KJV dictionary & concordance
To hear with submission and do what is commanded; to comply with authority or instruction.
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Some verses contain the word more than once.
First occurrence: Genesis 27:8
Complete exact-word concordance
And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him;
And being made perfect, he became the authour of eternall saluation vnto all them that obey him,
Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.
Obey them that haue the rule ouer you, and submit your selues: for they watch for your soules, as they that must giue account, that they may doe it with ioy, and not with griefe: for that is vnprofitable for you.
1611 marginal noteOr, guide.
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Historical English dictionary sources
To comply with the commands, orders or instructions of a superior, or with the requirements of law, moral, political or municipal; to do that which is commanded or required, or to forbear doing that which is prohibited. […] To submit to the direction or control of.
