צָוָה tsavah

Hebrew word for “to command” · Strong’s H6680 · used 494 times in 475 verses

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Meaning

1) to command, charge, give orders, lay charge, give charge to, order;

How it is translated

Glosses given for tsavah in context, with how often each is used:

• commanded 185
• had commanded 124
• commanding 40
• has commanded 33
• will command 28
• have commanded 24
• command 16
• appointed 5
• commands 4
• about to command 3
• have been commanded 2
• had been commanded 2

Where it is used

Also in 15 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Leviticus 8 (11), Exodus 39 (10), Exodus 40 (8), Deuteronomy 6 (7), Joshua 1 (7), Joshua 8 (7), Deuteronomy 4 (6), Deuteronomy 28 (6), Deuteronomy 31 (6), Jeremiah 35 (6)

Forms

• צוה 197
• ויצו 47
• צויתי 39
• מצוך 28
• מצוה 16
• צוך 12
• צוהו 10
• צויתיך 9
• צו 9
• אצוה 8

Words used with it

Words that share verses with tsavah more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• מֹשֶׁה mosheh “Moses” 133
• שָׁמַר shamar “to keep” 64
• מִצְוָה mitsvah “commandment” 46
• אָנֹכִי anokhi “I” 51
• דָּבָר davar “word” 64
• כֵּן ken “so” 44
• הָלַךְ halakh “to go” 47
• עֶבֶד eved “servant/slave” 38
• אָב av “father” 40
• חֹק choq “statute” 23
• שָׁמַע shama “to hear” 38
• דָבַר davar “to speak” 37

Key verses

The verses using tsavah that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Genesis 18:19 — For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the…
• Leviticus 10:1 — And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took either of them his censer, and put fire therein, and put incense thereon, and offered strange fire before the…
• Deuteronomy 12:11 — Then there shall be a place which the LORD your God shall choose to cause his name to dwell there; thither shall ye bring all that I command you; your burnt…
• Deuteronomy 28:1 — And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee…
• Deuteronomy 28:15 — But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command…
• Joshua 1:9 — Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.
• Joshua 22:5 — But take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law, which Moses the servant of the LORD charged you, to love the LORD your God, and to walk in all his…
• 2 Samuel 13:28 — Now Absalom had commanded his servants, saying, Mark ye now when Amnon’s heart is merry with wine, and when I say unto you, Smite Amnon; then kill him, fear…
• 2 Kings 17:13 — Yet the LORD testified against Israel, and against Judah, by all the prophets, and by all the seers, saying, Turn ye from your evil ways, and keep my…
• Isaiah 5:6 — And I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor digged; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain…
• Isaiah 10:6 — I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to…
• Zechariah 1:6 — But my words and my statutes, which I commanded my servants the prophets, did they not take hold of your fathers? and they returned and said, Like as the LORD…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.