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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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Exodus 4:18
¶ And Moses went and returned to Jethro his father in law, and said unto him, Let me go, I pray thee, and return unto my brethren which are in Egypt, and see whether they be yet alive. And Jethro said to Moses, Go in peace.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Exodus 4:18 · retained source text

¶ And Moses went and returned to Iethro his father in law, and said vnto him, Let me goe, I pray thee, and returne vnto my brethren, which are in Egypt, and see whether they bee yet aliue. And Iethro said to Moses, Goe in peace.

Exodus 12:49
One law shall be to him that is homeborn, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among you.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Exodus 12:49 · retained source text

One law shall be to him that is home-borne, and vnto the stranger that soiourneth among you.

Exodus 13:9
And it shall be for a sign unto thee upon thine hand, and for a memorial between thine eyes, that the Lord’s law may be in thy mouth: for with a strong hand hath the Lord brought thee out of Egypt.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Exodus 13:9 · retained source text

And it shall bee for a signe vnto thee, vpon thine hand, and for a memoriall betweene thine eyes, that the LORDs law may be in thy mouth: for with a strong hande hath the LORD brought thee out of Egypt.

Exodus 16:4
¶ Then said the Lord unto Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a certain rate every day, that I may prove them, whether they will walk in my law, or no.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Exodus 16:4 · retained source text

¶ Then said the LORD vnto Moses, Behold, I will raine bread from heauen for you: and the people shall goe out, and gather a certaine rate euery day, that I may proue them, whether they will walke in my Law, or no.

1611 marginal noteHebr. the portion of a day in his day.

Exodus 18:1
WHEN Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses’ father in law, heard of all that God had done for Moses, and for Israel his people, and that the Lord had brought Israel out of Egypt;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Exodus 18:1 · retained source text

¶ When Iethro the Priest of Midian, Moses father in law, heard of all that God had done for Moses, and for Israel his people, and that the LORD had brought Israel out of Egypt:

1611 marginal noteChap. 2.16.

Exodus 18:2
Then Jethro, Moses’ father in law, took Zipporah, Moses’ wife, after he had sent her back,
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Exodus 18:2 · retained source text

Then Iethro Moses father in law tooke Zipporah Moses wife, after he had sent her backe,

Exodus 18:5
And Jethro, Moses’ father in law, came with his sons and his wife unto Moses into the wilderness, where he encamped at the mount of God:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Exodus 18:5 · retained source text

And Iethro Moses father in law came with his sonnes and his wife vnto Moses into the wildernes, where he encamped at the mount of God.

Exodus 18:6
And he said unto Moses, I thy father in law Jethro am come unto thee, and thy wife, and her two sons with her.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Exodus 18:6 · retained source text

And he said vnto Moses, I thy father in law Iethro am come vnto thee, and thy wife, and her two sonnes with her.

Exodus 18:7
¶ And Moses went out to meet his father in law, and did obeisance, and kissed him; and they asked each other of their welfare; and they came into the tent.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Exodus 18:7 · retained source text

¶ And Moses went out to meete his father in law, and did obeysance, and kissed him: and they asked each other of their welfare, and they came into the tent.

1611 marginal noteHeb. peace.

Exodus 18:8
And Moses told his father in law all that the Lord had done unto Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for Israel’s sake, and all the travail that had come upon them by the way, and how the Lord delivered them.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Exodus 18:8 · retained source text

And Moses told his father in law, all that the LORD had done vnto Pharaoh, and to the Egyptians for Israels sake, and all the trauaile that had come vpon them by the way, and how the LORD deliuered them.

1611 marginal noteHeb. found them.

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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.