Word study
Commit
9 Hebrew and 6 Greek words behind this English word
The original-language words that the Berean Standard Bible translates with one of these: committed, commit, commits, committing. English often uses one word where Hebrew or Greek has several, each with its own shade of meaning. Under each word are verses where it is translated this way; choose the word itself for its full study: every verse, how else it is translated, the forms it takes and what the dictionaries say.
At a glance
How often each original word is translated “commit” or one of its forms.
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Hebrew and Aramaic words (Old Testament)
- עָשָׂה âsâhdo, maketranslated this way 60 times of its 2,478 uses · Strong’s H6213Verb · Translated: done 292, made 265, make 143, did 112Full study and all 2,206 verses →
Genesis 34:7 When Jacob’s sons heard what had happened, they returned from the field. They were filled with grief and fury, because Shechem had committed an outrage in Israel by lying with Jacob’s daughter — a thing that should not be done.
Leviticus 6:3 or finds lost property and lies about it and swears falsely, or if he commits any such sin that a man might commit—
- חָטָא châṭâmisstranslated this way 49 times of its 233 uses · Strong’s H2398Verb · Translated: sinned 73, sin 33, committed 26, sins 21Full study and all 217 verses →
Exodus 32:30 The next day Moses said to the people, “You have committed a great sin. Now I will go up to the LORD; perhaps I can make atonement for your sin.”
Leviticus 4:3 If the anointed priest sins, bringing guilt on the people, he must bring to the LORD a young bull without blemish as a sin offering for the sin he has committed.
- נָאַף nâaphcommit adulterytranslated this way 15 times of its 29 uses · Strong’s H5003Verb · Translated: commit adultery 6, adulterers 6, committed adultery 5, commits adultery 2Full study and all 25 verses →
Exodus 20:14 You shall not commit adultery.
Leviticus 20:10 If a man commits adultery with another man’s wife— with the wife of his neighbor— both the adulterer and the adulteress must surely be put to death.
- מַעַל maalunfaithful, treacherous acttranslated this way 3 times of its 22 uses · Strong’s H4604Noun · Translated: unfaithfulness 10, unfaithfully 5, committed 3, breach of faith 2Full study and all 22 verses →
Joshua 22:16 “This is what the whole congregation of the LORD says: ‘What is this breach of faith you have committed today against the God of Israel by turning away from the LORD and building for yourselves an altar, that you might rebel against the LORD this day?
Ezekiel 17:20 I will spread My net over him and catch him in My snare. I will bring him to Babylon and execute judgment upon him there for the treason he committed against Me.
- פָּקַד pâqadattend to, visit, muster, appointtranslated this way 3 times of its 294 uses · Strong’s H6485Verb · Translated: punish 41, numbered 26, appointed 15, counted 14Full study and all 267 verses →
1 Kings 14:27 Then King Rehoboam made bronze shields in their place and committed them to the care of the captains of the guard on duty at the entrance to the royal palace.
2 Chronicles 12:10 Then King Rehoboam made bronze shields in their place and committed them to the care of the captains of the guard on duty at the entrance to the royal palace.
- גָּזַל gâzaltear away, seize, robtranslated this way 3 times of its 28 uses · Strong’s H1497Verb · Translated: snatched 3, seized 2, rob 2, robbed 2Full study and all 28 verses →
Ezekiel 18:7 He does not oppress another, but restores the pledge to the debtor. He does not commit robbery, but gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with clothing.
Ezekiel 18:16 He does not oppress another, or retain a pledge, or commit robbery. He gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with clothing.
- פָּשַׁע pâsharebel, transgresstranslated this way 2 times of its 41 uses · Strong’s H6586Verb · Translated: rebelled 16, rebellion 6, transgressors 5, committed 2Full study and all 37 verses →
1 Kings 8:50 May You forgive Your people who have sinned against You and all the transgressions they have committed against You, and may You grant them compassion in the eyes of their captors to show them mercy.
Ezekiel 18:31 Cast away from yourselves all the transgressions you have committed, and fashion for yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. Why should you die, O house of Israel?
- גָּלָה gâlâhuncover, removetranslated this way 2 times of its 170 uses · Strong’s H1540Verb · Translated: revealed 14, uncovered 13, exiled 12, sexual relations 11Full study and all 161 verses →
Jeremiah 11:20 O LORD of Hosts, who judges righteously, who examines the heart and mind, let me see Your vengeance upon them, for to You I have committed my cause.
Jeremiah 20:12 O LORD of Hosts, who examines the righteous, who sees the heart and mind, let me see Your vengeance upon them, for to You I have committed my cause.
- גָּלַל gâlalroll, roll awaytranslated this way 2 times of its 18 uses · Strong’s H1556Verb · Translated: rolled 4, Roll 4, Commit 2Full study and all 18 verses →
Psalm 37:5 Commit your way to the LORD; trust in Him, and He will do it.
Proverbs 16:3 Commit your works to the LORD and your plans will be achieved.
Greek words (New Testament)
- μοιχεύω moicheúōI commit adulterytranslated this way 12 times of its 15 uses · Strong’s G3431Verb · Translated: commit adultery 9, adultery 3, commits adultery 2, committed adultery 1Full study and all 12 verses →
Matthew 5:27 You have heard that it was said, ‘Do not commit adultery.’
Mark 10:19 You know the commandments: ‘Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not bear false witness, do not cheat others, honor your father and mother.’”
- μοιχάω moicháōI commit adulterytranslated this way 4 times of its 4 uses · Strong’s G3429Verb · Translated: commits adultery 4Full study and all 4 verses →
Matthew 5:32 But I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, brings adultery upon her. And he who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.
Mark 10:11 So He told them, “Whoever divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery against her.
- ποιέω poiéōI do, maketranslated this way 3 times of its 544 uses · Strong’s G4160Verb · Translated: do 50, done 44, doing 40, made 34Full study and all 494 verses →
Mark 15:7 And a man named Barabbas was imprisoned with the rebels who had committed murder during the insurrection.
1 Corinthians 6:18 Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a man can commit is outside his body, but he who sins sexually sins against his own body.
- ἁμαρτάνω hamartánōI sintranslated this way 3 times of its 43 uses · Strong’s G264Verb · Translated: sinned 12, sin 10, sins 5, sinning 4Full study and all 37 verses →
Acts 25:8 Then Paul made his defense: “I have committed no offense against the law of the Jews or against the temple or against Caesar.”
1 John 5:16 If anyone sees his brother committing a sin not leading to death, he should ask God, who will give life to those who commit this kind of sin. There is a sin that leads to death; I am not saying he should ask regarding that sin.
- πορνεύω porneúōI fornicate, practice idolatrytranslated this way 3 times of its 7 uses · Strong’s G4203Verb · Translated: commit sexual immorality 2, immoral 2, sins sexually 1, sexually immoral 1Full study and all 7 verses →
1 Corinthians 10:8 We should not commit sexual immorality, as some of them did, and in one day twenty-three thousand of them died.
Revelation 2:14 But I have a few things against you, because some of you hold to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to place a stumbling block before the Israelites so they would eat food sacrificed to idols and commit sexual immorality.
- παρατίθημι paratíthēmiI set before, serve, entrust totranslated this way 2 times of its 19 uses · Strong’s G3908Verb · Translated: set 8, entrust 3, put 2, entrusted 2Full study and all 18 verses →
Luke 23:46 Then Jesus called out in a loud voice, “Father, into Your hands I commit My Spirit.” And when He had said this, He breathed His last.
Acts 20:32 And now I commit you to God and to the word of His grace, which can build you up and give you an inheritance among all who are sanctified.
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Scripture text and translation counts: Berean Standard Bible. Full entry: Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906, public domain), in the digital edition Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced by unfoldingWord (Joel Ruark, J. de Joode), based on data by Eliran Wong and Stephen Ku; its additions are used under CC BY 4.0. Strong’s Hebrew Dictionary: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew-to-English verse numbering: original work of the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible available at https://github.com/openscriptures/morphhb, CC BY 4.0. We reformatted the data, linked the references to this site’s Bible text and left out words in other scripts that the source holds only as images. These are historical reference works; an entry gives its authors’ view, and a word’s meaning in any verse depends on how it is used there.