Isaiah 10:1
Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have prescribed;
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Decrees
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Acts 17:7
Whom Jason hath received: and these all do contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, one Jesus.
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δόγμα
dógma · dog'-mah
2 times translated as this KJV form5 total Strong's occurrences
a law (civil, ceremonial or ecclesiastical)
Strong's KJV usage: :--decree, ordinance.
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Strong's first: Acts 16:4Strong's last: Acts 17:7
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chêqeq · khay'-kek
1 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences
an enactment, a resolution
Strong's KJV usage: decree, thought.
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Strong's first: Isaiah 10:1Strong's last: Isaiah 10:1
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Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have prescribed;
G1378
And as they went through the cities, they delivered them the decrees for to keep, that were ordained of the apostles and elders which were at Jerusalem.
G1378
Whom Jason hath received: and these all do contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, one Jesus.
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decree
DECREE, noun [Latin To judge; to divide.]
1. Judicial decision, or determination of a litigated cause; as a decree of the court of chancery. The decision of a court of equity is called a decree; that of a court of law, a judgment.
2. In the civil law, a determination or judgment of the emperor on a suit between parties.
3. An edict or law made by a council for regulating any business within their jurisdiction; as the decrees of ecclesiastical councils.
4. In general, an order, edict or law made by a superior as a rule to govern inferiors.
There went a decree from Cesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed. Luke 2:1.
5. Established law, or rule.
He made a decree for the rain. Job 28:26.
6. In theology, predetermined purpose of God; the purpose or determination of an immutable Being, whose plan of operations is, like himself, unchangeable.
DECREE, verb transitive
1. To determine judicially; to resolve by sentence; as, the court decreed that the property should be restored; or they decreed a restoration of the property.
2. To determine or resolve legislatively; to fix or appoint; to set or constitute by edict or in purpose.
Thou shalt decree a thing, and it shall be established. Job 22:28.
Let us not be solicitous to know what God has decreed concerning us.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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