Strong's Hebrew · H4687
H4687 mitsvâh
מִצְוָה
mits-vaw'
commandment
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mitsvâh appears 181 times in Scripture, including Genesis 26:5 and Exodus 15:26. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
a command, whether human or divine (collectively, the Law)
In the King James Version
(which was) commanded(-ment), law, ordinance, precept.
Derivation
from H6680 (צָוָה);
Appears 181 times in Scripture
“And if one of the common people sins unintentionally and does what is prohibited by any of the LORD’s commandments, he incurs guilt.”
“If someone sins and violates any of the LORD’s commandments even though he was unaware, he is guilty and shall bear his punishment.”
“because Abraham listened to My voice and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes, and My laws.””
“but showing loving devotion to a thousand generations of those who love Me and keep My commandments.”
“Then the LORD said to Moses, “How long will you refuse to keep My commandments and instructions?”
“Now if the whole congregation of Israel strays unintentionally and the matter escapes the notice of the assembly so that they violate any of the LORD’s commandments and incur guilt by doing what is forbidden,”
“saying, “If you will listen carefully to the voice of the LORD your God, and do what is right in His eyes, and pay attention to His commands, and keep all His statutes, then I will not bring on you any of the diseases I inflicted on the Egyptians. For I am the LORD who heals you.””
““Tell the Israelites to do as follows with one who sins unintentionally against any of the LORD’s commandments and does what is forbidden by them:”
“You are to keep My commandments and practice them. I am the LORD.”
“Then the LORD said to Moses, “Come up to Me on the mountain and stay here, so that I may give you the tablets of stone, with the law and commandments I have written for their instruction.””
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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).
