Usually translated as
command, charge, commandment, in order, appoint, commander, send a messenger, put, bid, forbid
Occurrences
Tsâvâh occurs 492 times in 473 verses of the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (26), Exodus (54), Leviticus (34), Numbers (45), Deuteronomy (85), Joshua (39), Judges (6), Ruth (2), 1 Samuel (8), 2 Samuel (17), 1 Kings (17), 2 Kings (18), 1 Chronicles (12), 2 Chronicles (8), Ezra (3), Nehemiah (7), Esther (9), Job (3), Psalms (15), Isaiah (10), Jeremiah (37), Lamentations (4), Ezekiel (6), Amos (5), Nahum (1), Zechariah (1), Malachi (1)
- Genesis 2:16 — And the LORD God commanded (וַיְצַו֙) the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:
- Genesis 3:11 — And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded (צִוִּיתִ֛יךָ) thee that thou shouldest not eat?
- Genesis 3:17 — And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded (צִוִּיתִ֙יךָ֙) thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;
- Genesis 6:22 — Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded (צִוָּ֥ה) him, so did he.
- Genesis 7:5 — And Noah did according unto all that the LORD commanded (צִוָּ֖הוּ) him.
- Genesis 7:9 — There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded (צִוָּ֥ה) Noah.
- Genesis 7:16 — And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded (צִוָּ֥ה) him: and the LORD shut him in.
- Genesis 12:20 — And Pharaoh commanded (וַיְצַ֥ו) his men concerning him: and they sent him away, and his wife, and all that he had.
- Genesis 18:19 — For I know him, that he will command (יְצַוֶּ֜ה) his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.
- Genesis 21:4 — And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac being eight days old, as God had commanded (צִוָּ֥ה) him.
- Genesis 26:11 — And Abimelech charged (וַיְצַ֣ו) all his people, saying, He that toucheth this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.
- Genesis 27:8 — Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I command (מְצַוָּ֥ה) thee.
- Genesis 28:1 — And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged (וַיְצַוֵּ֙הוּ֙) him, and said unto him, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan.
- Genesis 28:6 — When Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob, and sent him away to Padan-aram, to take him a wife from thence; and that as he blessed him he gave him a charge (וַיְצַ֤ו), saying, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan;
- Genesis 32:4 — And he commanded (וַיְצַ֤ו) them, saying, Thus shall ye speak unto my lord Esau; Thy servant Jacob saith thus, I have sojourned with Laban, and stayed there until now:
- Genesis 32:17 — And he commanded (וַיְצַ֥ו) the foremost, saying, When Esau my brother meeteth thee, and asketh thee, saying, Whose art thou? and whither goest thou? and whose are these before thee?
- Genesis 32:19 — And so commanded (וַיְצַ֞ו) he the second, and the third, and all that followed the droves, saying, On this manner shall ye speak unto Esau, when ye find him.
- Genesis 42:25 — Then Joseph commanded (וַיְצַ֣ו) to fill their sacks with corn, and to restore every man’s money into his sack, and to give them provision for the way: and thus did he unto them.
- Genesis 44:1 — And he commanded (וַיְצַ֞ו) the steward of his house, saying, Fill the men’s sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put every man’s money in his sack’s mouth.
- Genesis 45:19 — Now thou art commanded (צֻוֵּ֖יתָה), this do ye; take you wagons out of the land of Egypt for your little ones, and for your wives, and bring your father, and come.
- Genesis 47:11 — And Joseph placed his father and his brethren, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded (צִוָּ֥ה).
- Genesis 49:29 — And he charged (וַיְצַ֣ו) them, and said unto them, I am to be gathered unto my people: bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite,
- Genesis 49:33 — And when Jacob had made an end of commanding (לְצַוֹּ֣ת) his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghost, and was gathered unto his people.
- Genesis 50:2 — And Joseph commanded (וַיְצַ֨ו) his servants the physicians to embalm his father: and the physicians embalmed Israel.
- Genesis 50:12 — And his sons did unto him according as he commanded (צִוָּֽם) them:
- Genesis 50:16 — And they sent a messenger (וַיְצַוּ֕וּ) unto Joseph, saying, Thy father did command before he died, saying,
- Genesis 50:16 — And they sent a messenger unto Joseph, saying, Thy father did command (צִוָּ֔ה) before he died, saying,
- Exodus 1:22 — And Pharaoh charged (וַיְצַ֣ו) all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive.
- Exodus 4:28 — And Moses told Aaron all the words of the LORD who had sent him, and all the signs which he had commanded (צִוָּֽהוּ) him.
- Exodus 5:6 — And Pharaoh commanded (וַיְצַ֥ו) the same day the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying,
- Exodus 6:13 — And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, and gave them a charge (וַיְצַוֵּם֙) unto the children of Israel, and unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt.
- Exodus 7:2 — Thou shalt speak all that I command (אֲצַוֶּ֑ךָּ) thee: and Aaron thy brother shall speak unto Pharaoh, that he send the children of Israel out of his land.
- Exodus 7:6 — And Moses and Aaron did as the LORD commanded (צִוָּ֧ה) them, so did they.
- Exodus 7:10 — And Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh, and they did so as the LORD had commanded (צִוָּ֣ה): and Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh, and before his servants, and it became a serpent.
- Exodus 7:20 — And Moses and Aaron did so, as the LORD commanded (צִוָּ֣ה); and he lifted up the rod, and smote the waters that were in the river, in the sight of Pharaoh, and in the sight of his servants; and all the waters that were in the river were turned to blood.
- Exodus 12:28 — And the children of Israel went away, and did as the LORD had commanded (צִוָּ֧ה) Moses and Aaron, so did they.
- Exodus 12:50 — Thus did all the children of Israel; as the LORD commanded (צִוָּ֧ה) Moses and Aaron, so did they.
- Exodus 16:16 — This is the thing which the LORD hath commanded (צִוָּ֣ה), Gather of it every man according to his eating, an omer for every man, according to the number of your persons; take ye every man for them which are in his tents.
- Exodus 16:24 — And they laid it up till the morning, as Moses bade (צִוָּ֣ה): and it did not stink, neither was there any worm therein.
- Exodus 16:32 — And Moses said, This is the thing which the LORD commandeth (צִוָּ֣ה), Fill an omer of it to be kept for your generations; that they may see the bread wherewith I have fed you in the wilderness, when I brought you forth from the land of Egypt.
- Exodus 16:34 — As the LORD commanded (צִוָּ֥ה) Moses, so Aaron laid it up before the Testimony, to be kept.
- Exodus 18:23 — If thou shalt do this thing, and God command (וְצִוְּךָ֣) thee so, then thou shalt be able to endure, and all this people shall also go to their place in peace.
- Exodus 19:7 — And Moses came and called for the elders of the people, and laid before their faces all these words which the LORD commanded (צִוָּ֖הוּ) him.
- Exodus 23:15 — Thou shalt keep the feast of unleavened bread: (thou shalt eat unleavened bread seven days, as I commanded (צִוִּיתִ֗ךָ) thee, in the time appointed of the month Abib; for in it thou camest out from Egypt: and none shall appear before me empty:)
- Exodus 25:22 — And there I will meet with thee, and I will commune with thee from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubims which are upon the ark of the testimony, of all things which I will give thee in commandment (אֲצַוֶּ֛ה) unto the children of Israel.
- Exodus 27:20 — And thou shalt command (תְּצַוֶּ֣ה) the children of Israel, that they bring thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamp to burn always.
- Exodus 29:35 — And thus shalt thou do unto Aaron, and to his sons, according to all things which I have commanded (צִוִּ֖יתִי) thee: seven days shalt thou consecrate them.
- Exodus 31:6 — And I, behold, I have given with him Aholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan: and in the hearts of all that are wise hearted I have put wisdom, that they may make all that I have commanded (צִוִּיתִֽךָ) thee;
- Exodus 31:11 — And the anointing oil, and sweet incense for the holy place: according to all that I have commanded (צִוִּיתִ֖ךָ) thee shall they do.
- Exodus 32:8 — They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded (צִוִּיתִ֔ם) them: they have made them a molten calf, and have worshipped it, and have sacrificed thereunto, and said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which have brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.