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Bible Lexicons
Old Testament Hebrew Lexical Dictionary Hebrew Lexicon
Strong's #6673 - צָו
Transliteration
tsav
Phonetics
tsav, tsawv
Origin
from (H6680)
Parts of Speech
masculine noun
TWOT
1887c
Definition
- Brown-Driver-Briggs
- Strong
Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition
- command, ordinance, oracle (meaning dubious)
- used in mocking mimicry of Isaiah´s words and thus not a true divine command
Frequency Lists
- Book
- Word
Verse Results

ASV (8)
Isaiah
8
BSB (9)
Isaiah
8
Hosea
1
CSB (6)
Isaiah
5
Hosea
1
ESV (9)
Isaiah
8
Hosea
1
KJV (6)
Isaiah
2
Hosea
1
LEB (3)
Isaiah
2
Hosea
1
LSB (9)
Isaiah
8
Hosea
1
N95 (9)
Isaiah
8
Hosea
1
NAS (9)
Isaiah
8
Hosea
1
NLT (0)
The
did not use
this Strong's Number
did not use
this Strong's Number
WEB (9)
Isaiah
8
Hosea
1
Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions
1397) fy (תסו TsW) AC: Command CO: Command AB: ?
A) fy (תסו TsW) AC: ? CO: Command AB: ?
Nf ) fy (תסו TsW) - Command: KJV (9): precept, commandment - Strongs: H6673 (צָו)
H) efy (תסוה TsWH) AC: ? CO: Command AB: ?
V) efy (תסוה TsWH) - Command: KJV (494): (vf: Pual, Piel) command, charge, commandment, appoint, bade, order, commander - Strongs: H6680 (צָוָה)
hf1) efym (מתסוה MTsWH) - Command: KJV (181): commandment, precept, law, ordinance - Strongs: H4687 (מִצְוָה)
AHL Definitions Copyright: ©1999-2025
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition
צַו apparently noun [masculine], dubious word; — in הָלַךְאַחֲרֵיצָָֿ֑ו Hosea 5:11 usually command, ordinance; < ᵐ5ᵑ6 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 Che Comm. and others (compare AV RV) render command upon command; Ew Di (carpenter's) rule (+ קַו = line and rule), from √צָוָה (whence צִיּוּן); Du Che Hpt explain as mocking sounds without sense.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com
List of Word Forms
לָצָ֔ו לָצָ֞ו לָצָו֙ לצו צַ֣ו צַ֤ו צָֽו׃ צו צו׃ lā·ṣāw lāṣāw laTzav ṣaw ṣāw tzav