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Greek

3545. nomimos -- rightly, lawfully
... rightfully. Word Origin from nomimos (conformable to law) Definition rightly,
lawfully NASB Word Usage lawfully (1), rules (1). lawfully. ...
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932. basileia -- kingdom, sovereignty, royal power
... 932 (from 935 , "king") -- properly, ; the realm in which a king sovereignly rules.
A (932 ) always requires a -- as the kingdom (932 ) of God does with ! ...
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3762. oudeis and outheis, oudemia, ouden and outhen -- no one ...
... 3762 ("no one, nothing ") is a powerful negating conjunction. It rules
out , ie "shuts the door" and leaves no exceptions. 3762 ...
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1413. dunastes -- a ruler, a potentate
... Noun, Masculine Transliteration: dunastes Phonetic Spelling: (doo-nas'-tace) Short
Definition: a ruler, potentate Definition: (lit: a man who rules by force ...
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3761. oude -- and not, neither
... the NT). That is, the negation rules out (invalidates) the statement that
precedes it, and what naturally extends from it. This ...
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5076. tetrarches -- tetrarch.
... 5076 (from , "four" and 757 , "occupy first place, rule") -- properly, someone
who rules a of a province (district); hence, a , a ("prince"). ...
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Strong's Hebrew

7990. shallit -- having mastery, ruling
... corresponding to shallit Definition having mastery, ruling NASB Word Usage allowed
(1), authority (1), commander (1), governing (1), ruler (5), rules (1). ...
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4910. mashal -- to rule, have dominion, reign
... 1), have authority (1), master (1), obtain dominion (1), really going to rule (1),
rule (27), ruled (5), ruler (18), ruler's (2), rulers (6), rules (9), ruling ...
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Library

But the Theories and Rules on this Subject to Which...
... Book 4 Chapter 4. But the theories and rules on this subject to which�
4. But the theories and rules on this subject (to which ...
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Rules and Lessons
... The Treasury of Sacred Song. Book First CV RULES AND LESSONS. When first thy eyes
unveil, give thy soul leave To do the like; our bodies but forerun. ...
/.../palgrave/the treasury of sacred song/cv rules and lessons.htm

Rules for Every-Day Life.
... RULES FOR EVERY-DAY LIFE. "Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned
with salt." Col.4:6. "Withhold not good from them to whom ...
/.../food for the lambs or helps for young christians/rules for every-day life.htm

Rules to be Observed in Singing of Psalms.
... THE PRACTICE OF PIETY. Rules to be observed in Singing of Psalms. 1. Beware
of singing divine psalms for an ordinary recreation, as ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/bayly/the practice of piety/rules to be observed in.htm

Rules for visits, Exorcisms, and How People are to Assist the Sick ...
... Apostle. Chapter XII."Rules for Visits, Exorcisms, and How People are to
Assist the Sick, and to Walk in All Things Without Offence. ...
/.../two epistles concerning virginity/chapter xii rules for visits exorcisms.htm

Rules for the Conduct of Celibate Brethren in Places Where There ...
... The Second Epistle of the Same Clement. Chapter III."Rules for the Conduct of Celibate
Brethren in Places Where There are Only Married Christians. ...
/.../clement/two epistles concerning virginity/chapter iii rules for the conduct.htm

Some Rules for Discerning what is Said About Christ the ...
... Chapter CXIV."Some rules for discerning what is said about Christ The circumcision
of the Jews is very different from that which Christians receive. ...
/.../chapter cxiv some rules for discerning.htm

There are Also Certain Rules for a More Copious Kind of Argument.. ...
... Book 2 Chapter 54. There are also certain rules for a more copious kind
of argument� 54. There are also certain rules for a more ...
/.../augustine/on christian doctrine in four books/chapter 54 there are also.htm

St. Ambrose Gives Additional Rules Concerning Repentance, and ...
... Book II. Chapter I. St. Ambrose gives additional rules concerning repentance,
and shows that it must not be delayed.� St. Ambrose ...
/.../ambrose/works and letters of st ambrose/chapter i st ambrose gives.htm

Veiling Consistent with the Other Rules of Discipline Observed by ...
... Chapter IX."Veiling Consistent with the Other Rules of Discipline Observed
by Virgins and Women in General. Let us now see whether ...
/.../tertullian/on the veiling of virgins/chapter ix veiling consistent with the.htm

Thesaurus

Rules (160 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Rules (160 Occurrences). Matthew 15:9 And in vain do they
worship me, teaching as doctrine rules made by men.'" (WEB WEY BBE NIV). ...
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Moral (5 Occurrences)
... Relating to duty or obligation; pertaining to those intentions and actions of which
right and wrong, virtue and vice, are predicated, or to the rules by which ...
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Code (6 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) A body of law, sanctioned by legislation, in which the rules of law to be
specifically applied by the courts are set forth in systematic form; a ...
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Decisions (133 Occurrences)
... (BBE NIV). Leviticus 18:4 But you are to be guided by my decisions and keep my
rules, and be guided by them: I am the Lord your God. (BBE). ...
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Guided (86 Occurrences)
... where you were living; and you may not do those things which are done in the land
of Canaan where I am taking you, or be guided in your behaviour by their rules...
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Realm (23 Occurrences)
... sentence is by the decree of the watchers, and the demand by the word of the holy
ones; to the intent that the living may know that the Most High rules in the ...
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Lord's (548 Occurrences)
... however, were free from any obligation of Sabbath observance, and it is quite certain
that in apostolic times no renewal of any Sabbath rules or transfer of ...
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Sojourner (81 Occurrences)
... stranj'-er: I. THE GER 1. Legal provisions (1) Principles (2) Rules 2. Relation
to Sacrifice and Ritual 3. Historical Circumstances II. ... (2) Rules. ...
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Agrarian
... a-gra'-ri-an loz: 1. The Sabbath Year 2. The Jubilee 3. Its Object 4. The Legal
Rules 5. Ideas and Circumstances of the Legislation 6. Form of the Legislation 7 ...
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Rule (291 Occurrences)
... conduct or action; a governing direction for a specific purpose; an authoritative
enactment; a regulation; a prescription; a precept; as, the rules of various ...
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Bible Concordance

Rules (160 Occurrences)

Matthew 15:9 And in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrine rules made by men.'"
(WEB WEY BBE NIV)

Matthew 19:17 And he said to him, Why are you questioning me about what is good? One there is who is good: but if you have a desire to go into life, keep the rules of the law.
(BBE)

Matthew 22:40 On these two rules all the law and the prophets are based.
(BBE)

Matthew 28:20 Teaching them to keep all the rules which I have given you: and see, I am ever with you, even to the end of the world.
(BBE)

Mark 7:5 And the Pharisees and the scribes put the question to him, Why do your disciples not keep the rules of the fathers, but take their bread with unwashed hands?
(BBE)

Mark 7:7 But idle is their devotion while they lay down precepts which are mere human rules.'
(WEY BBE NIV)

Mark 7:8 For, turning away from the law of God, you keep the rules of men.
(BBE)

Mark 7:9 And he said to them, Truly you put on one side the law of God, so that you may keep the rules which have been handed down to you.
(BBE)

Luke 1:6 They were upright in the eyes of God, keeping all the rules and orders of God, and doing no wrong.
(BBE)

Luke 11:46 And he said, A curse is on you, teachers of the law! for while other men are crushed under the weight of the rules you make for them, you yourselves do not put so much as one finger to them.
(BBE)

Luke 22:26 But not so with you. But one who is the greater among you, let him become as the younger, and one who is governing, as one who serves.
(See NIV)

Acts 6:14 For he has said in our hearing that this Jesus of Nazareth will put this place to destruction and make changes in the rules which were handed down to us by Moses.
(BBE)

Acts 16:4 And on their way through the towns, they gave them the rules which had been made by the Apostles and the rulers of the church at Jerusalem, so that they might keep them.
(BBE)

Acts 16:21 Teaching rules of living which it is not right for us to have or to keep, being Romans.
(BBE)

Acts 21:21 And they have had news of you, how you have been teaching all the Jews among the Gentiles to give up the law of Moses, and not to give circumcision to their children, and not to keep the old rules.
(BBE)

Romans 2:26 If those who have not circumcision keep the rules of the law, will it not be credited to them as circumcision?
(BBE)

Romans 7:1 Are ye ignorant, brethren, (for I speak to those knowing law,) that law rules over a man as long as he lives?
(DBY)

Romans 11:22 See then that God is good but his rules are fixed: to those who were put away he was hard, but to you he has been good, on the condition that you keep in his mercy; if not, you will be cut off as they were.
(BBE)

Romans 12:8 or he who exhorts, to his exhorting: he who gives, let him do it with liberality; he who rules, with diligence; he who shows mercy, with cheerfulness.
(WEB)

Galatians 4:3 So we, when we were young, were kept under the first rules of the world;
(BBE)

Ephesians 2:15 Having in his flesh put an end to that which made the division between us, even the law with its rules and orders, so that he might make in himself, of the two, one new man, so making peace;
(BBE)

Colossians 2:20 If you were made free, by your death with Christ, from the rules of the world, why do you put yourselves under the authority of orders
(BBE NIV)

Colossians 2:22 (Rules which are all to come to an end with their use) after the orders and teaching of men?
(BBE)

Colossians 2:23 These rules have indeed an appearance of wisdom where self-imposed worship exists, and an affectation of humility and an ascetic severity. But not one of them is of any value in combating the indulgence of our lower natures.
(WEY)

1 Timothy 3:4 one who rules his own house well, having children in subjection with all reverence;
(WEB)

1 Timothy 3:15 But, for fear I may be hindered, I now write, so that you may have rules to guide you in dealing with God's household. For this is what the Church of the ever-living God is, and it is the pillar and foundation-stone of the truth.
(WEY)

1 Timothy 5:21 I command you in the sight of God, and Christ Jesus, and the chosen angels, that you observe these things without prejudice, doing nothing by partiality.
(See RSV)

2 Timothy 2:5 Also, if anyone competes in athletics, he isn't crowned unless he has competed by the rules.
(WEB WEY BBE NAS RSV NIV)

Titus 1:14 Giving no attention to the fictions of the Jews and the rules of men who have no true knowledge.
(BBE)

Hebrews 5:12 And though by this time it would be right for you to be teachers, you still have need of someone to give you teaching about the first simple rules of God's revelation; you have become like babies who have need of milk, and not of solid food.
(BBE)

Hebrews 9:1 Now the first agreement had its rules of worship, and a holy order.
(BBE)

Hebrews 9:10 Because they are only rules of the flesh, of meats and drinks and washings, which have their place till the time comes when things will be put right.
(BBE)

Hebrews 9:19 For when Moses had given all the rules of the law to the people, he took the blood of goats and young oxen, with water and red wool and hyssop, and put it on the book itself and on all the people,
(BBE)

Genesis 26:5 Because Abraham gave ear to my voice and kept my words, my rules, my orders, and my laws.
(BBE)

Exodus 18:20 Teaching them his rules and his laws, guiding them in the way they have to go, and making clear to them the work they have to do.
(BBE)

Exodus 34:28 And for forty days and forty nights Moses was there with the Lord, and in that time he had no food or drink. And he put in writing on the stones the words of the agreement, the ten rules of the law.
(BBE)

Leviticus 18:3 You may not do those things which were done in the land of Egypt where you were living; and you may not do those things which are done in the land of Canaan where I am taking you, or be guided in your behaviour by their rules.
(BBE)

Leviticus 18:4 But you are to be guided by my decisions and keep my rules, and be guided by them: I am the Lord your God.
(BBE)

Leviticus 18:5 So keep my rules and my decisions, which, if a man does them, will be life to him: I am the Lord.
(BBE)

Leviticus 18:26 So then keep my rules and my decisions, and do not do any of these disgusting things, those of you who are Israelites by birth, or any others who are living with you:
(BBE)

Leviticus 19:37 You are to keep all my rules and my decisions and do them: I am the Lord.
(BBE)

Leviticus 20:8 And keep my rules and do them: I am the Lord, who make you holy.
(BBE)

Leviticus 20:22 So then, keep my rules and my decisions and do them, so that the land which I am giving you as your resting-place may not violently send you out again.
(BBE)

Leviticus 20:23 And do not keep the rules of the nations which I am driving out before you; for they did all these things, and for that reason my soul was turned against them.
(BBE)

Leviticus 25:18 So keep my rules and my decisions and do them, and you will be safe in your land.
(BBE)

Leviticus 26:3 If you are guided by my rules, and keep my laws and do them,
(BBE)

Leviticus 26:15 And if you go against my rules and if you have hate in your souls for my decisions and you do not do all my orders, but go against my agreement;
(BBE)

Leviticus 26:46 These are the rules, decisions, and laws, which the Lord made between himself and the children of Israel in Mount Sinai, by the hand of Moses.
(BBE)

Numbers 9:3 On the fourteenth day of this month, at evening, you shall keep it in its appointed season-according to all its statutes, and according to all its ordinances, you shall keep it."
(See NIV)

Numbers 9:12 Nothing of it is to be kept till the morning, and no bone of it is to be broken: they are to keep it by the rules of the Passover.
(BBE)

Numbers 9:14 And if a man from another country is among you and has a desire to keep the Passover to the Lord, let him do as is ordered in the law of the Passover: there is to be the same rule for the man from another nation and for him who had his birth in the land.
(See NIV)

Numbers 15:15 For the assembly, there shall be one statute for you, and for the stranger who lives as a foreigner with you, a statute forever throughout your generations: as you are, so shall the foreigner be before Yahweh.
(See NIV)

Numbers 35:24 Then let the meeting of the people be judge between the man responsible for the death and him who has the right of punishment for blood, acting by these rules:
(BBE)

Numbers 35:29 These rules are to be your guide in judging through all your generations wherever you may be living.
(BBE)

Deuteronomy 4:13 And he gave you his agreement with you, the ten rules which you were to keep, which he put in writing on the two stones of the law.
(BBE)

Deuteronomy 4:45 These are the rules and the laws and the decisions which Moses gave to the children of Israel after they came out of Egypt;
(BBE)

Deuteronomy 6:17 Keep with care the orders of the Lord your God, and his rules and his laws which he has given you;
(BBE)

Deuteronomy 6:20 And when your son says to you in time to come, What is the reason for these rules and laws and decisions which the Lord our God has given you?
(BBE)

Deuteronomy 10:4 And he put on the stones, as in the first writing, the ten rules which the Lord gave you on the mountain out of the fire on the day of the great meeting: and the Lord gave the stones to me.
(BBE)

1 Samuel 13:13 And Samuel said to Saul, You have done a foolish thing: you have not kept the rules which the Lord your God gave you; it was the purpose of the Lord to make your authority over Israel safe for ever.
(BBE)

2 Samuel 23:3 The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spoke to me,'One who rules over men righteously, who rules in the fear of God,
(WEB NAS RSV NIV)

1 Kings 2:3 And keep the orders of the Lord your God, walking in his ways, keeping his laws and his orders and his rules and his words, as they are recorded in the law of Moses; so that you may do well in all you do and wherever you go,
(BBE)

1 Kings 6:12 About this house which you are building: if you will keep my laws and give effect to my decisions and be guided by my rules, I will give effect to my word which I gave to David your father.
(BBE)

1 Kings 21:18 "Arise, go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, who dwells in Samaria. Behold, he is in the vineyard of Naboth, where he has gone down to take possession of it.
(See NIV)

2 Kings 17:8 Living by the rules of the nations whom the Lord had sent out from before the children of Israel.
(BBE)

2 Kings 17:13 And he gave witness to Israel and Judah, by every prophet and seer, saying, Come back from your evil ways, and do my orders and keep my rules, and be guided by the law which I gave to your fathers and sent to you by my servants the prophets.
(BBE)

2 Kings 17:15 And they went against his rules, and the agreement which he made with their fathers, and his laws which he gave them; they gave themselves up to things without sense or value, and became foolish like the nations round them, of whom the Lord had said, Do not as they do.
(BBE)

2 Kings 17:19 (But even Judah did not keep the orders of the Lord their God, but were guided by the rules which Israel had made.
(BBE)

2 Kings 17:37 And the rules and the orders and the law which he put in writing for you, you are to keep and do for ever; you are to have no other gods.
(BBE)

2 Kings 23:3 And the king took his place by the pillar, and made an agreement before the Lord, to go in the way of the Lord, and keep his orders and his decisions and his rules with all his heart and all his soul, and to keep the words of the agreement recorded in the book; and all the people gave their word to keep the agreement.
(BBE)

1 Chronicles 22:13 And all will go well for you, if you take care to keep the laws and the rules which the Lord gave to Moses for Israel: be strong and take heart; have no fear and do not be troubled.
(BBE)

1 Chronicles 24:19 So they were put into their different groups, to take their places in the house of the Lord, in agreement with the rules made by Aaron their father, as the Lord, the God of Israel, had given him orders.
(BBE)

1 Chronicles 28:7 I will keep his kingdom in its place for ever, if he is strong at all times to do my orders and keep my rules, as at this day.
(BBE)

1 Chronicles 29:19 And give to Solomon my son a true heart, to keep your orders, your rules, and your laws, and to do all these things, and to put up this great house for which I have made ready.
(BBE)

2 Chronicles 19:10 And if any cause comes before you from your brothers living in their towns, where the death punishment is in question, or where there are questions of law or order, or rules or decisions, make them take care that they are not in the wrong before the Lord, so that wrath may not come on you and on your brothers; do this and you yourselves will not be in the wrong.
(BBE)

2 Chronicles 30:19 Who, with all his heart, is turned to God the Lord, the God of his fathers, even if he has not been made clean after the rules of the holy place.
(BBE NAS RSV NIV)

2 Chronicles 33:8 And never again will I let the feet of Israel be moved out of the land which I have given to their fathers; if only they will take care to do all my orders, even all the law and the orders and the rules given to them by Moses.
(BBE)

2 Chronicles 34:31 Then the king, taking his place by the pillar, made an agreement before the Lord, to go in the way of the Lord, and to keep his orders and his decisions and his rules with all his heart and with all his soul, and to keep the words of the agreement recorded in this book.
(BBE)

Ezra 7:10 For Ezra had given his mind to learning the law of the Lord and doing it, and to teaching his rules and decisions in Israel.
(BBE)

Ezra 7:11 Now this is a copy of the letter which King Artaxerxes gave to Ezra, the priest and the scribe, who put into writing the words of the orders of the Lord, and of his rules for Israel:
(BBE)

Nehemiah 1:7 We have done great wrong against you, and have not kept the orders, the rules, and the decisions, which you gave to your servant Moses.
(BBE)

Nehemiah 9:13 And you came down on Mount Sinai, and your voice came to them from heaven, giving them right decisions and true laws, good rules and orders:
(BBE)

Nehemiah 9:14 And you gave them word of your holy Sabbath, and gave them orders and rules and a law, by the hand of Moses your servant:
(BBE)

Nehemiah 10:29 They were united with their brothers, their rulers, and put themselves under a curse and an oath, to keep their steps in the way of God's law, which was given by Moses, the servant of God, and to keep and do all the orders of the Lord, our Lord, and his decisions and his rules;
(BBE)

Nehemiah 10:32 And we made rules for ourselves, taxing ourselves a third of a shekel every year for the upkeep of the house of our God;
(BBE)

Esther 9:31 Giving the force of law to these days of Purim at their fixed times, as they had been ordered by Mordecai the Jew and Esther the queen, and in keeping with the rules they had made for themselves and their seed, in connection with their time of going without food and their cry for help.
(BBE)

Esther 9:32 The order given by Esther gave the force of law to the rules about the Purim; and it was recorded in the book.
(BBE)

Psalms 22:28 For the kingdom is the LORD'S; and He is the ruler over the nations.
(See NAS RSV NIV)

Psalms 59:13 Consume them in wrath. Consume them, and they will be no more. Let them know that God rules in Jacob, to the ends of the earth. Selah.
(WEB NAS RSV NIV)

Psalms 66:7 He rules by his might forever. His eyes watch the nations. Don't let the rebellious rise up against him. Selah.
(WEB NAS RSV NIV)

Psalms 89:31 If my rules are broken, and my orders are not kept;
(BBE)

Psalms 103:19 Yahweh has established his throne in the heavens. His kingdom rules over all.
(WEB NAS RSV NIV)

Psalms 119:5 If only my ways were ordered so that I might keep your rules!
(BBE)

Psalms 119:8 I will keep your rules: O give me not up completely.
(BBE)

Psalms 119:12 Praise be to you, O Lord: give me knowledge of your rules.
(BBE)

Psalms 119:16 I will have delight in your rules; I will not let your word go out of my mind.
(BBE)

Psalms 119:23 Rulers make evil designs against me; but your servant gives thought to your rules.
(BBE)

Psalms 119:26 I put the record of my ways before you, and you gave me an answer: O give me knowledge of your rules.
(BBE)

Psalms 119:33 <HE> O Lord, let me see the way of your rules, and I will keep it to the end.
(BBE)

Psalms 119:48 And so that my hands may be stretched out to you; and I will give thought to your rules.
(BBE)

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