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Ordinance

Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

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A — 1: δικαίωμα

(Strong's #1345 — Noun Neuter — dikaioma — dik-ah'-yo-mah )

see JUSTIFICATION , No. 2.

A — 2: διαταγή

(Strong's #1296 — Noun Feminine — diatage — dee-at-ag-ay' )

is translated "ordinances," in Romans 13:2 . See DISPOSITION.

A — 3: δόγμα

(Strong's #1378 — Noun Neuter — dogma — dog'-mah )

is translated "ordinances" in Ephesians 2:15; Colossians 2:14 . See DECREE.

A — 4: κτίσις

(Strong's #2937 — Noun Feminine — ktisis — ktis'-is )

"a creation, creature," is translated "ordinance" in 1 Peter 2:13 . See CREATE , B, No. 1.

Note: In 1 Corinthians 11:2 , AV, paradosis, "a tradition" (marg., and RV, "traditions"), is translated "ordinances." See TRADITION.

B — 1: δογματίζω

(Strong's #1379 — Verb — dogmatizo — dog-mat-id'-zo )

akin to A, No. 3, "to decree," signifies, in the Middle Voice, "to subject oneself to an ordinance," Colossians 2:20 . In the Sept., Esther 3:9; in some texts, Daniel 2:13,15 .

Bibliography Information
Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Ordinance'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ved/​o/ordinance.html. 1940.
 
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