KJV dictionary & concordance

obeying

Meaning of “obeying”

Complying with commands, heeding authority, or submitting.

Definition sources

Direct Scripture definitionKJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828

3 occurrences3 verses3 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Judges 2:17

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Every verse containing “obeying”

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Judges 2:17

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And yet they would not hearken unto their judges, but they went a whoring after other gods, and bowed themselves unto them: they turned quickly out of the way which their fathers walked in, obeying the commandments of the Lord; but they did not so.

1 word occurrence in this verse

The 1611 reading

1611 witness · Judges 2:17 · retained source text

And yet they would not hearken vnto their Iudges, but they went a whoring after other gods, and bowed themselues vnto them: they turned quickly out of the way, which their fathers walked in, obeying the Commandements of the LORD; but they did not so.

1 Samuel 15:22

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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.

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The 1611 reading & marginal notes

1611 witness · 1 Samuel 15:22 · retained source text

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.

1 Peter 1:22

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Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently:

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The 1611 reading

1611 witness · 1 Peter 1:22 · retained source text

Seeing yee haue purified your soules in obeying the truth through the Spirit, vnto vnfained loue of the brethren: see that ye loue one another with a pure heart feruently,

Source order

Definition evidence

1 · Direct Scripture definition

Judges 2:17; 1 Samuel 15:22; 1 Peter 1:22

First Samuel 15:22 directly parallels obeying the voice of the LORD with to obey and to hearken. Judges and 1 Peter confirm compliance with commandments or truth.

2 · KJV context and cross-references

Judges 2:17 1 Samuel 15:22 1 Peter 1:22

Historical English dictionary sources

Historical definitions

Webster 1828

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Complying with commands; submitting to.

Webster 1828 facsimile, volume 2, leaf 202