Lexicon :: Strong's H6673 - ṣav

צַו
Transliteration
ṣav
Pronunciation
tsav
Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From צָוָה (H6680)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1887c

Strong’s Definitions

צַו tsav, tsav; or צָו tsâv; from H6680; an injunction:—commandment, precept.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x

The KJV translates Strong's H6673 in the following manner: precept (8x), commandment (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x
The KJV translates Strong's H6673 in the following manner: precept (8x), commandment (1x).
  1. command, ordinance, oracle (meaning dubious)

    1. used in mocking mimicry of Isaiah's words and thus not a true divine command

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
צַו tsav, tsav; or צָו tsâv; from H6680; an injunction:—commandment, precept.
STRONGS H6673: Abbreviations
צַו apparently noun [masculine], dubious word; — in הָלַךְ אַחֲי־צָ֑ו Hosea 5:11 usually command, ordinance; < Che Now GASm שָׁוְא; elsewhere only צַו לָצָ֨ו צַו לָצָ֔ו (|| קַו לָקָו קָו קַו לָקָו), Isaiah 28:10 in mocking mimicry of Isaiah's words, and, Isaiah 28:13, of the unintelligible speech of י׳'s foreign agents of judgement; Ges CheComm. and others (compare AV RV) render command upon command; Ew Di (carpenter's) rule (+ קַו = line and rule), from √ צָוָה (whence צִיּוּן); Du CheHpt explain as mocking sounds without sense.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Isaiah

28:10; 28:13

Hosea

5:11