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command

Meaning of “command”

Sense 1: To order or direct with authority. Sense 2: An authoritative order, charge, or commandment.

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104 occurrences103 verses23 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 18:19

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Acts 5:28
Saying, Did not we straitly command you that ye should not teach in this name? and, behold, ye have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and intend to bring this man’s blood upon us.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Acts 5:28 · retained source text

Saying, Did not wee straitly command you, that you should not teach in this Name? And behold, yee haue filled Hierusalem with your doctrine, and intend to bring this mans blood vpon vs.

1611 marginal noteChap. 4.18.

Acts 15:5
But there rose up certain of the sect of the Pharisees which believed, saying, That it was needful to circumcise them, and to command them to keep the law of Moses.
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1611 witness · Acts 15:5 · retained source text

But there rose vp certaine of the sect of the Pharisees which beleeued, saying, that it was needfull to circumcise them, and to cōmand them to keepe the Law of Moses.

Acts 16:18
And this did she many days. But Paul, being grieved, turned and said to the spirit, I command thee in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her. And he came out the same hour.
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1611 witness · Acts 16:18 · retained source text

And this did she many dayes: but Paul being grieued, turned and said to the spirit, I command thee in the Name of Iesus Christ, to come out of her. And he came out the same houre.

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