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== Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words <ref name="term_78837" /> == | == Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words <ref name="term_78837" /> == | ||
<div> '''1: ἐντολή ''' (Strong'S #1785 Noun [[Feminine]] entole en-tol-ay' ) </div> <p> "a commandment," is translated "precept" in Mark 10:5 | <div> '''1: ἐντολή ''' (Strong'S #1785 Noun [[Feminine]] entole en-tol-ay' ) </div> <p> "a commandment," is translated "precept" in Mark 10:5 (RV, "commandment"); so Hebrews 9:19 . See [[Commandment]] , No. 2. </p> <div> '''2: ἔνταλμα ''' (Strong'S #1778 Noun Neuter entalma en'-tal-mah ) </div> <p> is always translated "precepts" in the RV; see Commandment , No. 3. </p> | ||
== King James Dictionary <ref name="term_62179" /> == | == King James Dictionary <ref name="term_62179" /> == | ||
<p> | <p> PRE'CEPT, n. L. proeceptum, from proecipio, to command proe, before, and capio, to take. </p> 1. In a general sense, any commandment or order intended as an authoritative rule of action but applied particularly to commands respecting moral conduct. The ten commandments are so many precepts for the regulation of our moral conduct. <p> No arts are without their precepts. </p> 2. In law, a command or mandate in writing. | ||
== Charles Buck Theological Dictionary <ref name="term_20304" /> == | == Charles Buck Theological Dictionary <ref name="term_20304" /> == | ||
<p> | <p> A rule given by a superior; a direction or command. The precepts of religion, says Saurin, are not essential as the doctrines; and religion will as certainly sink, if the morality be subverted, as if the theology be undermined. The doctrines are only proposed to us as the ground of our duty. </p> <p> See DOCTRINE. </p> | ||
== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_160176" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_160176" /> == | ||
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== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_7391" /> == | == International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_7391" /> == | ||
<p> ''''' prē´sept ''''' : | <p> ''''' prē´sept ''''' : A commandment, an authoritative rule for action; in the [[Scriptures]] generally a divine injunction in which man's obligation is set forth (Latin <i> praeceptum </i> , from <i> praecipere </i> , "to instruct"). </p> <p> Four words are so rendered in the King James Version: (1) מצוה , <i> ''''' micwāh ''''' </i> , very frequently (168 times) translated "commandment," but 4 times "precept" (in the Revised Version (British and American) only Jeremiah 35:18; Daniel 9:5 ); (2) from the same root is צו , <i> '''''cāw''''' </i> , or וי , <i> '''''caw''''' </i> ( Isaiah 28:10 , Isaiah 28:13 ); (3) פּקּוּדים , <i> '''''piḳḳūdhı̄m''''' </i> , only in the Psalms (21 times in Ps 119, e.g. Psalm 119:4 , Psalm 119:15 , Psalm 119:27; also the Revised Version (British and American) Psalm 19:8; Psalm 103:18; Psalm 111:7 ); (4) in the New Testament, ἐντολή , <i> '''''entolḗ''''' </i> , generally in the King James Version translated "commandment" (68 times), but twice "precept" ( Mark 10:5; Hebrews 9:19; in both cases the Revised Version (British and American) substitutes "commandment"). See [[Commandment]] . </p> | ||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_56431" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_56431" /> == | ||
<p> is a direction, command, or rule enjoined by a superior. [[Religious]] precepts are divided into moral and positive. The precepts of religion, says Saurin, are as essential as the doctrines; and religion will as certainly sink if the morality be subverted, as if the theology be undermined. The doctrines are only proposed to us as the ground of our duty. | <p> is a direction, command, or rule enjoined by a superior. [[Religious]] precepts are divided into moral and positive. The precepts of religion, says Saurin, are as essential as the doctrines; and religion will as certainly sink if the morality be subverted, as if the theology be undermined. The doctrines are only proposed to us as the ground of our duty. A moral precept derives its force from its intrinsic fitness; a positive precept from the authority which enjoins it. [[Moral]] precepts are commanded because they are right; positive are right because commanded. The duty of honoring our parents and of observing the [[Sabbath]] are instances, respectively, of each kind of precept. (See [[Law]]). </p> | ||
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