Strong H4687מִצְוָה

commandment

Transliteration: mitsvâh
Pronunciation: mits-vaw'
Morphology: Hebrew Noun (Feminine)

Definition

From H6680; a {command} whether human or divine (collectively the Law): - (which was) commanded ({-ment}) {law} {ordinance} precept.

Detailed definition

1) commandment
1a) commandment (of man)
1b) the commandment (of God)
1c) commandment (of code of wisdom)

In the Bible

Strong H4687 appears in 177 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

commandment170
precept3
command1
commanded1
law1
ordinance1
precepts1

First verses

Genesis 26:5
Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.
Exodus 15:26
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
And the Lord said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws?
Exodus 20:6
And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.
Exodus 24:12
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
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
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
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
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
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
Therefore shall ye keep my commandments, and do them: I am the Lord.
Leviticus 26:3
If ye walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do them;
Leviticus 26:14
But if ye will not hearken unto me, and will not do all these commandments;
Leviticus 26:15
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
These are the commandments, which the Lord commanded Moses for the children of Israel in mount Sinai.
Numbers 15:22
And if ye have erred, and not observed all these commandments, which the Lord hath spoken unto Moses,
Numbers 15:31
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
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
That ye may remember, and do all my commandments, and be holy unto your God.
Numbers 36:13
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.