Hebrew · Strong's H6680 · Verb
צָוָה
tsa·vah
to command
494times used
475verses
27books
How it's translated
- he had commanded103
- and he commanded48
- he commanded46
- am commanding you27
- he has commanded23
- i commanded20
- command11
- am commanding10
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
The forms it takes
Form
- Perfect (qatal) 64% a complete action, usually past
- Wayyiqtol (“and he did”) 15% and then …: the storyteller’s past
- Participle 9% one who is doing
- Imperfect (yiqtol) 5% incomplete: ongoing, future or possible
- Imperative 3% a command
- Weqatal (“and he will”) 2% and then …: future or instructions
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Between Hebrew and Greek
The Greek Old Testament (the Septuagint), the Bible the first Christians often quoted, translates this word as:
Where it appears
Genesisacross the Old TestamentMalachi
- Deuteronomy86
- Exodus54
- Numbers45
- Joshua39
- Jeremiah37
- Leviticus34
- Genesis26
- 2 Kings18
- 2 Samuel17
- 1 Kings17
…and 17 more books.
Every verse
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