Ordinance
Bible Usage:
- ordinance used 30 times.
- ordinances used 27 times.
- First Reference: Exodus 12:14
- Last Reference: 1 Peter 2:13
Dictionaries:
- Included in Eastons: No
- Included in Hitchcocks: No
- Included in Naves: Yes
- Included in Smiths: No
- Included in Websters: Yes
- Included in Strongs: Yes
- Included in Thayers: Yes
- Included in BDB: Yes
Strongs Concordance:
- H2706 Used 6 times
- H2708 Used 12 times
- H3027 Used 1 time
- H4931 Used 3 times
- H4941 Used 5 times
- G1296 Used 1 time
- G2937 Used 1 time
A decree
Exodus 12:14; Exodus 12:24; Exodus 12:43; Exodus 13:10; Exodus 15:25; Numbers 9:14; Numbers 10:8; Numbers 15:15; Numbers 18:8; Isaiah 24:5; Malachi 4:4; Romans 13:2; 1 Peter 2:13
Insufficiency of, for salvation
Isaiah 1:10-17; Galatians 5:6; Galatians 6:15; Ephesians 2:15; Colossians 2:14; Colossians 2:20-23; Hebrews 9:1; Hebrews 9:8-10
Form; Formalism
OR'DINANCE, noun
1. A rule established by authority; a permanent rule of action. An ordinance may be a law or statute of sovereign power. In this sense it is often used in the Scriptures. Exodus 15:25. Numbers 10:8. Ezra 3:10. It may also signify a decree, edict or rescript, and the word has sometimes been applied to the statutes of Parliament, but these are usually called acts or laws. In the United States, it is never applied to the acts of Congress, or of a state legislature.
2. Observance commanded.
3. Appointment.
4. Established rite or ceremony. Hebrews 9:1. In this sense, baptism and the Lord's supper are denominated ordinances.
Bible Usage:
- ordinance used 30 times.
- ordinances used 27 times.
- First Reference: Exodus 12:14
- Last Reference: 1 Peter 2:13
Dictionaries:
- Included in Eastons: No
- Included in Hitchcocks: No
- Included in Naves: Yes
- Included in Smiths: No
- Included in Websters: Yes
- Included in Strongs: Yes
- Included in Thayers: Yes
- Included in BDB: Yes
Strongs Concordance:
- H2706 Used 6 times
- H2708 Used 12 times
- H3027 Used 1 time
- H4931 Used 3 times
- H4941 Used 5 times
- G1296 Used 1 time
- G2937 Used 1 time