Words the Bible translates as obey
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 8 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- akouōἀκούωto take in something with the ears: to hear it, and from there to understand it, heed and obey it, or learn of it by report
- shamaשָׁמַעto hear: to take in what reaches the ear, and from there to listen, understand, heed, and answer.
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- to summon, to muster troops together for war.
- shamarשָׁמַרto exercise watchful care over someone or something: to guard it, hold to it, and keep it safe
- peithōπείθωto let yourself be moved by another: to comply, go along with, obey
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- to work on someone until they come around: to persuade, convince, win over
- to rest your weight on someone or something: to trust, rely on, be confident
- to have been brought to certainty: to be convinced, to be sure
- tēreōτηρέωto obey: to hold to a command or teaching and put it into practice
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- to guard: to hold a person in secure custody
- to keep safe: to preserve, protect, or hold something in reserve
- hupakouōὑπακούωto obey: to heed and carry out what an authority says, as the answer of someone who has listened to a voice.
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- to answer a knock at the door: to come to the gate in response to a caller, listening to find out who is there.
- shemaשְׁמַעto hear: to take in a sound or a report, and, when the words come from someone in authority, to comply with them.
- peitharcheōπειθαρχέωto obeynot studied yet
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