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obeyed

Meaning of “obeyed”

Past-tense or past-participial form of obey (to comply with a command, heed authority, or submit).

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First occurrence: Genesis 22:18

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1 Kings 20:36
Then said he unto him, Because thou hast not obeyed the voice of the Lord, behold, as soon as thou art departed from me, a lion shall slay thee. And as soon as he was departed from him, a lion found him, and slew him.
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The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Kings 20:36 · retained source text

Then said he vnto him, Because thou hast not obeyed the voyce of the LORD, beholde, assoone as thou art departed from me, a lyon shal slay thee. And assoone as hee was departed from him, a lyon found him, and slew him.

2 Kings 18:12
Because they obeyed not the voice of the Lord their God, but transgressed his covenant, and all that Moses the servant of the Lord commanded, and would not hear them, nor do them.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 2 Kings 18:12 · retained source text

Because they obeyed not the voice of the LORD their God, but transgressed his Couenant, and all that Moses the seruant of the LORD commanded, and would not heare them, nor doe them.

2 Chronicles 11:4
Thus saith the Lord, Ye shall not go up, nor fight against your brethren: return every man to his house: for this thing is done of me. And they obeyed the words of the Lord, and returned from going against Jeroboam.
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1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 11:4 · retained source text

Thus saith the LORD; Ye shall not goe vp, nor fight against your brethren: returne euery man to his house, for this thing is done of me. And they obeyed the words of the LORD, and returned from going against Ieroboam.

Proverbs 5:13
And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Proverbs 5:13 · retained source text

And haue not obeyed the voyce of my teachers, nor inclined mine eare to them that instructed me?

Jeremiah 3:13
Only acknowledge thine iniquity, that thou hast transgressed against the Lord thy God, and hast scattered thy ways to the strangers under every green tree, and ye have not obeyed my voice, saith the Lord.
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 3:13 · retained source text

Only acknowledge thine iniquity that thou hast transgressed against the LORD thy God, and hast scattered thy wayes to the strangers vnder euery greene tree, and ye haue not obeyed my voice, saith the LORD.

Jeremiah 3:25
We lie down in our shame, and our confusion covereth us: for we have sinned against the Lord our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even unto this day, and have not obeyed the voice of the Lord our God.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Jeremiah 3:25 · retained source text

We lie downe in our shame, and our confusion couereth vs: for we haue sinned against the LORD our God, wee and our fathers from our youth euen vnto this day, and haue not obeied the voice of the LORD our God.

Jeremiah 9:13
And the Lord saith, Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice, neither walked therein;
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 9:13 · retained source text

And the LORD saith; Because they haue forsaken my law, which I set before them, and haue not obeyed my voyce, neither walked therein;

Jeremiah 11:8
Yet they obeyed not, nor inclined their ear, but walked every one in the imagination of their evil heart: therefore I will bring upon them all the words of this covenant, which I commanded them to do; but they did them not.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Jeremiah 11:8 · retained source text

Yet they obeyed not, nor inclined their eare: but walked euery one in the imagination of their euill heart: therefore I will bring vpon them all the words of this Couenant, which I commaunded them to doe; but they did them not.

1611 marginal noteOr, stubburnnesse.

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