Strong's #4687: mitsvah (pronounced mits-vaw')
from 6680; a command, whether human or divine (collectively, the Law):--(which was) commanded(-ment), law, ordinance, precept.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:
mitsvâh
1) commandment
1a) commandment (of man)
1b) the commandment (of God)
1c) commandment (of code of wisdom)
Part of Speech: noun feminine
Relation: from H6680
Usage:
This word is used 181 times:
2 Chronicles 24:21: "against him, and stoned him with stones at the commandment of the king in the court of the house of the LORD."
2 Chronicles 29:15: "their brethren, and sanctified themselves, and came, according to the commandment of the king, by the words of the LORD, to cleanse"
2 Chronicles 29:25: "with cymbals, with psalteries, and with harps, according to the commandment of David, and of Gad the king's seer,"
2 Chronicles 29:25: "and Nathan the prophet: for so was the commandment of the LORD by his prophets."
2 Chronicles 30:6: "and his princes throughout all Israel and Judah, and according to the commandment of the king, saying, Ye children"
2 Chronicles 30:12: "them one heart to do the commandment of the king and of the princes, by the word of the LORD."
2 Chronicles 31:21: "of the house of God, and in the law, and in the commandments, to seek his God, he did it with all"
2 Chronicles 34:31: "the LORD, and to keep his commandments, and his testimonies, and his statutes, with all his heart,"
2 Chronicles 35:10: "in their courses, according to the king's commandment."
2 Chronicles 35:15: "of Asaph were in their place, according to the commandment of David, and Asaph, and Heman, and Jeduthun"
2 Chronicles 35:16: "upon the altar of the LORD, according to the commandment of king Josiah."
Ezra 7:11: "the scribe, even a scribe of the words of the commandments of the LORD, and of his statutes to Israel."
Ezra 9:10: "this? for we have forsaken thy commandments,"
Ezra 9:14: "Should we again break thy commandments, and join in affinity with the people of these abominations? wouldest not"
Ezra 10:3: "them, according to the counsel of my lord, and of those that tremble at the commandment of our God; and let it be done according to the law."
Nehemiah 1:5: "and mercy for them that love him and observe his commandments:"
Nehemiah 1:7: "We have dealt very corruptly against thee, and have not kept the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the judgments, which"
Nehemiah 1:9: "But if ye turn unto me, and keep my commandments, and do them; though there were of you cast out"
Nehemiah 9:13: "and true laws, good statutes and commandments:"
Nehemiah 9:14: "unto them thy holy sabbath, and commandedst them precepts, statutes, and laws, by the hand of Moses"
Nehemiah 9:16: "and hearkened not to thy commandments,"
Nehemiah 9:29: "dealt proudly, and hearkened not unto thy commandments, but sinned against thy judgments, (which if a man"
Nehemiah 9:34: "nor hearkened unto thy commandments and thy testimonies, wherewith thou didst testify"
Nehemiah 10:29: "and do all the commandments of the LORD our Lord, and his judgments and his statutes;"
Nehemiah 10:32: "Also we made ordinances for us, to charge ourselves yearly with the third part of a shekel"
Nehemiah 11:23: "For it was the king's commandment concerning them, that a certain portion should be for the singers, due"
Nehemiah 12:24: "over against them, to praise and to give thanks, according to the commandment of David the man of God, ward"
Nehemiah 12:45: "of their God, and the ward of the purification, according to the commandment of David, and of Solomon his son."
Nehemiah 13:5: "and the tithes of the corn, the new wine, and the oil, which was commanded to be given to the Levites, and the singers, and the porters;"
Esther 3:3: "thou the king's commandment?"
Job 23:12: "Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary"
Psalms 19:8: "are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes."
Psalms 78:7: "the works of God, but keep his commandments:"
Psalms 89:31: "my statutes, and keep not my commandments;"
Psalms 112:1: "the LORD, that delighteth greatly in his commandments."
Psalms 119:6: "when I have respect unto all thy commandments."
Psalms 119:10: "have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments."
Psalms 119:19: "in the earth: hide not thy commandments from"
Psalms 119:21: "the proud that are cursed, which do err from thy commandments."
Psalms 119:32: "I will run the way of thy commandments, when thou shalt enlarge my heart."
Psalms 119:35: "Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; for therein do I delight."
Psalms 119:47: "And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved."
Psalms 119:48: "My hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments, which I have loved; and I will meditate in thy statutes."
Psalms 119:60: "and delayed not to keep thy commandments."
Psalms 119:66: "and knowledge: for I have believed thy commandments."
Psalms 119:73: "me and fashioned me: give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments."
Psalms 119:86: "All thy commandments are faithful: they persecute me wrongfully; help"
Psalms 119:96: "an end of all perfection: but thy commandment is exceeding broad."
Psalms 119:98: " Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies: for they are ever"
Psalms 119:115: "from me, ye evildoers: for I will keep the commandments of my God."
