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DEEP KJV WORD STUDY

Obey

Begin with the exact English word as it appears in the King James Bible. Follow its whole-Bible usage, book distribution, related indexed forms, Webster 1828, every occurrence, and the occurrence-specific Hebrew/Aramaic/Greek mappings behind it.

69exact KJV occurrences 43Old Testament 26New Testament 26books containing the word 10mapped Strong's IDs 66occurrence-specific Strong's links
FIRST OCCURRENCE

Genesis 27:8

Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I command thee.

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LAST OCCURRENCE

1 Peter 4:17

For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God?

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KJV DISTRIBUTION

Where obey appears.

This is exact English-word usage from the canonical KJV token index, not a Strong's estimate.

Genesis 33 verses Exodus 44 verses Deuteronomy 1010 verses Joshua 11 verses 1 Samuel 55 verses Nehemiah 11 verses Job 22 verses Psalms 11 verses Proverbs 11 verses Isaiah 11 verses Jeremiah 1110 verses Daniel 22 verses Zechariah 11 verses Matthew 11 verses Mark 22 verses Luke 22 verses Acts 33 verses Romans 53 verses Galatians 22 verses Ephesians 11 verses Colossians 22 verses 2 Thessalonians 22 verses Titus 11 verses Hebrews 22 verses James 11 verses 1 Peter 22 verses
ORIGINAL-LANGUAGE MAP

Which Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek words stand behind this KJV word?

These relationships come from exact verse + token-position mappings. We do not assume that one English spelling always equals one Strong's number. A single English token can also carry more than one source tag, so the Strong's-link total can exceed the number of English occurrences.

HebrewH8085
שָׁמַע

shâmaʻ · shaw-mah'

40 times translated as this KJV form1,160 total Strong's occurrences

v

to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)

Strong's KJV usage: × attentively, call (gather) together, × carefully, × certainly, consent, consider, be content, declare, × diligently, discern, give ear, (cause to, let, make to) hear(-ken, tell), × indeed, listen, make (a) noise, (be) obedient, obey, perceive, (make a) proclaim(-ation), publish, regard, report, shew (forth), (make a) sound, × surely, tell, understand, whosoever (heareth), witness.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Genesis 27:8Strong's last: Zechariah 6:15

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GreekG3982
πείθω

peíthō · pi'-tho

5 times translated as this KJV form63 total Strong's occurrences

to convince (by argument, true or false); by analogy, to pacify or conciliate (by other fair means); reflexively or passively, to assent (to evidence or authority), to rely (by inward certainty)

Strong's KJV usage: :--agree, assure, believe, have confidence, be (wax) conflent, make friend, obey, persuade, trust, yield.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Romans 2:8Strong's last: James 3:3

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GreekG3980
πειθαρχέω

peitharchéō · pi-tharkh-eh'-o

2 times translated as this KJV form6 total Strong's occurrences

to be persuaded by a ruler, i.e. (genitive case) to submit to authority; by analogy, to conform to advice

Strong's KJV usage: :--hearken, obey (magistrates).

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Acts 5:29Strong's last: Acts 5:32

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GreekG5255
ὑπήκοος

hypḗkoos · hoop-ay'-ko-os

1 times translated as this KJV form3 total Strong's occurrences

attentively listening, i.e. (by implication) submissive

Strong's KJV usage: :--obedient.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Acts 7:39Strong's last: Acts 7:39

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HebrewH4928
מִשְׁמַעַת

mishmaʻath · mish-mah'-ath

1 times translated as this KJV form4 total Strong's occurrences

n-f

audience, i.e. the royal court; also obedience, i.e. (concretely) a subject

Strong's KJV usage: bidding, guard, obey.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Isaiah 11:14Strong's last: Isaiah 11:14

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EVERY OCCURRENCE

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69 occurrences match the current filters. Each row keeps its exact KJV token position so Original Word and TSK remain occurrence-specific.

Genesis 27:8
H8085

Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I command thee.

Genesis 27:13
H8085

And his mother said unto him, Upon me be thy curse, my son: only obey my voice, and go fetch me them.

Genesis 27:43
H8085

Now therefore, my son, obey my voice; and arise, flee thou to Laban my brother to Haran;

Exodus 5:2
H8085

And Pharaoh said, Who is the LORD, that I should obey his voice to let Israel go? I know not the LORD, neither will I let Israel go.

Exodus 19:5
H8085

Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine:

Exodus 23:21
H8085

Beware of him, and obey his voice, provoke him not; for he will not pardon your transgressions: for my name is in him.

Exodus 23:22
H8085

But if thou shalt indeed obey his voice, and do all that I speak; then I will be an enemy unto thine enemies, and an adversary unto thine adversaries.

Deuteronomy 11:27
H8085

A blessing, if ye obey the commandments of the LORD your God, which I command you this day:

Deuteronomy 11:28
H8085

And a curse, if ye will not obey the commandments of the LORD your God, but turn aside out of the way which I command you this day, to go after other gods, which ye have not known.

Deuteronomy 13:4
H8085

Ye shall walk after the LORD your God, and fear him, and keep his commandments, and obey his voice, and ye shall serve him, and cleave unto him.

Deuteronomy 21:18
H8085

If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them:

Deuteronomy 21:20
H8085

And they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard.

Deuteronomy 27:10
H8085

Thou shalt therefore obey the voice of the LORD thy God, and do his commandments and his statutes, which I command thee this day.

Deuteronomy 28:62
H8085

And ye shall be left few in number, whereas ye were as the stars of heaven for multitude; because thou wouldest not obey the voice of the LORD thy God.

Deuteronomy 30:2
H8085

And shalt return unto the LORD thy God, and shalt obey his voice according to all that I command thee this day, thou and thy children, with all thine heart, and with all thy soul;

Deuteronomy 30:8
H8085

And thou shalt return and obey the voice of the LORD, and do all his commandments which I command thee this day.

Deuteronomy 30:20
H8085

That thou mayest love the LORD thy God, and that thou mayest obey his voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto him: for he is thy life, and the length of thy days: that thou mayest dwell in the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.

Joshua 24:24
H8085

And the people said unto Joshua, The LORD our God will we serve, and his voice will we obey.

1 Samuel 8:19
H8085

Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay; but we will have a king over us;

1 Samuel 12:14
H8085

If ye will fear the LORD, and serve him, and obey his voice, and not rebel against the commandment of the LORD, then shall both ye and also the king that reigneth over you continue following the LORD your God:

1 Samuel 12:15
H8085

But if ye will not obey the voice of the LORD, but rebel against the commandment of the LORD, then shall the hand of the LORD be against you, as it was against your fathers.

1 Samuel 15:19
H8085

Wherefore then didst thou not obey the voice of the LORD, but didst fly upon the spoil, and didst evil in the sight of the LORD?

1 Samuel 15:22
H8085

And Samuel said, Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.

Nehemiah 9:17
H8085

And refused to obey, neither were mindful of thy wonders that thou didst among them; but hardened their necks, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage: but thou art a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and forsookest them not.

Job 36:11
H8085

If they obey and serve him, they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures.

WEBSTER’S 1828

English meaning and historical usage.

Dictionary data is kept visibly separate from Scripture and from lexical Strong's data.

obey

OBEY, verb transitive [Latin obedio; Gr.]

1. To comply with the commands, orders or instructions of a superior, or with the requirements of law, moral, political or municipal; to do that which is commanded or required, or to forbear doing that which is prohibited.

Children, obey your parents in the Lord. Ephesians 6:1.

Servants, obey in all things your masters. Colossians 3:20.

He who has learned to obey will know how to command.

2. To submit to the government of; to be ruled by.

All Israel obeyed Song of Solomon 1:1Chron. 29. Daniel 7:27.

3. To submit to the direction or control of. Seamen say, the ship will not obey the helm.

Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof. Romans 6:12. James 3:3.

4. To yield to the impulse, power or operation of; as, to obey stimulus.

Relentless time, destroying power, whom stone and brass obey

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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