Bible Dictionary: Edicts

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Strong's Hebrew

1881. dath -- decree, law
... Word Origin of foreign origin Definition decree, law NASB Word Usage decree
(5), edict (4), edicts (1), law (7), laws (3), regulations (1). ...
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Library

Letters and Edicts.
... Chapter III Writings. Section 3. Letters and Edicts. It is hard to separate
between letters, edicts, and laws. A substantial autocrat ...
/.../pamphilius/the life of constantine/section 3 letters and edicts.htm

The Epistle of Antoninus to the Common Assembly of Asia in Regard ...
... 26, where Melito refers to edicts of Antoninus Pius; for had Eusebius referred
to another passage, he would undoubtedly have quoted it. ...
/.../pamphilius/church history/chapter xiii the epistle of antoninus.htm

The Peace under Gallienus.
... [2268] Eusebius has not preserved the text of these edicts (progr?mmata ... It was evidently
issued some time after the publication of the edicts themselves. ...
/.../pamphilius/church history/chapter xiii the peace under gallienus.htm

The Two-Horned Beast.
... transferred the customs and forms of the Roman government, and there exercised all
the powers of the empire,"the Italians still obeying the edicts which he ...
/.../bliss/a brief commentary on the apocalypse/the two-horned beast.htm

On Bk. viii. Chap. 2, 4 (Note 3, Continued). The Causes of the ...
... Diocletian cannot have taken such a step without giving some reason for it, and
doubtless that reason was stated in the preambles of his edicts, as is the case ...
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Biographical Sketch.
... confessions as a pious, exemplary, and, without doubt, a peace-loving theologian,
against whom no charge can be brought save his refusal to subscribe the edicts ...
/.../gerhardt/paul gerhardts spiritual songs/biographical sketch.htm

And Now Diocletian Raged, not Only against his Own Domestics...
... Mandates also had gone to Maximian Herculius and Constantius, requiring their
concurrence in the execution of the edicts; for in matters even of such mighty ...
/.../of the manner in which the persecutors died/chap xv and now diocletian.htm

What the Council Determined About Arius; the Condemnation of his ...
... The emperor punished Arius with exile, and dispatched edicts to the bishops and
people of every country, denouncing him and his adherents as ungodly, and ...
/.../chapter xxi what the council determined.htm

The Destruction of the Churches.
... in the month Dystrus, [2503] called March by the Romans, when the feast of the
Saviour's passion was near at hand, [2504] that royal edicts were published ...
/.../pamphilius/church history/chapter ii the destruction of the.htm

In the Course of the Second Year, the Persecution against us ...
... And at that time Urbanus [2633] being governor of the province, imperial edicts
were first issued to him, commanding by a general decree that all the people ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/pamphilius/church history/chapter iii in the course.htm

Thesaurus

Edicts (1 Occurrence)
...Edicts (1 Occurrence). Ezra 8:36 And they delivered the king's edicts to the
king's satraps, and to the governors on this side the river. ...
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Edict (22 Occurrences)
... by the sovereign power; the proclamation of a law made by an absolute authority,
as if by the very act of announcement; a decree; as, the edicts of the Roman ...
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Claudius (3 Occurrences)
... the Maccabees (2 Maccabees 6:2). Claudius reverted to the policy of Augustus and
Tiberius and marked the opening year of his reign by issuing edicts in favor ...
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Edification (10 Occurrences)

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Ezra-nehemiah
... him. 5. Sources: The Books of Ezra and Ne are a compilation of genealogical
lists, letters and edicts, memoirs and chronicles. We ...
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Ezranehemiah
... him. 5. Sources: The Books of Ezra and Ne are a compilation of genealogical
lists, letters and edicts, memoirs and chronicles. We ...
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Publication (2 Occurrences)
... proclamation; divulgation; promulgation; as, the publication of the law at Mount
Sinai; the publication of the gospel; the publication of statutes or edicts. ...
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Armenian
... Mesrob had been a court secretary, and as such was well acquainted with Pahlavi,
Syriac and Greek, in which three languages the royal edicts were then published ...
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Annul (10 Occurrences)
... 2. (v.) To make void or of no effect; to nullify; to abolish; to do away with; --
used appropriately of laws, decrees, edicts, decisions of courts, or other ...
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Versions
... Mesrob had been a court secretary, and as such was well acquainted with Pahlavi,
Syriac and Greek, in which three languages the royal edicts were then published ...
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Bible Concordance

Edicts (1 Occurrence)

Ezra 8:36 And they delivered the king's edicts to the king's satraps, and to the governors on this side the river. And they furthered the people and the house of God.
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Subtopics

Edicts

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Edict (22 Occurrences)

Claudius (3 Occurrences)

Edification (10 Occurrences)

Ezra-nehemiah

Ezranehemiah

Publication (2 Occurrences)

Armenian

Annul (10 Occurrences)

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