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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Be my rock of refuge, where I can always go. Give the command to save me, for You are my rock and my fortress.
Read word by wordFor He established a testimony in Jacob and appointed a law in Israel, which He commanded our fathers to teach to their children,
Read word by wordYet He commanded the clouds above and opened the doors of the heavens.
Read word by wordFor He will command His angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways.
Read word by wordHe remembers His covenant forever, the word He ordained for a thousand generations—
Read word by wordHe has sent redemption to His people; He has ordained His covenant forever; holy and awesome is His name.
Read word by wordYou have ordained Your precepts, that we should keep them diligently.
Read word by wordThe testimonies You have laid down are righteous and altogether faithful.
Read word by wordIt is like the dew of Hermon falling on the mountains of Zion. For there the LORD has bestowed the blessing of life forevermore.
Read word by wordLet them praise the name of the LORD, for He gave the command and they were created.
Read word by wordI will make it a wasteland, neither pruned nor cultivated, and thorns and briers will grow up. I will command the clouds that rain shall not fall on it.”
Read word by wordI will send him against a godless nation; I will dispatch him against a people destined for My rage, to take spoils and seize plunder, and to trample them down like clay in the streets.
Read word by wordI have commanded My sanctified ones; I have even summoned My warriors to execute My wrath and exult in My triumph.
Read word by wordThe LORD has stretched out His hand over the sea; He has made kingdoms tremble. He has given a command that the strongholds of Canaan be destroyed.
Read word by wordSearch and read the scroll of the LORD: Not one of these will go missing, not one will lack her mate, because He has ordered it by His mouth, and He will gather them by His Spirit.
Read word by wordIn those days Hezekiah became mortally ill. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz came to him and said, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Put your house in order, for you are about to die; you will not recover.’”
Read word by wordThus says the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, and its Maker: “Concerning things to come, do you question Me about My sons, or instruct Me in the work of My hands?
Read word by wordIt is I who made the earth and created man upon it. It was My hands that stretched out the heavens, and I ordained all their host.
Read word by wordTherefore I declared it to you long ago; I announced it before it came to pass, so that you could not claim, ‘My idol has done this; my carved image and molten god has ordained it.’
Read word by wordBehold, I have made him a witness to the nations, a leader and commander of the peoples.
Read word by wordBut the LORD told me: “Do not say, ‘I am only a child.’ For to everyone I send you, you must go, and all that I command you, you must speak.
Read word by wordGet yourself ready. Stand up and tell them everything that I command you. Do not be intimidated by them, or I will terrify you before them.
Read word by wordFor when I brought your fathers out of the land of Egypt, I did not merely command them about burnt offerings and sacrifices,
Read word by wordbut this is what I commanded them: Obey Me, and I will be your God, and you will be My people. You must walk in all the ways I have commanded you, so that it may go well with you.
Read word by wordThey have built the high places of Topheth in the Valley of Ben-hinnom so they could burn their sons and daughters in the fire—something I never commanded, nor did it even enter My mind.
Read word by wordwhich I commanded your forefathers when I brought them out of the land of Egypt, out of the iron furnace, saying, ‘Obey Me, and do everything I command you, and you will be My people, and I will be your God.’
Read word by wordYet they would not obey or incline their ears, but each one followed the stubbornness of his evil heart. So I brought on them all the curses of this covenant I had commanded them to follow but they did not keep.”
Read word by wordSo I went and hid it at Perath, as the LORD had commanded me.
Read word by wordMany days later the LORD said to me, “Arise, go to Perath, and get the loincloth that I commanded you to hide there.”
Read word by word“The prophets are prophesying lies in My name,” replied the LORD. “I did not send them or appoint them or speak to them. They are prophesying to you a false vision, a worthless divination, the futility and delusion of their own minds.
Read word by wordYou must not carry a load out of your houses or do any work on the Sabbath day, but you must keep the Sabbath day holy, just as I commanded your forefathers.
Read word by wordThey have built high places to Baal on which to burn their children in the fire as offerings to Baal—something I never commanded or mentioned, nor did it even enter My mind.
Read word by word“Indeed,” declares the LORD, “I am against those who prophesy false dreams and retell them to lead My people astray with their reckless lies. It was not I who sent them or commanded them, and they are of no benefit at all to these people,” declares the LORD.
Read word by word“This is what the LORD says: Stand in the courtyard of the house of the LORD and speak all the words I have commanded you to speak to all the cities of Judah who come to worship there. Do not omit a word.
Read word by wordand as soon as he had finished telling all the people everything the LORD had commanded him to say, the priests and prophets and all the people seized him, shouting, “You must surely die!
Read word by wordGive them a message from the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, to relay to their masters:
Read word by wordFor they have committed an outrage in Israel by committing adultery with the wives of their neighbors and speaking lies in My name, which I did not command them to do. I am He who knows, and I am a witness, declares the LORD.”
Read word by wordIn their sight I instructed Baruch,
Read word by wordThey came in and possessed it, but they did not obey Your voice or walk in Your law. They failed to perform all that You commanded them to do, and so You have brought upon them all this disaster.
Read word by wordThey have built the high places of Baal in the Valley of Ben-hinnom to make their sons and daughters pass through the fire to Molech—something I never commanded them, nor had it ever entered My mind, that they should commit such an abomination and cause Judah to sin.
Read word by wordBehold, I am going to give the command, declares the LORD, and I will bring them back to this city. They will fight against it, capture it, and burn it down. And I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant.”
Read word by word“We do not drink wine,” they replied, “for our forefather Jonadab son of Rechab commanded us, ‘Neither you nor your descendants are ever to drink wine.
Read word by wordAnd we have obeyed the voice of our forefather Jonadab son of Rechab in all he commanded us. So we have not drunk wine all our lives—neither we nor our wives nor our sons and daughters.
Read word by wordBut we have lived in tents and have obeyed and done exactly as our forefather Jonadab commanded us.
Read word by wordThe words of Jonadab son of Rechab have been carried out. He commanded his sons not to drink wine, and they have not drunk it to this very day because they have obeyed the command of their forefather. But I have spoken to you again and again, and you have not obeyed Me!
Read word by wordYes, the sons of Jonadab son of Rechab carried out the command their forefather gave them, but these people have not listened to Me.
Read word by wordThen Jeremiah said to the house of the Rechabites: “This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘Because you have obeyed the command of your forefather Jonadab and have kept all his commandments and have done all that he charged you to do,
Read word by wordThen Jeremiah commanded Baruch, “I am restricted; I cannot enter the house of the LORD;
Read word by wordSo Baruch son of Neriah did everything that Jeremiah the prophet had commanded him. In the house of the LORD he read the words of the LORD from the scroll.
Read word by wordInstead, the king commanded Jerahmeel, a son of the king, as well as Seraiah son of Azriel and Shelemiah son of Abdeel, to seize Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet. But the LORD had hidden them.
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