Words the Bible translates as charge
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 14 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- tsavahצָוָהto command: to lay a binding order on someone who is expected to obey it.
- entellōἐντέλλωto lay a binding charge on someone: to command or commission, entrusting a directive that is meant to be carried out
- shavaשָׁבַעto bind yourself by a solemn oath, or to put someone else under one
- mishmeretמִשְׁמֶרֶתa charge: a duty or responsibility entrusted to someone to keep faithfully
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- a watch: the post or duty of standing guard, and those who keep it
- something kept in reserve: an object set aside and preserved for a later purpose
- diastellōδιαστέλλωto give a strict, explicit order; to charge someone emphatically about what must or must not be done
- parangellōπαραγγέλλωto give an authoritative order: to direct someone to do or stop doing something, with the standing to require it
- diamarturomaiδιαμαρτύρομαιto declare something with solemn, God-invoking weight: to testify to the truth, or to lay a serious charge on someone
- udעוּדto bear solemn witness: to warn, testify, or call witnesses so a matter is put firmly on record
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- to hold up and restore: to sustain those who cannot hold themselves up, or to set the fallen back on their feet
- aitiaαἰτίαa charge: the stated ground on which someone is accused, found guilty, or condemned
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- a reason: the ground or cause that answers why something is so or is done
- epitimaōἐπιτιμάωto rebuke: to speak sharply and with authority to correct, warn, or bring someone or something under control
- pequddahפְּקֻדָּהoversight: a charge or office entrusted to someone, with responsibility to answer for it
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- a visitation: God's decisive coming to deal with a person or people, most often to punish and sometimes to help
- a mustering: the counting of people and the numbered company it produces
- a store: goods laid up or set in reserve
- katēgoriaκατηγορίαthe charge itself: a formal accusation stated against a named person, of the kind that has to be answered before a judge or a governing body
- ellogeōἐλλογέωto chargenot studied yet
- aitiamaαἰτίαμαchargenot studied yet
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