Lawful
Bible Usage:
- First Reference: Ezra 7:24
- Last Reference: 2 Corinthians 12:4
Dictionaries:
- Included in Eastons: No
- Included in Hitchcocks: No
- Included in Naves: No
- Included in Smiths: No
- Included in Websters: Yes
- Included in Strongs: Yes
- Included in Thayers: Yes
- Included in BDB: Yes
Strongs Concordance:
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Lawful
LAW'FUL, adjective
1. Agreeable to law; conformable to law; allowed by law; legal; legitimate. That is deemed lawful which no law forbids, but many things are lawful which are not expedient.
2. Constituted by law; rightful; as the lawful owner of lands.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Lawfully
LAW'FULLY, adverb Legally; in accordance with law; without violating law. We may lawfully do what the laws do not forbid.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Lawfulness
LAW'FULNESS, noun The quality of being conformable to law; legality. The lawfulness of an action does not always prove its propriety or expedience.