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Word Study · Strong's H4687 · Hebrew

מִצְוָה

mitsvah

mits-vaw'

Strong's 1890 spelling: mitsvâh

a command, whether human or divine (collectively, the Law)

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

a command, whether human or divine (collectively, the Law)

Rendered in the KJV as

(which was) commanded(-ment), law, ordinance, precept.

  • 181
    occurrencesin the Old Testament
  • 23 of 39
    Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
  • 94
    inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 181 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 94

  • הַמִּצְוָ֣ה6
  • מִצְוַ֥ת6
  • מִצְוֹת֙6
  • מִצְוֹתֶֽיךָ׃6
  • מִצְוֹ֣ת5
  • מִצְוֹתַ֣י5
  • מִצְוֹתָיו֙5
  • מִצְוֹתָ֔יו5
  • הַמִּצְוָ֔ה4
  • וּ֝מִצְוֹתַ֗י4
  • מִצְוֹ֖ת4
  • מִצְוֹתַ֖י4

and 82 more spellings in the ledger below.

How it is rendered · 47

  • [the] commandments of23
  • commandments his23
  • commandments my19
  • commandments your19
  • the commandment16
  • [the] commandment of12
  • and commandments my7
  • according to [the] command of5
  • and commandments his4
  • and the commandment3
  • from commandments your3
  • the commandments3

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 25

  • noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular25
  • noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)23
  • the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singular20
  • noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular19
  • noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular19
  • noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)17
  • preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)10
  • preposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular8
  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular7
  • the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine plural5
  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular4
  • noun · feminine singular4
Show the grammar codes as tagged
  • HNcfpc/Sp3ms · 25
  • HNcfpc · 23
  • HTd/Ncfsa · 20
  • HNcfpc/Sp1bs · 19
  • HNcfpc/Sp2ms · 19
  • HNcfsc · 17
  • HR/Ncfsc · 10
  • HR/Ncfpc/Sp2ms · 8
  • HC/Ncfpc/Sp1bs · 7
  • HTd/Ncfpa · 5
  • HC/Ncfpc/Sp3ms · 4
  • HNcfsa · 4

All 181, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

Deuteronomy carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.

Genesis1 occurrence
Exodus4 occurrences
Leviticus10 occurrences
Numbers5 occurrences
Deuteronomy43 occurrences
Joshua3 occurrences
Judges2 occurrences
1 Samuel1 occurrence
1 Kings12 occurrences
2 Kings8 occurrences
1 Chronicles3 occurrences
2 Chronicles19 occurrences
Ezra4 occurrences
Nehemiah14 occurrences
Esther1 occurrence
Job1 occurrence
Psalms26 occurrences
Proverbs10 occurrences
Ecclesiastes2 occurrences
Isaiah3 occurrences
Jeremiah5 occurrences
Daniel2 occurrences
Malachi2 occurrences
Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), CC BY 4.0 — their grammar codes written out in English here, and shown as tagged under each list. Dictionary: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).