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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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 |
|---|---|
| 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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You shall eat it in a holy place, because it is your share and your sons’ share of the food offerings to the LORD; for this is what I have been commanded.
Read word by wordThey are to bring the thigh of the contribution and the breast of the wave offering, together with the fat portions of the food offerings, to wave as a wave offering before the LORD. It will belong permanently to you and your children, as the LORD has commanded.”
Read word by wordSince its blood was not brought inside the holy place, you should have eaten it in the sanctuary area, as I commanded.”
Read word by wordthe priest is to order the contaminated article to be washed and isolated for another seven days.
Read word by wordthe priest shall order that two live clean birds, cedar wood, scarlet yarn, and hyssop be brought for the one to be cleansed.
Read word by wordThen the priest shall command that one of the birds be slaughtered over fresh water in a clay pot.
Read word by wordThe priest must order that the house be cleared before he enters it to examine the mildew, so that nothing in the house will become unclean. After this, the priest shall go in to inspect the house.
Read word by wordhe must order that the contaminated stones be pulled out and thrown into an unclean place outside the city.
Read word by wordThis is to be a permanent statute for you, to make atonement once a year for the Israelites because of all their sins.” And all this was done as the LORD had commanded Moses.
Read word by word“Speak to Aaron, his sons, and all the Israelites and tell them this is what the LORD has commanded:
Read word by word“Command the Israelites to bring you pure oil of pressed olives for the light, to keep the lamps burning continually.
Read word by wordThen Moses spoke to the Israelites, and they took the blasphemer outside the camp and stoned him. So the Israelites did as the LORD had commanded Moses.
Read word by wordBut I will send My blessing upon you in the sixth year, so that the land will yield a crop sufficient for three years.
Read word by wordThese are the commandments that the LORD gave to Moses for the Israelites on Mount Sinai.
Read word by wordjust as the LORD had commanded Moses. So Moses numbered them in the Wilderness of Sinai:
Read word by wordThus the Israelites did everything just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
Read word by wordBut the Levites were not counted among the other Israelites, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
Read word by wordSo the Israelites did everything the LORD commanded Moses; they camped under their standards in this way and set out in the same way, each man with his clan and his family.
Read word by wordSo Moses numbered them according to the word of the LORD, as he had been commanded.
Read word by wordSo Moses numbered all the firstborn of the Israelites, as the LORD had commanded him.
Read word by wordAnd Moses gave the redemption money to Aaron and his sons in obedience to the word of the LORD, just as the LORD had commanded him.
Read word by wordAt the LORD’s command through Moses they were numbered, and each one was assigned his work and burden, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
Read word by word“Command the Israelites to send away from the camp anyone with a skin disease, anyone who has a bodily discharge, and anyone who is defiled by a dead body.
Read word by wordAnd Aaron did so; he set up the lamps facing toward the front of the lampstand, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
Read word by wordSo Moses, Aaron, and the whole congregation of Israel did with the Levites everything that the LORD had commanded Moses they should do.
Read word by wordAfter that, the Levites came to perform their service at the Tent of Meeting in the presence of Aaron and his sons. Thus they did with the Levites just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
Read word by wordand they did so in the Wilderness of Sinai, at twilight on the fourteenth day of the first month. The Israelites did everything just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
Read word by word“Wait here until I find out what the LORD commands concerning you,” Moses replied.
Read word by wordall that the LORD has commanded you through Moses from the day the LORD gave them and continuing through the generations to come—
Read word by wordSo the whole congregation took the man outside the camp and stoned him to death, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
Read word by wordSo Moses did as the LORD had commanded him.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 17.26
“This is the statute of the law that the LORD has commanded: Instruct the Israelites to bring you an unblemished red heifer that has no defect and has never been placed under a yoke.
Read word by wordSo Moses took the staff from the LORD’s presence, just as he had been commanded.
Read word by wordSo Moses did as the LORD had commanded, and they climbed Mount Hor in the sight of the whole congregation.
Read word by word“Take a census of the men twenty years of age or older, as the LORD has commanded Moses.” And these were the Israelites who came out of the land of Egypt:
Read word by wordAnd if his father has no brothers, give his inheritance to the next of kin from his clan, that he may take possession of it. This is to be a statutory ordinance for the Israelites, as the LORD has commanded Moses.’”
Read word by wordHave him stand before Eleazar the priest and the whole congregation, and commission him in their sight.
Read word by wordMoses did as the LORD had commanded him. He took Joshua, had him stand before Eleazar the priest and the whole congregation,
Read word by wordand laid his hands on him and commissioned him, as the LORD had instructed through Moses.
Read word by word“Command the Israelites and say to them: See that you present to Me at its appointed time the food for My food offerings, as a pleasing aroma to Me.
Read word by wordSo Moses spoke all this to the Israelites just as the LORD had commanded him.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 30.1
Then Moses said to the heads of the tribes of Israel, “This is what the LORD has commanded:
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 30.2
These are the statutes that the LORD commanded Moses concerning the relationship between a man and his wife, and between a father and a young daughter still in his home.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 30.17
Then they waged war against Midian, as the LORD had commanded Moses, and they killed every male.
Read word by wordThen Eleazar the priest said to the soldiers who had gone into battle, “This is the statute of the law which the LORD has commanded Moses:
Read word by wordSo Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the LORD had commanded Moses,
Read word by wordMoses gave the tribute to Eleazar the priest as an offering for the LORD, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
Read word by wordFrom the Israelites’ half, Moses took one out of every fifty persons and animals and gave them to the Levites who kept charge of the tabernacle of the LORD, as the LORD had commanded him.
Read word by wordThe Gadites and Reubenites said to Moses, “Your servants will do just as our lord commands.
Read word by wordSo Moses gave orders about them to Eleazar the priest, to Joshua son of Nun, and to the family leaders of the tribes of Israel.
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