Exodus 12:17
And ye shall observe the feast of unleavened bread; for in this selfsame day have I brought your armies out of the land of Egypt: therefore shall ye observe this day in your generations by an ordinance for ever.
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And ye shall observe the feast of unleavened bread; for in this selfsame day have I brought your armies out of the land of Egypt: therefore shall ye observe this day in your generations by an ordinance for ever.
Read in context →I charge thee before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, and the elect angels, that thou observe these things without preferring one before another, doing nothing by partiality.
Read in context →21 occurrences in 20 verses.
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shâmar · shaw-mar'
properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
Strong's KJV usage: beward, be circumspect, take heed (to self), keep(-er, self), mark, look narrowly, observe, preserve, regard, reserve, save (self), sure, (that lay) wait (for), watch(-man).
Strong's first: Exodus 12:17Strong's last: Jonah 2:8
Open full H8104 profile →tēréō · tay-reh'-o
to guard (from loss or injury, properly, by keeping the eye upon; and thus differing from G5442, which is properly to prevent escaping; and from G2892, which implies a fortress or full military lines of apparatus), i.e. to note (a prophecy; figuratively, to fulfil a command); by implication, to detain (in custody; figuratively, to maintain); by extension, to withhold (for personal ends; figuratively, to keep unmarried); by extension, to withhold (for personal ends; figuratively, to keep unmarried)
Strong's KJV usage: :--hold fast, keep(- er), (pre-, re-)serve, watch.
Strong's first: Matthew 23:3Strong's last: Acts 21:25
Open full G5083 profile →ʻâsâh · aw-saw'
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
Strong's KJV usage: accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, × certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, feast, (fight-) ing man, finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, hinder, hold (a feast), × indeed, be industrious, journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, × sacrifice, serve, set, shew, × sin, spend, × surely, take, × thoroughly, trim, × very, vex, be (warr-) ior, work(-man), yield, use.
Strong's first: Exodus 31:16Strong's last: Deuteronomy 16:13
Open full H6213 profile →paratēréō · par-at-ay-reh'-o
to inspect alongside, i.e. note insidiously or scrupulously
Strong's KJV usage: :--observe, watch.
Strong's first: Galatians 4:10Strong's last: Galatians 4:10
Open full G3906 profile →poiéō · poy-eh'-o
to make or do (in a very wide application, more or less direct)
Strong's KJV usage: :--abide, + agree, appoint, X avenge, + band together, be, bear, + bewray, bring (forth), cast out, cause, commit, + content, continue, deal, + without any delay, (would) do(-ing), execute, exercise, fulfil, gain, give, have, hold, X journeying, keep, + lay wait, + lighten the ship, make, X mean, + none of these things move me, observe, ordain, perform, provide, + have purged, purpose, put, + raising up, X secure, shew, X shoot out, spend, take, tarry, + transgress the law, work, yield.
Strong's first: Acts 16:21Strong's last: Acts 16:21
Open full G4160 profile →phylássō · foo-las'-so
to watch, i.e. be on guard (literally of figuratively); by implication, to preserve, obey, avoid
Strong's KJV usage: :--beward, keep (self), observe, save.
Strong's first: 1 Timothy 5:21Strong's last: 1 Timothy 5:21
Open full G5442 profile →nâchash · naw-khash'
properly, to hiss, i.e. whisper a (magic) spell; generally, to prognosticate
Strong's KJV usage: × certainly, divine, enchanter, (use) × enchantment, learn by experience, × indeed, diligently observe.
Strong's first: 1 Kings 20:33Strong's last: 1 Kings 20:33
Open full H5172 profile →râtsâh · raw-tsaw'
to be pleased with; specifically, to satisfy a debt
Strong's KJV usage: (be) accept(-able), accomplish, set affection, approve, consent with, delight (self), enjoy, (be, have a) favour(-able), like, observe, pardon, (be, have, take) please(-ure), reconcile self.
Strong's first: Proverbs 23:26Strong's last: Proverbs 23:26
Open full H7521 profile →shûwr · shoor
to spy out, i.e. (generally) survey, (for evil) lurk for, (for good) care for
Strong's KJV usage: behold, lay wait, look, observe, perceive, regard, see.
Strong's first: Hosea 13:7Strong's last: Hosea 13:7
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Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the LORD.
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OBSERVE, verb transitive obzerv'. [Latin observo; ob and servo, to keep or hold. The sense is to hold in view, or to keep the eyes on.]
1. To see or behold with some attention; to notice; as, to observe a halo round the moon; I observed a singular phenomenon; we observe strangers or their dress. I saw the figure, but observed nothing peculiar in it.
2. To take notice or cognizance of by the intellect. We observe nice distinctions in arguments, or a peculiar delicacy of thought.
3. To utter or express, as a remark, opinion or sentiment; to remark. He observed that no man appears great to his domestics.
4. To keep religiously; to celebrate.
A night to be much observed to the Lord. Exodus 12:17.
Ye shall observe the feast of unleavened bread. Exodus 12:17.
Ye observe days, and months, and times, and years. Galatians 4:10.
5. To keep or adhere to in practice; to comply with; to obey; as, to observe the laws of the state; to observe the rules and regulations of a society.
Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you. Matthew 28:20.
6. To practice.
In the days of Enoch, the people observed not circumcision or the sabbath.
OBSERVE, verb intransitive observ'.
1. To remark. I have heard the gentleman's arguments, and shall hereafter observe upon them.
2. To be attentive.
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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