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Word Study · Strong's H6680 · Hebrew

צָוָה

tsavah

tsaw-vaw'

Strong's 1890 spelling: tsâvâh

(intensively) to constitute, enjoin

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

(intensively) to constitute, enjoin

Rendered in the KJV as

appoint, (for-) bid, (give a) charge, (give a, give in, send with) command(-er, -ment), send a messenger, put, (set) in order.

  • 494
    occurrencesin the Old Testament
  • 27 of 39
    Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
  • 186
    inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 494 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 186

  • צִוָּ֥ה78
  • צִוָּ֣ה29
  • צִוָּ֧ה19
  • וַיְצַ֣ו16
  • צִוָּ֖ה14
  • מְצַוְּךָ֖12
  • צִוָּ֤ה12
  • צִוָּ֨ה11
  • וַיְצַ֤ו9
  • צִוִּ֖יתִי9
  • מְצַוֶּ֥ה8
  • וַיְצַ֥ו7

and 174 more spellings in the ledger below.

How it is rendered · 99

  • he had commanded107
  • and he commanded50
  • he commanded50
  • [am] commanding you27
  • he has commanded25
  • I commanded20
  • command11
  • [am] commanding10
  • I have commanded10
  • he had commanded him9
  • I have commanded you8
  • I will command8

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

How it parses · 55

  • verb · intensive (piel), completed action · 3rd person masculine singular192
  • Hc/Vpw3ms52
  • verb · intensive (piel), completed action · 1st person common singular34
  • verb · intensive (piel), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular28
  • verb · intensive (piel), completed action · 1st person common singular + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular15
  • verb · intensive (piel), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular15
  • verb · intensive (piel), completed action · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular12
  • verb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine singular12
  • verb · intensive (piel), completed action · 2nd person masculine singular11
  • verb · intensive (piel), completed action · 1st person common singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural10
  • verb · intensive (piel), completed action · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular10
  • verb · intensive (piel), ongoing or future action · 1st person common singular8
Show the grammar codes as tagged
  • HVpp3ms · 192
  • Hc/Vpw3ms · 52
  • HVpp1cs · 34
  • HVprmsc/Sp2ms · 28
  • HVpp1cs/Sp2ms · 15
  • HVprmsa · 15
  • HVpp3ms/Sp2ms · 12
  • HVpv2ms · 12
  • HVpp2ms · 11
  • HVpp1cs/Sp3mp · 10
  • HVpp3ms/Sp3ms · 10
  • HVpi1cs · 8

All 494, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

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

Genesis27 occurrences
Exodus54 occurrences
Leviticus35 occurrences
Numbers48 occurrences
Deuteronomy88 occurrences
Joshua43 occurrences
Judges6 occurrences
Ruth3 occurrences
1 Samuel10 occurrences
2 Samuel19 occurrences
1 Kings18 occurrences
2 Kings19 occurrences
1 Chronicles12 occurrences
2 Chronicles8 occurrences
Ezra3 occurrences
Nehemiah7 occurrences
Esther9 occurrences
Job3 occurrences
Psalms15 occurrences
Isaiah10 occurrences
Jeremiah39 occurrences
Lamentations4 occurrences
Ezekiel6 occurrences
Amos5 occurrences
Nahum1 occurrence
Zechariah1 occurrence
Malachi1 occurrence
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).