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Strong G1781ἐντέλλω

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Transliteration
entellomai
Pronunciation
en-tel'-lom-ahee
Morphology
Greek Verb

Definition

From G1722 and the base of G5056; to enjoin: - (give) charge (give) command(-ments) injoin.

Detailed definition

ἐν-τέλλω
[in LXX, as in NT (and mostly in Hdt.), always mid., chiefly for צָוָה pi.;]
-ομαι, to command, enjoin, instruct: before περί Heb.11:22; with inf., Mat.19:7; with dative of person(s), Act.1:2; οὕτως, Act.13:47; καθώς, Jhn.14:31 (ἐντολὴν ἔδωκεν, WH); before λέγων, Mat.17:9; with inf., Jhn.8:5; ἵνα, Mrk.13:34; with accusative of thing(s), Mat.28:20, Mrk.10:3, Jhn.15:14, 17; before περί, with genitive of person(s), Mat.4:6 and Luk.4:10 (LXX); διαθήκην ἐ. πρός, with accusative of person(s), Heb.9:20 (LXX) (cf. Sir.45:3).†
SYN.:
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, see word κελεύω)
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In the Bible

Strong G1781 appears in 17 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • command10
  • give4
  • charge3
  • commandment2
  • do2
  • enjoin1
  • hath1
  • he1

First verses

  1. Matthew 4:6
    And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.
  2. Matthew 15:4
    For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.
  3. Matthew 17:9
    And as they came down from the mountain, Jesus charged them, saying, Tell the vision to no man, until the Son of man be risen again from the dead.
  4. Matthew 19:7
    They say unto him, Why did Moses then command to give a writing of divorcement, and to put her away?
  5. Matthew 28:20
    Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
  6. Mark 10:3
    And he answered and said unto them, What did Moses command you?
  7. Mark 11:6
    And they said unto them even as Jesus had commanded: and they let them go.
  8. Mark 13:34
    For the Son of man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch.
  9. Luke 4:10
    For it is written, He shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee:
  10. John 8:5
    Now Moses in the law commanded us, that such should be stoned: but what sayest thou?
  11. John 14:31
    But that the world may know that I love the Father; and as the Father gave me commandment, even so I do. Arise, let us go hence.
  12. John 15:14
    Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.
  13. John 15:17
    These things I command you, that ye love one another.
  14. Acts 1:2
    Until the day in which he was taken up, after that he through the Holy Ghost had given commandments unto the apostles whom he had chosen:
  15. Acts 13:47
    For so hath the Lord commanded us, saying, I have set thee to be a light of the Gentiles, that thou shouldest be for salvation unto the ends of the earth.
  16. Hebrews 9:20
    Saying, This is the blood of the testament which God hath enjoined unto you.
  17. Hebrews 11:22
    By faith Joseph, when he died, made mention of the departing of the children of Israel; and gave commandment concerning his bones.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ἐντέλλω,
enjoin, command, active only in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 7.40, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 269)]:— mostly in middle, τινί τι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.47, etc.)]; in a will, φίλοις ταῦτα ἐντέλλομαι [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Diogenes Oenoandensis Epicureus 66)]: with dative person et infinitive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.53, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 393e, etc.)]; ἐντείλασθαι ἀπὸ γλώσσης command by word of mouth, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.123)]: so in perfect, ἐντέταλται [LXX+2nd c.BC+ (LXX.1Ki.13.17; ἐντεταλμένοι εἴησαν 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 18.2.1, compare 2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 1.9.9)]:—passive, τὰ ἐντεταλμένα commands, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.60, 5.73, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 462, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 5.5.3.)]
II invest with legal powers, authorize to act, ἐ. σοι καὶ ἐπιτρέπω [Refs 4th c.AD+ (“PLips.” 38.5 (4th c.AD),compare “PMasp.” 124.6 (6th c.AD).)]