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Ordinance
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words
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see JUSTIFICATION , No. 2.
is translated "ordinances," in Romans 13:2 . See DISPOSITION.
is translated "ordinances" in Ephesians 2:15; Colossians 2:14 . See DECREE.
"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.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 .
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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.
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.