צָוָה

tsa.vahto commandHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentVerb493 occurrences27 books474 verses

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.

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders צָוָה:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

493 total
  1. Leviticus 9:21צִוָּ֥ה · had commanded
    …but he waved the breasts and the right thigh as a wave offering before the LORD, as Moses had commanded.
  2. Leviticus 10:1צִוָּ֖ה · His command
    Now Aaron’s sons Nadab and Abihu took their censers, put fire in them and added incense, and offered unauthorized fire before the LORD, contrary to His command.
  3. Leviticus 10:13צֻוֵּֽיתִי׃ · I have been commanded
    You shall eat it in a holy place, because it is your share and your sons’ share of the food offerings to the LORD; for this is what I have been commanded.
  4. Leviticus 10:15צִוָּ֥ה · has commanded
    They are to bring the thigh of the contribution and the breast of the wave offering, together with the fat portions of the food offerings, to wave as a wave offering before the LORD. It will belong permanently to you and your children, as the LORD has commanded.”
  5. Leviticus 10:18צִוֵּֽיתִי׃ · I commanded
    Since its blood was not brought inside the holy place, you should have eaten it in the sanctuary area, as I commanded.”
  6. Leviticus 13:54וְצִוָּה֙ · is to order
    …the priest is to order the contaminated article to be washed and isolated for another seven days.
  7. Leviticus 14:4וְצִוָּה֙ · shall order
    …the priest shall order that two live clean birds, cedar wood, scarlet yarn, and hyssop be brought for the one to be cleansed.
  8. Leviticus 14:5וְצִוָּה֙ · shall command
    Then the priest shall command that one of the birds be slaughtered over fresh water in a clay pot.
  9. Leviticus 14:36וְצִוָּ֨ה · must order that
    The priest must order that the house be cleared before he enters it to examine the mildew, so that nothing in the house will become unclean. After this, the priest shall go in to inspect the house.
  10. Leviticus 14:40וְצִוָּה֙ · must order
    …he must order that the contaminated stones be pulled out and thrown into an unclean place outside the city.
  11. Leviticus 16:34צִוָּ֥ה · had commanded
    This is to be a permanent statute for you, to make atonement once a year for the Israelites because of all their sins.” And all this was done as the LORD had commanded Moses.
  12. Leviticus 17:2צִוָּ֥ה · has commanded
    “Speak to Aaron, his sons, and all the Israelites and tell them this is what the LORD has commanded:
  13. Leviticus 24:2צַ֞ו · Command
    “Command the Israelites to bring you pure oil of pressed olives for the light, to keep the lamps burning continually.
  14. Leviticus 24:23צִוָּ֥ה · had commanded
    Then Moses spoke to the Israelites, and they took the blasphemer outside the camp and stoned him. So the Israelites did as the LORD had commanded Moses.
  15. Leviticus 25:21וְצִוִּ֤יתִי · But I will send
    But I will send My blessing upon you in the sixth year, so that the land will yield a crop sufficient for three years.
  16. Leviticus 27:34צִוָּ֧ה · gave
    These are the commandments that the LORD gave to Moses for the Israelites on Mount Sinai.
  17. Numbers 1:19צִוָּ֥ה · had commanded
    …just as the LORD had commanded Moses. So Moses numbered them in the Wilderness of Sinai:
  18. Numbers 1:54צִוָּ֧ה · had commanded
    Thus the Israelites did everything just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
  19. Numbers 2:33צִוָּ֥ה · had commanded
    But the Levites were not counted among the other Israelites, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
  20. Numbers 2:34צִוָּ֨ה · commanded
    So the Israelites did everything the LORD commanded Moses; they camped under their standards in this way and set out in the same way, each man with his clan and his family.
  21. Numbers 3:16צֻוָּֽה׃ · he had been commanded
    So Moses numbered them according to the word of the LORD, as he had been commanded.
  22. Numbers 3:42צִוָּ֥ה · had commanded
    So Moses numbered all the firstborn of the Israelites, as the LORD had commanded him.
  23. Numbers 3:51צִוָּ֥ה · had commanded
    And Moses gave the redemption money to Aaron and his sons in obedience to the word of the LORD, just as the LORD had commanded him.
  24. Numbers 4:49צִוָּ֥ה · had commanded
    At the LORD’s command through Moses they were numbered, and each one was assigned his work and burden, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
  25. Numbers 5:2צַ֚ו · Command
    “Command the Israelites to send away from the camp anyone with a skin disease, anyone who has a bodily discharge, and anyone who is defiled by a dead body.
  26. Numbers 8:3צִוָּ֥ה · had commanded
    And Aaron did so; he set up the lamps facing toward the front of the lampstand, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
  27. Numbers 8:20צִוָּ֨ה · had commanded
    So Moses, Aaron, and the whole congregation of Israel did with the Levites everything that the LORD had commanded Moses they should do.
  28. Numbers 8:22צִוָּ֨ה · had commanded
    After that, the Levites came to perform their service at the Tent of Meeting in the presence of Aaron and his sons. Thus they did with the Levites just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
  29. Numbers 9:5צִוָּ֤ה · had commanded
    …and they did so in the Wilderness of Sinai, at twilight on the fourteenth day of the first month. The Israelites did everything just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
  30. Numbers 9:8יְצַוֶּ֥ה · commands
    “Wait here until I find out what the LORD commands concerning you,” Moses replied.
  31. Numbers 15:23צִוָּ֧ה · has commanded; צִוָּ֧ה · gave them
    …all that the LORD has commanded you through Moses from the day the LORD gave them and continuing through the generations to come—
  32. Numbers 15:36צִוָּ֥ה · had commanded
    So the whole congregation took the man outside the camp and stoned him to death, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
  33. Numbers 17:11צִוָּ֧ה · had commanded him
    So Moses did as the LORD had commanded him.
  34. Numbers 19:2צִוָּ֥ה · has commanded
    “This is the statute of the law that the LORD has commanded: Instruct the Israelites to bring you an unblemished red heifer that has no defect and has never been placed under a yoke.
  35. Numbers 20:9צִוָּֽהוּ׃ · he had been commanded
    So Moses took the staff from the LORD’s presence, just as he had been commanded.
  36. Numbers 20:27צִוָּ֣ה · had commanded
    So Moses did as the LORD had commanded, and they climbed Mount Hor in the sight of the whole congregation.
  37. Numbers 26:4צִוָּ֨ה · has commanded
    “Take a census of the men twenty years of age or older, as the LORD has commanded Moses.” And these were the Israelites who came out of the land of Egypt:
  38. Numbers 27:11צִוָּ֥ה · has commanded
    And if his father has no brothers, give his inheritance to the next of kin from his clan, that he may take possession of it. This is to be a statutory ordinance for the Israelites, as the LORD has commanded Moses.’”
  39. Numbers 27:19וְצִוִּיתָ֥ה · and commission
    Have him stand before Eleazar the priest and the whole congregation, and commission him in their sight.
  40. Numbers 27:22צִוָּ֥ה · had commanded him
    Moses did as the LORD had commanded him. He took Joshua, had him stand before Eleazar the priest and the whole congregation,
  41. Numbers 27:23וַיְצַוֵּ֑הוּ · and commissioned him
    …and laid his hands on him and commissioned him, as the LORD had instructed through Moses.
  42. Numbers 28:2צַ֚ו · Command
    “Command the Israelites and say to them: See that you present to Me at its appointed time the food for My food offerings, as a pleasing aroma to Me.
  43. Numbers 29:40צִוָּ֥ה · had commanded
    So Moses spoke all this to the Israelites just as the LORD had commanded him.
  44. Numbers 30:1צִוָּ֥ה · has commanded
    Then Moses said to the heads of the tribes of Israel, “This is what the LORD has commanded:
  45. Numbers 30:16צִוָּ֤ה · commanded
    These are the statutes that the LORD commanded Moses concerning the relationship between a man and his wife, and between a father and a young daughter still in his home.
  46. Numbers 31:7צִוָּ֥ה · had commanded
    Then they waged war against Midian, as the LORD had commanded Moses, and they killed every male.
  47. Numbers 31:21צִוָּ֥ה · has commanded
    Then Eleazar the priest said to the soldiers who had gone into battle, “This is the statute of the law which the LORD has commanded Moses:
  48. Numbers 31:31צִוָּ֥ה · had commanded
    So Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the LORD had commanded Moses,
  49. Numbers 31:41צִוָּ֥ה · had commanded
    Moses gave the tribute to Eleazar the priest as an offering for the LORD, as the LORD had commanded Moses.