מִצְוָה
miṣwâ
commandment
Strong's H4687NounHebrewTWOT 1887b

מִצְוָה (miṣwâ) is a Hebrew noun meaning commandment. It appears 184 times in 23 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H4687).

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1887b)

Range of meaning (TWOT 1887b)commandment; command, Law; commanded, ordinance, precept
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

מִצְוָה noun, feminine: commandment

Strong's H4687 מִצְוָה: a command, whether human or divine (collectively, the Law)
KJV:(which was) commanded(-ment), law, ordinance, precept.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 1887: צָוָה ṣāwâ — lay charge, give charge, charge, command, order; constitute, enjoin; appoint, bid, commander, commandment, send a messenger, put, in order

See it in Scripture

Genesis 26:5Exodus 15:26Leviticus 4:2

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