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Strong's H6680 צָוָה (tsavah)

Tsavah means “appoint” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Strong's Number H6680
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 475
Books 27

Strong's H6680 Quick Answer

Strong's H6680 צָּוָה (tsavah) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. tsavah (tsaw-vaw') v. 1. (intensively) to constitute, enjoin [a primitive root] It has 475 linked Bible usages across 27 books. Visible English usage signals include commanded, command, had, charge, and may. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
tsavah (tsaw-vaw') v. 1. (intensively) to constitute, enjoin [a primitive root]
Usage
475 linked usages
Books
27 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
commanded, command, had, charge, and may

Meaning and Definition

tsavah (tsaw-vaw') v. 1. (intensively) to constitute, enjoin [a primitive root] KJV: appoint, (for-)bid, (give a) charge, (give a, give in, send with) command(-er, -ment), send a messenger, put, (set) in order.

Original Word
צָּוָה
Transliteration
tsavah
Derivation
Root: צוה
Morphology
verb

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H6680. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)

to command

Usage: 1) to command, charge, give orders, lay charge, give charge to, order 1a)(Piel) 1a1) to lay charge upon 1a2) to give charge to, give command to 1a3) to give charge unto 1a4) to give charge over, appoint 1a5) to give charge, command 1a6) to charge, command 1a7) to charge, commission 1a8) to command, appoint, ordain (of divine act) 1b) (Pual) to be commanded

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How Strong's H6680 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render tsavah, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

commanded Genesis 2:16 86× command Genesis 27:8 13× had Genesis 7:9 charge Exodus 6:13 appointed Exodus 23:15 commandeth Exodus 16:32 commanding Genesis 49:33 give Exodus 25:22 may Genesis 18:19 send Exodus 7:2 they Genesis 50:16 you Genesis 45:19

How Strong's H6680 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 475 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H6680 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H6680 in the Old Testament

475 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Genesis 2:16 KJV

And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:

Genesis 3:11 KJV

And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?

Genesis 3:17 KJV

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 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;

Usage Excerpts

First 120 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H6680.

Genesis 2:16 Old Testament, KJV
And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:
Genesis 3:11 Old Testament, KJV
And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?
Genesis 3:17 Old Testament, KJV
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 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 Old Testament, KJV
Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he.
Genesis 7:5 Old Testament, KJV
And Noah did according unto all that the LORD commanded him.
Genesis 7:9 Old Testament, KJV
There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah.
Genesis 7:16 Old Testament, KJV
And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him: and the LORD shut him in.
Genesis 12:20 Old Testament, KJV
And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him: and they sent him away, and his wife, and all that he had.
Genesis 18:19 Old Testament, KJV
For I know him, that he will command 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 Old Testament, KJV
And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac being eight days old, as God had commanded him.
Genesis 26:11 Old Testament, KJV
And Abimelech charged all his people, saying, He that toucheth this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.
Genesis 27:8 Old Testament, KJV
Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I command thee.
Genesis 28:1 Old Testament, KJV
And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, and said unto him, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan.
Genesis 28:6 Old Testament, KJV
When Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob, and sent him away to Padanaram, to take him a wife from thence; and that as he blessed him he gave him a charge, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughers of Canaan;
Genesis 32:4 Old Testament, KJV
And he commanded 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 Old Testament, KJV
And he commanded 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 Old Testament, KJV
And so commanded 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 Old Testament, KJV
Then Joseph commanded 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 Old Testament, KJV
And he commanded 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 Old Testament, KJV
Now thou art commanded, 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 Old Testament, KJV
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.
Genesis 49:29 Old Testament, KJV
And he charged 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 Old Testament, KJV
And when Jacob had made an end of commanding his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghost, and was gathered unto his people.
Genesis 50:2 Old Testament, KJV
And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father: and the physicians embalmed Israel.
Genesis 50:12 Old Testament, KJV
And his sons did unto him according as he commanded them:
Genesis 50:16 Old Testament, KJV
And they sent a messenger unto Joseph, saying, Thy father did command before he died, saying,
Exodus 1:22 Old Testament, KJV
And Pharaoh charged 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 Old Testament, KJV
And Moses told Aaron all the words of the LORD who had sent him, and all the signs which he had commanded him.
Exodus 5:6 Old Testament, KJV
And Pharaoh commanded the same day the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying,
Exodus 6:13 Old Testament, KJV
And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, and gave them a charge 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 Old Testament, KJV
Thou shalt speak all that I command thee: and Aaron thy brother shall speak unto Pharaoh, that he send the children of Israel out of his land.
Exodus 7:6 Old Testament, KJV
And Moses and Aaron did as the LORD commanded them, so did they.
Exodus 7:10 Old Testament, KJV
And Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh, and they did so as the LORD had commanded: and Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh, and before his servants, and it became a serpent.
Exodus 7:20 Old Testament, KJV
And Moses and Aaron did so, as the LORD commanded; 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 Old Testament, KJV
And the children of Israel went away, and did as the LORD had commanded Moses and Aaron, so did they.
Exodus 12:50 Old Testament, KJV
Thus did all the children of Israel; as the LORD commanded Moses and Aaron, so did they.
Exodus 16:16 Old Testament, KJV
This is the thing which the LORD hath commanded, 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 Old Testament, KJV
And they laid it up till the morning, as Moses bade: and it did not stink, neither was there any worm therein.
Exodus 16:32 Old Testament, KJV
And Moses said, This is the thing which the LORD commandeth, 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 Old Testament, KJV
As the LORD commanded Moses, so Aaron laid it up before the Testimony, to be kept.
Exodus 18:23 Old Testament, KJV
If thou shalt do this thing, and God command thee so, then thou shalt be able to endure, and all this people shall also go to their place in peace.
Exodus 19:7 Old Testament, KJV
And Moses came and called for the elders of the people, and laid before their faces all these words which the LORD commanded him.
Exodus 23:15 Old Testament, KJV
Thou shalt keep the feast of unleavened bread: (thou shalt eat unleavened bread seven days, as I commanded 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 Old Testament, KJV
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 unto the children of Israel.
Exodus 27:20 Old Testament, KJV
And thou shalt command 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 Old Testament, KJV
And thus shalt thou do unto Aaron, and to his sons, according to all things which I have commanded thee: seven days shalt thou consecrate them.
Exodus 31:6 Old Testament, KJV
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 thee;
Exodus 31:11 Old Testament, KJV
And the anointing oil, and sweet incense for the holy place: according to all that I have commanded thee shall they do.
Exodus 32:8 Old Testament, KJV
They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded 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.
Exodus 34:4 Old Testament, KJV
And he hewed two tables of stone like unto the first; and Moses rose up early in the morning, and went up unto mount Sinai, as the LORD had commanded him, and took in his hand the two tables of stone.
Exodus 34:11 Old Testament, KJV
Observe thou that which I command thee this day: behold, I drive out before thee the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite.
Exodus 34:18 Old Testament, KJV
The feast of unleavened bread shalt thou keep. Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, as I commanded thee, in the time of the month Abib: for in the month Abib thou camest out from Egypt.
Exodus 34:32 Old Testament, KJV
And afterward all the children of Israel came nigh: and he gave them in commandment all that the LORD had spoken with him in mount Sinai.
Exodus 34:34 Old Testament, KJV
But when Moses went in before the LORD to speak with him, he took the vail off, until he came out. And he came out, and spake unto the children of Israel that which he was commanded.
Exodus 35:1 Old Testament, KJV
And Moses gathered all the congregation of the children of Israel together, and said unto them, These are the words which the LORD hath commanded, that ye should do them.
Exodus 35:4 Old Testament, KJV
And Moses spake unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, saying, This is the thing which the LORD commanded, saying,
Exodus 35:10 Old Testament, KJV
And every wise hearted among you shall come, and make all that the LORD hath commanded;
Exodus 35:29 Old Testament, KJV
The children of Israel brought a willing offering unto the LORD, every man and woman, whose heart made them willing to bring for all manner of work, which the LORD had commanded to be made by the hand of Moses.
Exodus 36:1 Old Testament, KJV
Then wrought Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every wise hearted man, in whom the LORD put wisdom and understanding to know how to work all manner of work for the service of the sanctuary, according to all that the LORD had commanded.
Exodus 36:5 Old Testament, KJV
And they spake unto Moses, saying, The people bring much more than enough for the service of the work, which the LORD commanded to make.
Exodus 36:6 Old Testament, KJV
And Moses gave commandment, and they caused it to be proclaimed throughout the camp, saying, Let neither man nor woman make any more work for the offering of the sanctuary. So the people were restrained from bringing.
Exodus 38:22 Old Testament, KJV
And Bezaleel the son Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made all that the LORD commanded Moses.
Exodus 39:1 Old Testament, KJV
And of the blue, and purple, and scarlet, they made cloths of service, to do service in the holy place, and made the holy garments for Aaron; as the LORD commanded Moses.
Exodus 39:5 Old Testament, KJV
And the curious girdle of his ephod, that was upon it, was of the same, according to the work thereof; of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen; as the LORD commanded Moses.
Exodus 39:7 Old Testament, KJV
And he put them on the shoulders of the ephod, that they should be stones for a memorial to the children of Israel; as the LORD commanded Moses.
Exodus 39:21 Old Testament, KJV
And they did bind the breastplate by his rings unto the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it might be above the curious girdle of the ephod, and that the breastplate might not be loosed from the ephod; as the LORD commanded Moses.
Exodus 39:26 Old Testament, KJV
A bell and a pomegranate, a bell and a pomegranate, round about the hem of the robe to minister in; as the LORD commanded Moses.
Exodus 39:29 Old Testament, KJV
And a girdle of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, of needlework; as the LORD commanded Moses.
Exodus 39:31 Old Testament, KJV
And they tied unto it a lace of blue, to fasten it on high upon the mitre; as the LORD commanded Moses.
Exodus 39:32 Old Testament, KJV
Thus was all the work of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation finished: and the children of Israel did according to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so did they.
Exodus 39:42 Old Testament, KJV
According to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so the children of Israel made all the work.
Exodus 39:43 Old Testament, KJV
And Moses did look upon all the work, and, behold, they had done it as the LORD had commanded, even so had they done it: and Moses blessed them.
Exodus 40:16 Old Testament, KJV
Thus did Moses: according to all that the LORD commanded him, so did he.
Exodus 40:19 Old Testament, KJV
And he spread abroad the tent over the tabernacle, and put the covering of the tent above upon it; as the LORD commanded Moses.
Exodus 40:21 Old Testament, KJV
And he brought the ark into the tabernacle, and set up the vail of the covering, and covered the ark of the testimony; as the LORD commanded Moses.
Exodus 40:23 Old Testament, KJV
And he set the bread in order upon it before the LORD; as the LORD had commanded Moses.
Exodus 40:25 Old Testament, KJV
And he lighted the lamps before the LORD; as the LORD commanded Moses.
Exodus 40:27 Old Testament, KJV
And he burnt sweet incense thereon; as the LORD commanded Moses.
Exodus 40:29 Old Testament, KJV
And he put the altar of burnt offering by the door of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation, and offered upon it the burnt offering and the meat offering; as the LORD commanded Moses.
Exodus 40:32 Old Testament, KJV
When they went into the tent of the congregation, and when they came near unto the altar, they washed; as the LORD commanded Moses.
Leviticus 6:9 Old Testament, KJV
Command Aaron and his sons, saying, This is the law of the burnt offering: It is the burnt offering, because of the burning upon the altar all night unto the morning, and the fire of the altar shall be burning in it.
Leviticus 7:36 Old Testament, KJV
Which the LORD commanded to be given them of the children of Israel, in the day that he anointed them, by a statute for ever throughout their generations.
Leviticus 7:38 Old Testament, KJV
Which the LORD commanded Moses in mount Sinai, in the day that he commanded the children of Israel to offer their oblations unto the LORD, in the wilderness of Sinai.
Leviticus 8:4 Old Testament, KJV
And Moses did as the LORD commanded him; and the assembly was gathered together unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
Leviticus 8:5 Old Testament, KJV
And Moses said unto the congregation, This is the thing which the LORD commanded to be done.
Leviticus 8:9 Old Testament, KJV
And he put the mitre upon his head; also upon the mitre, even upon his forefront, did he put the golden plate, the holy crown; as the LORD commanded Moses.
Leviticus 8:13 Old Testament, KJV
And Moses brought Aaron's sons, and put coats upon them, and girded them with girdles, and put bonnets upon them; as the LORD commanded Moses.
Leviticus 8:17 Old Testament, KJV
But the bullock, and his hide, his flesh, and his dung, he burnt with fire without the camp; as the LORD commanded Moses.
Leviticus 8:21 Old Testament, KJV
And he washed the inwards and the legs in water; and Moses burnt the whole ram upon the altar: it was a burnt sacrifice for a sweet savour, and an offering made by fire unto the LORD; as the LORD commanded Moses.
Leviticus 8:29 Old Testament, KJV
And Moses took the breast, and waved it for a wave offering before the LORD: for of the ram of consecration it was Moses' part; as the LORD commanded Moses.
Leviticus 8:31 Old Testament, KJV
And Moses said unto Aaron and to his sons, Boil the flesh at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and there eat it with the bread that is in the basket of consecrations, as I commanded, saying, Aaron and his sons shall eat it.
Leviticus 8:34 Old Testament, KJV
As he hath done this day, so the LORD hath commanded to do, to make an atonement for you.
Leviticus 8:35 Old Testament, KJV
Therefore shall ye abide at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation day and night seven days, and keep the charge of the LORD, that ye die not: for so I am commanded.
Leviticus 8:36 Old Testament, KJV
So Aaron and his sons did all things which the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses.
Leviticus 9:5 Old Testament, KJV
And they brought that which Moses commanded before the tabernacle of the congregation: and all the congregation drew near and stood before the LORD.
Leviticus 9:6 Old Testament, KJV
And Moses said, This is the thing which the LORD commanded that ye should do: and the glory of the LORD shall appear unto you.
Leviticus 9:7 Old Testament, KJV
And Moses said unto Aaron, Go unto the altar, and offer thy sin offering, and thy burnt offering, and make an atonement for thyself, and for the people: and offer the offering of the people, and make an atonement for them; as the LORD commanded.
Leviticus 9:10 Old Testament, KJV
But the fat, and the kidneys, and the caul above the liver of the sin offering, he burnt upon the altar; as the LORD commanded Moses.
Leviticus 9:21 Old Testament, KJV
And the breasts and the right shoulder Aaron waved for a wave offering before the LORD; as Moses commanded.
Leviticus 10:1 Old Testament, KJV
And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took either of them his censer, and put fire therein, and put incense thereon, and offered strange fire before the LORD, which he commanded them not.
Leviticus 10:13 Old Testament, KJV
And ye shall eat it in the holy place, because it is thy due, and thy sons' due, of the sacrifices of the LORD made by fire: for so I am commanded.
Leviticus 10:15 Old Testament, KJV
The heave shoulder and the wave breast shall they bring with the offerings made by fire of the fat, to wave it for a wave offering before the LORD; and it shall be thine, and thy sons' with thee, by a statute for ever; as the LORD hath commanded.
Leviticus 10:18 Old Testament, KJV
Behold, the blood of it was not brought in within the holy place: ye should indeed have eaten it in the holy place, as I commanded.
Leviticus 13:54 Old Testament, KJV
Then the priest shall command that they wash the thing wherein the plague is, and he shall shut it up seven days more:
Leviticus 14:4 Old Testament, KJV
Then shall the priest command to take for him that is to be cleansed two birds alive and clean, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop:
Leviticus 14:5 Old Testament, KJV
And the priest shall command that one of the birds be killed in an earthen vessel over running water:
Leviticus 14:36 Old Testament, KJV
Then the priest shall command that they empty the house, before the priest go into it to see the plague, that all that is in the house be not made unclean: and afterward the priest shall go in to see the house:
Leviticus 14:40 Old Testament, KJV
Then the priest shall command that they take away the stones in which the plague is, and they shall cast them into an unclean place without the city:
Leviticus 16:34 Old Testament, KJV
And this shall be an everlasting statute unto you, to make an atonement for the children of Israel for all their sins once a year. And he did as the LORD commanded Moses.
Leviticus 17:2 Old Testament, KJV
Speak unto Aaron, and unto his sons, and unto all the children of Israel, and say unto them; This is the thing which the LORD hath commanded, saying,
Leviticus 24:2 Old Testament, KJV
Command the children of Israel, that they bring unto thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamps to burn continually.
Leviticus 24:23 Old Testament, KJV
And Moses spake to the children of Israel, that they should bring forth him that had cursed out of the camp, and stone him with stones. And the children of Israel did as the LORD commanded Moses.
Leviticus 25:21 Old Testament, KJV
Then I will command my blessing upon you in the sixth year, and it shall bring forth fruit for three years.
Leviticus 27:34 Old Testament, KJV
These are the commandments, which the LORD commanded Moses for the children of Israel in mount Sinai.
Numbers 1:19 Old Testament, KJV
As the LORD commanded Moses, so he numbered them in the wilderness of Sinai.
Numbers 1:54 Old Testament, KJV
And the children of Israel did according to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so did they.
Numbers 2:33 Old Testament, KJV
But the Levites were not numbered among the children of Israel; as the LORD commanded Moses.
Numbers 2:34 Old Testament, KJV
And the children of Israel did according to all that the LORD commanded Moses: so they pitched by their standards, and so they set forward, every one after their families, according to the house of their fathers.
Numbers 3:16 Old Testament, KJV
And Moses numbered them according to the word of the LORD, as he was commanded.
Numbers 3:42 Old Testament, KJV
And Moses numbered, as the LORD commanded him, all the firstborn among the children of Israel.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H6680, grouped by book.

Genesis 26 usages, Old Testament
Exodus 54 usages, Old Testament
Leviticus 34 usages, Old Testament
Numbers 45 usages, Old Testament
Deuteronomy 86 usages, Old Testament
Joshua 39 usages, Old Testament
Judges 6 usages, Old Testament
Ruth 3 usages, Old Testament
1 Samuel 8 usages, Old Testament
2 Samuel 17 usages, Old Testament
1 Kings 17 usages, Old Testament
2 Kings 18 usages, Old Testament
1 Chronicles 12 usages, Old Testament
2 Chronicles 8 usages, Old Testament
Ezra 3 usages, Old Testament
Nehemiah 7 usages, Old Testament
Esther 9 usages, Old Testament
Job 3 usages, Old Testament
Psalms 15 usages, Old Testament
Isaiah 10 usages, Old Testament
Jeremiah 37 usages, Old Testament
Lamentations 4 usages, Old Testament
Ezekiel 6 usages, Old Testament
Amos 5 usages, Old Testament
Nahum 1 usage, Old Testament
Zechariah 1 usage, Old Testament
Malachi 1 usage, Old Testament

Strong's H6680 FAQ

What does tsavah (צָוָה) mean?

Tsavah (Strong's H6680) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "appoint". tsavah (tsaw-vaw') v. 1. (intensively) to constitute, enjoin [a primitive root]

How many times is tsavah (צָוָה) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 475 linked usages for Strong's H6680 across 27 books.

Where can I study tsavah (צָוָה) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H6680 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate tsavah (צָוָה)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as commanded, command, had, charge, may, and you. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.