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ordained

Meaning of “ordained”

Sense 1: Appointed or set apart to an office, work, purpose, or end. Sense 2: Established, decreed, ordered, prescribed, prepared, arranged, or settled.

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Direct Scripture definitionKJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
35 occurrences35 verses20 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Numbers 28:6

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Romans 7:10
And the commandment, which was ordained to life, I found to be unto death.
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The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Romans 7:10 · retained source text

And the commandement which was ordained to life, I found to be vnto death.

Romans 13:1
LET every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.
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1611 witness · Romans 13:1 · retained source text

¶ Let euery soule bee subiect vnto the higher powers: For there is no power but of God. The powers that be, are ordeined of God.

1611 marginal noteOr, ordered.

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Acts 17:31

Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.

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Historical definitions

Appointed; instituted; established; settled.

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