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# заповідь — Ukrainian to English

How Ukrainian *заповідь* is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 1 translation with example sentences.

The Elamur Dictionary has no Ukrainian section yet; the English translations below link to their meanings where it has them.

Sentence pairs counted, by form: заповідь (47). By style: everyday 1 · biblical 46.

## commandment

Used about 38 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · biblical ≈ 37). Meaning: [commandment in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/commandment/).

- Адже звід законів: «Не чини перелюбу, не вбивай, не кради, не жадай чужого», як і будь-яку іншу **заповідь**, можна підсумувати так: «Люби свого ближнього, як самого себе».
  For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other **commandment**, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and Hybrid · checked, community translation · [\#4368161](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4368161) [\#5698700](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5698700))

- Се перва й велика **заповідь**.
  This is the first and great **commandment**.
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · MAT 22:38)

- А тепер іще оця **заповідь** до вас, сьвященники:
  “Now, you priests, this **commandment** is for you.
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · MAL 2:1)

- Учителю, котора **заповідь** велика в законї?
  “Teacher, which is the greatest **commandment** in the law?”
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · MAT 22:36)

- І знайшов я, що **заповідь**, котра на життє, ся на смерть.
  The **commandment** which was for life, this I found to be for death;
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · ROM 7:10)

## More sentences

Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out.

- У вас усе — **заповідь** та **заповідь**, а за заповіддю знов **заповідь**; правило та правило, а за правилом ізнов правило; тут не багато часу (до кари), та й там не багато.‟
  For it is precept on precept, precept on precept; line on line, line on line; here a little, there a little.
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · ISA 28:10)

- Бо такий закон для Ізраїля, і така **заповідь** Бога Якового.
  For it is a statute for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob.
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PSA 81:4)

- У всякої звершеної речі бачив я конець; **заповідь** же твоя вельми далеко сягає. Мем.
  I have seen a limit to all perfection, but your commands are boundless. MEM
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PSA 119:96)

## Grammar

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