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ATS Bible Dictionary

Decalogue

The ten principal commandments, Exodus 20:3-17, from the Greek words deka, ten, and logos, word. The Jews call these precepts, The Ten Words. The usual division of the Ten Commandments among Protestants is that which Josephus tells us was employed by the Jews in his day.

Easton's Bible Dictionary

The name given by the Greek fathers to the ten commandments; "the ten words," as the original is more literally rendered (Exodus 20:3-17). These commandments were at first written on two stone slabs (31:18), which were broken by Moses throwing them down on the ground (32:19). They were written by God a second time (34:1). The decalogue is alluded to in the New Testament five times (Matthew 5:17, 18, 19; Mark 10:19; Luke 18:20; Romans 7:7, 8; 13:9; 1 Timothy 1:9, 10).

These commandments have been divided since the days of Origen the Greek father, as they stand in the Confession of all the Reformed Churches except the Lutheran. The division adopted by Luther, and which has ever since been received in the Lutheran Church, makes the first two commandments one, and the third the second, and so on to the last, which is divided into two. "Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house" being ranked as ninth, and "Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife," etc., the tenth. (see COMMANDMENTS.)

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

(n.) The Ten Commandments or precepts given by God to Moses on Mount Sinai, and originally written on two tables of stone.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

DECALOGUE

dek'-a-log.

See TEN COMMANDMENTS.

Greek

3142. marturion -- a testimony, a witness
... Neuter of a presumed derivative of martus; something evidential, ie (genitive case)
evidence given or (specially), the Decalogue (in the sacred Tabernacle ...
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Strong's Hebrew

8451. torah -- direction, instruction, law
... bullock, ox. Or torah {to-raw'}; from yarah; a precept or statute, especially the
Decalogue or Pentateuch -- law. see HEBREW yarah. 8450, 8451. torah. 8452 > ...
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Library

Whether the Precepts of the Decalogue are Precepts of Justice?
... OF THE PRECEPTS OF JUSTICE (SIX ARTICLES) Whether the precepts of the decalogue
are precepts of justice? Objection 1: It seems that ...
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The Decalogue: I --Man and God
... THE BOOK OF EXODUS THE DECALOGUE: I"MAN AND GOD. 'And ... men's. This prelude
certainly confines the Decalogue to the people of Israel. ...
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Whether the Precepts of the Decalogue are Dispensable?
... OF THE MORAL PRECEPTS OF THE OLD LAW (TWELVE ARTICLES) Whether the precepts
of the decalogue are dispensable? Objection 1: It would ...
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Whether the Precepts of the Decalogue Should have Included a ...
... OF THE PRECEPTS RELATING TO PRUDENCE (TWO ARTICLES) Whether the precepts
of the decalogue should have included a precept of prudence? ...
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Whether the Precepts of the Decalogue are Suitably Distinguished ...
... OF THE MORAL PRECEPTS OF THE OLD LAW (TWELVE ARTICLES) Whether the precepts
of the decalogue are suitably distinguished from one another? ...
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Whether the Ten Precepts of the Decalogue are Set in Proper Order?
... OF THE MORAL PRECEPTS OF THE OLD LAW (TWELVE ARTICLES) Whether the ten precepts
of the decalogue are set in proper order? Objection ...
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Whether the Precepts of the Decalogue are Suitably Formulated?
... OF THE MORAL PRECEPTS OF THE OLD LAW (TWELVE ARTICLES) Whether the precepts
of the decalogue are suitably formulated? Objection ...
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Whether the Precepts of the Decalogue are Suitably Set Forth?
... OF THE MORAL PRECEPTS OF THE OLD LAW (TWELVE ARTICLES) Whether the precepts
of the decalogue are suitably set forth? Objection 1 ...
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The Decalogue: ii. --Man and Man
... THE BOOK OF EXODUS THE DECALOGUE: II."MAN AND MAN. ... II. The connection of the
two halves of the Decalogue teaches some important truth. ...
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Whether the Third Precept of the Decalogue, Concerning the ...
... OF THE PRECEPTS OF JUSTICE (SIX ARTICLES) Whether the third precept of the decalogue,
concerning the hallowing of the Sabbath, is fittingly expressed? ...
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Thesaurus

Decalogue
... They were written by God a second time (34:1). The decalogue is alluded to in the
New Testament five times (Matthew 5:17, 18, 19; Mark 10:19; Luke 18:20 ...
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Ten (234 Occurrences)
... THE PROMULGATON OF THE DECALOGUE III. ANALYSIS ... laws. It was to Israel that the
Decalogue was primarily addressed, and not to all mankind. ...
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Commandments (181 Occurrences)
... marg. "ten words") ie, the Decalogue (qv), is a summary of the immutable
moral law. ... THE PROMULGATON OF THE DECALOGUE III. ANALYSIS ...
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Backslide
... Further the directions given with reference to the Tabernacle (Exodus 25:31
taken from P) presuppose the Decalogue (from E); compare eg. ...
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Decapolis (3 Occurrences)

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Debts (10 Occurrences)

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Sabbath (126 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) A season or day of rest; one day in seven appointed for rest or worship,
the observance of which was enjoined upon the Jews in the Decalogue, and has ...
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Genesis
... as the basis for the construction of the pericopes: Exodus 1:8-7:7; Exodus
7:8-13:16 (10 plagues); 13:17-18:27 (see EXODUS, II, 2:1-3); the Decalogue (20:1 ...
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Covenant (309 Occurrences)
... 1) that the actual existence of the two tables of the law is denied without sufficient
reasons; that the ten principal formulas of the Decalogue, as these are ...
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Lawless (16 Occurrences)
... Those are "lawless" who break the law of the Decalogue; hence, those who disobey
the commandment, "Honor thy father and thy mother," are lawless (1 Timothy 1:9 ...
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Subtopics

Decalogue

Decalogue: Called Words of the Covenant

Decalogue: Commandments

Decalogue: Divine Authority of

Decalogue: Tables of Testimony

Decalogue: Written by God

Related Terms

Ten (234 Occurrences)

Commandments (181 Occurrences)

Backslide

Decapolis (3 Occurrences)