Words the Bible translates as commandment
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 7 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- pehפֶּהthe mouth: the opening in the face used to eat and drink and above all to speak, and so, by a natural step, the speech, words, or command that come out of it
+3 more meanings
- the mouth of a thing: the opening of a well, sack, cave, or pit, the edge of a sword that devours, and the reach from one end of a place to the other
- a fixed relating phrase in which the word stops meaning a body part: in proportion to, or at the command of
- a measured portion or share, above all the double portion that names the firstborn's part of an inheritance
- 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
- dikaiōmaδικαίωμαa binding rule of what is right: a regulation, statute, or decree laid down by rightful authority
+2 more meanings
- a righteous act: a concrete deed that is right, something actually carried out rather than merely intended
- a verdict of acquittal: the ruling that clears a person and places them in the right
- 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.
- datדָּתan authoritative rule handed down by a ruler: a royal decree, or the settled law of a kingdom
- epitagēἐπιταγήan order given by someone with the standing to be obeyed: a charge that binds rather than advises
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