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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

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First occurrence: Genesis 11:31

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Matthew 7:12
Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Matthew 7:12 · retained source text

Therefore all things whatsoeuer ye would that men should doe to you, doe ye euen so to them: for this is the Law and the Prophets.

1611 marginal noteLuk. 6.31.

Matthew 10:35
For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Matthew 10:35 · retained source text

For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, & the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.

1611 marginal noteMic. 7.6.

Matthew 12:5
Or have ye not read in the law, how that on the sabbath days the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are blameless?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Matthew 12:5 · retained source text

Or haue yee not read in the law, how that on the Sabbath dayes the Priests in the Temple profane the Sabbath, and are blamelesse?

1611 marginal noteNum. 28.9.

Matthew 23:23
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Matthew 23:23 · retained source text

Woe vnto you Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites; for yee pay tithe of mint, and annise, and cummine, and haue omitted the weightier matters of the Law, iudgement, mercie and faith: these ought ye to haue done, and not to leaue the other vndone.

1611 marginal noteLuk. 11.42.

Luke 2:22
And when the days of her purification according to the law of Moses were accomplished, they brought him to Jerusalem, to present him to the Lord;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Luke 2:22 · retained source text

And when the dayes of her purification according to the law of Moses, were accomplished, they brought him to Hierusalem, to present him to the Lord,

Luke 2:23
(As it is written in the law of the Lord, Every male that openeth the womb shall be called holy to the Lord;)
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Luke 2:23 · retained source text

(As it is written in the law of the Lord, Euery male that openeth the wombe, shalbe called holy to the Lord)

1611 marginal noteExod. 13.2. numb. 18.16.

Luke 2:24
And to offer a sacrifice according to that which is said in the law of the Lord, A pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Luke 2:24 · retained source text

And to offer a sacrifice according to that which is said in the Law of the Lord, a paire of turtle doues, or two yong pigeons.

1611 marginal noteLeuit. 12.2,6.

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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.