מִצְוָה
commandment
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Part of speech
- Noun
- A naming word — a person, place, thing, or idea.
Noun type
- Common
- A common noun — a general class of person, place, or thing (“king,” “city,” “water”), not a specific name.
State
- Construct
- A noun bound to a following noun in a possessive / “of” relationship (the construct chain).
- Absolute
- The independent form of a noun, not bound to a following word.
Gender
- Feminine
- Grammatically feminine.
Number
- Plural
- More than one (in Hebrew, generally three or more).
- Singular
- One.
Every verse where H4687 appears in the Book of Deuteronomy — 42 distinct verses. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Hebrew form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Hebrew Bible; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences are not indexed here.
Deuteronomy
- Deuteronomy 4:2 מִצְוֺת֙ n c fp cs You shall not add to the word which I command you, neither shall you diminish from it, that you may keep the commandments of Yahweh your God which I command you.
- Deuteronomy 4:40 מִצְוֺתָ֗י/ו n c fp cs + sfx pers 3ms You shall keep his statutes, and his commandments, which I command you this day, that it may go well with you, and with your children after you, and that you may prolong your days in the land, which Yahweh your God gives you, forever.
- Deuteronomy 5:10 מצות/ו מִצְוֺתָֽ/י n c fp cs + sfx pers 3ms n c fp cs + sfx pers 1cs and showing loving kindness to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments.
- Deuteronomy 5:29 מִצְוֺתַ֖/י n c fp cs + sfx pers 1cs Oh that there were such a 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 forever!
- Deuteronomy 5:31 הַ/מִּצְוָ֛ה ptcl def.art + n c fs But as for you, stand you here by me, and I will speak to you all the commandment, and the statutes, and the ordinances, which you shall teach them, that they may do them in the land which I give them to possess it.
- Deuteronomy 6:1 הַ/מִּצְוָ֗ה ptcl def.art + n c fs Now this is the commandment, the statutes, and the ordinances, which Yahweh your God commanded to teach you, that you might do them in the land where you go over to possess it;
- Deuteronomy 6:2 וּ/מִצְוֺתָי/ו֮ conj + n c fp cs + sfx pers 3ms that you might fear Yahweh your God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments, which I command you, you, and your son, and your son's son, all the days of your life; and that your days may be prolonged.
- Deuteronomy 6:17 מִצְוֺ֖ת n c fp cs You shall diligently keep the commandments of Yahweh your God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he has commanded you.
- Deuteronomy 6:25 הַ/מִּצְוָ֣ה ptcl def.art + n c fs It shall be righteousness to us, if we observe to do all this commandment before Yahweh our God, as he has commanded us.
- Deuteronomy 7:9 מצות/ו מִצְוֺתָ֖י/ו n c fp cs + sfx pers 3ms n c fp cs + sfx pers 3ms Know therefore that Yahweh your God, he is God, the faithful God, who keeps covenant and loving kindness with them who love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations,
- Deuteronomy 7:11 הַ/מִּצְוָ֜ה ptcl def.art + n c fs You shall therefore keep the commandment, and the statutes, and the ordinances, which I command you this day, to do them.
- Deuteronomy 8:1 הַ/מִּצְוָ֗ה ptcl def.art + n c fs All the commandment which I command you this day shall you observe to do, that you may live, and multiply, and go in and possess the land which Yahweh swore to your fathers.
- Deuteronomy 8:2 מצות/ו מִצְוֺתָ֖י/ו n c fp cs + sfx pers 3ms n c fp cs + sfx pers 3ms You shall remember all the way which Yahweh your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness, that he might humble you, to prove you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep his commandments, or not.
- Deuteronomy 8:6 מִצְוֺ֖ת n c fp cs You shall keep the commandments of Yahweh your God, to walk in his ways, and to fear him.
- Deuteronomy 8:11 מִצְוֺתָי/ו֙ n c fp cs + sfx pers 3ms Beware lest you forget Yahweh your God, in not keeping his commandments, and his ordinances, and his statutes, which I command you this day:
- Deuteronomy 10:13 מִצְוֺ֤ת n c fp cs to keep the commandments of Yahweh, and his statutes, which I command you this day for your good?
- Deuteronomy 11:1 וּ/מִצְוֺתָ֖י/ו conj + n c fp cs + sfx pers 3ms Therefore you shall love Yahweh your God, and keep his charge, and his statutes, and his ordinances, and his commandments, always.
- Deuteronomy 11:8 הַ/מִּצְוָ֔ה ptcl def.art + n c fs Therefore shall you keep all the commandment which I command you this day, that you may be strong, and go in and possess the land, where you go over to possess it;
- Deuteronomy 11:13 מִצְוֺתַ֔/י n c fp cs + sfx pers 1cs It shall happen, if you shall listen diligently to my commandments which I command you this day, to love Yahweh your God, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul,
- Deuteronomy 11:22 הַ/מִּצְוָ֣ה ptcl def.art + n c fs For if you shall diligently keep all this commandment which I command you, to do it, to love Yahweh your God, to walk in all his ways, and to cleave to him;
- Deuteronomy 11:27 מִצְוֺת֙ n c fp cs the blessing, if you shall listen to the commandments of Yahweh your God, which I command you this day;
- Deuteronomy 11:28 מִצְוֺת֙ n c fp cs and the curse, if you shall not listen to the commandments of Yahweh your God, but turn aside out of the way which I command you this day, to go after other gods, which you have not known.
- Deuteronomy 13:4 מִצְוֺתָ֤י/ו n c fp cs + sfx pers 3ms You shall walk after Yahweh your God, and fear him, and keep his commandments, and obey his voice, and you shall serve him, and cleave to him.
- Deuteronomy 13:18 מִצְוֺתָ֔י/ו n c fp cs + sfx pers 3ms when you shall listen to the voice of Yahweh your God, to keep all his commandments which I command you this day, to do that which is right in the eyes of Yahweh your God.
- Deuteronomy 15:5 הַ/מִּצְוָ֣ה ptcl def.art + n c fs if only you diligently listen to the voice of Yahweh your God, to observe to do all this commandment which I command you this day.
- Deuteronomy 17:20 הַ/מִּצְוָ֖ה ptcl def.art + n c fs that his heart not be lifted up above his brothers, and that he not turn aside from the commandment, to the right hand, or to the left: to the end that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he and his children, in the midst of Israel.
- Deuteronomy 19:9 הַ/מִּצְוָ֨ה ptcl def.art + n c fs if you shall keep all this commandment to do it, which I command you this day, to love Yahweh your God, and to walk ever in his ways; then shall you add three cities more for you, besides these three:
- Deuteronomy 26:13 מִצְוָתְ/ךָ֖ מִ/מִּצְוֺתֶ֖י/ךָ n c fs cs + sfx pers 2ms prep + n c fp cs + sfx pers 2ms You shall say before Yahweh your God, I have put away the holy things out of my house, and also have given them to the Levite, and to the foreigner, to the fatherless, and to the widow, according to all your commandment which you have commanded me: I have not transgressed any of your commandments, neither have I forgotten them:
- Deuteronomy 26:17 וּ/מִצְוֺתָ֛י/ו conj + n c fp cs + sfx pers 3ms You have declared Yahweh this day to be your God, and that you would walk in his ways, and keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his ordinances, and listen to his voice:
- Deuteronomy 26:18 מִצְוֺתָֽי/ו n c fp cs + sfx pers 3ms and Yahweh has declared you this day to be a people for his own possession, as he has promised you, and that you should keep all his commandments;
- Deuteronomy 27:1 הַ/מִּצְוָ֔ה ptcl def.art + n c fs Moses and the elders of Israel commanded the people, saying, Keep all the commandment which I command you this day.
- Deuteronomy 27:10 מִצְוֺתָ/ו֙ n c fp cs + sfx pers 3ms You shall therefore obey the voice of Yahweh your God, and do his commandments and his statutes, which I command you this day.
- Deuteronomy 28:1 מִצְוֺתָ֔י/ו n c fp cs + sfx pers 3ms It shall happen, if you shall listen diligently to the voice of Yahweh your God, to observe to do all his commandments which I command you this day, who Yahweh your God will set you on high above all the nations of the earth:
- Deuteronomy 28:9 מִצְוֺת֙ n c fp cs Yahweh will establish you for a holy people to himself, as he has sworn to you; if you shall keep the commandments of Yahweh your God, and walk in his ways.
- Deuteronomy 28:13 מִצְוֺ֣ת n c fp cs Yahweh will make you the head, and not the tail; and you shall be above only, and you shall not be beneath; if you shall listen to the commandments of Yahweh your God, which I command you this day, to observe and to do [them],
- Deuteronomy 28:15 מִצְוֺתָ֣י/ו n c fp cs + sfx pers 3ms But it shall come to pass, if you will not listen to the voice of Yahweh your God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command you this day, that all these curses shall come on you, and overtake you.
- Deuteronomy 28:45 מִצְוֺתָ֥י/ו n c fp cs + sfx pers 3ms All these curses shall come on you, and shall pursue you, and overtake you, until you are destroyed; because you didn't listen to the voice of Yahweh your God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which he commanded you:
- Deuteronomy 30:8 מִצְוֺתָ֔י/ו n c fp cs + sfx pers 3ms You shall return and obey the voice of Yahweh, and do all his commandments which I command you this day.
- Deuteronomy 30:10 מִצְוֺתָי/ו֙ n c fp cs + sfx pers 3ms if you shall obey the voice of Yahweh your God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which are written in this book of the law; if you turn to Yahweh your God with all your heart, and with all your soul.
- Deuteronomy 30:11 הַ/מִּצְוָ֣ה ptcl def.art + n c fs For this commandment which I command you this day, it is not too hard for you, neither is it far off.
- Deuteronomy 30:16 מִצְוֺתָ֥י/ו n c fp cs + sfx pers 3ms in that I command you this day to love Yahweh your God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his ordinances, that you may live and multiply, and that Yahweh your God may bless you in the land where you go in to possess it.
- Deuteronomy 31:5 הַ/מִּצְוָ֔ה ptcl def.art + n c fs Yahweh will deliver them up before you, and you shall do to them according to all the commandment which I have commanded you.
About this entry
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At its core, מצוה (mitsvâh) means “commandment.” Not a single-sense word: explore its full sense range. It appears 177 verses across 23 books of the Hebrew Bible, among its common vocabulary. Scripture first uses it in Genesis 26:5. It clusters with צוה, צו and צי under a shared root. Dig into 177-verse concordance and the renderings breakdown below.
Gloss history
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About this word
Strong's H4687 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 177
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 177 distinct verses.
- 23 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 23 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #254
- by frequency
- Top 500 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 254 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 177 occurrences in the concordance →
Most concentrated in
- Deuteronomy 42 verses 24%
- Psalms 26 verses 15%
- 2 Chronicles 18 verses 10%
By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 177 distinct verses.
- Writings (Ketuvim) 81 verses · 46%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 62 verses · 35%
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 34 verses · 19%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
- King James Version: Commandments 95×, Commandment 34×, According to the commandment 8×
- American Standard Version: Commandments 75×, Commandment 29×, According to the commandment 6×
- Berean Standard Bible: Commandments 131×, Command 16×, Commandment 12×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: Commandments 100×, Commandments of 18×, Commandment 13×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H4687 across 181 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 15 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H4687 across 180 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 38 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H4687 across 180 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 9 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 1 further occurrence.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H4687 across 183 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 12 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Senses in the full BDB
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 6 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
- 1. commandment, of man: king, 1 K 2:43; 2 K 18:36 = Is 36:21; 2 Ch 8:15 + 14 times; מ׳ אב Je 35:14, 16, 18; Pr 6:20; מ׳ אנשׁים Is 29:13; pl. only Je 35:18; Pr 10:8; Ne 10:33; המצוה, the order (title of property) Je 32:11. e.g. 1 Kings 2:43
- 2. of God:
- a. sg. the commandment, code of law: 2 Ch 8:13 Ezr 10:3 ψ 19:9; especially of D שׁמר המ׳ Dt 8:1, 2 + 5 times D; עשׂח המ׳ Dt 6:25; 15:5; (ה)מ׳ אשׁר צוּה Dt 26:13; 30:11; 31:5; סוּר מִן המ׳ Dt 17:20; מ׳ הֵפַר Nu 15:31 (P); ‖ תּוֹרָה Ex 24:12 (RD) Jos 22:5 (D) 2 Ch 14:3; 31:21; + חֻקִּים, מִשְׁפָּטִים Dt 5:28; 6:1 +. e.g. 2 Chronicles 8:13
- b. pl. of commands of D and later codes (exc. Ju 3:4) c. 2 pl. (ye shall, shall not; BrHex 197, 246 ff.), Lv 4:2 + 5 times (P), Is 48:18 + 25 times (late; especially ψ 119, 20 times); שׁמר מ׳ Ex 20:6 (R) Lv 22:31 (H) Dt 4:2 + 10 times D, 1 K 14:8; 2 K 18:6 + 5 times; עשׂה מ׳ Lv 26:14 (H) + 5 times; שׁמע מ׳ Dt 11:13 + 4 times; המ׳ אשׁר צוּה Lv 27:34 (H); עבר מ׳ Dt 26:13; 2 Ch 24:20; עזב מ׳ 1 K 18:18; 2 K 17:16; Ezr 9:10; הפר מ׳ Ezr 9:14; in combinations, especially by Redactors and late writers; order various: (1) with חֻקִּים Ex 15:26 (RD) Dt 4:40; Ezr 7:11 +; ח׳ + משׁפטים Dt 26:17; 1 K 8:58; Ne 1:7; 10:30; + משׁפטים, תורות Ne 9:13; + תורה Ne 9:14; + עדוֹת Dt 6:17; 1 Ch 29:19; 2 Ch 34:31. (2) with חֻקּוֹת Lv 26:3 (H) Dt 6:2; 10:13 + 9 times; ח׳ + משׁפטים Lv 26:15; Dt 8:11; 11:1; 30:16; 1 K 6:12 + תורה, משׁפטים ψ 89:32, + משׁפטים, עֵדְוֹת 1 K 2:3; + תּוֹרוֹת Gn 26:5 (RD); + עדוֹת 2 K 23:3. (3) with משׁפטים Nu 36:13 (P) 1 Ch 28:7; Ne 9:29; Dn 9:5; with תורות Ex 16:28 (R), with ערות Ne 9:34. e.g. Judges 3:4
- c. of special commands of God 1 S 13:13; 1 K 13:21; 2 Ch 29:25; Ne 13:5; Mal 2:1, 4; Jb 23:12. e.g. 1 Samuel 13:13
- 3. commandment, sg., of code of wisdom Pr 19:16, ‖ תורה 6:23, ‖ דבר 13:13; pl. of special commands 2:1; 3:1; 4:4; 7:1, 2. e.g. Proverbs 19:16
Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.
Word origin
n.f. commandment;—מ׳ Pr 6:23 +; cstr. מִצְוַת Jos 22:3 +; sf. מִצְוָֽתְךָ Dt 26:13 ψ 119:96; מִצְוָתוֹ Nu 15:31; pl. מִצְוֹת abs. Lv 26:14 + (מִצְווֹת Ne 9:14); cstr. 4:2 +; sf. מִצְוֹתַי Gn 26:5 +, etc.;—not used before D and Je; in Je only of man’s commands; not Ez nor Minor Proph., except Mal;—
— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.
Derived from צוה (tsâvâh) (H6680) — to command.
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
מִצְוָה
- command, esp. religious act, meritorious deed. Ḥull. 141ᵃ, a. fr. לדבר מ׳ for a religious purpose, opp. לדבר הרשות for a secular or religiously indifferent purpose.—מלחמת מ׳ v. מִלְחָמָה.—Ab. IV, 11 מ׳ אחת one good deed, opp. עֲבֵרָה sin. Ib. שכר מ׳ מ׳ the reward of a good deed is another good deed, v. גָּרַר. Ib. II, 1 מ׳ קלה a light command (obeyed with little sacrifice); Ned. 39ᵇ; a. fr.—מ׳ הבאה בעבירה a religious act achieved through a wrong deed, e. g. using an illegitimately obtained object for a religious ceremony. Succ. 30ᵃ; a. fr.—Y. Sabb. XIII, 14ᵃ bot.; Y. Ḥall. I, end, 58ᵃ אין עבירה מ׳ no-sin is virtue; אין מ׳ עבירה no-virtue is sin.—Zeb. 52ᵃ, a. fr. מ׳ (sub. קרבן) an offering dependent on certain occasions as ordained in the Law, opp. חובה an obligatory offering (at regular seasons).—איסור מ׳, v. אִיסּוּר.—Y. Sot. I, beg. 16ᵇ איתמרת למ׳ (או) לעיכוב is this said only as a recommendation or as an indispensable act?; Y. Pes. II, 29ᵇ bot., a. fr., v. עִיכּוּב.—Ḥull. 106ᵃ משום מ׳ because it is meritorious; מאי מ׳ מ׳ לשמוע וכ׳ what is the merit of it? It is meritorious to obey &c. Ib. לא חובה ולא מ׳ אלא רשות neither an obligatory, nor a meritorious, but a religiously indifferent act; Sabb. 25ᵇ.—מִצְוַת עֲשֵׁה (abbr. מ"ע) a positive command; מ׳ לא תעשה a prohibition. Kidd. I, 7; a. v. fr., v. גְּרָמָא, a. לֹא, לַאו.—מת מ׳ the corpse of a person whose relatives are unknown and whose burial is obligatory on everybody. Hor. 13ᵃ פגע בהם מת מ׳ they struck upon a corpse; a. fr.—M. Kat. 20ᵃ חמשה מתי מ׳ the five relations (besides father and mother) whom one is obliged to bury (Lev. XXI, 2, sq.).—Lev. R. s. 34 תן לי מ׳ give me what thou art commanded to, i.e. alms, v. next w.—Pl. מִצְוֹת, מִצְווֹת. Macc. 23ᵇ שש מאות … מ׳ six hundred and thirteen commands (positive and prohibitive). Y. Sabb. l. c.; Y. Ḥall. l. c. (ref. to אלה המצות, Lev. XXVII, 34) אם עשיתן כְּמִצְוָותָן מ׳ וכ׳ if thou doest them as they are commanded, they are deeds of merit &c. R. Hash. 28ᵇ מ׳ אינו עובר עליהן אלא בזמנן one violates the law by adding to the prescribed form of ceremonies only when executed in their due season (e. g. one does not violate the law by dwelling in the Succah on the eighth day). Ib. מ׳ אין צריכות כונה; Ber. 13ᵃ מ׳ צריכות כ׳, v. כַּוָּנָה. Succ. 39ᵃ, a. e. כל המ׳ כולן מברך וכ׳ the benediction at the performance of religious ceremonies must precede the act. Nidd. 61ᵇ מ׳ בטלות לע"ל ceremonial laws find no application in the hereafter (e. g. a dead body may be wrapped in Kilayim). Ib. חפשי מן המ׳, v. חָפְשִׁי; a. v. fr.—Ker. 17ᵇ (ref. to Lev. V, 17) מצוות קרינן the traditional reading (v. אֵם) is acts (therefore a doubt between two pieces, one permitted and one prohibited, is required for a sacrifice (אשם תלוי). Ib. ליכא מ׳ the requirement of two pieces is not complied with. e.g. Leviticus 21:2
מִצְוָה ²
- Targ. Y. I Num. XII, 16.—Targ. Y. II, Deut. XXV, 10.—[Y. Kidd. I, 61ᵇ bot. אתא מ׳ לטחוניא, v. צוּמּוּת.]—Esp. charity. Lev. R. s. 34 כל עמא יפלגון מצוה let every one distribute charity; a. e.—Pl. מִצְוָון, מִצְוָותָא, מִצְוָותַיָּה. Targ. Y. II, Deut. VII, 10. Targ. Y. II, Num. l. c.; a. e.—Lev. R. l. c. אנא שמיע דהוא עביד מ׳ I hear that he is charitable. Lev. R. s. 3 רעותיה דמתקרי בר מ׳ he desires to be called a charitable man. Y. Ber. IX, 14ᵇ bot. פרוש שכמי מחזי טעין מ׳ וכ׳ ed. Lehm. (oth. ed. omit מחזי) ‘a carrier Pharisee’, he looks as if carrying religion on his shoulder; Y. Sot. V, 20ᶜ bot. טעין מִצְוָתַיָּה, Num. R. s. 9 (prov.) תרעא … למצותיה פתיח לאסיא a gate which opens not for good deeds, will open for the physician; a. fr.
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Forms in the corpus
The 95 distinct written forms H4687 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that state’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
The 60 most common forms are shown; 35 rarer forms follow in the full concordance.
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Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 139 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 177 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Genesis 26:5
- Exodus 15:26
- Leviticus 4:2
- Numbers 15:22
- Deuteronomy 4:2
- Joshua 22:3
- Judges 2:17
- 1 Samuel 13:13
- 1 Kings 2:3
- 2 Kings 17:13
- 1 Chronicles 28:7
- 2 Chronicles 7:19
This is a verse-level parallel only — the same verses exist in both the Hebrew and Greek Old Testaments. No word-level Hebrew↔Greek correspondence is claimed: the data carries no such alignment, so no Greek word is shown as this Hebrew word’s translation. Coverage is not total — the Septuagint omits the deuterocanon and renumbers the Psalms, so some Hebrew verses have no direct Greek parallel.