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To decree

δογματίζωStrong’s G1379

dogmatizō

Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament

In short

Dogmatizō is the Greek word usually translated “do you submit to decrees”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.

“Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances,”
Colossians 2:20 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “do you submit to decrees”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • do you submit to decrees 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Colossians 1

1 book in all.

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    Greek dictionary

    δογματίζω dogmatizō · to decree

    δογματίζω [in LXX: Est.3:9 (כָּתַב ni.), Dan LXX 2:13, 15 (דָּת), I Est.6:34, 2Ma.10:3 2Mac 15:36, 3Ma.4:11 * ;] to decree. Mid., to subject oneself to an ordinance: Col.2:20.† (AS)

    From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

    How the English word “decree” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

    DECREE, noun

    [Latin To judge; to divide.]

    1. Judicial decision, or determination of a litigated cause; as a decree of the court of chancery.
    2. In the civil 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.“There went a decree from Cesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed” Luke 2:1
    All definitions and other forms of “decree”
    1. Established law, or rule.“He made a decree for the rain” Job 28:26
    2. In theology, predetermined purpose of God; the purpose or determination of an immutable Being, whose plan of operations is, like himself, unchangeable.

    DECREE, verb transitive

    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.“Thou shalt decree a thing, and it shall be established” Job 22:28

    Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

    Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.