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H6680צָוָהtsa.vah

to commandPart of speech: Hebrew Verb

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Occurrences by book

  1. 27
  2. 54
  3. 35
  4. 48
  5. 88
  6. 43
  7. 6
  8. 3
  9. 10
  10. 19
  11. 18
  12. 19
  13. 12
  14. 8
  15. 3
  16. 7
  17. 9
  18. 3
  19. 15
  20. Proverbs: 0
  21. Ecclesiastes: 0
  22. Song of Songs: 0
  23. 10
  24. 39
  25. 4
  26. 6
  27. Daniel: 0
  28. Hosea: 0
  29. Joel: 0
  30. 5
  31. Obadiah: 0
  32. Jonah: 0
  33. Micah: 0
  34. 1
  35. Habakkuk: 0
  36. Zephaniah: 0
  37. Haggai: 0
  38. 1
  39. 1

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494 occurrences in 475 verses

With their references and text in Bible in Basic English.

  1. Joshua 14:2

    Their heritage by the Lord's decision, as he gave orders by Moses, for the nine tribes and the half-tribe.

    צִוָּ֤ה tzi.Vah “he had commanded”

  2. Joshua 14:5

    As the Lord had given orders to Moses, so the people of Israel did, and they made division of the land.

    צִוָּ֤ה tzi.Vah “he had commanded”

  3. Joshua 17:4

    And they came before Eleazar the priest, and Joshua, the son of Nun, and before the chiefs, saying, The Lord gave orders to Moses to give us a heritage among our brothers: so in agreement with the orders of the Lord he gave them a heritage among their fa

    צִוָּ֣ה tzi.Vah “he commanded”

  4. Joshua 18:8

    So the men got up and went; and Joshua gave orders to those who went, to make a record of the land, saying, Go up and down through the land, and make a record of it and come back here to me, and I will make the distribution for you here by the decision o

    וַיְצַ֣ו (יְצַ֣ו) y.Tzav “he commanded”

  5. Joshua 21:2

    And said to them in Shiloh in the land of Canaan, The Lord gave orders by Moses that we were to have towns for living in, with their grass-lands for our cattle.

    צִוָּ֣ה tzi.Vah “he commanded”

  6. Joshua 21:8

    All these towns with their grass-lands the children of Israel gave by the decision of the Lord to the Levites, as the Lord had given orders by Moses.

    צִוָּ֧ה tzi.Vah “he had commanded”

  7. Joshua 22:2

    And said to them, You have kept all the orders of Moses, the Lord's servant, and have done everything I gave you orders to do:

    צִוָּ֣ה tzi.Vah “he commanded”צִוִּ֖יתִי tzi.Vi.ti “I have commanded”

  8. Joshua 22:5

    Only take great care to do the orders and the law which Moses, the Lord's servant, gave you; to have love for the Lord your God and to go in all his ways; and to keep his laws and to be true to him and to be his servants with all your heart and with all

    צִוָּ֣ה tzi.Vah “he commanded”

  9. Joshua 23:16

    If the agreement of the Lord your God, which was given to you by his orders, is broken, and you become the servants of other gods and give them worship, then the wrath of the Lord will be burning against you, and you will quickly be cut off from the good

    צִוָּ֣ה tzi.Vah “he commanded”

  10. Judges 2:20

    And the wrath of the Lord was burning against Israel, and he said, Because this nation has not been true to my agreement which I made with their fathers, and has not given ear to my voice;

    צִוִּ֣יתִי tzi.Vi.ti “I commanded”

  11. Judges 3:4

    For the purpose of testing Israel by them, to see if they would give ear to the orders of the Lord, which he had given to their fathers by the hand of Moses.

    צִוָּ֥ה tzi.Vah “he had commanded”

  12. Judges 4:6

    And she sent for Barak, the son of Abinoam, from Kedesh-naphtali, and said to him, Has not the Lord, the God of Israel, given orders saying, Go and get your force into line in Mount Tabor, and take with you ten thousand men of the children of Naphtali an

    צִוָּ֣ה׀ tzi.Vah “has he commanded”

  13. Judges 13:14

    She is to have nothing which comes from the vine for her food, and let her take no wine or strong drink or anything which is unclean; let her take care to do all I have given her orders to do.

    צִוִּיתִ֖יהָ (צִוִּיתִ֖י) tzi.vi.Ti. “I commanded”

  14. Judges 21:10

    So they (the meeting) sent twelve thousand of the best fighting-men, and gave them orders, saying, Go and put the people of Jabesh-gilead to the sword without mercy, with their women and their little ones.

    וַיְצַוּ֨וּ (יְצַוּ֨וּ) y.tza.Vu “they commanded”

  15. Judges 21:20

    And they said to the men of Benjamin, Go into the vine-gardens, waiting there secretly,

    וַיְצַוּ֕וּ (יְצַוּ֕וּ) y.tzav “they commanded”

  16. Ruth 2:9

    Keep your eyes on the field they are cutting, and go after them; have I not given orders to the young men not to put a hand on you? And when you are in need of drink go to the vessels and take of what the young men have put there.

    צִוִּ֛יתִי tzi.Vi.ti “have I commanded”

  17. Ruth 2:15

    And when she got ready to take up the grain, Boaz gave his young men orders, saying, Let her take it even from among the cut grain, and say nothing to her.

    וַיְצַו֩ (יְצַו֩) y.Tzav “he commanded”

  18. Ruth 3:6

    So she went down to the grain-floor and did all her mother-in-law had said to her.

    צִוַּ֖תָּה (צִוַּ֖תָּ) tzi.Va.ta “she had commanded”

  19. 1 Samuel 2:29

    Why then are you looking with envy on my offerings of meat and of meal which were ordered by my word, honouring your sons before me, and making yourselves fat with all the best of the offerings of Israel, my people?

    צִוִּ֖יתִי tzi.Vi.ti “I commanded”

  20. 1 Samuel 13:13

    And Samuel said to Saul, You have done a foolish thing: you have not kept the rules which the Lord your God gave you; it was the purpose of the Lord to make your authority over Israel safe for ever.

    צִוָּ֔ךְ (צִוָּ֔) tzi.Va “he commanded”

  21. 1 Samuel 13:14

    But now, your authority will not go on: the Lord, searching for a man who is pleasing to him in every way, has given him the place of ruler over his people, because you have not done what the Lord gave you orders to do.

    וַיְצַוֵּ֨הוּ (יְצַוֵּ֨) y.tza.Ve. “he has appointed”צִוְּךָ֖ (צִוְּ) tzi.ve. “he commanded”

  22. 1 Samuel 17:20

    And David got up early in the morning, and, giving the sheep into the care of a keeper, took the things and went as Jesse had said; and he came to the lines where the carts were, when the army was going out to the fight giving their war-cry.

    צִוָּ֖הוּ (צִוָּ֖) tzi.Va. “he had commanded”

  23. 1 Samuel 18:22

    And Saul gave his servants orders saying, Have talk with David secretly and say to him, See how the king has delight in you, and how you are loved by all his servants: then be the king's son-in-law.

    וַיְצַ֨ו (יְצַ֨ו) y.Tzav “he commanded”

  24. 1 Samuel 20:29

    Saying, Our family is making an offering in the town, and my brothers have given me orders to be there: so now, if I have grace in your eyes, let me go away and see my brothers. This is why he has not come to the king's table.

    צִוָּֽה־ tzi.vah- “he has commanded”

  25. 1 Samuel 21:2

    And David said to Ahimelech the priest, The king has given me orders and has said to me, Say nothing to anyone about the business on which I am sending you and the orders I have given you: and a certain place has been fixed to which the young men are to

    צִוַּ֣נִי (צִוַּ֣) tzi.Va. “he commanded”צִוִּיתִ֑ךָ (צִוִּיתִ֑) tzi.vi.Ti. “I have commanded”