צַו
tsav · tsav
an injunction
Lexicon
Derivation: or צָו; from H6680 (צָוָה);
an injunction
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: commandment, precept.
Letters
- צTsade90
Picture: a person lying on their side (or a fish hook)
- Concrete
- hook · trail · side · a man bowed
- Extended
- to hunt · to pursue · need · righteousness as a straight path
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to pursue the straight path › to fasten and establish
To pursue the straight path that works to fasten and establish.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of צַו above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
9 occurrences · 9 OT · 0 NT · 6 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- upon precept3 · 33%
- precept2 · 22%
- for precept1 · 11%
- must be upon precept1 · 11%
- was unto them precept1 · 11%
- the commandment1 · 11%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.