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פִּקּוּד

piqqûwd · Hebrew · Strong's H6490 · 24 occurrences

The KJV renders 13 different Hebrew and Greek words as “commandment”

What it means

properly, appointed, i.e. a mandate (of God; plural only, collectively, for the Law)

or פִּקֻּד; from H6485 (פָּקַד);

How the KJV renders it

commandment, precept, statute

Where that flattens a distinction

The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.

commandment
also renders éntalma (G1778), diátagma (G1297), entolḗ (G1785), epitagḗ (G2003), ʼimrâh (H565), dâbâr (H1697), ṭaʻam (H2941), ṭᵉʻêm (H2942), maʼămar (H3982), millâh (H4406), miphqâd (H4662), tsav (H6673)
precept
also renders entolḗ (G1785), mitsvâh (H4687), tsav (H6673)
statute
also renders chuqqâh (H2708), qᵉyâm (H7010)

Where it appears

24 occurrences in the Hebrew text.

Psalm 19:8 HNcmpcPsalm 103:18 HNcmpc/Sp3msPsalm 111:7 HNcmpc/Sp3msPsalm 119:4 HNcmpc/Sp2msPsalm 119:15 HR/Ncmpc/Sp2msPsalm 119:27 HNcmpc/Sp2msPsalm 119:40 HR/Ncmpc/Sp2msPsalm 119:45 HNcmpc/Sp2msPsalm 119:56 HNcmpc/Sp2msPsalm 119:63 HNcmpc/Sp2msPsalm 119:69 HNcmpc/Sp2msPsalm 119:78 HR/Ncmpc/Sp2msPsalm 119:87 HNcmpc/Sp2msPsalm 119:93 HNcmpc/Sp2msPsalm 119:94 HNcmpc/Sp2msPsalm 119:100 HNcmpc/Sp2msPsalm 119:104 HR/Ncmpc/Sp2msPsalm 119:110 HC/R/Ncmpc/Sp2msPsalm 119:128 HNcmpcPsalm 119:134 HNcmpc/Sp2msPsalm 119:141 HNcmpc/Sp2msPsalm 119:159 HNcmpc/Sp2msPsalm 119:168 HNcmpc/Sp2msPsalm 119:173 HNcmpc/Sp2ms

Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Hebrew text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.