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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11 occurrences in 10 verses.
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Genesis
33 verses
Exodus
44 verses
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1010 verses
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11 verses
1 Samuel
55 verses
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11 verses
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22 verses
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11 verses
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11 verses
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11 verses
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22 verses
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11 verses
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11 verses
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22 verses
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22 verses
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33 verses
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53 verses
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22 verses
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11 verses
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22 verses
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22 verses
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11 verses
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22 verses
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11 verses
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22 verses
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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
Open full H8085 profile →ὑπακούω
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
But if they obey not, they shall perish by the sword, and they shall die without knowledge.
H8085
As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: the strangers shall submit themselves unto me.
H3349
The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.
H4928
But they shall fly upon the shoulders of the Philistines toward the west; they shall spoil them of the east together: they shall lay their hand upon Edom and Moab; and the children of Ammon shall obey them.
H8085
But this thing commanded I them, saying, Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people: and walk ye in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well unto you.
H8085
Which I commanded your fathers in the day that I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, from the iron furnace, saying, Obey my voice, and do them, according to all which I command you: so shall ye be my people, and I will be your God:
H8085
For I earnestly protested unto your fathers in the day that I brought them up out of the land of Egypt, even unto this day, rising early and protesting, saying, Obey my voice.
H8085
But if they will not obey, I will utterly pluck up and destroy that nation, saith the LORD.
H8085
If it do evil in my sight, that it obey not my voice, then I will repent of the good, wherewith I said I would benefit them.
H8085
Therefore now amend your ways and your doings, and obey the voice of the LORD your God; and the LORD will repent him of the evil that he hath pronounced against you.
H8085
The words of Jonadab the son of Rechab, that he commanded his sons not to drink wine, are performed; for unto this day they drink none, but obey their father's commandment: notwithstanding I have spoken unto you, rising early and speaking; but ye hearkened not unto me.
H8085
But Jeremiah said, They shall not deliver thee. Obey, I beseech thee, the voice of the LORD, which I speak unto thee: so it shall be well unto thee, and thy soul shall live.
H8085
Whether it be good, or whether it be evil, we will obey the voice of the LORD our God, to whom we send thee; that it may be well with us, when we obey the voice of the LORD our God.
H8085
Whether it be good, or whether it be evil, we will obey the voice of the LORD our God, to whom we send thee; that it may be well with us, when we obey the voice of the LORD our God.
H8085
But if ye say, We will not dwell in this land, neither obey the voice of the LORD your God,
H8086
And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him.
H8085
Yea, all Israel have transgressed thy law, even by departing, that they might not obey thy voice; therefore the curse is poured upon us, and the oath that is written in the law of Moses the servant of God, because we have sinned against him.
H8085
And they that are far off shall come and build in the temple of the LORD, and ye shall know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me unto you. And this shall come to pass, if ye will diligently obey the voice of the LORD your God.
G5219
But the men marvelled, saying, What manner of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him!
G5219
And they were all amazed, insomuch that they questioned among themselves, saying, What thing is this? what new doctrine is this? for with authority commandeth he even the unclean spirits, and they do obey him.
G5219
And they feared exceedingly, and said one to another, What manner of man is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?
G5219
And he said unto them, Where is your faith? And they being afraid wondered, saying one to another, What manner of man is this! for he commandeth even the winds and water, and they obey him.
G5219
And the Lord said, If ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye might say unto this sycamine tree, Be thou plucked up by the root, and be thou planted in the sea; and it should obey you.
G3980
Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.
G3980
And we are his witnesses of these things; and so is also the Holy Ghost, whom God hath given to them that obey him.
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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