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
PUT them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work,
¶ Put them in minde to bee subiect to Principalities & Powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to euery good worke,
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.
Behold, we put bits in the horses’ mouths, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body.
Behold, we put bittes in the horses mouthes, that they may obey vs, and we turne about their whole body.
LIKEWISE, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives;
¶ Likewise, ye wiues, be in subiection to your owne husbands, that if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be wonne by the conuersation of the wiues:
For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God?
For the time is come that iudgement must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at vs, what shall the ende bee of them that obey not the Gospel of God?
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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.
