H6673

צו

צו

tazaw

Masculine noun · From צוה (H6680)

Or צו tsâv; from H6680; an injunction:—commandment, precept.

Outline

command, ordinance, oracle (meaning dubious)

used in mocking mimicry of Isaiah's words and thus not a true divine command

Usages

Isaiah 28:10

For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little:

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Isaiah 28:13

But the word of the LORD was unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little; that they might go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.

Breakdown

...might go, and fall backward... The Bible was written precept upon precept so that not everyone can get it (Isaiah 6:9-11, Romans 11:9-10, Ecclesiasticus 39:24).

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Hosea 5:11

Ephraim is oppressed and broken in judgment, because he willingly walked after the commandment.

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