Precept:
pre'-sept: A commandment, an authoritative rule for action; in the Scriptures generally a divine injunction in which man's obligation is set forth (Latin praeceptum, from praecipere, "to instruct").
Four words are so rendered in the King James Version:
(1) mitswah, very frequently (168 times) translated "commandment," but 4 times "precept" (in the Revised Version (British and American) only Jer 35:18; Da 9:5);
(2) from the same root is tsaw, or tsaw (Isa 28:10,13);
(3) piqqudhim, only in the Psalms (21 times in Ps 119, e.g. verses 4,15,27; also the Revised Version (British and American) Ps 19:8; 103:18; 111:7);
(4) in the New Testament, entole, generally in the King James Version translated "commandment" (68 times), but twice "precept" (Mr 10:5; Heb 9:19; in both cases the Revised Version (British and American) substitutes "commandment").
Written by D. Miall Edwards
See COMMANDMENT
1 | Strong's Number: g1785 | Greek: entole |
Precept:
"a commandment," is translated "precept" in Mar 10:5 (RV, "commandment"); so Hbr 9:19.
See COMMANDMENT, No. 2.
2 | Strong's Number: g1778 | Greek: entalma |
Precept:
is always translated "precepts" in the RV; see COMMANDMENT, No. 3.
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