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Strong's numbers

מִצְוָה (H4687)

mitsvâh

mits-vaw'

from צָוָה; a command, whether human or divine (collectively, the Law); (which was) commanded(-ment), law, ordinance, precept.

Brown–Driver–Briggs

מִצְוָה 181 n.f. commandment

From Brown, Driver, and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), in the public domain.

177 occurrences

Shown in the King James Version (KJV), whichever translation you read in — it is the text these numbers are tagged against.

  • 2 Kings 17:16
    And they left all the commandments of the LORD their God, and made them molten images, even two calves, and made a grove, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served Baal.
  • 2 Kings 17:19
    Also Judah kept not the commandments of the LORD their God, but walked in the statutes of Israel which they made.
  • 2 Kings 17:34
    Unto this day they do after the former manners: they fear not the LORD, neither do they after their statutes, or after their ordinances, or after the law and commandment which the LORD commanded the children of Jacob, whom he named Israel;
  • 2 Kings 17:37
    And the statutes, and the ordinances, and the law, and the commandment, which he wrote for you, ye shall observe to do for evermore; and ye shall not fear other gods.
  • 2 Kings 18:6
    For he clave to the LORD, and departed not from following him, but kept his commandments, which the LORD commanded Moses.
  • 2 Kings 18:36
    But the people held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king's commandment was, saying, Answer him not.
  • 2 Kings 23:3
    And the king stood by a pillar, and made a covenant before the LORD, to walk after the LORD, and to keep his commandments and his testimonies and his statutes with all their heart and all their soul, to perform the words of this covenant that were written in this book. And all the people stood to the covenant.
  • 1 Chronicles 28:7
    Moreover I will establish his kingdom for ever, if he be constant to do my commandments and my judgments, as at this day.
  • 1 Chronicles 28:8
    Now therefore in the sight of all Israel the congregation of the LORD, and in the audience of our God, keep and seek for all the commandments of the LORD your God: that ye may possess this good land, and leave it for an inheritance for your children after you for ever.
  • 1 Chronicles 29:19
    And give unto Solomon my son a perfect heart, to keep thy commandments, thy testimonies, and thy statutes, and to do all these things, and to build the palace, for the which I have made provision.