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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So they answered Joshua, “Everything you have commanded us we will do, and everywhere you send us we will go.
Read word by wordAnyone who rebels against your order and does not obey your words, all that you command him, will be put to death. Above all, be strong and courageous!”
Read word by wordand commanded the people: “When you see the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God being carried by the Levitical priests, you are to set out from your positions and follow it.
Read word by wordCommand the priests carrying the ark of the covenant: ‘When you reach the edge of the waters, stand in the Jordan.’”
Read word by wordand command them: ‘Take up for yourselves twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan where the priests were standing, carry them with you, and set them down in the place where you spend the night.’”
Read word by wordThus the Israelites did as Joshua had commanded them. They took up twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan, one for each tribe of Israel, just as the LORD had told Joshua; and they carried them to the camp, where they set them down.
Read word by wordNow the priests who carried the ark remained standing in the middle of the Jordan until the people had completed everything the LORD had commanded Joshua to tell them, just as Moses had directed Joshua. The people hurried across,
Read word by word“Command the priests who carry the ark of the Testimony to come up from the Jordan.”
Read word by wordSo Joshua commanded the priests, “Come up from the Jordan.”
Read word by wordBut Joshua had commanded the people: “Do not give a battle cry or let your voice be heard; do not let one word come out of your mouth until the day I tell you to shout. Then you are to shout!”
Read word by wordIsrael has sinned; they have transgressed My covenant that I commanded them, and they have taken some of what was devoted to destruction. Indeed, they have stolen and lied, and they have put these things with their own possessions.
Read word by wordwith these orders: “Pay attention. You are to lie in ambush behind the city, not too far from it. All of you must be ready.
Read word by wordAnd when you have taken the city, set it on fire. Do as the LORD has commanded! See, I have given you orders.”
Read word by wordIsrael took for themselves only the cattle and plunder of that city, as the LORD had commanded Joshua.
Read word by wordHe hung the king of Ai on a tree until evening, and at sunset Joshua commanded that they take down the body from the tree and throw it down at the entrance of the city gate. And over it they raised a large pile of rocks, which remains to this day.
Read word by wordjust as Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded the Israelites. He built it according to what is written in the Book of the Law of Moses: “an altar of uncut stones on which no iron tool has been used.” And on it they offered burnt offerings to the LORD, and they sacrificed peace offerings.
Read word by wordAll Israel, foreigners and citizens alike, with their elders, officers, and judges, stood on both sides of the ark of the covenant of the LORD facing the Levitical priests who carried it. Half of the people stood in front of Mount Gerizim and half of them in front of Mount Ebal, as Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded earlier, to bless the people of Israel.
Read word by wordThere was not a word of all that Moses had commanded that Joshua failed to read before the whole assembly of Israel, including the women, the little ones, and the foreigners who lived among them.
Read word by wordThe Gibeonites answered, “Your servants were told clearly that the LORD your God had commanded His servant Moses to give you all the land and wipe out all its inhabitants before you. So we greatly feared for our lives because of you, and that is why we have done this.
Read word by wordAt sunset Joshua ordered that they be taken down from the trees and thrown into the cave in which they had hidden. Then large stones were placed against the mouth of the cave, and the stones are there to this day.
Read word by wordSo Joshua conquered the whole region—the hill country, the Negev, the foothills, and the slopes, together with all their kings—leaving no survivors. He devoted to destruction everything that breathed, just as the LORD, the God of Israel, had commanded.
Read word by wordJoshua captured all these kings and their cities and put them to the sword. He devoted them to destruction, as Moses the LORD’s servant had commanded.
Read word by wordAs the LORD had commanded His servant Moses, so Moses commanded Joshua. That is what Joshua did, leaving nothing undone of all that the LORD had commanded Moses.
Read word by wordFor it was of the LORD to harden their hearts to engage Israel in battle, so that they would be set apart for destruction and would receive no mercy, being annihilated as the LORD had commanded Moses.
Read word by wordAll the inhabitants of the hill country from Lebanon to Misrephoth-maim—all the Sidonians—I Myself will drive out before the Israelites. Be sure to divide it by lot as an inheritance to Israel, as I have commanded you.
Read word by wordTheir inheritance was assigned by lot for the nine and a half tribes, as the LORD had commanded through Moses.
Read word by wordSo the Israelites did as the LORD had commanded Moses, and they divided the land.
Read word by wordThey approached Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the leaders, and said, “The LORD commanded Moses to give us an inheritance among our brothers.” So Joshua gave them an inheritance among their father’s brothers, in keeping with the command of the LORD.
Read word by wordAs the men got up to go out, Joshua commanded them to map out the land, saying, “Go and survey the land, map it out, and return to me. Then I will cast lots for you here in Shiloh in the presence of the LORD.”
Read word by wordat Shiloh in the land of Canaan and said to them, “The LORD commanded through Moses that we be given cities in which to live, together with pasturelands for our livestock.”
Read word by wordSo the Israelites allotted to the Levites these cities, together with their pasturelands, as the LORD had commanded through Moses.
Read word by wordand told them, “You have done all that Moses the servant of the LORD commanded you, and you have obeyed my voice in all that I commanded you.
Read word by wordBut be very careful to observe the commandment and the law that Moses the servant of the LORD gave you: to love the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways, to keep His commandments, to hold fast to Him, and to serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul.”
Read word by wordIf you transgress the covenant of the LORD your God, which He commanded you, and go and serve other gods and bow down to them, then the anger of the LORD will burn against you, and you will quickly perish from this good land He has given you.”
Read word by wordSo the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He said, “Because this nation has transgressed the covenant I laid down for their fathers and has not heeded My voice,
Read word by wordThese nations were left to test the Israelites, to find out whether they would keep the commandments of the LORD, which He had given their fathers through Moses.
Read word by wordShe summoned Barak son of Abinoam from Kedesh in Naphtali and said to him, “Surely the LORD, the God of Israel, is commanding you: ‘Go and march to Mount Tabor, taking with you ten thousand men of Naphtali and Zebulun.
Read word by wordShe must not eat anything that comes from the vine, nor drink any wine or strong drink, nor eat anything unclean. She must do everything I have commanded her.”
Read word by wordSo the congregation sent 12,000 of their most valiant men and commanded them: “Go and put to the sword those living in Jabesh-gilead, including women and children.
Read word by wordSo they commanded the Benjamites: “Go, hide in the vineyards
Read word by wordLet your eyes be on the field they are harvesting, and follow along after these girls. Indeed, I have ordered the young men not to touch you. And when you are thirsty, go and drink from the jars the young men have filled.”
Read word by wordWhen Ruth got up to glean, Boaz ordered his young men, “Even if she gathers among the sheaves, do not insult her.
Read word by wordSo she went down to the threshing floor and did everything her mother-in-law had instructed her to do.
Read word by wordWhy then do you kick at My sacrifice and offering that I have prescribed for My dwelling place? You have honored your sons more than Me by fattening yourselves with the best of all the offerings of My people Israel.’
Read word by word“You have acted foolishly,” Samuel declared. “You have not kept the command that the LORD your God gave you; if you had, the LORD would have established your kingdom over Israel for all time.
Read word by wordBut now your kingdom will not endure; the LORD has sought a man after His own heart and appointed him ruler over His people, because you have not kept the command of the LORD.”
Read word by wordSo David got up early in the morning, left the flock with a keeper, loaded up, and set out as Jesse had instructed him. He reached the camp as the army was marching out to its position and shouting the battle cry.
Read word by wordThen Saul ordered his servants, “Speak to David privately and tell him, ‘Behold, the king is pleased with you, and all his servants love you. Now therefore, become his son-in-law.’”
Read word by wordsaying, ‘Please let me go, because our clan is holding a sacrifice in the city, and my brother has told me to be there. So now, if I have found favor in your eyes, please let me go and see my brothers.’ That is why he has not come to the king’s table.”
Read word by word“The king has given me a mission,” David replied. “He told me no one is to know about the mission on which I am sending you. And I have directed my young men to meet me at a certain place.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 21.3
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