Strong’s
G2753Verb25 times in the New Testament (critical text)Where it occurs
Translated as
In the text
- Matthew 8:18ἐκέλευσεν
When Jesus saw a large crowd around Him, He gave orders to cross to the other side of the sea.
- Luke 18:40ἐκέλευσεν
Jesus stopped and directed that the man be brought to Him. When he had come near, Jesus asked him,
- Acts 4:15Κελεύσαντες
So they ordered them to leave the Sanhedrin and then conferred together.
Abbott-Smith
κελεύω
[in LXX: I Est.9:53, Tob.8:18, al., and frequently in 1-4Mac ;]
to urge on, bid by word of mouth, order, command (mostly of one in authority): with accusative and inf. aor., Mat.14:19, 28 18:25 27:64, Luk.18:40, Act.4:15 5:34 8:38 22:30 23:10 25:6, 17; with ellipse of accusative, Mat.8:18 14:9 27:58, Act.12:19 21:33; with accusative and inf. Pres., Act.21:34 22:24 23:3, 35 25:21 27:43; with ellipse of accusative, Act.16:22; ptcp. aor., Act.25:23.†
SYN.: see: ἐντέλλω
(AS)
[in LXX: I Est.9:53, Tob.8:18, al., and frequently in 1-4Mac ;]
to urge on, bid by word of mouth, order, command (mostly of one in authority): with accusative and inf. aor., Mat.14:19, 28 18:25 27:64, Luk.18:40, Act.4:15 5:34 8:38 22:30 23:10 25:6, 17; with ellipse of accusative, Mat.8:18 14:9 27:58, Act.12:19 21:33; with accusative and inf. Pres., Act.21:34 22:24 23:3, 35 25:21 27:43; with ellipse of accusative, Act.16:22; ptcp. aor., Act.25:23.†
SYN.: see: ἐντέλλω
(AS)
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.