Genesis 27:8
Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I command thee.
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Obey
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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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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
Which Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek words stand behind this KJV word?
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שָׁמַע
shâmaʻ · shaw-mah'
40 times translated as this KJV form1,160 total Strong's occurrences
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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hypakoúō · hoop-ak-oo'-o
13 times translated as this KJV form23 total Strong's occurrences
to hear under (as a subordinate), i.e. to listen attentively; by implication, to heed or conform to a command or authority
Strong's KJV usage: :--hearken, be obedient to, obey.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Matthew 8:27Strong's last: Hebrews 5:9
Open full G5219 profile →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
Open full G3982 profile →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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apeithéō · ap-i-theh'-o
1 times translated as this KJV form17 total Strong's occurrences
to disbelieve (wilfully and perversely)
Strong's KJV usage: :--not believe, disobedient, obey not, unbelieving.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Romans 2:8Strong's last: Romans 2:8
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hypakoḗ · hoop-ak-o-ay'
1 times translated as this KJV form16 total Strong's occurrences
attentive hearkening, i.e. (by implication) compliance or submission
Strong's KJV usage: :--obedience, (make) obedient, obey(-ing).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Romans 6:16Strong's last: Romans 6:16
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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
Open full G5255 profile →יִקָּהָה
yiqqâhâh · yik-kaw-haw'
1 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences
obedience
Strong's KJV usage: gathering, to obey.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Proverbs 30:17Strong's last: Proverbs 30:17
Open full H3349 profile →מִשְׁמַעַת
mishmaʻath · mish-mah'-ath
1 times translated as this KJV form4 total Strong's occurrences
audience, i.e. the royal court; also obedience, i.e. (concretely) a subject
Strong's KJV usage: bidding, guard, obey.
Strong's first: Isaiah 11:14Strong's last: Isaiah 11:14
Open full H4928 profile →שְׁמַע
shᵉmaʻ · shem-ah'
1 times translated as this KJV form9 total Strong's occurrences
Strong's KJV usage: hear, obey.
Strong's first: Daniel 7:27Strong's last: Daniel 7:27
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H8085
Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay; but we will have a king over us;
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:
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.
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?
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.
English meaning and historical usage.
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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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