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decree
Related Ideas:
determine, prohibition
Definition:
A decree is a proclamation or law that is publicly declared to all the people.
- God's laws are also called decrees, statutes, or commandments.
- Like laws and commands, decrees must be obeyed.
- An example of a decree by a human ruler was the proclamation by Caesar Augustus that everyone living in the Roman Empire must go back to their hometown in order to be counted in a census.
- To decree something, or to "issue a decree," means to give an order that must be obeyed. This could be translated as to "order" or to "command" or to "formally require" or to "publicly make a law."
- Something that is "decreed" to happen means that this "will definitely happen" or "has been decided upon and will not be changed" or "declared absolutely that this will happen."
- A "prohibition" is a decree that tells people that they cannot do something they would otherwise do.
(See also: command, declare, law, proclaim)
Bible References:
Word Data:
- Strong's: H561, H633, H1697, H5715, H1504, H1510, H1881, H1882, H1696, H2706, H2708, H2710, H2711, H2782, H2852, H2941, H2942, H3791, H3983, H4055, H4406, H4687, H5407, H5713, H6599, H6600, H6680, H7010, H7761, H8421, G1378, G3724
Forms Found in the English ULB:
decree, decreed, decrees, determine, determined, prohibition