Proverbs 1:3
commandment
Strong's Concordance
H4687
מצוה
mitsvâh
mits-vaw'
From H6680; a command, whether human or divine (collectively the Law): -
H6680
צוה
tsâvâh
tsaw-vaw'
A primitive root; (intensively) to constitute, enjoin: -
Webster Definition
Commandment
COMMANDMENT, n.
1. A command; a mandate; an order or injunction given by authority; charge; precept.
Why do ye transgress the commandment of God. Mat 15.
This is the first and great commandment. Mat 22.
A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another. John 13.
2. By way of eminence, a precept of the decalogue, or moral law, written on tables of stone, at Mount Sinai; one of the ten commandments. Exo 34.
3. Authority; coercive power.