Definition

a law (civil, ceremonial or ecclesiastical)

Etymology

from the base of G1380 (δοκέω);

Word family

• δοκέω dokéō

How the KJV renders it

• decree
• ordinance

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.