Decree

Decree - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)

DECREE, n. [L. To judge; to divide.]

1. Judicial decision, or determination of a litigated cause; as a decree of the court of chancery. The decision of a court of equity is called a decree; that of a court of law, a judgment.

2. In the civil law, a determination or judgment of the emperor on a suit between parties.

3. An edict or law made by a council for regulating any business within their jurisdiction; as the decrees of ecclesiastical councils.

4. In general, an order, edict or law made by a superior as a rule to govern inferiors.

There went a decree from Cesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed. Luke 2.

5. Established law, or rule.

He made a decree for the rain. Job 28.

6. In theology, predetermined purpose of God; the purpose or determination of an immutable Being, whose plan of operations is, like himself, unchangeable.

DECREE, v.t.

1. To determine judicially; to resolve by sentence; as, the court decreed that the property should be restored; or they decreed a restoration of the property.

2. To determine or resolve legislatively; to fix or appoint; to set or constitute by edict or in purpose.

Thou shalt decree a thing, and it shall be established. Job 22.

Let us not be solicitous to know what God has decreed concerning us.

Decreed - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)

DECREED, pp. Determined judicially; resolved; appointed; established in purpose.

Definition

The term “decree” means to give an order that must be obeyed. The order itself can also be called a “decree.”

• A “decree” is similar to a “law,” but is generally used more often to refer to something spoken rather than written.
• The term “decree” could be translated as to “order” or to “command” or to “formally require” or to “publicly make a law.”
• God’s laws are also called decrees, statutes, or commandments.
• An example of a decree by a human ruler was the proclamation by Caesar Augustus that everyone living in the Roman Empire must go back to their hometown in order to be counted in a census.

(See also: command, declare, law)

Bible References

• 1 Chronicles 15:13-15
• 1 Kings 8:57-58
• Acts 17:5-7
• Daniel 2:13
• Esther 1:22
• Luke 2:1

Word Data

• Strong’s: H0559, H0633, H1697, H5715, H1504, H1510, H1881, H1882, H1696, H2706, H2708, H2710, H2711, H2782, H2852, H2940, H2941, H2942, H3791, H3982, H4055, H4406, H4687, H4941, H5407, H5713, H6599, H6680, H7010, H8421, G13780