Mitzvah – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
mitzvah
n.
(Hebrew) good deed; commandment, Jewish law of moral conduct
Mitzvah
In its primary meaning, the
Hebrew word (; meaning "commandment", , ,
Biblical: ; plural , Biblical: ; from "command") refers to precepts and commandments commanded by God.
mitzvah
Noun
1. (Judaism) a precept or commandment of the Jewish law
(synonym) mitsvah
(hypernym) teaching, precept, commandment
(classification) Judaism
2. (Judaism) a good deed performed out of religious duty
(synonym) mitsvah
(hypernym) deed, feat, effort, exploit
(classification) Judaism
mitzvah
Synonyms and related words:
act of grace, act of kindness, benefaction, benefit, benevolence, benignity, blessing, canon, code, commandment, convention, courtesy, dictum, favor, form, formula, general principle, golden rule, good deed, good offices, good turn, grace, guideline, guiding principle, imperative, kind deed, kind offices, kindly act, kindness, labor of love, law, maxim, mercy, moral, norm, obligation, office, ordinance, principium, principle, regulation, rubric, rule, service, settled principle, standard, tenet, turn, working principle, working rule
Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the
Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.
mitzvah
s.
(hebraisk) god gjerning; bud, jødisk lov om moralsk oppførsel
