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decreed

Meaning of “decreed”

Determined judicially; resolved; appointed; established in purpose.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
5 occurrences5 verses4 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Esther 2:1

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Every verse containing “decreed”

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Esther 2:1
AFTER these things, when the wrath of king Ahasuerus was appeased, he remembered Vashti, and what she had done, and what was decreed against her.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Esther 2:1 · retained source text

¶ After these things, when the wrath of king Ahasuerus was appeased, hee remembred Uasthi, and what shee had done, and what was decreed against her.

Esther 9:31
To confirm these days of Purim in their times appointed, according as Mordecai the Jew and Esther the queen had enjoined them, and as they had decreed for themselves and for their seed, the matters of the fastings and their cry.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Esther 9:31 · retained source text

To confirme these dayes of Purim, in their times appointed, according as Mordecai the Iew, and Esther the Queene had enioyned them, and as they had decreed for themselues and for their seed, the matters of the fastings and their cry.

1611 marginal noteHebr for their soules.

Job 38:10
And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors,
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Job 38:10 · retained source text

And brake vp for it my decreed place, and set barres and doores,

1611 marginal noteOr, established my decree vpon it.

Isaiah 10:22
For though thy people Israel be as the sand of the sea, yet a remnant of them shall return: the consumption decreed shall overflow with righteousness.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 10:22 · retained source text

For though thy people Israel be as the sand of the sea, yet a remnant of them shall returne: the consumption decreed shall ouerflow with righteousnesse.

1611 marginal noteHeb. in or amongst.

1611 marginal noteOr, in.

1611 marginal noteCha 28.22 rom.9.27.

1 Corinthians 7:37
Nevertheless he that standeth stedfast in his heart, having no necessity, but hath power over his own will, and hath so decreed in his heart that he will keep his virgin, doeth well.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Corinthians 7:37 · retained source text

Neuerthelesse, hee that standeth stedfast in his heart, hauing no necessitie, but hath power ouer his owne will, and hath so decreed in his heart that he will keepe his virgin, doeth well.

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Historical English dictionary sources

Historical definitions

Determined judicially; resolved; appointed; established in purpose.

Webster 1828 facsimile, volume 1, leaf 547