צָוָה
tsa.vah
“to command”
Definition
(intensively) to constitute, enjoin
a primitive root;
- 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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Grammar & Morphology
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Occurrences
צָוָה appears 454 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
So David did as God had commanded him, and they struck down the army of the Philistines all the way from Gibeon to Gezer.
For if you carefully keep all these commandments I am giving you to follow—to love the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways, and to hold fast to Him—
So Moses went back and summoned the elders of the people and set before them all these words that the LORD had commanded him.
So 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.
Since its blood was not brought inside the holy place, you should have eaten it in the sanctuary area, as I commanded.”
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