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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 JPS Tanakh 1917.

  1. 2 Kings 22:12

    And the king commanded Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Achbor the son of Micaiah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah the king's servant, saying:

    וַיְצַ֣ו (יְצַ֣ו) y.Tzav “he commanded”

  2. 2 Kings 23:4

    And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the keepers of the door, to bring forth out of the temple of the LORD all the vessels that were made for Baal, and for the Asherah, and for all the host of heaven; a

    וַיְצַ֣ו (יְצַ֣ו) y.Tzav “he commanded”

  3. 2 Kings 23:21

    And the king commanded all the people, saying: 'Keep the passover unto the LORD your God, as it is written in this book of the covenant.'

    וַיְצַ֤ו (יְצַ֤ו) y.Tzav “he commanded”

  4. 1 Chronicles 6:34

    But Aaron and his sons offered upon the altar of burnt-offering, and upon the altar of incense, for all the work of the most holy place, and to make atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded.

    צִוָּ֔ה tzi.Vah “he had commanded”

  5. 1 Chronicles 14:16

    And David did as God commanded him; and they smote the host of the Philistines from Gibeon even to Gezer.

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

  6. 1 Chronicles 15:15

    And the children of the Levites bore the ark of God upon their shoulders with the bars thereon, as Moses commanded according to the word of the LORD.

    צִוָּ֥ה tzi.Vah “he had commanded”

  7. 1 Chronicles 16:15

    Remember His covenant for ever, the word which He commanded to a thousand generations;

    צִוָּ֖ה tzi.Vah “[which] he commanded”

  8. 1 Chronicles 16:40

    to offer burnt-offerings unto the LORD upon the altar of burnt-offering continually morning and evening, even according to all that is written in the Law of the LORD, which He commanded unto Israel;

    צִוָּ֖ה tzi.Vah “he commanded”

  9. 1 Chronicles 17:6

    In all places wherein I have walked among all Israel, spoke I a word with any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to feed My people, saying: Why have ye not built Me a house of cedar?

    צִוִּ֛יתִי tzi.Vi.ti “I commanded”

  10. 1 Chronicles 17:10

    even from the day that I commanded judges to be over My people Israel; and I will subdue all thine enemies. Moreover I tell thee that the LORD will build thee a house.

    צִוִּ֤יתִי tzi.Vi.ti “I appointed”

  11. 1 Chronicles 22:6

    Then He called for Solomon his son, and charged him to build a house for the LORD, the God of Israel.

    וַיְצַוֵּ֙הוּ֙ (יְצַוֵּ֙) y.tza.Ve. “he commanded”

  12. 1 Chronicles 22:12

    Only the LORD give thee discretion and understanding, and give thee charge concerning Israel; that so thou mayest keep the law of the LORD thy God.

    וִֽיצַוְּךָ֖ (יצַוְּ) tza.ve. “he will appoint”

  13. 1 Chronicles 22:13

    Then shalt thou prosper, if thou observe to do the statutes and the ordinances which the LORD charged Moses with concerning Israel; be strong, and of good courage; fear not, neither be dismayed.

    צִוָּ֧ה tzi.Vah “he commanded”

  14. 1 Chronicles 22:17

    David also commanded all the princes of Israel to help Solomon his son:

    וַיְצַ֤ו (יְצַ֤ו) y.Tzav “he commanded”

  15. 1 Chronicles 24:19

    These were the orderings of them in their service, to come into the house of the LORD according to the ordinance given unto them by the hand of Aaron their father, as the LORD, the God of Israel, had commanded him.

    צִוָּ֔הוּ (צִוָּ֔) tzi.Va. “he had commanded”

  16. 2 Chronicles 7:13

    If I shut up heaven that there be no rain, or if I command the locust to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among My people;

    אֲצַוֶּ֥ה 'a.tza.Veh “I will command”

  17. 2 Chronicles 7:17

    And as for thee, if thou wilt walk before Me as David thy father walked, and do according to all that I have commanded thee, and wilt keep My statutes and Mine ordinances;

    צִוִּיתִ֑יךָ (צִוִּיתִ֑י) tzi.vi.Ti. “I have commanded”

  18. 2 Chronicles 18:30

    Now the king of Aram had commanded the captains of his chariots, saying: 'Fight neither with small nor great, save only with the king of Israel.'

    צִוָּה֩ tzi.Vah “he had commanded”

  19. 2 Chronicles 19:9

    And he charged them, saying: 'Thus shall ye do in the fear of the LORD, faithfully, and with a whole heart.

    וַיְצַ֥ו (יְצַ֥ו) y.Tzav “he commanded”

  20. 2 Chronicles 23:8

    So the Levites and all Judah did according to all that Jehoiada the priest commanded; and they took every man his men, those that were to come in on the sabbath, with those that were to go out on the sabbath; for Jehoiada the priest dismissed not the cou

    צִוָּה֮ tzi.Vah “he had commanded”

  21. 2 Chronicles 25:4

    But he put not their children to death, but did according to that which is written in the law in the book of Moses, as the LORD commanded, saying: 'The fathers shall not die for the children, neither shall the children die for the fathers; but every man

    צִוָּ֨ה tzi.Vah “he commanded”

  22. 2 Chronicles 33:8

    neither will I any more remove the foot of Israel from off the land which I have appointed for your fathers; if only they will observe to do all that I have commanded them, even all the law and the statutes and the ordinances by the hand of Moses.'

    צִוִּיתִ֔ים (צִוִּיתִ֔י) tzi.vi.Ti “I commanded”

  23. 2 Chronicles 34:20

    And the king commanded Hilkiah, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Abdon the son of Micah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah the king's servant, saying:

    וַיְצַ֣ו (יְצַ֣ו) y.Tzav “he commanded”

  24. Ezra 4:3

    But Zerubbabel, and Jeshua, and the rest of the heads of fathers' houses of Israel, said unto them: 'Ye have nothing to do with us to build a house unto our God; but we ourselves together will build unto the LORD, the God of Israel, as king Cyrus the kin

    צִוָּ֔נוּ (צִוָּ֔) tzi.Va. “he commanded”

  25. Ezra 8:17

    And I gave them commandment unto Iddo the chief at the place Casiphia; and I told them what they should say unto Iddo and his brother, who were set over the place Casiphia, that they should bring unto us ministers for the house of our God.

    וָאֲצַוֶּ֤ה (אֲצַוֶּ֤ה) 'o.tzi.'ah “I commanded”