Words the Bible translates as command
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 21 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- amarאָמַרto say: to speak words, and so to think them or to declare them
- davarדָּבָרa word, or the matter that word is about: anything said, and equally the affair, event, or thing being spoken of
- davarדָבַרto speak: to put thought into words and aim them at a hearer
+1 more meaning
- to subdue: to bring peoples under someone's rule
- 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
- entolēἐντολήan authoritative directive: a binding order from someone with the right to give it
- mitsvahמִצְוָהa binding charge laid down by someone with the right to require it, above all the covenant charge God gives his people
- prostassōπροστάσσωto lay down what is to be done, on the authority to settle the matter: to direct a person, prescribe a requirement, or fix something in advance
- amarאֲמַרto say, speak, or tell; the ordinary Aramaic verb for putting something into words.
- diastellōδιαστέλλωto give a strict, explicit order; to charge someone emphatically about what must or must not be done
- keleuōκελεύωto order that something be done: to give a spoken command, on the strength of one's authority
- parangellōπαραγγέλλωto give an authoritative order: to direct someone to do or stop doing something, with the standing to require it
- epitassōἐπιτάσσωto order someone whose place is to obey: to lay a directive on a person by the authority of one's position
- diatassōδιατάσσωto give authoritative, detailed direction: to order, prescribe, or arrange what is to be done
- te'emטְעֵםan official order handed down by a king or governing authority: a decree, command, or ruling that those under it must obey.
+2 more meanings
- good sense: the sound judgment and tact to say and do the fitting thing.
- the taste of food or drink; the act of tasting.
- millahמִלָּהa spoken word, and by extension the matter it concerns or the command it carries
- epitagēἐπιταγήan order given by someone with the standing to be obeyed: a charge that binds rather than advises
- tsavצַוa curt order: a short, clipped command laid on someone, one rule barked out after another
- ma'amarמַאֲמַרcommandnot studied yet
- keleusmaκέλευσμαcommandnot studied yet
- memarמֵאמַרcommandnot studied yet
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