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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

(a.) Subject in will or act to authority; willing to obey; submissive to restraint, control, or command.

Greek

5255. hupekoos -- giving ear, obedient
... giving ear, obedient. Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: hupekoos Phonetic
Spelling: (hoop-ay'-ko-os) Short Definition: listening to, obedient Definition ...
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5219. hupakouo -- to listen, attend to
... Word Origin from hupo and akouo Definition to listen, attend to NASB Word Usage
answer (1), became obedient (1), becoming obedient (1), heed (1), obedient (2 ...
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5218. hupakoe -- obedience
... 1:2). Word Origin from hupakouo Definition obedience NASB Word Usage obedience
(13), obedient (1), obey (1). obedience. From hupakouo ...
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1772. ennomos -- legal, subject to (law)
... legal, subject to (law). Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: ennomos Phonetic
Spelling: (en'-nom-os) Short Definition: legal, obedient to the law ...
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2138. eupeithes -- constantly attendant
... 2138 ("yield") only occurs in Js 3:17. compliant, obedient From eu and peitho; good
for persuasion, ie (intransitively) complaint -- easy to be intreated. ...
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4641. sklerokardia -- hardness of heart
... an obstinate, hard heart which lacks the oil of the Holy Spirit and hence implies
rebellion -- ie someone refusing to be receptive (obedient) to God's ...
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3980. peitharcheo -- to obey authority
... Word Origin from a comp. of peitho and archo Definition to obey authority NASB Word
Usage followed...advice (1), obedient (1), obey (2). to obey authority. ...
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5293. hupotasso -- to place or rank under, to subject, mid. to ...
... From hupo and tasso; to subordinate; reflexively, to obey -- be under obedience
(obedient), put under, subdue unto, (be, make) subject (to, unto), be (put) in ...
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Strong's Hebrew

4928. mishmaath -- an obedient band, body of subjects
... 4927, 4928. mishmaath. 4929 . an obedient band, body of subjects. Transliteration:
mishmaath Phonetic Spelling: (mish-mah'-ath) Short Definition: guard. ...
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8085. shama -- to hear
... 3), made a proclamation (1), make his heard (1), make their heard (1), make them
known (1), make themselves heard (1), make your heard (1), obedient (1), obey ...
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8091. Shama -- one of David's heroes
... Word Origin from shama Definition one of David's heroes NASB Word Usage Shama (1).
Shama. From shama'; obedient; Shama, an Israelite -- Shama. see HEBREW shama' ...
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3348. Yaqeh -- father of Agur
... Jakeh. From an unused root probably meaning to obey; obedient; Jakeh, a symbolical
name (for Solomon) -- Jakeh. 3347, 3348. Yaqeh. 3349 . Strong's Numbers.
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Library

Obedient Disobedience
... OBEDIENT DISOBEDIENCE. 'But Peter and John answered and said unto them,
Whether it be right in the sight of God to hearken unto you ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture the acts/obedient disobedience.htm

After Expounding the High Estate of the Almighty, the Eternity of ...
... After expounding the high estate of the Almighty, the Eternity of the Son, and the
phrase "being made obedient," he shows the folly of Eunomius in his ...
/.../gregory of nyssa dogmatic treatises etc/section 11 after expounding the.htm

That if Men had Remained Innocent and Obedient in Paradise, the ...
... Chapter 24."That If Men Had Remained Innocent and Obedient in Paradise, the Generative
Organs Should Have Been in Subjection to the Will as the Other Members ...
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Desire in Paradise was Either None at All, or it was Obedient to ...
... A Treatise against two letters of the pelagians, Chapter 35."Desire in Paradise
Was Either None at All, or It Was Obedient to the Impulse of the Will. ...
/.../augustine/anti-pelagian writings/chapter 35 desire in paradise was.htm

Duty of Imitating Our Master Taught us by Slaves Even by Beasts. ...
... Chapter IV."Duty of Imitating Our Master Taught Us by Slaves Even by Beasts.
Obedient Imitation is Founded on Patience. Therefore ...
/.../tertullian/of patience/chapter iv duty of imitating our.htm

God's Barriers against Man's Sin
... find forgiveness; but since he is the God who reigns alone where clouds and darkness
are round about him, the God to whom all nature is obedient, and whose ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 4 1858/gods barriers against mans sin.htm

The Secret of True Obedience.
... be made perfect. He learned obedience, He became obedient unto death, that
He might become the author of our salvation. He became ...
/.../murray/the school of obedience/iii the secret of true.htm

How to Keep Passion Week
... upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: and being found
in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death ...
/.../kingsley/town and country sermons/sermon i how to keep.htm

Seventh Chapter
... aside your garment and chastise your body, that it may be brought into subjection
to your soul and reason." Then said the Master, "I will gladly be obedient.". ...
/.../the history and life of the reverend doctor john tauler/seventh chapter.htm

Sermon for the Fourth Sunday after Easter
... Thus nature has given to the eye to see, to the ears to hear, to the hands to work,
and to the feet to walk; and thus each member is obedient to the natural ...
/.../xvi sermon for the fourth.htm

Thesaurus

Obedient (39 Occurrences)
...Obedient (39 Occurrences). ... For wherever there is one who has been obedient to
God, there is my brother--my sister--and my mother." (WEY). ...
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Slaves (119 Occurrences)
... Romans 6:17 But thanks be to God, that, whereas you were bondservants of sin, you
became obedient from the heart to that form of teaching whereunto you were ...
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Obedience (61 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) The act of obeying, or the state of being obedient; compliance with that
which is required by authority; subjection to rightful restraint or control. ...
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Obediently (2 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (adv.) In an obedient manner; with obedience.
Multi-Version Concordance Obediently (2 Occurrences). Deuteronomy ...
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Obeying (24 Occurrences)
... Ephesians 6:5 Slaves, be obedient to your earthly masters, with respect and eager
anxiety to please and with simplicity of motive as if you were obeying Christ ...
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Simplicity (12 Occurrences)
... Ephesians 6:5 Slaves, be obedient to your earthly masters, with respect and eager
anxiety to please and with simplicity of motive as if you were obeying Christ ...
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Obey (219 Occurrences)
... Testament meaning the word signifies "to hear," "to listen." It carries with it,
however, the ethical significance of hearing with reverence and obedient assent ...
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Merely (30 Occurrences)
... Philippians 2:12 Therefore, my dearly-loved friends, as I have always found you
obedient, labour earnestly with fear and trembling--not merely as though I were ...
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Subject (99 Occurrences)
... 3. (a.) Exposed; liable; prone; disposed; as, a country subject to extreme heat;
men subject to temptation. 4. (a.) Obedient; submissive. ...
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Deuteronomy (1 Occurrence)
... 27-30) relates almost wholly to the solemn sanctions of the law, the blessings to
the obedient, and the curse that would fall on the rebellious. ...
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Bible Concordance

Obedient (39 Occurrences)

Matthew 7:21 "Not every one who says to me, 'Master, Master,' will enter the Kingdom of the Heavens, but only those who are obedient to my Father who is in Heaven.
(WEY)

Mark 3:35 "Here are my mother and my brothers. For wherever there is one who has been obedient to God, there is my brother--my sister--and my mother."
(WEY)

Luke 2:51 Then He went down with them and came to Nazareth, and was always obedient to them; but His mother carefully treasured up all these incidents in her memory.
(WEY RSV NIV)

Luke 7:8 For I too am a man obedient to authority, and have soldiers under me; and I say to one, 'Go,' and he goes; to another, 'Come,' and he comes; and to my slave, 'Do this or that,' and he does it."
(WEY)

John 4:34 "My food," said Jesus, "is to be obedient to Him who sent me, and fully to accomplish His work.
(WEY)

Acts 6:7 The word of God increased and the number of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem exceedingly. A great company of the priests were obedient to the faith.
(WEB KJV ASV WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Acts 7:39 to whom our fathers wouldn't be obedient, but rejected him, and turned back in their hearts to Egypt,
(WEB ASV YLT NAS)

Romans 6:16 have ye not known that to whom ye present yourselves servants for obedience, servants ye are to him to whom ye obey, whether of sin to death, or of obedience to righteousness?
(See RSV)

Romans 6:17 But thanks be to God, that, whereas you were bondservants of sin, you became obedient from the heart to that form of teaching whereunto you were delivered.
(WEB ASV YLT NAS RSV)

Romans 10:16 But they were not all obedient to the good tidings, for Isaiah saith, 'Lord, who did give credence to our report?'
(YLT)

Romans 13:1 Let every individual be obedient to those who rule over him; for no one is a ruler except by God's permission, and our present rulers have had their rank and power assigned to them by Him.
(WEY)

Romans 15:18 For I will not dare to speak of any of those things which Christ hath not wrought by me, to make the Gentiles obedient, by word and deed,
(KJV WBS)

2 Corinthians 2:9 For to this end I also wrote, that I might know the proof of you, whether you are obedient in all things.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

2 Corinthians 7:15 and his tender affection is more abundantly toward you, remembering the obedience of you all, how with fear and trembling ye did receive him;
(See NIV)

2 Corinthians 10:5 reasonings bringing down, and every high thing lifted up against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of the Christ,
(See NIV)

Ephesians 6:1 Children, be obedient to your parents as a Christian duty, for it is a duty.
(WEY)

Ephesians 6:5 Servants, be obedient to those who according to the flesh are your masters, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as to Christ;
(WEB KJV WEY ASV WBS NAS RSV)

Philippians 2:8 And being found in human form, he humbled himself, becoming obedient to death, yes, the death of the cross. Paul's First Letter to the Thessalonians
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Philippians 2:12 Therefore, my dearly-loved friends, as I have always found you obedient, labour earnestly with fear and trembling--not merely as though I were present with you, but much more now since I am absent from you--labour earnestly, I say, to make sure of your own salvation.
(WEY)

Colossians 3:20 Children be obedient to your parents in everything; for that is right for Christians.
(WEY NAS)

Colossians 3:22 Slaves, be obedient in everything to your earthly masters; not in acts of eye service, as aiming only to please men, but with simplicity of purpose, because you fear the Lord.
(WEY)

Titus 2:5 To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.
(KJV WBS)

Titus 2:9 Exhort servants to be obedient unto their own masters, and to please them well in all things; not answering again;
(KJV WEY WBS)

Titus 3:1 Remind them to be in subjection to rulers and to authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good work,
(WEB ASV DBY NAS RSV NIV)

Hebrews 13:17 Be obedient to those leading you, and be subject, for these do watch for your souls, as about to give account, that with joy they may do this, and not sighing, for this 'is' unprofitable to you.
(YLT)

James 1:22 But prove yourselves obedient to the Message, and do not be mere hearers of it, imposing a delusion upon yourselves.
(WEY)

James 1:25 But he who looks closely into the perfect Law--the Law of freedom--and continues looking, he, being not a hearer who forgets, but an obedient doer, will as the result of his obedience be blessed.
(WEY)

1 Peter 1:14 As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance:
(KJV WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

1 Peter 3:6 as Sarah was obedient to Abraham, calling him 'sir,' of whom ye did become daughters, doing good, and not fearing any terror.
(YLT)

Exodus 24:7 He took the book of the covenant and read it in the hearing of the people, and they said, "All that Yahweh has spoken will we do, and be obedient."
(WEB KJV ASV WBS NAS RSV)

Numbers 27:20 And thou shalt put some of thine honor upon him, that all the congregation of the children of Israel may be obedient.
(KJV WBS)

Deuteronomy 4:30 When thou art in tribulation, and all these things are come upon thee, even in the latter days, if thou turn to the LORD thy God, and shalt be obedient unto his voice;
(KJV WBS)

Deuteronomy 8:20 As the nations which the LORD destroyeth before your face, so shall ye perish; because ye would not be obedient unto the voice of the LORD your God.
(KJV WBS)

Deuteronomy 30:17 But if your heart turns away, and you will not hear, but shall be drawn away, and worship other gods, and serve them;
(See NIV)

2 Samuel 22:45 Strangers shall submit themselves unto me: as soon as they hear, they shall be obedient unto me.
(KJV WBS)

Proverbs 25:12 As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover to an obedient ear.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS)

Proverbs 30:1 Words of a Gatherer, son of an obedient one, the declaration, an affirmation of the man: -- I have wearied myself 'for' God, I have wearied myself 'for' God, and am consumed.
(YLT)

Isaiah 1:19 If you are willing and obedient, you shall eat the good of the land;
(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS RSV NIV)

Isaiah 42:24 Who gave Jacob for a spoil, and Israel to the robbers? did not the LORD, he against whom we have sinned? for they would not walk in his ways, neither were they obedient unto his law.
(KJV JPS ASV WBS)

Subtopics

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