G1781Verb15 times in the New Testament (critical text)Where it occurs
Translated as
In the text
- Matthew 4:6ἐντελεῖται
“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 foot against a stone.’”
- Mark 10:3ἐνετείλατο
“What did Moses command you?” He replied.
- Luke 4:10ἐντελεῖται
For it is written: ‘He will command His angels concerning You to guard You carefully,
- John 8:5ἐνετείλατο
In the Law Moses commanded us to stone such a woman. So what do You say?”
- Acts 1:2ἐντειλάμενος
until the day He was taken up to heaven, after giving instructions through the Holy Spirit to the apostles He had chosen.
- Hebrews 9:20ἐνετείλατο
saying, “This is the blood of the covenant, which God has commanded you to keep.”
Abbott-Smith
[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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Sources: Abbott-Smith’s Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922, public domain) and glosses from STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAGNT (Greek New Testament, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.