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For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.
Read in context →These things command and teach.
Read in context →41 occurrences in 40 verses.
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tsâvâh · tsaw-vaw'
(intensively) to constitute, enjoin
Strong's KJV usage: appoint, (for-) bid, (give a) charge, (give a, give in, send with) command(-er, -ment), send a messenger, put, (set) in order.
Strong's first: Genesis 18:19Strong's last: Amos 9:9
Open full H6680 profile →parangéllō · par-ang-gel'-lo
to transmit a message, i.e. (by implication) to enjoin
Strong's KJV usage: :--(give in) charge, (give) command(-ment), declare.
Strong's first: Acts 5:28Strong's last: 1 Timothy 4:11
Open full G3853 profile →entéllomai · en-tel'-lom-ahee
to enjoin
Strong's KJV usage: :--(give) charge, (give) command(-ments), injoin.
Strong's first: Matthew 19:7Strong's last: John 15:17
Open full G1781 profile →épō · ep'-o
to speak or say (by word or writing)
Strong's KJV usage: :--answer, bid, bring word, call, command, grant, say (on), speak, tell.
Strong's first: Matthew 4:3Strong's last: Luke 9:54
Open full G2036 profile →ʼâmar · aw-mar'
to say (used with great latitude)
Strong's KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, × desire, determine, × expressly, × indeed, × intend, name, × plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), × still, × suppose, talk, tell, term, × that is, × think, use (speech), utter, × verily, × yet.
Strong's first: Exodus 8:27Strong's last: 1 Samuel 16:16
Open full H559 profile →epitássō · ep-ee-tas'-so
to arrange upon, i.e. order
Strong's KJV usage: :--charge, command, injoin.
Strong's first: Luke 8:31Strong's last: Luke 8:31
Open full G2004 profile →keleúō · kel-yoo'-o
"hail"; to incite by word, i.e. order
Strong's KJV usage: :--bid, (at, give) command(-ment).
Strong's first: Matthew 27:64Strong's last: Matthew 27:64
Open full G2753 profile →peh · peh
the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according to
Strong's KJV usage: accord(-ing as, -ing to), after, appointment, assent, collar, command(-ment), × eat, edge, end, entry, file, hole, × in, mind, mouth, part, portion, × (should) say(-ing), sentence, skirt, sound, speech, × spoken, talk, tenor, × to, two-edged, wish, word.
Strong's first: Job 39:27Strong's last: Job 39:27
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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.
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.
And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart:
Thou shalt therefore keep the commandments, and the statutes, and the judgments, which I command thee this day, to do them.
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.
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?
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;
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,
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;
A blessing, if ye obey the commandments of the LORD your God, which I command you this day:
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.
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:
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.
What thing soever I command you, observe to do it: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Wherefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt separate three cities for thee.
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:
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.
And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt: therefore I command thee to do this thing.
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COMMAND, verb transitive
1. To bid; to order; to direct; to charge; implying authority, and power to control, and to require obedience.
We will sacrifice to the Lord our God, as he shall command us. Exodus 8:27.
I know that he [Abraham] will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the Lord. Genesis 18:19.
2. To govern, lead or direct; to have or to exercise supreme authority over.
Lord Wellington commanded an army in Spain; he commanded the army at the battle of Waterloo.
3. To have in power; to be able to exercise power or authority over; as, a military post commands the surrounding country; a fort commands the harbor.
4. To overlook, or have in the power of the eye, without obstruction.
One side commands a view of the finest garden in the world.
5. To direct; to send.
The Lord shall command the blessing on thee. Deuteronomy 28:1.
The Lord will command his loving kindness. Psalms 43:1.
6. To have or to exercise a controlling influence over.
A good magistrate commands the respect and affections of the people.
COMMAND, verb intransitive To have or to exercise supreme authority; to possess the chief power; to govern; as, the general commands with dignity and humanity. What general commands in Canada?
COMMAND, noun
1. The right or power of governing with chief or exclusive authority; supreme power; control; as, an officer has a brigade under his command; he takes command of the army in France; an appropriate military term.
2. The power of controlling; governing influence; sway.
He assumed an absolute command over his readers.
3. Cogent or absolute authority.
COMMAND and force may often create, but can never cure, an aversion.
4. The act of commanding; the mandate uttered; order given.
The captain gives command
5. The power of overlooking, or surveying, without obstruction.
The steepy strand, Which overlooks the vale with wide command
6. The power of governing or controlling by force, or of defending and protecting.
The fortress has complete command of the port.
7. That which is commanded control; as a body of troop under command
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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