צָוָה (tsa.vah) means “to command” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: tsaw-vaw' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
צָוָה · tsa.vah · to command
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
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a primitive root; (intensively) to constitute, enjoin
KJV glosses: appoint, (for-) bid, (give a) charge, (give a, give in, send with) command(-er, -ment), send a messenger, put, (set) in order.
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| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| had commanded | 84 |
| commanded | 45 |
| has commanded | 21 |
| i commanded | 14 |
| had commanded him | 13 |
| command | 12 |
| am giving you today | 10 |
| i have commanded you | 8 |
| am giving you | 7 |
| command you | 7 |
| has commanded you | 7 |
| gave | 6 |
| had ordered | 6 |
| i have commanded | 6 |
| he commanded | 5 |
| ordered | 5 |
| am commanding | 4 |
| am giving | 4 |
| had commanded them | 4 |
| i appointed | 4 |
| i command you | 4 |
| and commanded them | 3 |
| commanded them | 3 |
| gave orders | 3 |
| gave you | 3 |
| had instructed | 3 |
| he had been commanded | 3 |
| he ordained | 3 |
| i commanded them | 3 |
| i commanded you | 3 |
| i will command | 3 |
| in order | 3 |
| orders | 3 |
| you commanded | 3 |
| am commanding you | 2 |
| and commanded | 2 |
| and instructed him | 2 |
| commanded us | 2 |
| commanded you | 2 |
| commands | 2 |
| gave them | 2 |
| give | 2 |
| had commanded me | 2 |
| has commanded us | 2 |
| has ordained it | 2 |
| he will command | 2 |
| i command | 2 |
| i had been commanded | 2 |
| i have been commanded | 2 |
| i have commanded them | 2 |
| i was commanded | 2 |
| the lord commanded | 2 |
| you gave | 2 |
| also commanded | 1 |
| although he had warned solomon | 1 |
| am commanding you today | 1 |
| and appointed him | 1 |
| and command | 1 |
| and command them | 1 |
| and commander | 1 |
| and commands | 1 |
| and commission | 1 |
| and commissioned him | 1 |
| and gave | 1 |
| and gave them a charge | 1 |
| and i have commanded | 1 |
| and i ordained | 1 |
| and instructed | 1 |
| and moses commanded | 1 |
| and ordain | 1 |
| and she dispatched him | 1 |
| and tell | 1 |
| and when he has appointed you | 1 |
| appoint them | 1 |
| appointed me | 1 |
| are also directed to tell them | 1 |
| are to command | 1 |
| as i have commanded them | 1 |
| but commission | 1 |
| but i will send | 1 |
| command them | 1 |
| command them to do | 1 |
| commanded him | 1 |
| commanded me | 1 |
| commanded that | 1 |
| commanding | 1 |
| commands you | 1 |
| decrees | 1 |
| directed | 1 |
| for i have appointed | 1 |
| gave me orders | 1 |
| gave the command | 1 |
| give the command | 1 |
| give them a message | 1 |
| gives a command | 1 |
| had commanded him to say | 1 |
| had commanded us | 1 |
| had commanded you | 1 |
| had directed | 1 |
| had forbidden | 1 |
| had given | 1 |
| had given an order | 1 |
| had given orders | 1 |
| had instructed her to do | 1 |
| had instructed him | 1 |
| had purposed | 1 |
| has been commanded | 1 |
| has bestowed | 1 |
| has commanded me | 1 |
| has commanded that | 1 |
| has decreed | 1 |
| has forbidden you | 1 |
| has given a command | 1 |
| has given me | 1 |
| has instructed me | 1 |
| has issued a command | 1 |
| has ordered | 1 |
| has told me | 1 |
| have commanded | 1 |
| have ordained | 1 |
| have you commanded | 1 |
| he charged | 1 |
| he charged you to do | 1 |
| he commanded them | 1 |
| he commanded us | 1 |
| he commanded you | 1 |
| he commands | 1 |
| he gave this command to | 1 |
| he gave you | 1 |
| he had charged them | 1 |
| he had commanded | 1 |
| he had commanded him to perform | 1 |
| he had commanded me | 1 |
| he had given | 1 |
| he has commanded us | 1 |
| he has given you | 1 |
| he has ordained | 1 |
| he instructed | 1 |
| he instructed them | 1 |
| his command | 1 |
| i am going to give the command | 1 |
| i charged | 1 |
| i command him | 1 |
| i gave you | 1 |
| i had commanded them | 1 |
| i have commanded her | 1 |
| i have given you orders | 1 |
| i have ordered | 1 |
| i have prescribed | 1 |
| i instructed | 1 |
| i laid down | 1 |
| i will dispatch him | 1 |
| in charge | 1 |
| instructed | 1 |
| instructing | 1 |
| is commanding you | 1 |
| is to order | 1 |
| must order | 1 |
| must order that | 1 |
| or commanded them | 1 |
| or instruct me | 1 |
| order | 1 |
| shall command | 1 |
| shall order | 1 |
| so directs you | 1 |
| so that i may commission him | 1 |
| so they commanded | 1 |
| so they sent word | 1 |
| summon | 1 |
| tell | 1 |
| the command | 1 |
| then jacob instructed them | 1 |
| then joseph instructed | 1 |
| then the lord commissioned | 1 |
| urging | 1 |
| warned | 1 |
| when he appointed | 1 |
| when he puts you in command | 1 |
| who ordains | 1 |
| will decree | 1 |
| will give orders | 1 |
| will give the command | 1 |
| with these orders | 1 |
| yet he commanded | 1 |
| you command him | 1 |
| you commanded me | 1 |
| you had forbidden | 1 |
| you have commanded us | 1 |
| you have given me | 1 |
| you have laid down | 1 |
| you may command | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| commanded | 160 |
| had commanded | 29 |
| which i command | 25 |
| hath commanded | 23 |
| command | 12 |
| which i commanded | 12 |
| which he commanded | 11 |
| charged | 7 |
| according to all that i have commanded | 5 |
| and he commanded | 5 |
| as i commanded | 5 |
| shall command | 5 |
| which i have commanded | 5 |
| and command | 4 |
| commandeth | 4 |
| all that i command | 3 |
| and charged | 3 |
| and he charged | 3 |
| and i commanded | 3 |
| charge | 3 |
| had charged | 3 |
| he commanded | 3 |
| in order | 3 |
| that he commanded | 3 |
| thou hast commanded | 3 |
| which i have not commanded | 3 |
| all that i have commanded | 2 |
| and commanded | 2 |
| and i charged | 2 |
| and thou shalt command | 2 |
| as he commanded | 2 |
| as i was commanded | 2 |
| bade | 2 |
| hath given a commandment | 2 |
| he hath commanded | 2 |
| i command | 2 |
| i have commanded | 2 |
| that i commanded | 2 |
| thence will i command | 2 |
| therefore i command | 2 |
| which thou hast commanded | 2 |
| whom i commanded | 2 |
| will command | 2 |
| a charge | 1 |
| according to all that i command | 1 |
| according to all that thou hast commanded | 1 |
| according unto all that he hath commanded | 1 |
| all that i commanded | 1 |
| all that thou commandest | 1 |
| also commanded | 1 |
| and commandedst | 1 |
| and commander | 1 |
| and commandeth | 1 |
| and gave him commandment | 1 |
| and gave them a charge | 1 |
| and give him a charge | 1 |
| and give thee charge | 1 |
| and had commanded | 1 |
| and he gave them in commandment | 1 |
| and i have commanded | 1 |
| and i sent | 1 |
| and i will give charge | 1 |
| and they commanded | 1 |
| and they sent a messenger | 1 |
| as he hath commanded | 1 |
| as he was commanded | 1 |
| as i have commanded | 1 |
| as thou hast commanded | 1 |
| behold i will command | 1 |
| but charge | 1 |
| commanded he | 1 |
| concerning thee and shall have appointed | 1 |
| did command | 1 |
| doth command | 1 |
| for he commanded | 1 |
| for lo i will command | 1 |
| for so i am commanded | 1 |
| for so was it charged | 1 |
| forbad | 1 |
| from thence which i commanded | 1 |
| gave charge | 1 |
| gave commandment | 1 |
| had appointed | 1 |
| had given him in commandment | 1 |
| had so commanded | 1 |
| hast thou commanded | 1 |
| hath forbidden | 1 |
| hath given it a charge | 1 |
| have i commanded | 1 |
| have not i commanded | 1 |
| he bade | 1 |
| he will command | 1 |
| him and charged | 1 |
| him he gave him a charge | 1 |
| i commanded thee | 1 |
| i will also command | 1 |
| in all that he hath charged | 1 |
| in all that i commanded | 1 |
| in all that thou commandest | 1 |
| in my stead and i have appointed | 1 |
| in that i command | 1 |
| it hath commanded | 1 |
| nor commanded | 1 |
| not for so i am commanded | 1 |
| not have not i commanded | 1 |
| nothing of all that thou commandedst | 1 |
| now therefore command | 1 |
| now thou art commanded | 1 |
| of commanding | 1 |
| or if i command | 1 |
| so as i was commanded | 1 |
| soever i command | 1 |
| that he had commanded | 1 |
| that i command | 1 |
| that i have charged | 1 |
| that i have commanded | 1 |
| that i may give him a charge | 1 |
| that i was appointed | 1 |
| that thou commandedst | 1 |
| thee and what i have commanded | 1 |
| thee and whatsoever i command | 1 |
| thee as i have commanded | 1 |
| thee thence therefore i command | 1 |
| thee therefore i command | 1 |
| them according to all which i command | 1 |
| them have i not charged | 1 |
| them not neither have i commanded | 1 |
| them not nor commanded | 1 |
| them which i command | 1 |
| then i will command | 1 |
| there behold i have commanded | 1 |
| therefore commanded | 1 |
| therefore they commanded | 1 |
| thou hast given commandment | 1 |
| thou that which i command | 1 |
| though he had commanded | 1 |
| to appoint | 1 |
| unto all that i command | 1 |
| unto her and to charge | 1 |
| unto him according as he commanded | 1 |
| unto them all that i command | 1 |
| unto them all that i shall command | 1 |
| upon her and gave him a commandment | 1 |
| upon him and gave him a charge | 1 |
| was commanded | 1 |
| whatsoever he commandeth | 1 |
| when he had commanded | 1 |
| wherefore i command | 1 |
| whereof i commanded thee | 1 |
| which he had commanded | 1 |
| which he hath commanded | 1 |
| which he was commanded | 1 |
| which i will give thee in commandment | 1 |
| which thou commandedst | 1 |
| which ye shall command | 1 |
| whom thou didst command | 1 |
| will i give him a charge | 1 |
| you as i commanded | 1 |
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And the LORD God commanded him, “You may eat freely from every tree of the garden,
Read word by word“Who told you that you were naked?” asked the LORD God. “Have you eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat?”
Read word by wordAnd to Adam He said: “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat, cursed is the ground because of you; through toil you will eat of it all the days of your life.
Read word by wordSo Noah did everything precisely as God had commanded him.
Read word by wordAnd Noah did all that the LORD had commanded him.
Read word by wordcame to Noah to enter the ark, two by two, male and female, as God had commanded Noah.
Read word by wordAnd they entered, the male and female of every living thing, as God had commanded Noah. Then the LORD shut him in.
Read word by wordThen Pharaoh gave his men orders concerning Abram, and they sent him away with his wife and all his possessions.
Read word by wordFor I have chosen him, so that he will command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the LORD by doing what is right and just, in order that the LORD may bring upon Abraham what He has promised.”
Read word by wordWhen his son Isaac was eight days old, Abraham circumcised him, as God had commanded him.
Read word by wordSo Abimelech warned all the people, saying, “Whoever harms this man or his wife will surely be put to death.”
Read word by wordNow, my son, listen to my voice and do exactly as I tell you.
Read word by wordSo Isaac called for Jacob and blessed him. “Do not take a wife from the Canaanite women,” he commanded.
Read word by wordNow Esau learned that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him to Paddan-aram to take a wife there, commanding him, “Do not marry a Canaanite woman,”
Read word by wordHe instructed them, “You are to say to my master Esau, ‘Your servant Jacob says: I have been staying with Laban and have remained there until now.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 32.5
He instructed the one in the lead, “When my brother Esau meets you and asks, ‘To whom do you belong, where are you going, and whose animals are these before you?’
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 32.18
He also instructed the second, the third, and all those following behind the herds: “When you meet Esau, you are to say the same thing to him.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 32.20
Then Joseph gave orders to fill their bags with grain, to return each man’s silver to his sack, and to give them provisions for their journey. This order was carried out,
Read word by wordThen Joseph instructed his steward: “Fill the men’s sacks with as much food as they can carry, and put each one’s silver in the mouth of his sack.
Read word by wordYou are also directed to tell them: ‘Take wagons from the land of Egypt for your young children and your wives, and bring your father and come back.
Read word by wordSo Joseph settled his father and brothers in the land of Egypt and gave them property in the best part of the land, the district of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.
Read word by wordThen Jacob instructed them, “I am about to be gathered to my people. Bury me with my fathers in the cave in the field of Ephron the Hittite.
Read word by wordWhen Jacob had finished instructing his sons, he pulled his feet into the bed and breathed his last, and he was gathered to his people.
Read word by wordAnd Joseph directed the physicians in his service to embalm his father Israel. So they embalmed him,
Read word by wordSo Jacob’s sons did as he had charged them.
Read word by wordSo they sent word to Joseph, saying, “Before he died, your father commanded,
Read word by wordThen Pharaoh commanded all his people: “Every son born to the Hebrews you must throw into the Nile, but every daughter you may allow to live.”
Read word by wordAnd Moses told Aaron everything the LORD had sent him to say, and all the signs He had commanded him to perform.
Read word by wordThat same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people and their foremen:
Read word by wordThen the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron and gave them a charge concerning both the Israelites and Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring the Israelites out of the land of Egypt.
Read word by wordYou are to speak all that I command you, and your brother Aaron is to tell Pharaoh to let the Israelites go out of his land.
Read word by wordSo Moses and Aaron did just as the LORD had commanded them.
Read word by wordSo Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and did just as the LORD had commanded. Aaron threw his staff down before Pharaoh and his officials, and it became a serpent.
Read word by wordMoses and Aaron did just as the LORD had commanded; in the presence of Pharaoh and his officials, Aaron raised the staff and struck the water of the Nile, and all the water was turned to blood.
Read word by wordAnd the Israelites went and did just what the LORD had commanded Moses and Aaron.
Read word by wordThen all the Israelites did this—they did just as the LORD had commanded Moses and Aaron.
Read word by wordThis is what the LORD has commanded: ‘Each one is to gather as much as he needs. You may take an omer for each person in your tent.’”
Read word by wordSo they set it aside until morning as Moses had commanded, and it did not smell or contain any maggots.
Read word by wordMoses said, “This is what the LORD has commanded: ‘Keep an omer of manna for the generations to come, so that they may see the bread I fed you in the wilderness when I brought you out of the land of Egypt.’”
Read word by wordAnd Aaron placed it in front of the Testimony, to be preserved just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
Read word by wordIf you follow this advice and God so directs you, then you will be able to endure, and all these people can go home in peace.”
Read word by wordSo Moses went back and summoned the elders of the people and set before them all these words that the LORD had commanded him.
Read word by wordYou are to keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread as I commanded you: At the appointed time in the month of Abib you are to eat unleavened bread for seven days, because that was the month you came out of Egypt. No one may appear before Me empty-handed.
Read word by wordAnd I will meet with you there above the mercy seat, between the two cherubim that are over the ark of the Testimony; I will speak with you about all that I command you regarding the Israelites.
Read word by wordAnd you are to command the Israelites to bring you pure oil of pressed olives for the light, to keep the lamps burning continually.
Read word by wordThis is what you are to do for Aaron and his sons based on all that I have commanded you, taking seven days to ordain them.
Read word by wordMoreover, I have selected Oholiab son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, as his assistant. I have also given skill to all the craftsmen, that they may fashion all that I have commanded you:
Read word by wordin addition to the anointing oil and fragrant incense for the Holy Place. They are to make them according to all that I have commanded you.”
Read word by wordHow quickly they have turned aside from the way that I commanded them! They have made for themselves a molten calf and have bowed down to it. They have sacrificed to it and said, ‘These, O Israel, are your gods, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.’”
Read word by wordSo Moses chiseled out two stone tablets like the originals. He rose early in the morning, and taking the two stone tablets in his hands, he went up Mount Sinai as the LORD had commanded him.
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