4687. mitsvah
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mitsvah: commandment
Original Word: מִצְוָה
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Transliteration: mitsvah
Phonetic Spelling: (mits-vaw')
Short Definition: commandments

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from tsavah
Definition
commandment
NASB Translation
command (15), commanded (7), commandment (34), commandments (118), commands (2), obligation (1), prescribed (2), terms (1), things (4), tradition* (1), what (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
מִצְוָה181 noun feminine commandment; — ׳מ Proverbs 6:23 +; construct מִצְוִת Joshua 22:3 +; suffix מִצְוָ˜תְךָ Deuteronomy 26:13; Psalm 119:96; מִצְוָתוֺ Numbers 15:81; plural מִצְוֺת absolute Leviticus 26:14 +(מִצְווֺת Nehemiah 9:14); construct Nehemiah 4:2 +; suffix מִצְוֺתַי Genesis 26:5 +, etc.; — not used before D and Jeremiah; in Jeremiah only of man's commands; not Ezekiel nor Minor Prophets, except Malachi; —

1 commandment, of man: king, 1 Kings 2:43; 2 Kings 18:36 = Isaiah 36:21; 2Chronicles 8:15 14t.; אב ׳מ Jeremiah 35:14,16,18; Proverbs 6:20; אנשׁים ׳מ Isaiah 29:13; plural only Jeremiah 35:18; Proverbs 10:8; Nehemiah 10:33; המצוה, the order (title of property) Jeremiah 32:11.

2 of God:

a. singular the commandment, code of law: 2 Chronicles 8:13; Ezra 10:3; Psalm 19:9; especially of D ׳שׁמר המ Deuteronomy 8:1,25t. D; ׳עשׂח המ Deuteronomy 6:25; Deuteronomy 15:5; אשׁר צוּה ׳(ה)מ) Deuteronomy 26:13; Deuteronomy 30:11; Deuteronomy 31:5; ׳סוּר מִן המ Deuteronomy 17:20; הֵפַר ׳מ Numbers 15:31 (P); "" תּוֺרָה Exodus 24:12 (RD) Joshua 22:5 (D) 2 Chron 14:3; 2 Chronicles 31:21; +חֻקִּים, מִשְׁמָּטִים Deuteronomy 5:28; Deuteronomy 6:1 +.

b. plural of commands of D and later codes with 2 plural (ye shall, shall not; BrHex. new ed., 246 ff.), Leviticus 4:2 5t. P, Isaiah 48:18 25t. (late; especially Psalm 119:20 t.); ׳שׁמר מ Exodus 20:6 (R) Leviticus 22:31 (H) Deuteronomy 4:2 10t. D, 1 Kings 14:8; 2 Kings 18:6 5t.; ׳עשׂה מ Leviticus 26:14 (H) + 5 t.; ׳שׁמע מ Deuteronomy 11:13 4t.; אשׁר צוּה ׳המ Leviticus 27:34 (H); ׳עבר מ Deuteronomy 26:13; 2Chronicles 24:20; ׳עזב מ 1 Kings 18:18; 2 Kings 17:16; Ezra 9:10; ׳הפר מ Ezra 9:14; in combinations, especially by Redactors and late writers; order various: (1) with חֻקִּים Exodus 15:26 (RD) Deuteronomy 4:40; Ezra 7:11 +; ׳ח + משׁפטים Deuteronomy 26:17; 1 Kings 8:58; Nehemiah 1:7; Nehemiah 10:30; + משׁפטים, תורות Nehemiah 9:18; + תורה Nehemiah 9:14; + עדוֺת Deuteronomy 6:17; 1 Chronicles 29:19; 2Chronicles 34:31. (2) with חֻקּוֺת Leviticus 26:3 (H) Deuteronomy 6:2; Deuteronomy 10:13 + 9t.; ׳ח + משׁפטים Leviticus 26:15; Deuteronomy 8:11; Deuteronomy 11:1; Deuteronomy 30:16; 1 Kings 6:12 + תורה, משׁפטים Psalm 89:32, + משׁפטים, עֵדְוֺת 1 Kings 2:3; + תּוֺרוֺת Genesis 26:5 (RD); +עדוֺת 2 Kings 23:3. (3) with משׁפטים Numbers 36:13 (P) 1 Chronicles 28:7; Nehemiah 9:29; Daniel 9:5; with תורות Exodus 16:28 (R), with ערות Nehemiah 9:34.

c. of special commands of God 1 Samuel 13:13; 1 Kings 13:21; 2Chronicles 29:25; Nehemiah 13:5; Malachi 2:1,4; Job 23:12.

3 commandment, singular, of code of wisdom Proverbs 19:16, "" תורה Proverbs 6:23, "" דבר Proverbs 13:13; plural of special commands Proverbs 2:1; Proverbs 3:1; Proverbs 4:4; Proverbs 7:1,2.



Strong's
which was commanded, law, ordinance, precept

From tsavah; a command, whether human or divine (collectively, the Law) -- (which was) commanded(-ment), law, ordinance, precept.

see HEBREW tsavah

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