TBESH · H4687
מִצְוָה · mits.vah · commandment
1) commandment 1a) commandment (of man) 1b) the commandment (of God) 1c) commandment (of code of wisdom)
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mits.vah H4687
מִצְוָה (mits.vah) means “commandment” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
מִצְוָה Hebrew · H4687 181 tagged occurrences in 177 verses
Pronunciation guide: mits-vaw' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
Lexicon entries
Strong’s Hebrew dictionary
from H6680 (צָוָה); a command, whether human or divine (collectively, the Law)
KJV glosses: (which was) commanded(-ment), law, ordinance, precept.
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How translators render H4687
Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| the commandments | 31 |
| his commandments | 21 |
| my commandments | 20 |
| your commandments | 18 |
| commandments | 15 |
| and commandments | 10 |
| the command | 8 |
| commandment | 5 |
| according to the command | 4 |
| from your commandments | 3 |
| and the commandments | 2 |
| are the commandments | 2 |
| at the command | 2 |
| command | 2 |
| had commanded | 2 |
| in your commandments | 2 |
| of your commandments | 2 |
| the commandment | 2 |
| a command | 1 |
| a commandment | 1 |
| according to the commandment | 1 |
| and by order | 1 |
| and his commandments | 1 |
| as prescribed | 1 |
| but your commandment | 1 |
| but your commandments | 1 |
| by his commandments | 1 |
| copy with its terms | 1 |
| decree | 1 |
| for your commandments | 1 |
| from the command | 1 |
| from the commandment | 1 |
| given you | 1 |
| had been the command | 1 |
| had prescribed | 1 |
| his command | 1 |
| his commandment | 1 |
| in his commandments | 1 |
| in the commandments | 1 |
| my commands | 1 |
| prescribed | 1 |
| rules | 1 |
| the obligation | 1 |
| there was a command | 1 |
| this commandment | 1 |
| to his commands | 1 |
| to my commandments | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| his commandments | 18 |
| my commandments | 17 |
| the commandments | 15 |
| the commandment | 11 |
| thy commandments | 11 |
| according to the commandment | 7 |
| commandment | 7 |
| all the commandments | 6 |
| all his commandments | 5 |
| all these commandments | 5 |
| and his commandments | 5 |
| all my commandments | 4 |
| of the commandments | 4 |
| and my commandments | 3 |
| and the commandment | 3 |
| and commandment | 2 |
| and commandments | 2 |
| at the commandment | 2 |
| commandments | 2 |
| from the commandment | 2 |
| from thy commandments | 2 |
| in his commandments | 2 |
| of thy commandments | 2 |
| this commandment | 2 |
| unto the commandments | 2 |
| unto thy commandments | 2 |
| according to all thy commandments | 1 |
| against any of the commandments | 1 |
| all his precepts | 1 |
| all thy commandments | 1 |
| and according to the commandment | 1 |
| and all thy commandments | 1 |
| and in the commandments | 1 |
| by the commandments | 1 |
| by the precept | 1 |
| commanded | 1 |
| for all the commandments | 1 |
| for all thy commandments | 1 |
| for the commandment | 1 |
| for this commandment | 1 |
| for thy commandments | 1 |
| from thy precepts | 1 |
| his commandment | 1 |
| myself in thy commandments | 1 |
| not from the commandment | 1 |
| not my commandments | 1 |
| not the commandments | 1 |
| not thy commandments | 1 |
| not to thy commandments | 1 |
| not unto thy commandments | 1 |
| of the commandment | 1 |
| ordinances | 1 |
| them precepts | 1 |
| thou through thy commandments | 1 |
| thy commandment | 1 |
| to his commandments | 1 |
| to my commandments | 1 |
| to the law | 1 |
| unto all thy commandments | 1 |
| unto my commandments | 1 |
| unto thee all the commandments | 1 |
| unto them according unto all the commandments | 1 |
| which was commanded | 1 |
| ye the commandments | 1 |
Verses containing H4687
Page 3 of 4. 177 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
- 2 Chronicles 29:25
· BSB · 2 occurrences
Hezekiah stationed the Levites in the house of the LORD with cymbals, harps, and lyres according to the command of David, of Gad the king’s seer, and of Nathan the prophet. For the command had come from the LORD through His prophets.
Read word by word - 2 Chronicles 30:6
· BSB · 1 occurrence
At the command of the king, the couriers went throughout Israel and Judah with letters from the king and his officials, which read: “Children of Israel, return to the LORD, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, so that He may return to those of you who remain, who have escaped the grasp of the kings of Assyria.
Read word by word - 2 Chronicles 30:12
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Moreover, the power of God was on the people in Judah to give them one heart to obey the command of the king and his officials according to the word of the LORD.
Read word by word - 2 Chronicles 31:21
· BSB · 1 occurrence
He acted with all his heart in every work that he began in the service of the house of God, and in the law and the commandments, in order to seek his God. And so he prospered.
Read word by word - 2 Chronicles 34:31
· BSB · 1 occurrence
So the king stood by the pillar and made a covenant before the LORD to follow the LORD and to keep His commandments, decrees, and statutes with all his heart and all his soul, and to carry out the words of the covenant that were written in this book.
Read word by word - 2 Chronicles 35:10
· BSB · 1 occurrence
So the service was prepared; the priests stood in their places and the Levites in their divisions according to the king’s command.
Read word by word - 2 Chronicles 35:15
· BSB · 1 occurrence
The singers, the descendants of Asaph, were at their stations according to the command of David, Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun the king’s seer. And the gatekeepers at each gate did not need to leave their posts, because their fellow Levites made preparations for them.
Read word by word - 2 Chronicles 35:16
· BSB · 1 occurrence
So on that day the entire service of the LORD was carried out for celebrating the Passover and offering burnt offerings on the altar of the LORD, according to the command of King Josiah.
Read word by word - Ezra 7:11
· BSB · 1 occurrence
This is the text of the letter King Artaxerxes had given to Ezra the priest and scribe, an expert in the commandments and statutes of the LORD to Israel:
Read word by word - Ezra 9:10
· BSB · 1 occurrence
And now, our God, what can we say after this? For we have forsaken the commandments
Read word by word - Ezra 9:14
· BSB · 1 occurrence
shall we again break Your commandments and intermarry with the peoples who commit these abominations? Would You not become so angry with us as to wipe us out, leaving no remnant or survivor?
Read word by word - Ezra 10:3
· BSB · 1 occurrence
So now let us make a covenant before our God to send away all the foreign wives and their children, according to the counsel of my lord and of those who tremble at the command of our God. Let it be done according to the Law.
Read word by word - Nehemiah 1:5
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then I said: “O LORD, God of heaven, the great and awesome God who keeps His covenant of loving devotion with those who love Him and keep His commandments,
Read word by word - Nehemiah 1:7
· BSB · 1 occurrence
We have behaved corruptly against You and have not kept the commandments, statutes, and ordinances that You gave Your servant Moses.
Read word by word - Nehemiah 1:9
· BSB · 1 occurrence
but if you return to Me and keep and practice My commandments, then even if your exiles have been banished to the farthest horizon, I will gather them from there and bring them to the place I have chosen as a dwelling for My Name.’
Read word by word - Nehemiah 9:13
· BSB · 1 occurrence
You came down on Mount Sinai and spoke with them from heaven. You gave them just ordinances, true laws, and good statutes and commandments.
Read word by word - Nehemiah 9:14
· BSB · 1 occurrence
You revealed to them Your holy Sabbath and gave them commandments and statutes and laws through Your servant Moses.
Read word by word - Nehemiah 9:16
· BSB · 1 occurrence
But they and our fathers became arrogant and stiff-necked and did not obey Your commandments.
Read word by word - Nehemiah 9:29
· BSB · 1 occurrence
You admonished them to turn back to Your law, but they were arrogant and disobeyed Your commandments. They sinned against Your ordinances, by which a man will live if he practices them. They turned a stubborn shoulder; they stiffened their necks and would not obey.
Read word by word - Nehemiah 9:34
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Our kings and leaders and priests and fathers did not obey Your law or listen to Your commandments and warnings that You gave them.
Read word by word - Nehemiah 10:29
· BSB · 1 occurrence
hereby join with their noble brothers and commit themselves with a sworn oath to follow the Law of God given through His servant Moses and to obey carefully all the commandments, ordinances, and statutes of the LORD our Lord.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 10.30
- Nehemiah 10:32
· BSB · 1 occurrence
We also place ourselves under the obligation to contribute a third of a shekel yearly for the service of the house of our God:
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 10.33
- Nehemiah 11:23
· BSB · 1 occurrence
For there was a command from the king concerning the singers, an ordinance regulating their daily activities.
Read word by word - Nehemiah 12:24
· BSB · 1 occurrence
The leaders of the Levites were Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua son of Kadmiel, along with their associates, who stood across from them to give praise and thanksgiving as one section alternated with the other, as prescribed by David the man of God.
Read word by word - Nehemiah 12:45
· BSB · 1 occurrence
They performed the service of their God and the service of purification, along with the singers and gatekeepers, as David and his son Solomon had prescribed.
Read word by word - Nehemiah 13:5
· BSB · 1 occurrence
and had prepared for Tobiah a large room where they had previously stored the grain offerings, the frankincense, the temple articles, and the tithes of grain, new wine, and oil prescribed for the Levites, singers, and gatekeepers, along with the contributions for the priests.
Read word by word - Esther 3:3
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the royal servants at the king’s gate asked Mordecai, “Why do you disobey the command of the king?”
Read word by word - Job 23:12
· BSB · 1 occurrence
I have not departed from the command of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my daily bread.
Read word by word - Psalms 19:8
· BSB · 1 occurrence
The precepts of the LORD are right, bringing joy to the heart; the commandments of the LORD are radiant, giving light to the eyes.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 19.9
- Psalms 78:7
· BSB · 1 occurrence
that they should put their confidence in God, not forgetting His works, but keeping His commandments.
Read word by word - Psalms 89:31
· BSB · 1 occurrence
if they violate My statutes and fail to keep My commandments,
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 89.32
- Psalms 112:1
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Hallelujah! Blessed is the man who fears the LORD, who greatly delights in His commandments.
Read word by word - Psalms 119:6
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then I would not be ashamed when I consider all Your commandments.
Read word by word - Psalms 119:10
· BSB · 1 occurrence
With all my heart I have sought You; do not let me stray from Your commandments.
Read word by word - Psalms 119:19
· BSB · 1 occurrence
I am a stranger on the earth; do not hide Your commandments from me.
Read word by word - Psalms 119:21
· BSB · 1 occurrence
You rebuke the arrogant—the cursed who stray from Your commandments.
Read word by word - Psalms 119:32
· BSB · 1 occurrence
I run in the path of Your commandments, for You will enlarge my heart.
Read word by word - Psalms 119:35
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Direct me in the path of Your commandments, for there I find delight.
Read word by word - Psalms 119:47
· BSB · 1 occurrence
I delight in Your commandments because I love them.
Read word by word - Psalms 119:48
· BSB · 1 occurrence
I lift up my hands to Your commandments, which I love, and I meditate on Your statutes.
Read word by word - Psalms 119:60
· BSB · 1 occurrence
I hurried without hesitating to keep Your commandments.
Read word by word - Psalms 119:66
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Teach me good judgment and knowledge, for I believe in Your commandments.
Read word by word - Psalms 119:73
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Your hands have made me and fashioned me; give me understanding to learn Your commandments.
Read word by word - Psalms 119:86
· BSB · 1 occurrence
All Your commandments are faithful; I am persecuted without cause—help me!
Read word by word - Psalms 119:96
· BSB · 1 occurrence
I have seen a limit to all perfection, but Your commandment is without limit.
Read word by word - Psalms 119:98
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, for they are always with me.
Read word by word - Psalms 119:115
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Depart from me, you evildoers, that I may obey the commandments of my God.
Read word by word - Psalms 119:127
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Therefore I love Your commandments more than gold, even the purest gold.
Read word by word - Psalms 119:131
· BSB · 1 occurrence
I open my mouth and pant, longing for Your commandments.
Read word by word - Psalms 119:143
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Trouble and distress have found me, but Your commandments are my delight.
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