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GreekG1781Verb

ἐντέλλω

entellō

15Occurrences
G1781Strong's #
VerbPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

to enjoin

from G1722 (ἐν) and the base of G5056 (τέλος);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
-ομαι, to command, enjoin, instruct: with inf.; οὕτως; καθώς, (ἐντολὴν ἔδωκεν, WH); with inf.; ἵνα; with genitive of person(s), and (LXX); διαθήκην ἐ. πρός, with accusative of person(s), (LXX) .
Synonyms
κελεύω, to command, of verbal orders in general; παραγγέλλω, to charge, esp. of the transmitted orders of a military com­mander; *ἐντέλλω *points rather to the contents of the command (see Thayer, κελεύω)
LXX: as in NT (and mostly in Hdt.), always mid., chiefly for צָוָה pi.

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Verb

Morphology Code

G:V

Full Description

Greek Verb

Occurrences

ἐντέλλω appears 15 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

John
4
Matthew
4
Acts
2
Hebrews
2
Mark
2
Luke
1

Key Passages

Acts 1:2BSB

until the day He was taken up to heaven, after giving instructions through the Holy Spirit to the apostles He had chosen.

Hebrews 9:20BSB

saying, “This is the blood of the covenant, which God has commanded you to keep.”

John 15:17BSB

This is My command to you: Love one another.

Matthew 17:9BSB

As they were coming down the mountain, Jesus commanded them, “Do not tell anyone about this vision until the Son of Man has been raised from the dead.”

Matthew 4:6BSB

“If You are the Son of God,” he said, “throw Yourself down. For it is written:‘He will command His angels concerning You,and they will lift You up in their hands,so that You will not strike Your footagainst a stone.’”

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.