Precept
פִּקּוּדStrong’s H6490piqqud (piq-qud)
Appears in 24 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Piqqud is the Hebrew word usually translated “precepts your”, “precepts of” and “precepts his”. It appears in 24 verses of the Old Testament.
“The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes.”
Meaning
- Precept, statute
How it's translated
- precepts your 15
- precepts of 2
- precepts his 2
- on precepts your 2
- for precepts your 1
- from precepts your 1
- and from precepts your 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Psalms 24
1 book in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Psalms 103:18To such as keep his covenant, and to those that remember his commandments to do them.
- Psalms 111:7The works of his hands are verity and judgment; all his commandments are sure.
- Psalms 119:4Thou hast commanded us to keep thy precepts diligently.
- Psalms 119:15I will meditate in thy precepts, and have respect unto thy ways.
- Psalms 119:27Make me to understand the way of thy precepts: so shall I talk of thy wondrous works.
- Psalms 119:40Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy righteousness.
Hebrew dictionary
פִּקּוּד piqqud · precept
precept, statute
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “precept” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
PRE'CEPT, noun
[Latin proeceptum, from proecipio, to command; proe, before, and capio, to take.]
- In a general sense, any commandment or order intended as an authoritative rule of action; but applied particularly to commands respecting moral conduct.
- In law, a command or mandate in writing.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.