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== Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_39773" /> == | == Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_39773" /> == | ||
Jonah 3:5-7Daniel 3:41 Samuel 11:7Ezra 1:1Ezra 6:1-2Proverbs 8:15Isaiah 10:1Ezra 6:3-5Esther 9:32Luke 2:1 <p> As King of the earth, [[God]] issues decrees regulating the world of nature (the sea, Proverbs 8:29; rain, Job 28:26 ) and of humanity (Daniel 4:24 ). God also decrees the reign of the | Jonah 3:5-7Daniel 3:41 Samuel 11:7Ezra 1:1Ezra 6:1-2Proverbs 8:15Isaiah 10:1Ezra 6:3-5Esther 9:32Luke 2:1 <p> As King of the earth, [[God]] issues decrees regulating the world of nature (the sea, Proverbs 8:29; rain, Job 28:26 ) and of humanity (Daniel 4:24 ). God also decrees the reign of the Messianic King (Psalm 2:7 ). </p> <p> The KJV uses “decree” to describe the decision of the [[Apostolic]] [[Council]] (Acts 16:4 ) and of a human inward decision not to marry (1 Corinthians 7:37 ). NIV refers to God's righteous decree of death for sinners (Romans 1:32 ). NAS uses “decree” for God's law which led to disobedience and death (Colossians 2:14 ,Colossians 2:14,2:20 ). NRSV uses “decree” to speak of God's eternal wisdom and plan for creation. Any translator using “decree” is interpreting the meaning of a more general [[Hebrew]] or [[Greek]] term, resulting in each translation using “decree” for several different words of the original language. </p> | ||
== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_50669" /> == | == Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_50669" /> == | ||
<p> <strong> DECREE </strong> . What theologians speak of as the ‘decrees of God,’ and describe as one, immutable, eternal, all-embracing, free, etc., do not receive this designation in Scripture. The equivalents are to be sought for under such headings as Election, Predestination, Providence, Reprobate. In the EV [Note: | <p> <strong> DECREE </strong> . What theologians speak of as the ‘decrees of God,’ and describe as one, immutable, eternal, all-embracing, free, etc., do not receive this designation in Scripture. The equivalents are to be sought for under such headings as Election, Predestination, Providence, Reprobate. In the EV [Note: English Version.] the term is frequently used in Esther, Ezra, Daniel, with different Heb. and Aram. [Note: Aramaic.] words, for royal decrees (in Daniel 6:1-28 RV [Note: Revised Version.] ‘interdict’; in Daniel 2:9 RV [Note: Revised Version.] ‘law,’ elsewhere ‘decree’). In the NT also the Gr. word <em> dogmata </em> is employed of decrees of Cæsar ( Luke 2:1 , Acts 17:7 ); in Acts 16:4 it is used of decrees of the Church; elsewhere ( Ephesians 2:15 , Colossians 2:20 ) it is tr. [Note: translate or translation.] ‘ordinances.’ The nearest approach to the theological sense of the term is, in OT, in the Heb. word <em> hôk </em> , ordinarily tr. [Note: translate or translation.] ‘statute,’ which is used in various places of God’s sovereign appointments in nature and providence ( Job 28:26 , Psalms 148:6 , Proverbs 8:29 , Jeremiah 5:22 , Zephaniah 2:2 ). The Hebrews had not the modern conception of ‘laws of nature,’ but they had a good equivalent in the idea of the world as ordered and founded by God’s decrees; as regulated by His ordinances (cf. Psalms 104:5; Psalms 104:9; Psalms 119:88-91 , Jeremiah 10:12 ff.). The same word is used in Psalms 2:7 of God’s ‘decree’ regarding His king; in Daniel 4:17; Daniel 4:24 (Aram. [Note: Aramaic.] ) we have ‘decree’ of ‘the watchers’ and ‘the most High.’ </p> <p> James Orr. </p> | ||
== Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament <ref name="term_55603" /> == | == Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament <ref name="term_55603" /> == | ||
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== King James Dictionary <ref name="term_59335" /> == | == King James Dictionary <ref name="term_59335" /> == | ||
<p> DECREE, n. L. To judge to divide. </p> 1. | <p> DECREE, n. L. To judge to divide. </p> 1. Judicial decision, or determination of a litigated cause as a decree of the court of chancery. The decision of a court of equity is called a decree that of a court of law, a judgment. 2. In the law, a determination or judgment of the emperor on a suit between parties. 3. An edict or law made by a council for regulating any business within their jurisdiction as the decrees of ecclesiastical councils. 4. In general, an order, edict or law made by a superior as a rule to govern inferiors. <p> There went a decree from [[Cesar]] Augustus, that all the world should be taxed. Luke 2 </p> 5. [[Established]] law, or rule. <p> He made a decree for the rain. Job 28 </p> 6. In theology, predetermined purpose of [[God]] the purpose or determination of an immutable Being, whose plan of operations is, like himself, unchangeable. <p> DECREE, </p> 1. To determine judicially to resolve by sentence as, the court decreed that the property should be restored or they decreed a restoration of the property. 2. To determine or resolve legislatively to fix or appoint to set or constitute by edict or in purpose. <p> [[Thou]] shalt decree a thing, and it shall be established. Job 22 </p> <p> [[Let]] us not be solicitous to know what God has decreed concerning us. </p> | ||
== Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words <ref name="term_77404" /> == | == Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words <ref name="term_77404" /> == | ||
<div> 1: Δόγμα (Strong'S #1378 | <div> 1: Δόγμα (Strong'S #1378 Noun Neuter dogma dog'-mah ) </div> <p> transliterated in English, primarily denoted "an opinion or judgment" (from dokeo, "to be of opinion"), hence, an "opinion expressed with authority, a doctrine, ordinance, decree;" "decree," Luke 2:1; Acts 16:4; 17:7; in the sense of ordinances, Ephesians 2:15; Colossians 2:14 . See Ordinance. </p> 1 Corinthians 7:37 | ||
== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_108344" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_108344" /> == | ||
