:2, 4:5, 4:13, 4:14, 4:23, 4:40, 5:12, 5:15, 5:16, 5:32, 5:33, 6:1, 6:2, 6:6, 6:17, 6:20, 6:24, 6:25, 7:11, 8:1, 8:11, 9:12, 9:16, 10:5, 10:13, 11:8, 11:13, 11:22, 11:27, 11:28, 12:11, 12:14, 12:21, 12:28, 12:32, 13:5, 13:18, 15:5, 15:11, 15:15, 17:3, 18:18, 18:20, 19:7, 19:9, 20:17, 24:8, 24:18, 24:22, 26:13, 26:14, 26:16, 27:1, 27:4, 27:10, 27:11, 28:1, 28:8, 28:13, 28:14, 28:15, 28:45, 29:1, 30:2, 30:8, 30:11, 30:16, 31:5, 31:10, 31:14, 31:23, 31:25, 31:29, 32:46, 33:4, 34:9

Joshua (39): 1:7, 1:9, 1:10, 1:11, 1:13, 1:16, 1:18, 3:3, 3:8, 4:3, 4:8, 4:10, 4:16, 4:17, 6:10, 7:11, 8:4, 8:8, 8:27, 8:29, 8:31, 8:33, 8:35, 9:24, 10:27, 10:40, 11:12, 11:15, 11:20, 13:6, 14:2, 14:5, 17:4, 18:8, 21:2, 21:8, 22:2, 22:5, 23:16

Judges (6): 2:20, 3:4, 4:6, 13:14, 21:10, 21:20

Ruth (3): 2:9, 2:15, 3:6

1 Samuel (8): 2:29, 13:13, 13:14, 17:20, 18:22, 20:29, 21:2, 25:30

2 Samuel (17): 4:12, 5:25, 6:21, 7:7, 7:11, 9:11, 11:19, 13:28, 13:29, 14:8, 14:19, 17:14, 17:23, 18:5, 18:12, 21:14, 24:19

1 Kings (17): 1:35, 2:1, 2:43, 2:46, 5:6, 5:17, 8:58, 9:4, 11:10, 11:11, 11:38, 13:9, 13:21, 15:5, 17:4, 17:9, 22:31

2 Kings (18): 11:5, 11:9, 11:15, 14:6, 16:15, 16:16, 17:13, 17:15, 17:27, 17:34, 17:35, 18:6, 18:12, 20:1, 21:8, 22:12, 23:4, 23:21

1 Chronicles (12): 6:49, 14:16, 15:15, 16:15, 16:40, 17:6, 17:10, 22:6, 22:12, 22:13, 22:17, 24:19

2 Chronicles (8): 7:13, 7:17, 18:30, 19:9, 23:8, 25:4, 33:8, 34:20

Ezra (3): 4:3, 8:17, 9:11

Nehemiah (7): 1:7, 1:8, 5:14, 7:2, 8:1, 8:14, 9:14

Esther (9): 2:10, 2:20, 3:2, 3:12, 4:5, 4:8, 4:10, 4:17, 8:9

Job (3): 36:32, 37:12, 38:12

Psalms (15): 7:6, 33:9, 42:8, 44:4, 68:28, 71:3, 78:5, 78:23, 91:11, 105:8, 111:9, 119:4, 119:138, 133:3, 148:5

Isaiah (10): 5:6, 10:6, 13:3, 23:11, 34:16, 38:1, 45:11, 45:12, 48:5, 55:4

Jeremiah (37): 1:7, 1:17, 7:22, 7:23, 7:31, 11:4, 11:8, 13:5, 13:6, 14:14, 17:22, 19:5, 23:32, 26:2, 26:8, 27:4, 29:23, 32:13, 32:23, 32:35, 34:22, 35:6, 35:8, 35:10, 35:14, 35:16, 35:18, 36:5, 36:8, 36:26, 37:21, 38:10, 38:27, 39:11, 47:7, 50:21, 51:59

Lamentations (4): 1:10, 1:17, 2:17, 3:37

Ezekiel (6): 9:11, 10:6, 12:7, 24:18, 37:7, 37:10

Amos (5): 2:12, 6:11, 9:3, 9:4, 9:9

Nahum (1): 1:14

Zechariah (1): 1:6

Malachi (1): 4:4

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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