commandment of god
1Commandment — Com*mand ment, n. [OF. commandement, F. commandement.] 1. An order or injunction given by authority; a command; a charge; a precept; a mandate. [1913 Webster] A new commandment I give unto you, that ye love one another. John xiii. 34. [1913… …
2commandment — late 13c., an order from an authority, from O.Fr. comandement order, command, from L. *commandamentum, from *commandare (see COMMAND (Cf. command)). Pronounced as four syllables until 17c. Of þe x commandements ... þe first comondement is þis, O… …
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4GOD, NAMES OF — Various Hebrew terms are used for God in the Bible. Some of these are employed in both the generic and specific sense; others are used only as the personal name of the God of Israel. Most of these terms were employed also by the Canaanites, to… …
5commandment — UK [kəˈmɑːn(d)mənt] / US [kəˈmæn(d)mənt] noun [countable] Word forms commandment : singular commandment plural commandments according to the Bible, one of the ten rules of behaviour called the Ten Commandments that God gave people to obey …
6commandment — com|mand|ment [kəˈma:ndmənt US kəˈmænd ] n one of the ten rules given by God in the Bible that tell people how they must behave …
7commandment — com|mand|ment [ kə mændmənt ] noun count according to the Bible, one of the ten rules of behavior called the Ten Commandments that God gave people to obey …
8commandment — noun (C) 1 one of the ten rules given by God in the Bible that tell people how they must behave 2 literary a command …
9commandment — [kəˈmɑːn(d)mənt] noun [C] according to the Bible, one of the ten rules of behaviour that God gave people to obey …
10commandment — /kəˈmændmənt / (say kuh mandmuhnt), /kəˈmand / (say kuh mahnd ) noun 1. a command or edict. 2. any one of the precepts (the Ten Commandments) recorded in the Old Testament as being spoken by God to Israel or delivered to Moses on Mount Sinai. 3.… …
