KJV dictionary & concordance

law

Meaning of “law”

Sense 1: An authoritative rule, command, ordinance, instruction, standard, or body of requirements. Sense 2: The writings containing such instruction. Sense 3: A governing principle, power, regular order, or civil rule. Sense 4: In family compounds, relationship by marriage.

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523 occurrences459 verses46 booksKJV PCE

Some verses contain the word more than once.

First occurrence: Genesis 11:31

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Job 22:22

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Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart.

1 word occurrence in this verse

The 1611 reading

1611 witness · Job 22:22 · retained source text

Receiue, I pray thee, the Lawe from his mouth, and lay vp his words in thine heart.

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Genesis 11:31 Genesis 19:12 Genesis 19:14 Genesis 38:11 Genesis 38:13 Genesis 38:16 Genesis 38:24 Genesis 38:25 Genesis 47:26 Exodus 3:1 Exodus 4:18 Exodus 12:49 Exodus 13:9 Exodus 16:4 Exodus 18:1 Exodus 18:2 Exodus 18:5 Exodus 18:6 Exodus 18:7 Exodus 18:8 Exodus 18:12 Exodus 18:14 Exodus 18:15 Exodus 18:17 Exodus 18:24 Exodus 18:27 Exodus 24:12 Leviticus 6:9 Leviticus 6:14 Leviticus 6:25 Leviticus 7:1 Leviticus 7:7 Leviticus 7:11 Leviticus 7:37 Leviticus 11:46 Leviticus 12:7 Leviticus 13:59 Leviticus 14:2 Leviticus 14:32 Leviticus 14:54 Leviticus 14:57 Leviticus 15:32 Leviticus 18:15 Leviticus 20:12 Leviticus 24:22 Numbers 5:29 Numbers 5:30 Numbers 6:13 Numbers 6:21 Numbers 10:29 Numbers 15:16 Numbers 15:29 Numbers 19:2 Numbers 19:14 Numbers 31:21 Deuteronomy 1:5 Deuteronomy 4:8 Deuteronomy 4:44 Deuteronomy 17:11 Deuteronomy 17:18 Deuteronomy 17:19 Deuteronomy 27:3 Deuteronomy 27:8 Deuteronomy 27:23 Deuteronomy 27:26 Deuteronomy 28:58 Deuteronomy 28:61 Deuteronomy 29:21 Deuteronomy 29:29 Deuteronomy 30:10 Deuteronomy 31:9 Deuteronomy 31:11 Deuteronomy 31:12 Deuteronomy 31:24 Deuteronomy 31:26 Deuteronomy 32:46 Deuteronomy 33:2 Deuteronomy 33:4 Deuteronomy 33:10 Joshua 1:7 Joshua 1:8 Joshua 8:31 Joshua 8:32 Joshua 8:34 Joshua 22:5 Joshua 23:6 Joshua 24:26 Judges 1:16 Judges 4:11 Judges 15:6 Judges 19:4 Judges 19:5 Judges 19:7 Judges 19:9 Ruth 1:6 Ruth 1:7 Ruth 1:8 Ruth 1:14 Ruth 1:15 Ruth 1:22 Ruth 2:11 Ruth 2:18 Ruth 2:19 Ruth 2:20 Ruth 2:22 Ruth 2:23 Ruth 3:1 Ruth 3:6 Ruth 3:16 Ruth 3:17 Ruth 4:15 1 Samuel 4:19 1 Samuel 4:21 1 Samuel 18:18 1 Samuel 18:21 1 Samuel 18:22 1 Samuel 18:23 1 Samuel 18:26 1 Samuel 18:27 1 Samuel 22:14 1 Kings 2:3 2 Kings 8:27 2 Kings 10:31 2 Kings 14:6 2 Kings 17:13 2 Kings 17:34 2 Kings 17:37 2 Kings 21:8 2 Kings 22:8 2 Kings 22:11 2 Kings 23:24 2 Kings 23:25 1 Chronicles 2:4 1 Chronicles 16:17 1 Chronicles 16:40 1 Chronicles 22:12 2 Chronicles 6:16 2 Chronicles 12:1 2 Chronicles 14:4 2 Chronicles 15:3 2 Chronicles 17:9 2 Chronicles 19:10 2 Chronicles 23:18 2 Chronicles 25:4 2 Chronicles 30:16 2 Chronicles 31:3 2 Chronicles 31:4 2 Chronicles 31:21 2 Chronicles 33:8 2 Chronicles 34:14 2 Chronicles 34:15 2 Chronicles 34:19 2 Chronicles 35:26 Ezra 3:2 Ezra 7:6 Ezra 7:10 Ezra 7:12 Ezra 7:14 Ezra 7:21 Ezra 7:26 Ezra 10:3 Nehemiah 6:18 Nehemiah 8:1 Nehemiah 8:2 Nehemiah 8:3 Nehemiah 8:7 Nehemiah 8:8 Nehemiah 8:9 Nehemiah 8:13 Nehemiah 8:14 Nehemiah 8:18 Nehemiah 9:3 Nehemiah 9:26 Nehemiah 9:29 Nehemiah 9:34 Nehemiah 10:28 Nehemiah 10:29 Nehemiah 10:34 Nehemiah 10:36 Nehemiah 12:44 Nehemiah 13:3 Nehemiah 13:28 Esther 1:8 Esther 1:13 Esther 1:15 Esther 4:11 Esther 4:16 Job 22:22 Psalms 1:2 Psalms 19:7 Psalms 37:31 Psalms 40:8 Psalms 78:1 Psalms 78:5 Psalms 78:10 Psalms 81:4 Psalms 89:30 Psalms 94:12 Psalms 94:20 Psalms 105:10 Psalms 119:1 Psalms 119:18 Psalms 119:29 Psalms 119:34 Psalms 119:44 Psalms 119:51 Psalms 119:53 Psalms 119:55 Psalms 119:61 Psalms 119:70 Psalms 119:72 Psalms 119:77 Psalms 119:85 Psalms 119:92 Psalms 119:97 Psalms 119:109 Psalms 119:113 Psalms 119:126 Psalms 119:136 Psalms 119:142 Psalms 119:150 Psalms 119:153 Psalms 119:163 Psalms 119:165 Psalms 119:174 Proverbs 1:8 Proverbs 3:1 Proverbs 4:2 Proverbs 6:20 Proverbs 6:23 Proverbs 7:2 Proverbs 13:14 Proverbs 28:4 Proverbs 28:7 Proverbs 28:9 Proverbs 29:18 Proverbs 31:5 Proverbs 31:26 Isaiah 1:10 Isaiah 2:3 Isaiah 5:24 Isaiah 8:16 Isaiah 8:20 Isaiah 30:9 Isaiah 42:4 Isaiah 42:21 Isaiah 42:24 Isaiah 51:4 Isaiah 51:7 Jeremiah 2:8 Jeremiah 6:19 Jeremiah 8:8 Jeremiah 9:13 Jeremiah 16:11 Jeremiah 18:18 Jeremiah 26:4 Jeremiah 31:33 Jeremiah 32:11 Jeremiah 32:23 Jeremiah 44:10 Jeremiah 44:23 Lamentations 2:9 Ezekiel 7:26 Ezekiel 22:11 Ezekiel 22:26 Ezekiel 43:12 Daniel 6:5 Daniel 6:8 Daniel 6:12 Daniel 6:15 Daniel 9:11 Daniel 9:13 Hosea 4:6 Hosea 8:1 Hosea 8:12 Amos 2:4 Micah 4:2 Micah 7:6 Habakkuk 1:4 Zephaniah 3:4 Haggai 2:11 Zechariah 7:12 Malachi 2:6 Malachi 2:7 Malachi 2:8 Malachi 2:9 Malachi 4:4 Matthew 5:17 Matthew 5:18 Matthew 5:40 Matthew 7:12 Matthew 10:35 Matthew 11:13 Matthew 12:5 Matthew 22:36 Matthew 22:40 Matthew 23:23 Luke 2:22 Luke 2:23 Luke 2:24 Luke 2:27 Luke 2:39 Luke 5:17 Luke 10:26 Luke 12:53 Luke 16:16 Luke 16:17 Luke 24:44 John 1:17 John 1:45 John 7:19 John 7:23 John 7:49 John 7:51 John 8:5 John 8:17 John 10:34 John 12:34 John 15:25 John 18:13 John 18:31 John 19:7 Acts 5:34 Acts 6:13 Acts 7:53 Acts 13:15 Acts 13:39 Acts 15:5 Acts 15:24 Acts 18:13 Acts 18:15 Acts 19:38 Acts 21:20 Acts 21:24 Acts 21:28 Acts 22:3 Acts 22:12 Acts 23:3 Acts 23:29 Acts 24:6 Acts 24:14 Acts 25:8 Acts 28:23 Romans 2:12 Romans 2:13 Romans 2:14 Romans 2:15 Romans 2:17 Romans 2:18 Romans 2:20 Romans 2:23 Romans 2:25 Romans 2:26 Romans 2:27 Romans 3:19 Romans 3:20 Romans 3:21 Romans 3:27 Romans 3:28 Romans 3:31 Romans 4:13 Romans 4:14 Romans 4:15 Romans 4:16 Romans 5:13 Romans 5:20 Romans 6:14 Romans 6:15 Romans 7:1 Romans 7:2 Romans 7:3 Romans 7:4 Romans 7:5 Romans 7:6 Romans 7:7 Romans 7:8 Romans 7:9 Romans 7:12 Romans 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Hebrews 10:1 Hebrews 10:8 Hebrews 10:28 James 1:25 James 2:8 James 2:9 James 2:10 James 2:11 James 2:12 James 4:11 1 John 3:4

Where “law” appears

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Genesis10 occurrences
9 verses Exodus19 occurrences
18 verses Leviticus18 occurrences
18 verses Numbers11 occurrences
10 verses Deuteronomy24 occurrences
24 verses Joshua9 occurrences
8 verses Judges7 occurrences
7 verses Ruth19 occurrences
17 verses 1 Samuel10 occurrences
9 verses 1 Kings1 occurrence
1 verse 2 Kings11 occurrences
11 verses 1 Chronicles4 occurrences
4 verses 2 Chronicles17 occurrences
17 verses Ezra9 occurrences
8 verses Nehemiah21 occurrences
21 verses Esther5 occurrences
5 verses Job1 occurrence
1 verse Psalms38 occurrences
37 verses Proverbs14 occurrences
13 verses Isaiah11 occurrences
11 verses Jeremiah12 occurrences
12 verses Lamentations1 occurrence
1 verse Ezekiel5 occurrences
4 verses Daniel7 occurrences
6 verses Hosea3 occurrences
3 verses Amos1 occurrence
1 verse Micah3 occurrences
2 verses Habakkuk1 occurrence
1 verse Zephaniah1 occurrence
1 verse Haggai1 occurrence
1 verse Zechariah1 occurrence
1 verse Malachi5 occurrences
5 verses Matthew11 occurrences
10 verses Luke14 occurrences
11 verses John16 occurrences
14 verses Acts22 occurrences
21 verses Romans78 occurrences
52 verses 1 Corinthians17 occurrences
11 verses Galatians32 occurrences
25 verses Ephesians1 occurrence
1 verse Philippians3 occurrences
3 verses 1 Timothy3 occurrences
3 verses Titus1 occurrence
1 verse Hebrews13 occurrences
12 verses James10 occurrences
7 verses 1 John2 occurrences
1 verse

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Definition evidence

1 · Direct Scripture definition

Galatians 3:24

Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.

Galatians 5:14

For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

Proverbs 6:23

For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:

Psalms 119:142

Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is the truth.

Romans 7:12

Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.

Romans 7:14

For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin.

2 · KJV context and cross-references

Genesis 26:5 Numbers 15:29 Ezra 3:2 Psalm 119:44 Luke 16:16 Romans 2:18 Romans 3:19-31 Romans 7:12,23 Romans 8:2-4 Galatians 2:19 1 John 3:4 Genesis 11:31 Deuteronomy 28:58 2 Kings 23:25 Psalms 89:30 Ezekiel 7:26 Acts 15:5 Romans 13:8