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commandment

Meaning of “commandment”

Sense 1: An authoritative command, charge, order, or precept to be obeyed. Sense 2: One of the ten commandments.

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KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
177 occurrences167 verses40 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 45:21

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2 Samuel 12:9
Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of the Lord, to do evil in his sight? thou hast killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 2 Samuel 12:9 · retained source text

Wherefore hast thou despised the commandement of the LORD, to doe euill in his sight? thou hast killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast slaine him with the sword of the children of Ammon.

1 Kings 2:43
Why then hast thou not kept the oath of the Lord, and the commandment that I have charged thee with?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Kings 2:43 · retained source text

Why then hast thou not kept the Oath of the LORD, and the commandement that I haue charged thee with?

1 Kings 13:21
And he cried unto the man of God that came from Judah, saying, Thus saith the Lord, Forasmuch as thou hast disobeyed the mouth of the Lord, and hast not kept the commandment which the Lord thy God commanded thee,
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Kings 13:21 · retained source text

And he cried vnto the man of God that came from Iudah, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Forasmuch as thou hast disobeied the mouth of the LORD, and hast not kept the commandement which the LORD thy God commanded thee,

2 Kings 17:34
Unto this day they do after the former manners: they fear not the Lord, neither do they after their statutes, or after their ordinances, or after the law and commandment which the Lord commanded the children of Jacob, whom he named Israel;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 2 Kings 17:34 · retained source text

Unto this day they doe after the former maners: they feare not the LORD, neither doe they after their Statutes, or after their Ordinances, or after the Law and Commaundement which the LORD commaunded the children of Iacob, whom hee named Israel,

1611 marginal noteGen. 32.28. 1.King. 18.31.

2 Kings 17:37
And the statutes, and the ordinances, and the law, and the commandment, which he wrote for you, ye shall observe to do for evermore; and ye shall not fear other gods.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 2 Kings 17:37 · retained source text

And the Statutes, and the Ordinances, and the Law, and the Commandement which he wrote for you, ye shall obserue to doe for euermore, and ye shall not feare other gods:

2 Kings 18:36
But the people held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king’s commandment was, saying, Answer him not.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 2 Kings 18:36 · retained source text

But the people helde their peace, and answered him not a word: for the kings commaundement was, saying, Answere him not.

2 Kings 23:35
And Jehoiakim gave the silver and the gold to Pharaoh; but he taxed the land to give the money according to the commandment of Pharaoh: he exacted the silver and the gold of the people of the land, of every one according to his taxation, to give it unto Pharaoh-nechoh.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 2 Kings 23:35 · retained source text

And Iehoiakim gaue the siluer, and the golde to Pharaoh, but he taxed the land to giue the money according to the commandement of Pharaoh: hee exacted the siluer and the golde of the people of the land, of euery one according to his taxation, to giue it vnto Pharaoh Nechoh.

2 Kings 24:3
Surely at the commandment of the Lord came this upon Judah, to remove them out of his sight, for the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he did;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 2 Kings 24:3 · retained source text

Surely at the commandement of the LORD came this vpon Iudah, to remooue them out of his sight, for the sinnes of Manasseh, according to all that he did:

1 Chronicles 12:32
And of the children of Issachar, which were men that had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do; the heads of them were two hundred; and all their brethren were at their commandment.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Chronicles 12:32 · retained source text

And of the children of Issachar, which were men that had vnderstanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to doe: the heads of them were two hundred, and all their brethren were at their commandement.

1 Chronicles 14:12
And when they had left their gods there, David gave a commandment, and they were burned with fire.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Chronicles 14:12 · retained source text

And when they had left their gods there, Dauid gaue a commandement, and they were burnt with fire.

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A command, mandate, authoritative order or injunction, charge, or precept; especially, one of the ten commandments.

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