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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and commanded Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam son of Shaphan, Achbor son of Micaiah, Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah the servant of the king:
Read word by wordThen the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, the priests second in rank, and the doorkeepers to remove from the temple of the LORD all the articles made for Baal, Asherah, and all the host of heaven. And he burned them outside Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron and carried their ashes to Bethel.
Read word by wordThe king commanded all the people, “Keep the Passover of the LORD your God, as it is written in this Book of the Covenant.”
Read word by wordBut Aaron and his sons did all the work of the Most Holy Place. They presented the offerings on the altar of burnt offering and on the altar of incense to make atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 6.34
So David did as God had commanded him, and they struck down the army of the Philistines all the way from Gibeon to Gezer.
Read word by wordAnd the Levites carried the ark of God on their shoulders with the poles, as Moses had commanded in accordance with the word of the LORD.
Read word by wordRemember His covenant forever, the word He ordained for a thousand generations—
Read word by wordto regularly present burnt offerings to the LORD on the altar of burnt offerings, morning and evening, according to all that was written in the Law of the LORD, which He had commanded Israel to keep.
Read word by wordIn all My journeys with all the Israelites, have I ever asked any of the leaders I appointed to shepherd My people, ‘Why haven’t you built Me a house of cedar?’
Read word by wordand have done since the day I appointed judges over My people Israel. And I will subdue all your enemies. Moreover, I declare to you that the LORD will build a house for you.
Read word by wordThen David called for his son Solomon and instructed him to build a house for the LORD, the God of Israel.
Read word by wordAbove all, may the LORD give you insight and understanding when He puts you in command over Israel, so that you may keep the Law of the LORD your God.
Read word by wordThen you will succeed, if you carefully follow the statutes and ordinances that the LORD commanded Moses for Israel. Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or discouraged.
Read word by wordThen David ordered all the leaders of Israel to help his son Solomon:
Read word by wordThis was their appointed order for service when they entered the house of the LORD, according to the regulations prescribed for them by their forefather Aaron, as the LORD, the God of Israel, had commanded him.
Read word by wordIf I close the sky so there is no rain, or if I command the locust to devour the land, or if I send a plague among My people,
Read word by wordAnd as for you, if you walk before Me as your father David walked, doing all I have commanded you, and if you keep My statutes and ordinances,
Read word by wordNow the king of Aram had ordered his chariot commanders, “Do not fight with anyone, small or great, except the king of Israel.”
Read word by wordHe commanded them, saying, “You must serve faithfully and wholeheartedly in the fear of the LORD.
Read word by wordSo the Levites and all Judah did everything that Jehoiada the priest had ordered. Each of them took his men—those coming on duty on the Sabbath and those going off duty—for Jehoiada the priest had not released any of the divisions.
Read word by wordYet he did not put their sons to death, but acted according to what is written in the Law, in the Book of Moses, where the LORD commanded: “Fathers must not be put to death for their children, and children must not be put to death for their fathers; each is to die for his own sin.”
Read word by wordI will never again cause the feet of the Israelites to leave the land that I assigned to your fathers, if only they are careful to do all that I have commanded them through Moses—all the laws, statutes, and judgments.”
Read word by wordand commanded Hilkiah, Ahikam son of Shaphan, Abdon son of Micah, Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah the servant of the king:
Read word by wordBut Zerubbabel, Jeshua, and the other heads of the families of Israel replied, “You have no part with us in building a house for our God, since we alone must build it for the LORD, the God of Israel, as Cyrus king of Persia has commanded us.”
Read word by wordAnd I sent them to Iddo, the leader at Casiphia, with a message for him and his kinsmen, the temple servants at Casiphia, that they should bring to us ministers for the house of our God.
Read word by wordthat You gave through Your servants the prophets, saying: ‘The land that you are entering to possess is a land polluted by the impurity of its peoples and the abominations with which they have filled it from end to end.
Read word by wordWe have behaved corruptly against You and have not kept the commandments, statutes, and ordinances that You gave Your servant Moses.
Read word by wordRemember, I pray, the word that You commanded Your servant Moses when You said, ‘If you are unfaithful, I will scatter you among the nations,
Read word by wordFurthermore, from the day King Artaxerxes appointed me to be their governor in the land of Judah, from his twentieth year until his thirty-second year (twelve years total), neither I nor my brothers ate the food allotted to the governor.
Read word by wordThen I put my brother Hanani in charge of Jerusalem, along with Hananiah the commander of the fortress, because he was a faithful man who feared God more than most.
Read word by wordAt that time all the people gathered together in the square before the Water Gate, and they asked Ezra the scribe to bring out the Book of the Law of Moses, which the LORD had commanded for Israel.
Read word by wordAnd they found written in the Law, which the LORD had commanded through Moses, that the Israelites were to dwell in booths during the feast of the seventh month,
Read word by wordYou revealed to them Your holy Sabbath and gave them commandments and statutes and laws through Your servant Moses.
Read word by wordEsther did not reveal her people or her lineage, because Mordecai had instructed her not to do so.
Read word by wordEsther still had not revealed her lineage or her people, just as Mordecai had instructed. She obeyed Mordecai’s command, as she had done under his care.
Read word by wordAll the royal servants at the king’s gate bowed down and paid homage to Haman, because the king had commanded that this be done for him. But Mordecai would not bow down or pay homage.
Read word by wordOn the thirteenth day of the first month, the royal scribes were summoned and the order was written exactly as Haman commanded the royal satraps, the governors of each province, and the officials of each people, in the script of each province and the language of every people. It was written in the name of King Xerxes and sealed with the royal signet ring.
Read word by wordThen Esther summoned Hathach, one of the king’s eunuchs appointed to her, and she dispatched him to Mordecai to learn what was troubling him and why.
Read word by wordMordecai also gave Hathach a copy of the written decree issued in Susa for the destruction of the Jews, to show and explain to Esther, urging her to approach the king, implore his favor, and plead before him for her people.
Read word by wordThen Esther spoke to Hathach and instructed him to tell Mordecai,
Read word by wordSo Mordecai went and did all that Esther had instructed him.
Read word by wordAt once the royal scribes were summoned, and on the twenty-third day of the third month (the month of Sivan), they recorded all of Mordecai’s orders to the Jews and to the satraps, governors, and princes of the 127 provinces from India to Cush—writing to each province in its own script, to every people in their own language, and to the Jews in their own script and language.
Read word by wordHe fills His hands with lightning and commands it to strike its mark.
Read word by wordThey swirl about, whirling at His direction, accomplishing all that He commands over the face of all the earth.
Read word by wordIn your days, have you commanded the morning or assigned the dawn its place,
Read word by wordArise, O LORD, in Your anger; rise up against the fury of my enemies. Awake, my God, and ordain judgment.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 7.7
For He spoke, and it came to be; He commanded, and it stood firm.
Read word by wordThe LORD decrees His loving devotion by day, and at night His song is with me as a prayer to the God of my life.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 42.9
You are my King, O God, who ordains victories for Jacob.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 44.5
Summon Your power, O God; show Your strength, O God, which You have exerted on our behalf.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 68.29
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