Observance
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Observance (8 Occurrences)

Acts 16:4 As they journeyed on from town to town, they handed to the brethren for their observance the decisions which had been arrived at by the Apostles and Elders in Jerusalem. (WEY RSV)

Acts 21:24 Take them, and purify yourself with them, and pay their expenses for them, that they may shave their heads. Then all will know that there is no truth in the things that they have been informed about you, but that you yourself also walk keeping the law. (See RSV)

Exodus 12:42 It is a night of observance to Jehovah, because of their being brought out from the land of Egypt: that same night is an observance to Jehovah for all the children of Israel in their generations. (DBY)

Exodus 16:23 He said to them, "This is that which Yahweh has spoken,'Tomorrow is a solemn rest, a holy Sabbath to Yahweh. Bake that which you want to bake, and boil that which you want to boil; and all that remains over lay up for yourselves to be kept until the morning.'" (See NAS)

Ezra 7:10 For Ezra had set his heart to seek the law of Yahweh, and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and ordinances. (See NIV)

Nehemiah 9:29 and testified against them, that you might bring them again to your law. Yet they dealt proudly, and didn't listen to your commandments, but sinned against your ordinances, (which if a man do, he shall live in them), and withdrew the shoulder, and hardened their neck, and would not hear. (See RSV)

Ezekiel 20:11 I gave them my statutes, and showed them my ordinances, which if a man does, he shall live in them. (See RSV)

Ezekiel 20:13 But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness: they didn't walk in my statutes, and they rejected my ordinances, which if a man keep, he shall live in them; and my Sabbaths they greatly profaned. Then I said I would pour out my wrath on them in the wilderness, to consume them. (See RSV)

Thesaurus
Observance (8 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) The act noticing with special attention; a heeding or keeping with care;
as, the observance of the Sabbath is general; the strict observance of duties. ...
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Sabbatical (1 Occurrence)
... All debts, except those of foreigners, were to be remitted (Deuteronomy 15:1-11).
There is little notice of the observance of this year in Biblical history. ...
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Ten (234 Occurrences)
... The observance of the Sabbath was probably unknown to other nations, though
it may have been already known in the family of Abraham. II. ...
/t/ten.htm - 60k

Eucharist
... by Paul to his account of the Institution, wherein he emphasizes the memorial aspect
and evidential value of the witness the eucharistic observance would give ...
/e/eucharist.htm - 38k

Supper (17 Occurrences)
... by Paul to his account of the Institution, wherein he emphasizes the memorial aspect
and evidential value of the witness the eucharistic observance would give ...
/s/supper.htm - 44k

Festivals (17 Occurrences)
... There were daily (Leviticus 23), weekly, monthly, and yearly festivals, and great
stress was laid on the regular observance of them in every particular ...
/f/festivals.htm - 15k

Rudiments (5 Occurrences)
... of the Jews. These requirements involved much and protracted difficulty
in their observance; they were "a yoke.... which neither ...
/r/rudiments.htm - 13k

Commemorate (2 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (vt) To call to remembrance by a special act or observance;
to celebrate with honor and solemnity; to honor, as a person or event, by ...
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Trumpets (52 Occurrences)
... Perhaps Psalm 81 was especially written for this feast (compare 81:3). 4. Origin:
Mentions of a special observance of the 1st of Tishri are found also in ...
/t/trumpets.htm - 32k

Fasts (3 Occurrences)
... Other fasts and feasts no doubt were instituted on similar occasions and received
a local or temporary observance, for example, the Feast of Acra (1 Maccabees ...
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Greek
5084. teresis -- a watching, hence imprisonment, a keeping
... a keeping. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: teresis Phonetic Spelling:
(tay'-ray-sis) Short Definition: a prison, observance Definition: a prison ...
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2357. threskos of unc. or. -- religious.
... or. Phonetic Spelling: (thrace'-kos) Short Definition: religious Definition: (refers
probably to a careful observance of religious restrictions), religious ...
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2356. threskeia -- religion
... religion, worshipping. From a derivative of threskos; ceremonial observance -- religion,
worshipping. see GREEK threskos. (threskeia) -- 3 Occurrences. ...
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4521. sabbaton -- the Sabbath, ie the seventh day (of the week)
... Of Hebrew origin (shabbath); the Sabbath (ie Shabbath), or day of weekly repose
from secular avocations (also the observance or institution itself); by ...
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (n.) The act noticing with special attention; a heeding or keeping with care; as, the observance of the Sabbath is general; the strict observance of duties.

2. (n.) An act, ceremony, or rite, as of worship or respect; especially, a customary act or service of attention; a form; a practice; a rite; a custom.

3. (n.) Servile attention; sycophancy.

Strong's Hebrew
7677. shabbathon -- sabbath observance, sabbatism
... << 7676, 7677. shabbathon. 7678 >>. sabbath observance, sabbatism. Transliteration:
shabbathon Phonetic Spelling: (shab-baw-thone') Short Definition: rest. ...
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4929. mishmar -- place of confinement, jail, prison, guard, watch ...
... mishmar. 4930 >>. place of confinement, jail, prison, guard, watch, observance.
Transliteration: mishmar Phonetic Spelling: (mish-mawr') Short Definition: guard ...
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8107. shimmur -- a watching, vigil
... be much observed. From shamar; an observance -- X be (much) observed. see HEBREW
shamar. << 8106, 8107. shimmur. 8108 >>. Strong's Numbers.
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4931. mishmereth -- a guard, watch, charge, function
... Observance, ie (abstr.) Duty or (obj.) A usage or party -- charge, keep, or to be
kept, office, ordinace, safeguard, ward, watch. see HEBREW mishmar. ...
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