Joshua 1:16
And they answered Joshua, saying, All that thou commandest us we will do, and whithersoever thou sendest us, we will go.
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Commandest
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Acts 23:3
Then said Paul unto him, God shall smite thee, thou whited wall: for sittest thou to judge me after the law, and commandest me to be smitten contrary to the law?
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צָוָה
tsâvâh · tsaw-vaw'
2 times translated as this KJV form494 total Strong's occurrences
(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.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Joshua 1:16Strong's last: Joshua 1:18
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keleúō · kel-yoo'-o
1 times translated as this KJV form27 total Strong's occurrences
"hail"; to incite by word, i.e. order
Strong's KJV usage: :--bid, (at, give) command(-ment).
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Strong's first: Acts 23:3Strong's last: Acts 23:3
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And they answered Joshua, saying, All that thou commandest us we will do, and whithersoever thou sendest us, we will go.
H6680
Whosoever he be that doth rebel against thy commandment, and will not hearken unto thy words in all that thou commandest him, he shall be put to death: only be strong and of a good courage.
G2753
Then said Paul unto him, God shall smite thee, thou whited wall: for sittest thou to judge me after the law, and commandest me to be smitten contrary to the law?
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command
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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