KJV dictionary & concordance
To hear with submission and do what is commanded; to comply with authority or instruction.
Definition sources
Some verses contain the word more than once.
First occurrence: Genesis 27:8
Complete exact-word concordance
But if ye will not obey the voice of the Lord, but rebel against the commandment of the Lord, then shall the hand of the Lord be against you, as it was against your fathers.
But if ye wil not obey the voice of the LORD, but rebel against the Commandement of the LORD, then shall the hand of the LORD be against you, as it was against your fathers.
Wherefore then didst thou not obey the voice of the Lord, but didst fly upon the spoil, and didst evil in the sight of the Lord?
Wherefore then didst thou not obey the voice of the LORD, but didst flie vpon the spoile, and didst euill in the sight of the LORD?
And Samuel said, Hath the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the Lord? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.
And Samuel saide, Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey, is better then sacrifice: and to hearken, then the fat of rammes.
1611 marginal noteEccles. 4.17. ose.6.7. matt.9.13. and 12.7.
And refused to obey, neither were mindful of thy wonders that thou didst among them; but hardened their necks, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage: but thou art a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and forsookest them not.
And refused to obey, neither were mindful of the wonders that thou didst among them: but hardened their necks, and in their rebellion appointed a captaine to returne to their bondage: but thou art a God ready to pardon, gracious and mercifull, slow to anger, and of great kindnes, & forsookest them not.
1611 marginal noteHeb. a god of pardons.
1611 marginal noteNum. 14.4.
If they obey and serve him, they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures.
If they obey and serue him, they shall spend their dayes in prosperitie, and their yeeres in pleasures.
1611 marginal noteIob 21.13.
But if they obey not, they shall perish by the sword, and they shall die without knowledge.
But if they obey not, they shall perish by the sword, and they shall die without knowledge.
1611 marginal noteHeb. they shall passe away by the sword.
As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: the strangers shall submit themselves unto me.
As soone as they heare of mee, they shall obey me: the strangers shall submit themselues vnto me.
1611 marginal noteHeb. at the hearing of the eare.
1611 marginal noteHeb. the sonnes of the stranger.
1611 marginal noteOr, yeeld fained obedience. Heb. lie.
The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.
The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother; the rauens of the valley shall picke it out, and the young Eagles shall eate it.
1611 marginal noteOr, the brooke.
But they shall fly upon the shoulders of the Philistines toward the west; they shall spoil them of the east together: they shall lay their hand upon Edom and Moab; and the children of Ammon shall obey them.
But they shall fly vpon the shoulders of the Philistines toward the West, they shall spoile them of the East together: they shall lay their hand vpon Edom and Moab, and the children of Ammon shall obey them.
1611 marginal noteHeb. the children of the East.
1611 marginal noteHeb. Edom and Moab shall be the laying on of their hand.
1611 marginal noteHeb. the children of Ammon their obedience.
But this thing commanded I them, saying, Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people: and walk ye in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well unto you.
But this thing commaunded I them, saying, Obey my voice, and I wil be your God, and ye shalbe my people: and walke ye in all the wayes that I haue commanded you, that it may be well vnto you.
1611 marginal noteDeut. 6.3.
1611 marginal noteExod. 19.5. leuit.26.12.
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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.
