86 occurrences

'Command' in the Bible

Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I command thee.

Verse ConceptsPay Attention To People!

And they sent a messenger unto Joseph, saying, Thy father did command before he died, saying,

Verse ConceptsBefore Death

Thou shalt speak all that I command thee: and Aaron thy brother shall speak unto Pharaoh, that he send the children of Israel out of his land.

Verse ConceptsAaron, Position

We will go three days' journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice to the LORD our God, as he shall command us.

Verse ConceptsThree DaysParticular JourneysA Feast In The Wilderness

If thou shalt do this thing, and God command thee so, then thou shalt be able to endure, and all this people shall also go to their place in peace.

Verse ConceptsStanding Firm

And thou shalt command the children of Israel, that they bring thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamp to burn always.

Verse ConceptsOlive OilThe Golden LampstandOilCandlesOil For LampsPure Things

Observe thou that which I command thee this day: behold, I drive out before thee the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite.

Verse ConceptsJerusalem, History OfThe Lord Will Drive Them Out

Command Aaron and his sons, saying, This is the law of the burnt offering: It is the burnt offering, because of the burning upon the altar all night unto the morning, and the fire of the altar shall be burning in it.

Verse ConceptsCommands, in OTOvernightBurning Sacrifices

Then the priest shall command that they wash the thing wherein the plague is, and he shall shut it up seven days more:

Verse ConceptsSeven DaysClean ClothesSeven Days For Legal Purposes

Then shall the priest command to take for him that is to be cleansed two birds alive and clean, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop:

Verse ConceptsColors, ScarletRed CordsCedar WoodTwo AnimalsWhilst Alive

And the priest shall command that one of the birds be killed in an earthen vessel over running water:

Verse ConceptsClayBasinsKilling Sacrifices

Then the priest shall command that they empty the house, before the priest go into it to see the plague, that all that is in the house be not made unclean: and afterward the priest shall go in to see the house:

Verse ConceptsPurity, Nature OfEmptyingUnclean Things

Then the priest shall command that they take away the stones in which the plague is, and they shall cast them into an unclean place without the city:

Verse ConceptsProperty, HousesOutside The CityPlucking OutBuilding Stones RejectedUnclean Things

Command the children of Israel, that they bring unto thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamps to burn continually.

Verse ConceptsOilOlivesOlive OilUnceasingAlways Being ActiveOil For Lamps

Then I will command my blessing upon you in the sixth year, and it shall bring forth fruit for three years.

Verse ConceptsIncreasing FruitThreefoldGod Will Bless

Command the children of Israel, that they put out of the camp every leper, and every one that hath an issue, and whosoever is defiled by the dead:

Verse ConceptsHealingLeprosyQuarantiningQuarantineDischarges

And Moses said unto them, Stand still, and I will hear what the LORD will command concerning you.

Verse ConceptsFindingWaitingStillnessPeople WaitingPaying Attention To GodWaiting On The Lord

Command the children of Israel, and say unto them, My offering, and my bread for my sacrifices made by fire, for a sweet savour unto me, shall ye observe to offer unto me in their due season.

Verse ConceptsAromasSmellsRefreshing God

Command the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land of Canaan; (this is the land that shall fall unto you for an inheritance, even the land of Canaan with the coasts thereof:)

Verse Conceptsborders

Command the children of Israel, that they give unto the Levites of the inheritance of their possession cities to dwell in; and ye shall give also unto the Levites suburbs for the cities round about them.

This is the thing which the LORD doth command concerning the daughters of Zelophehad, saying, Let them marry to whom they think best; only to the family of the tribe of their father shall they marry.

Verse ConceptsLimitednessFather And Daughter RelationshipsFathers And Daughters

And command thou the people, saying, Ye are to pass through the coast of your brethren the children of Esau, which dwell in Seir; and they shall be afraid of you: take ye good heed unto yourselves therefore:

Verse ConceptsFearing Other People

Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you.

Verse ConceptsAdding to the BibleCommands, in OTRespect, For God's CharacterRevelation, In NtWord Of GodAdditionsAdding To GodSubtracting From God

Thou shalt keep therefore his statutes, and his commandments, which I command thee this day, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days upon the earth, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, for ever.

Verse ConceptsTemporal Blessingsethics, and graceBlessings, To AbrahamOld Age, Attainment OfHow To Live LongEternal PossessionResults Of Keeping The CommandmentsKeep The Commandments!

That thou mightest fear the LORD thy God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments, which I command thee, thou, and thy son, and thy son's son, all the days of thy life; and that thy days may be prolonged.

Verse ConceptsFutureFear Of The LordHow To Live Longstatues

And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart:

Verse ConceptsReceptive Hearts

Thou shalt therefore keep the commandments, and the statutes, and the judgments, which I command thee this day, to do them.

Verse ConceptsPresent, TheKeep The Commandments!

All the commandments which I command thee this day shall ye observe to do, that ye may live, and multiply, and go in and possess the land which the LORD sware unto your fathers.

Verse ConceptsCommands, in OTGod Multipling PeopleLife Through Keeping The LawKeep The Commandments!

Beware that thou forget not the LORD thy God, in not keeping his commandments, and his judgments, and his statutes, which I command thee this day:

To keep the commandments of the LORD, and his statutes, which I command thee this day for thy good?

Verse ConceptsPresent, TheKeep The Commandments!Obeying God

Therefore shall ye keep all the commandments which I command you this day, that ye may be strong, and go in and possess the land, whither ye go to possess it;

Verse ConceptsKeep The Commandments!

And it shall come to pass, if ye shall hearken diligently unto my commandments which I command you this day, to love the LORD your God, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul,

Verse ConceptsFaithfulness, To GodHeart, And Holy SpiritWhole HeartednessObedience To GodThe Need To Love God

For if ye shall diligently keep all these commandments which I command you, to do them, to love the LORD your God, to walk in all his ways, and to cleave unto him;

Verse ConceptsCommitment, to GodClinging To GodIf You Keep The CommandmentsThe Need To Love God

A blessing, if ye obey the commandments of the LORD your God, which I command you this day:

Verse ConceptsBlessedBlessing And CurseObedienceBlessings From GodObeying Godcommandmentsobeying

And a curse, if ye will not obey the commandments of the LORD your God, but turn aside out of the way which I command you this day, to go after other gods, which ye have not known.

Verse ConceptsGod's WaysDisobedience, To GodUnknown GodsThe Curse Of The LawDifferent GodsPenalties For Serving Other GodsObeying Goddisobediencecursesobeying

Then there shall be a place which the LORD your God shall choose to cause his name to dwell there; thither shall ye bring all that I command you; your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the heave offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which ye vow unto the LORD:

Verse ConceptsGiftsChoicesOfferingsSacred PlacesAnimal Sacrifices, Heave OfferingBringing In The TitheRegulating SacrificesA Place For God's NameTithes And Offering

But in the place which the LORD shall choose in one of thy tribes, there thou shalt offer thy burnt offerings, and there thou shalt do all that I command thee.

Observe and hear all these words which I command thee, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee for ever, when thou doest that which is good and right in the sight of the LORD thy God.

Verse ConceptsTemporal BlessingsPersonal GoodObeying God

When thou shalt hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep all his commandments which I command thee this day, to do that which is right in the eyes of the LORD thy God.

Verse ConceptsKeep The Commandments!

Only if thou carefully hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all these commandments which I command thee this day.

Verse ConceptsKeep The Commandments!

For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land.

Verse ConceptsLiberalityBad LeadershipCommands, in OTPoor PeopleBeggarsLendingPoverty, Remedies ForSuffering, HardshipGenerosity, Used TowardsThe poorHelping The PoorHelping Others In NeedFeeding The Poor

And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt, and the LORD thy God redeemed thee: therefore I command thee this thing to day.

Verse ConceptsGod, As RedeemerCommands, in OTGroups Of Slavesslavery

I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him.

Verse ConceptsMediatorMessengerMouthsRevelation, In OtJesus The ProphetSpeaking The Word God GivesSpecial RevelationRevelation Through Direct Communication

Wherefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt separate three cities for thee.

Verse ConceptsThree Cities

If thou shalt keep all these commandments to do them, which I command thee this day, to love the LORD thy God, and to walk ever in his ways; then shalt thou add three cities more for thee, beside these three:

Verse ConceptsThree CitiesWalking In The Ways Of GodIf You Keep The CommandmentsThe Need To Love God

But thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt, and the LORD thy God redeemed thee thence: therefore I command thee to do this thing.

Verse ConceptsGod, As RedeemerGroups Of Slaves

And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt: therefore I command thee to do this thing.

Verse ConceptsGroups Of Slaves

And Moses with the elders of Israel commanded the people, saying, Keep all the commandments which I command you this day.

Verse ConceptsKeep The Commandments!

Therefore it shall be when ye be gone over Jordan, that ye shall set up these stones, which I command you this day, in mount Ebal, and thou shalt plaister them with plaister.

Verse ConceptsPlasterCrossing Into The Promised Land

Thou shalt therefore obey the voice of the LORD thy God, and do his commandments and his statutes, which I command thee this day.

Verse ConceptsCommitment, to GodKeep The Commandments!Obeying God

And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the LORD thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth:

Verse ConceptsBeing In DebtCommitment, to GodWarfare, Examples OfOvertakingGod Lifting PeopleObedienceObeying God

The LORD shall command the blessing upon thee in thy storehouses, and in all that thou settest thine hand unto; and he shall bless thee in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

Verse ConceptsTemporal BlessingsBarnsProsperityStores Of FoodDedication

And the LORD shall make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if that thou hearken unto the commandments of the LORD thy God, which I command thee this day, to observe and to do them:

Verse ConceptsTailsHead As ChiefKeep The Commandments!Never Giving Up

And thou shalt not go aside from any of the words which I command thee this day, to the right hand, or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them.

Verse ConceptsObedience To GodNot Turning AsideDifferent GodsDo Not Have Other gods

But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command thee this day; that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee:

Verse ConceptsAtonementethics, incentives towardsLand, As A Divine ResponsibilityReward, DivineSowing And ReapingVictory, As An Act Of GodWarfare, Examples OfDisobedience, To GodJewish PersecutionIf You Do Not Keep CommandsObedienceObeying Goddisobedienceconsequencescursesobeying

And shalt return unto the LORD thy God, and shalt obey his voice according to all that I command thee this day, thou and thy children, with all thine heart, and with all thy soul;

Verse ConceptsChildren, attitudes towardsChildren, Duties OfEarnestnessReturning To GodWhole HeartednessBlessings Of ObedienceObeying God

And thou shalt return and obey the voice of the LORD, and do all his commandments which I command thee this day.

Verse ConceptsKeep The Commandments!

For this commandment which I command thee this day, it is not hidden from thee, neither is it far off.

Verse ConceptsFar From OneEasy Burdenslawcommandmentsimpossible

In that I command thee this day to love the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his judgments, that thou mayest live and multiply: and the LORD thy God shall bless thee in the land whither thou goest to possess it.

Verse ConceptsGod, Will OfLife, HumanRightsLife By LovingThe Need To Love GodKeep The Commandments!

And he said unto them, Set your hearts unto all the words which I testify among you this day, which ye shall command your children to observe to do, all the words of this law.

Verse ConceptsHeart, And Holy SpiritTeaching ChildrenKeep The Commandments!

Pass through the host, and command the people, saying, Prepare you victuals; for within three days ye shall pass over this Jordan, to go in to possess the land, which the LORD your God giveth you to possess it.

Verse ConceptsCrossing Into The Promised LandRiver CrossingsPreparing Food

And thou shalt command the priests that bear the ark of the covenant, saying, When ye are come to the brink of the water of Jordan, ye shall stand still in Jordan.

Verse ConceptsPriests, Function In Ot TimesStandingMotionlessnessComing To RestWalking Through WaterIn The JordanPriests In Actionpriests

And command ye them, saying, Take you hence out of the midst of Jordan, out of the place where the priests' feet stood firm, twelve stones, and ye shall carry them over with you, and leave them in the lodging place, where ye shall lodge this night.

Verse ConceptsStones As MonumentsTwelve ThingsIn The Jordan

Command the priests that bear the ark of the testimony, that they come up out of Jordan.

Verse ConceptsPriests In Action

As the LORD commanded Moses his servant, so did Moses command Joshua, and so did Joshua; he left nothing undone of all that the LORD commanded Moses.

Verse ConceptsServanthood, In Life Of Believers

Let our lord now command thy servants, which are before thee, to seek out a man, who is a cunning player on an harp: and it shall come to pass, when the evil spirit from God is upon thee, that he shall play with his hand, and thou shalt be well.

Verse ConceptsHarpsInstrumentalists

Now therefore command thou that they hew me cedar trees out of Lebanon; and my servants shall be with thy servants: and unto thee will I give hire for thy servants according to all that thou shalt appoint: for thou knowest that there is not among us any that can skill to hew timber like unto the Sidonians.

Verse ConceptsNegotiationServants, Working Conditions OfSkillWagesCommerceFelling TreesCedar Wood

And it shall be, if thou wilt hearken unto all that I command thee, and wilt walk in my ways, and do that is right in my sight, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as David my servant did; that I will be with thee, and build thee a sure house, as I built for David, and will give Israel unto thee.

Verse Conceptsethics, and graceCommands, in OTBuildingKingsGod Will Be With YouKeep The Commandments!The Dynasty Of David

If I shut up heaven that there be no rain, or if I command the locusts to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people;

Verse ConceptsCommands, in OTClosing Up

Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high?

Verse ConceptsNestsCommands, in OTBirds, Types Of BirdsEaglessoaring

Thou art my King, O God: command deliverances for Jacob.

Verse ConceptsKnowing God, Effects OfBlindnessdeliverance

And I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor digged; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.

Verse ConceptsBriersAgriculture, TermsPruningCommands, in OTdrought, physicalRainCultivationLack Of RainFallow Land

Thus saith the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker, Ask me of things to come concerning my sons, and concerning the work of my hands command ye me.

Verse ConceptsMan's Relationship With His CreatorQuestioning GodThe FutureSolar Eclipse

But the LORD said unto me, Say not, I am a child: for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak.

Verse ConceptsCommands, in OTMouthsLimitations Of YouthGod Sending ProphetsSpeaking The Word God Givesspeakingteenager

Thou therefore gird up thy loins, and arise, and speak unto them all that I command thee: be not dismayed at their faces, lest I confound thee before them.

Verse ConceptsReadinessReady To SpeakSpeaking The Word God Gives

Which I commanded your fathers in the day that I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, from the iron furnace, saying, Obey my voice, and do them, according to all which I command you: so shall ye be my people, and I will be your God:

Verse ConceptsFurnacesFreedom, Acts Of In OtIronI Will Be Their GodPay Attention To God!God Bringing Israel Out Of Egypt

Thus saith the LORD; Stand in the court of the LORD'S house, and speak unto all the cities of Judah, which come to worship in the LORD'S house, all the words that I command thee to speak unto them; diminish not a word:

Verse ConceptsCourtyardCommands, in OTScripture, Sufficiency OfSubtracting From God

And command them to say unto their masters, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Thus shall ye say unto your masters;

Behold, I will command, saith the LORD, and cause them to return to this city; and they shall fight against it, and take it, and burn it with fire: and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation without an inhabitant.

Verse ConceptsWasteEmpty CitiesBurning JerusalemActual Attacks On JerusalemCapturing Cities

The adversary hath spread out his hand upon all her pleasant things: for she hath seen that the heathen entered into her sanctuary, whom thou didst command that they should not enter into thy congregation.

Verse ConceptsPagansDesecrationEntering The TempleForeigners In The Holy PlacesTaking Possession

And though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out thence; and though they be hid from my sight in the bottom of the sea, thence will I command the serpent, and he shall bite them:

Verse ConceptsCommands, in OTBitingdepthHuntingSeaSnakesExpanse Of The SeaGod Searching For PeopleHiding From GodSnakebitesGod's Ordershiding

And though they go into captivity before their enemies, thence will I command the sword, and it shall slay them: and I will set mine eyes upon them for evil, and not for good.

Verse ConceptsExile, in assyriaCommands, in OTExile In ProspectGod Can Harm People

For, lo, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all nations, like as corn is sifted in a sieve, yet shall not the least grain fall upon the earth.

Verse ConceptsSiftingGod ShakingSievingThings Falling

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Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
κελεύω 
Keleuo 
Usage: 26

παραγγέλλω 
Paraggello 
Usage: 30

אמר 
'amar (Aramaic) 
Usage: 71

אמרה אמרה 
'imrah 
Usage: 37

דּבר 
Dabar 
Usage: 1142

דּבר 
Dabar 
Usage: 1438

דּת 
Dath 
Usage: 22

חק 
Choq 
Usage: 127

טעם 
Ta`am (Aramaic) 
Usage: 5

טעם 
T@`em (Aramaic) 
Usage: 25

מאמר 
Ma'amar 
Usage: 3

מלּה 
Millah (Aramaic) 
Usage: 23

מפקד 
Miphqad 
Usage: 4

מצוה 
Mitsvah 
Usage: 181

פּה 
Peh 
Usage: 497

פּקּד פּקּוּד 
Piqquwd 
Usage: 24

צו צו 
Tsav 
Usage: 9

צוה 
Tsavah 
Usage: 494

שׂוּם 
 
Usage: 26

διαστέλλομαι 
Diastellomai 
Usage: 8

διάταγμα 
Diatagma 
Usage: 1

διατάσσω 
Diatasso 
Usage: 14

ἔνταλμα 
Entalma 
Usage: 1

ἐντέλλομαι 
Entellomai 
Usage: 10

ἐντολή 
Entole 
Usage: 47

ἐπιταγή 
Epitage 
Usage: 7

ἐπιτάσσω 
Epitasso 
Usage: 8

ἔπω 
Epo 
say , speak , tell , command , bid , , vr say
Usage: 824

παραγγελία 
Paraggelia 
Usage: 5

προστάσσω 
Prostasso 
Usage: 4

ῥέω 
Rheo 
speak , say, speak of , command , make
Usage: 17

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