δόγμα
dogma · decree
Greek word · Strong’s number G1378 · appears 5 times in the Bible
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dogma (δόγμα) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “decree”.
Official order; also a rule.
How to say it
dog·ma
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- An official command; a resolution made.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- decrees ×4
- decree ×1
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Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Luke 2:1
Now it happened in those days that a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the inhabited world should be registered.
- Acts 16:4
And as they were going through the cities, they were delivering to them the decrees decided on by the apostles and elders in Jerusalem, for them to keep.
- Acts 17:7
whom Jason has welcomed; and they all act against the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, Jesus.”
- Ephesians 2:15
having abolished the law of commandments in decrees, so that he might create the two in himself into one new man, making peace,
- Colossians 2:14
having wiped out the certificate of debt against us with its decrees, which was opposed to us; and he has taken it out of the way, nailing it to the cross.