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ἐντολή (G1785)

entolḗ

en-tol-ay'

from ἐντέλλομαι; injunction, i.e. an authoritative prescription:--commandment, precept.

Abbott–Smith

ἐντολή, -ῆς, ἡ (< ἐντέλλω, q.v.), [in LXX chiefly for מִצְוָה; in pl. freq. in Pss for פִּקּוּדִים ;]
1. generally, a charge, injunction, order, command: Lk 15:29, Jo 10:18 11:57 12:49, 50 14:31, Ac 17:15, Col 4:10; ἐ. σαρκίνη, He 7:16, 18
2. Esp. of religious precepts and commandments;
(a) of God's commandments: in OT, Mt 15:3 22:36, 38, 40 ; Mk 10:5, 19 12:28, 31 Eph 2:15, He 9:19; esp. of the decalogue, Mt 5:19 19:17, Mk 10:19, Lk 18:20 23:56, Ro 7:8-13 13:9, Eph 6:2; of God's command­ments in general, Lk 1:6, I Co 7:19, I Jo 2:3-8 3:22-24 4:21 5:2, 3, Re 12:17 14:12; collectively, ἡ ἐ. (cf. τ. ἔργον τ. θεοῦ, Jo 6:29), I Ti 6:14, II Pe 2:21 3:2;
(b) of things commanded Christ by the Father: Jo 12:49, 50 14:31 15:10;
(c) of the precepts of Christ: Jo 13:34 14:15, 21 15:10, 12, I Co 14:37.
3. Phrases: seq. ἵνα, Jo 13:34 15:12, I Jo 3:23 4:21, II Jo 6; ἐντολὴν (ὰς) παραβαίνειν, Mt 15:3; ἀκυροῦν, Mt 15:6 Rec.; τηρεῖν, Mt 19:17, Jo 15:10, al.; ποιεῖν, I Jo 5:2; διδόναι, Jo 11:57; λαμβάνειν, Jo 10:18, II Jo 4; ἔχειν, Jo 14:21, He 7:5; ἐ. καὶ δικαιώματα, Lk 1:6; ἐντολαὶ ἀνθρώπων (of Jewish tradition), Tit 1:14; ἐ. καινή, Jo 13:34, I Jo 2:7, II Jo 5.†

From G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), in the public domain.

65 occurrences

Shown in the King James Version (KJV), whichever translation you read in — it is the text these numbers are tagged against.

  • Mark 10:19
    Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Defraud not, Honour thy father and mother.
  • Mark 12:28
    And one of the scribes came, and having heard them reasoning together, and perceiving that he had answered them well, asked him, Which is the first commandment of all?
  • Mark 12:29
    And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord:
  • Mark 12:30
    And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment.
  • Mark 12:31
    And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.
  • Luke 1:6
    And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.
  • Luke 15:29
    And he answering said to his father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment: and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends:
  • Luke 18:20
    Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honour thy father and thy mother.
  • Luke 23:56
    And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments; and rested the sabbath day according to the commandment.
  • John 10:18
    No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father.