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מִצְוָה H4687
H4687 is the Hebrew word מִצְוָה, transliterated mitsvâh and said mits-vaw'. The King James Version most often renders it commandments.
What it means
a command, whether human or divine (collectively, the Law).
Where it comes from
from H6680 (צָוָה).
How the King James Version translates it
Across 150 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: (which was) commanded(-ment), law, ordinance, precept.
Verses using מִצְוָה
The first 40 of 149 verses, quoted in full.
Genesis 26:5 · KJV
Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.
Exodus 15:26 · KJV
And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the LORD that healeth thee.
Exodus 16:28 · KJV
And the LORD said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws?
Exodus 24:12 · KJV
And the LORD said unto Moses, Come up to me into the mount, and be there: and I will give thee tables of stone, and a law, and commandments which I have written; that thou mayest teach them.
Leviticus 4:2 · KJV
Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a soul shall sin through ignorance against any of the commandments of the LORD concerning things which ought not to be done, and shall do against any of them:
Leviticus 4:13 · KJV
And if the whole congregation of Israel sin through ignorance, and the thing be hid from the eyes of the assembly, and they have done somewhat against any of the commandments of the LORD concerning things which should not be done, and are guilty;
Leviticus 4:22 · KJV
When a ruler hath sinned, and done somewhat through ignorance against any of the commandments of the LORD his God concerning things which should not be done, and is guilty;
Leviticus 4:27 · KJV
And if any one of the common people sin through ignorance, while he doeth somewhat against any of the commandments of the LORD concerning things which ought not to be done, and be guilty;
Leviticus 5:17 · KJV
And if a soul sin, and commit any of these things which are forbidden to be done by the commandments of the LORD; though he wist it not, yet is he guilty, and shall bear his iniquity.
Leviticus 22:31 · KJV
Therefore shall ye keep my commandments, and do them: I am the LORD.
Leviticus 26:3 · KJV
If ye walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do them;
Leviticus 26:15 · KJV
And if ye shall despise my statutes, or if your soul abhor my judgments, so that ye will not do all my commandments, but that ye break my covenant:
Leviticus 27:34 · KJV
These are the commandments, which the LORD commanded Moses for the children of Israel in mount Sinai.
Numbers 15:22 · KJV
And if ye have erred, and not observed all these commandments, which the LORD hath spoken unto Moses,
Numbers 15:31 · KJV
Because he hath despised the word of the LORD, and hath broken his commandment, that soul shall utterly be cut off; his iniquity shall be upon him.
Numbers 15:39 · KJV
And it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of the LORD, and do them; and that ye seek not after your own heart and your own eyes, after which ye use to go a whoring:
Numbers 15:40 · KJV
That ye may remember, and do all my commandments, and be holy unto your God.
Numbers 36:13 · KJV
These are the commandments and the judgments, which the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses unto the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho.
Deuteronomy 4:2 · KJV
Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you.
Deuteronomy 4:40 · KJV
Thou shalt keep therefore his statutes, and his commandments, which I command thee this day, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days upon the earth, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, for ever.
Deuteronomy 5:29 · KJV
O that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever!
Deuteronomy 5:31 · KJV
But as for thee, stand thou here by me, and I will speak unto thee all the commandments, and the statutes, and the judgments, which thou shalt teach them, that they may do them in the land which I give them to possess it.
Deuteronomy 6:1 · KJV
Now these are the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments, which the LORD your God commanded to teach you, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go to possess it:
Deuteronomy 6:2 · KJV
That thou mightest fear the LORD thy God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments, which I command thee, thou, and thy son, and thy son’s son, all the days of thy life; and that thy days may be prolonged.
Deuteronomy 6:17 · KJV
Ye shall diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he hath commanded thee.
Deuteronomy 6:25 · KJV
And it shall be our righteousness, if we observe to do all these commandments before the LORD our God, as he hath commanded us.
Deuteronomy 7:9 · KJV
Know therefore that the LORD thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations;
Deuteronomy 7:11 · KJV
Thou shalt therefore keep the commandments, and the statutes, and the judgments, which I command thee this day, to do them.
Deuteronomy 8:1 · KJV
All the commandments which I command thee this day shall ye observe to do, that ye may live, and multiply, and go in and possess the land which the LORD sware unto your fathers.
Deuteronomy 8:6 · KJV
Therefore thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, and to fear him.
Deuteronomy 8:11 · KJV
Beware that thou forget not the LORD thy God, in not keeping his commandments, and his judgments, and his statutes, which I command thee this day:
Deuteronomy 10:13 · KJV
To keep the commandments of the LORD, and his statutes, which I command thee this day for thy good?
Deuteronomy 11:1 · KJV
Therefore thou shalt love the LORD thy God, and keep his charge, and his statutes, and his judgments, and his commandments, alway.
Deuteronomy 11:8 · KJV
Therefore shall ye keep all the commandments which I command you this day, that ye may be strong, and go in and possess the land, whither ye go to possess it;
Deuteronomy 11:13 · KJV
And it shall come to pass, if ye shall hearken diligently unto my commandments which I command you this day, to love the LORD your God, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul,
Deuteronomy 11:22 · KJV
For if ye shall diligently keep all these commandments which I command you, to do them, to love the LORD your God, to walk in all his ways, and to cleave unto him;
Deuteronomy 11:27 · KJV
A blessing, if ye obey the commandments of the LORD your God, which I command you this day:
Deuteronomy 11:28 · KJV
And a curse, if ye will not obey the commandments of the LORD your God, but turn aside out of the way which I command you this day, to go after other gods, which ye have not known.
Deuteronomy 13:4 · KJV
Ye shall walk after the LORD your God, and fear him, and keep his commandments, and obey his voice, and ye shall serve him, and cleave unto him.
Deuteronomy 13:18 · KJV
When thou shalt hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep all his commandments which I command thee this day, to do that which is right in the eyes of the LORD thy God.
Common questions
What does Strong's H4687 mean?
H4687 is the Hebrew word מִצְוָה (mitsvâh), meaning a command, whether human or divine (collectively, the Law).
How is H4687 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it commandments (97 times), commandment (33 times), according to the commandment (8 times), precepts (3 times), commanded (2 times), among others.
How many times does H4687 appear in the Bible?
מִצְוָה (mitsvâh) is tagged in 149 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H4687 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: from H6680 (צָוָה).
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