Definition
a primitive root; (intensively) to constitute, enjoin
Traditional renderings: appoint, (for-) bid, (give a) charge, (give a, give in, send with) command(-er, -ment), send a messenger, put, (set) in order.
Traditional renderings: appoint, (for-) bid, (give a) charge, (give a, give in, send with) command(-er, -ment), send a messenger, put, (set) in order.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders צָוָה:
Usage patterns
Occurrences
493 total
- Exodus 34:4צִוָּ֥ה · had commanded himSo Moses chiseled out two stone tablets like the originals. He rose early in the morning, and taking the two stone tablets in his hands, he went up Mount Sinai as the LORD had commanded him.
- Exodus 34:11מְצַוְּךָ֣ · command youObserve what I command you this day. I will drive out before you the Amorites, Canaanites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.
- Exodus 34:18צִוִּיתִ֔ךָ · I commanded youYou are to keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread. For seven days at the appointed time in the month of Abib, you are to eat unleavened bread as I commanded you. For in the month of Abib you came out of Egypt.
- Exodus 34:32וַיְצַוֵּ֕ם · and [Moses] commandedAnd after this all the Israelites came near, and Moses commanded them to do everything that the LORD had told him on Mount Sinai.
- Exodus 34:34יְצֻוֶּֽה׃ · he had been commandedBut whenever Moses went in before the LORD to speak with Him, he would remove the veil until he came out. And when he came out, he would tell the Israelites what he had been commanded,
- Exodus 35:1צִוָּ֥ה · has commandedThen Moses assembled the whole congregation of Israel and said to them, “These are the things that the LORD has commanded you to do:
- Exodus 35:4צִוָּ֥ה · has commandedMoses also told the whole congregation of Israel, “This is what the LORD has commanded:
- Exodus 35:10צִוָּ֖ה · has commandedLet every skilled craftsman among you come and make everything that the LORD has commanded:
- Exodus 35:29צִוָּ֧ה · had commanded themSo all the men and women of the Israelites whose hearts prompted them brought a freewill offering to the LORD for all the work that the LORD through Moses had commanded them to do.
- Exodus 36:1צִוָּ֖ה · commanded“So Bezalel, Oholiab, and every skilled person are to carry out everything commanded by the LORD, who has given them skill and ability to know how to perform all the work of constructing the sanctuary.”
- Exodus 36:5צִוָּ֥ה · has commanded…and said to Moses, “The people are bringing more than enough for doing the work the LORD has commanded us to do.”
- Exodus 36:6וַיְצַ֣ו · had given an orderAfter Moses had given an order, they sent a proclamation throughout the camp: “No man or woman should make anything else as an offering for the sanctuary.” So the people were restrained from bringing more,
- Exodus 38:22צִוָּ֥ה · had commandedBezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made everything that the LORD had commanded Moses.
- Exodus 39:1צִוָּ֥ה · had commandedFrom the blue, purple, and scarlet yarn they made specially woven garments for ministry in the sanctuary, as well as the holy garments for Aaron, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
- Exodus 39:5צִוָּ֥ה · had commandedAnd the skillfully woven waistband of the ephod was of one piece with the ephod, of the same workmanship—with gold, with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and with finely spun linen, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
- Exodus 39:7צִוָּ֥ה · had commandedThen they fastened them on the shoulder pieces of the ephod as memorial stones for the sons of Israel, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
- Exodus 39:21צִוָּ֥ה · had commandedThen they tied the rings of the breastpiece to the rings of the ephod with a cord of blue yarn, so that the breastpiece was above the waistband of the ephod and would not swing out from the ephod, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
- Exodus 39:26צִוָּ֥ה · had commanded…alternating the bells and pomegranates around the lower hem of the robe to be worn for ministry, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
- Exodus 39:29צִוָּ֥ה · had commanded…and the sash of finely spun linen, embroidered with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
- Exodus 39:31צִוָּ֥ה · had commandedThen they fastened to it a blue cord to mount it on the turban, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
- Exodus 39:32צִוָּ֧ה · had commandedSo all the work for the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting, was completed. The Israelites did everything just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
- Exodus 39:42צִוָּ֥ה · had commandedThe Israelites had done all the work just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
- Exodus 39:43צִוָּ֥ה · had commandedAnd Moses inspected all the work and saw that they had accomplished it just as the LORD had commanded. So Moses blessed them.
- Exodus 40:16צִוָּ֧ה · had commanded himMoses did everything just as the LORD had commanded him.
- Exodus 40:19צִוָּ֥ה · had commandedThen he spread the tent over the tabernacle and put the covering over the tent, just as the LORD had commanded him.
- Exodus 40:21צִוָּ֥ה · had commandedThen he brought the ark into the tabernacle, put up the veil for the screen, and shielded off the ark of the Testimony, just as the LORD had commanded him.
- Exodus 40:23צִוָּ֥ה · had commandedHe arranged the bread on it before the LORD, just as the LORD had commanded him.
- Exodus 40:25צִוָּ֥ה · had commanded…and set up the lamps before the LORD, just as the LORD had commanded him.
- Exodus 40:27צִוָּ֥ה · had commanded…and he burned fragrant incense on it, just as the LORD had commanded him.
- Exodus 40:29צִוָּ֥ה · had commandedHe placed the altar of burnt offering near the entrance to the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting, and offered on it the burnt offering and the grain offering, just as the LORD had commanded him.
- Exodus 40:32צִוָּ֥ה · had commandedThey washed whenever they entered the Tent of Meeting or approached the altar, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
- Leviticus 6:9צַ֤ו · Command“Command Aaron and his sons that this is the law of the burnt offering: The burnt offering is to remain on the hearth of the altar all night, until morning, and the fire must be kept burning on the altar.
- Leviticus 7:36צִוָּ֨ה · commanded thatOn the day they were anointed, the LORD commanded that this be given them by the sons of Israel. It is a permanent portion for the generations to come.
- Leviticus 7:38צִוָּ֧ה · gave; צַוֺּת֜וֹ · He commanded…which the LORD gave Moses on Mount Sinai on the day He commanded the Israelites to present their offerings to the LORD in the Wilderness of Sinai.
- Leviticus 8:4צִוָּ֥ה · had commanded himSo Moses did as the LORD had commanded him, and the assembly gathered at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
- Leviticus 8:5צִוָּ֥ה · has commandedAnd Moses said to them, “This is what the LORD has commanded to be done.”
- Leviticus 8:9צִוָּ֥ה · had commandedMoses also put the turban on Aaron’s head and set the gold plate, the holy diadem, on the front of the turban, as the LORD had commanded him.
- Leviticus 8:13צִוָּ֥ה · had commandedThen Moses presented Aaron’s sons, put tunics on them, wrapped sashes around them, and tied headbands on them, just as the LORD had commanded him.
- Leviticus 8:17צִוָּ֥ה · had commandedBut the bull with its hide, flesh, and dung he burned outside the camp, as the LORD had commanded him.
- Leviticus 8:21צִוָּ֥ה · had commandedHe washed the entrails and legs with water and burned the entire ram on the altar as a burnt offering, a pleasing aroma, a food offering to the LORD, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
- Leviticus 8:29צִוָּ֥ה · had commandedHe also took the breast—Moses’ portion of the ram of ordination—and waved it before the LORD as a wave offering, as the LORD had commanded him.
- Leviticus 8:31צִוֵּ֙יתִי֙ · I commandedAnd Moses said to Aaron and his sons, “Boil the meat at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting and eat it there with the bread that is in the basket of ordination offerings, as I commanded, saying, ‘Aaron and his sons are to eat it.’
- Leviticus 8:34צִוָּ֧ה · has been commandedWhat has been done today has been commanded by the LORD in order to make atonement on your behalf.
- Leviticus 8:35צֻוֵּֽיתִי׃ · I have been commandedYou must remain at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting day and night for seven days and keep the LORD’s charge so that you will not die, for this is what I have been commanded.”
- Leviticus 8:36צִוָּ֥ה · had commandedSo Aaron and his sons did everything the LORD had commanded through Moses.
- Leviticus 9:5צִוָּ֣ה · had commandedSo they took what Moses had commanded to the front of the Tent of Meeting, and the whole congregation drew near and stood before the LORD.
- Leviticus 9:6צִוָּ֥ה · has commandedAnd Moses said, “This is what the LORD has commanded you to do, so that the glory of the LORD may appear to you.”
- Leviticus 9:7צִוָּ֥ה · has commandedThen Moses said to Aaron, “Approach the altar and sacrifice your sin offering and your burnt offering to make atonement for yourself and for the people. And sacrifice the people’s offering to make atonement for them, as the LORD has commanded.”
- Leviticus 9:10צִוָּ֥ה · had commandedOn the altar he burned the fat, the kidneys, and the lobe of the liver from the sin offering, as the LORD had commanded Moses.