KJV dictionary & concordance
Authoritative orders, determinations, or appointed rules.
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First occurrence: Isaiah 10:1
Complete exact-word concordance
WOE unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have prescribed;
¶ Woe vnto them that decree vnrighteous decrees, and that write grieuousnesse which they haue prescribed:
1611 marginal noteOr, to the writers that write grieuousnesse.
And as they went through the cities, they delivered them the decrees for to keep, that were ordained of the apostles and elders which were at Jerusalem.
And as they went through the cities, they deliuered them the decrees for to keepe, that were ordeined of the Apostles and Elders, which were at Hierusalem.
1611 marginal noteChap. 15.28.
Whom Jason hath received: and these all do contrary to the decrees of Cæsar, saying that there is another king, one Jesus.
Whom Iason hath receiued: and these all doe contrary to the decrees of Cesar, saying, that there is another King, one Iesus.
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