מִצְוָהmitsvâh
commandment
Pronunciation: mits-vaw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H4687
Meanings
1. commandment, of man (1 Kings 2:43; 2 Kings 18:36; Isaiah 36:21)
2. of God
a. singular the commandment, code of law (2 Chronicles 8:13; Ezra 10:3; Psalms 19:9)
b. plural of commands (Leviticus 4:2; Isaiah 48:18; Psalms 119:20)
c. of special commands of God (1 Samuel 13:13; 1 Kings 13:21; 2 Chronicles 29:25)
3. commandment, singular, of code of wisdom, plural of special commands (Proverbs 19:16; Proverbs 6:23; Proverbs 13:13)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 181 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 26:5 I will do this because Abraham listened to me and obeyed all my requirements, commands, decrees, and instructions.”
- Exodus 15:26 He said, “If you will listen carefully to the voice of the Lord your God and do what is right in his sight, obeying his commands and keeping all his decrees, then I will not make you suffer any of the diseases I sent on the Egyptians; for I am the Lord who heals you.”
- Exodus 16:28 The Lord asked Moses, “How long will these people refuse to obey my commands and instructions?
- Exodus 20:6 But I lavish unfailing love for a thousand generations on those who love me and obey my commands.
- Exodus 24:12 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Come up to me on the mountain. Stay there, and I will give you the tablets of stone on which I have inscribed the instructions and commands so you can teach the people.”
- Leviticus 4:2 “Give the following instructions to the people of Israel. This is how you are to deal with those who sin unintentionally by doing anything that violates one of the Lord’s commands.
See every passage
- Genesis 26:5
- Exodus 15:26, 16:28, 20:6, 24:12
- Leviticus 4:2, 4:13, 4:22, 4:27, 5:17, 22:31, 26:3, 26:14, 26:15, 27:34
- Numbers 15:22, 15:31, 15:39, 15:40, 36:13
- Deuteronomy 4:2, 4:40, 5:10, 5:29, 5:31, 6:1, 6:2, 6:17, 6:25, 7:9, 7:11, 8:1, 8:2, 8:6, 8:11, 10:13, 11:1, 11:8, 11:13, 11:22, 11:27, 11:28, 13:4, 13:18, 15:5, 17:20, 19:9, 26:13, 26:17, 26:18, 27:1, 27:10, 28:1, 28:9, 28:13, 28:15, 28:45, 30:8, 30:10, 30:11, 30:16, 31:5
- Joshua 22:3, 22:5
- Judges 2:17, 3:4
- 1 Samuel 13:13
- 1 Kings 2:3, 2:43, 3:14, 6:12, 8:58, 8:61, 9:6, 11:34, 11:38, 13:21, 14:8, 18:18
- 2 Kings 17:13, 17:16, 17:19, 17:34, 17:37, 18:6, 18:36, 23:3
- 1 Chronicles 28:7, 28:8, 29:19
- 2 Chronicles 7:19, 8:13, 8:14, 8:15, 14:4, 17:4, 19:10, 24:20, 24:21, 29:15, 29:25, 30:6, 30:12, 31:21, 34:31, 35:10, 35:15, 35:16
- Ezra 7:11, 9:10, 9:14, 10:3
- Nehemiah 1:5, 1:7, 1:9, 9:13, 9:14, 9:16, 9:29, 9:34, 10:29, 10:32, 11:23, 12:24, 12:45, 13:5
- Esther 3:3
- Job 23:12
- Psalms 19:8, 78:7, 89:31, 112:1, 119:6, 119:10, 119:19, 119:21, 119:32, 119:35, 119:47, 119:48, 119:60, 119:66, 119:73, 119:86, 119:96, 119:98, 119:115, 119:127, 119:131, 119:143, 119:151, 119:166, 119:172, 119:176
- Proverbs 2:1, 3:1, 4:4, 6:20, 6:23, 7:1, 7:2, 10:8, 13:13, 19:16
- Ecclesiastes 8:5, 12:13
- Isaiah 29:13, 36:21, 48:18
- Jeremiah 32:11, 35:14, 35:16, 35:18
- Daniel 9:4, 9:5
- Malachi 2:1, 2:4
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).