צַו

tsav · Hebrew · Strong's H6673 · 9 occurrences

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

What it means

an injunction

or צָו; from H6680 (צָוָה);

How the KJV renders it

commandment, precept

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), piqqûwd (H6490)

“precept”

also renders entolḗ (G1785), mitsvâh (H4687), piqqûwd (H6490)

Where it appears

9 occurrences in the Hebrew text, first 3 verses shown.

Hosea 5:11 HNcmsaIsaiah 28:10 HNcmsaIsaiah 28:13 HNcmsa

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.