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obedient

Meaning of “obedient”

Yielding, submitting, or acting according to a command or authority.

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KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
16 occurrences16 verses13 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Exodus 24:7

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2 Corinthians 2:9
For to this end also did I write, that I might know the proof of you, whether ye be obedient in all things.
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1611 witness · 2 Corinthians 2:9 · retained source text

For to this end also did I write, that I might know the proofe of you, whether ye be obedient in all things.

Ephesians 6:5
Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ;
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Seruants, bee obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh, with feare and trembling, in singlenesse of your heart, as vnto Christ:

Philippians 2:8
And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.
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1611 witness · Philippians 2:8 · retained source text

And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himselfe, and became obedient vnto death, euen the death of the Crosse.

Titus 2:9
Exhort servants to be obedient unto their own masters, and to please them well in all things; not answering again;
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1611 witness · Titus 2:9 · retained source text

Exhort seruants to be obedient vnto their own masters, and to please them well in all things, not answering againe:

1611 marginal noteOr, gaine saying.

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Historical definitions

Submissive to authority; complying with commands or what is required.

volume 2, leaf 202, column 2 (main_dictionary)