Strong's Greek · G1378
G1378 dógma
δόγμα
dog'-mah
decree
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dógma appears 5 times in Scripture, in Luke, Acts, Ephesians and Colossians. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
a law (civil, ceremonial or ecclesiastical)
In the King James Version
decree, ordinance
Derivation
from the base of G1380 (δοκέω);
Appears 5 times in Scripture
“having canceled the debt ascribed to us in the decrees that stood against us. He took it away, nailing it to the cross!”
“by abolishing in His flesh the law of commandments and decrees. He did this to create in Himself one new man out of the two, thus making peace”
“Now in those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that a census should be taken of the whole empire.”
“and Jason has welcomed them into his home. They are all defying Caesar’s decrees, saying that there is another king, named Jesus!””
“As they went from town to town, they delivered the decisions handed down by the apostles and elders in Jerusalem for the people to obey.”
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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).
