ἐντολή, -ῆς, ἡ (ἐντέλλω, which see), [in LXX chiefly for מִצְוָה; in pl. frequently in Pss for פִּקּוּד ;] 1. generally, a charge, injunction, order, command: Luk.15:29, Jhn.10:18 11:57 12:49-50 14:31, Act.17:15, Col.4:10; ἐ. σαρκίνη, Heb.7:16, 18 2. Esp. of religious precepts and commandments; (a) of God's commandments: in OT, Mat.15:3 22:36, 38 22:40 Mk 7:8-9; Mrk.10:5, 19 12:28, 31 Eph.2:15, Heb.9:19; esp. of the decalogue, Mat.5:19 19:17, Mrk.10:19, Luk.18:20 23:56, Rom.7:8-13 13:9, Eph.6:2; of God's commandments in general, Luk.1:6, 1Co.7:19, 1Jn.2:3-8 Jn 3:22-24 Jn 4:21 Jn 5:2-3, Rev.12:17 14:12; collectively, ἡ ἐ. (cf. τ. ἔργον τ. θεοῦ, Jhn.6:29), 1Ti.6:14, 2Pe.2:21 3:2; (b) of things commanded Christ by the Father: Jhn.12:49-50 14:31 15:10; (with) of the precepts of Christ: Jhn.13:34 14:15, 21 15:10, 12, 1Co.14:37. 3. Phrases: before ἵνα, Jhn.13:34 15:12, 1Jn.3:23 Jn 4:21, 2Jn.6; ἐντολὴν (ὰς) παραβαίνειν, Mat.15:3; ἀκυροῦν, Mat.15:6 Rec.; τηρεῖν, Mat.19:17 Jhn.15:10, al.; ποιεῖν, 1Jn.5:2; διδόναι, Jhn.11:57; λαμβάνειν, Jhn.10:18, 2Jn.4; ἔχειν, Jhn.14:21, Heb.7:5; ἐ. καὶ δικαιώματα, Luk.1:6; ἐντολαὶ ἀνθρώπων (of Jewish tradition), Tit.1:14; i. καινή, Jhn.13:34, 1Jn.2:7, 2Jn.5.† (AS)
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G1785 — ἐντολή
entolē · commandment · Greek
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Matthew 5:19 · ἐντολῶνWhosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.Matthew 15:3 · ἐντολὴνAnd he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God because of your tradition ?Matthew 19:17 · ἐντολάς.¶And he said unto him, Why askest thou me concerning that which is good? One there is who is good: but if thou wouldest enter into life, keep the commandments.Matthew 22:36 · ἐντολὴTeacher, which is the great commandment in the law?Matthew 22:38 · ἐντολή.This is the great and first commandment.Matthew 22:40 · ἐντολαῖςOn these two commandments the whole law hangeth, and the prophets.Mark 7:8 · ἐντολὴνYe leave the commandment of God, and hold fast the tradition of men.Mark 7:9 · ἐντολὴνAnd he said unto them, Full well do ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your tradition.Mark 10:5 · ἐντολὴνBut Jesus said unto them, For your hardness of heart he wrote you this commandment.Mark 10:19 · ἐντολὰςThou knowest the commandments, Do not kill, Do not commit adultery, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Do not defraud, Honor thy father and mother.Mark 12:28 · ἐντολὴAnd one of the scribes came, and heard them questioning together, and knowing that he had answered them well, asked him, What commandment is the first of all?Mark 12:31 · ἐντολὴThe second is this, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.Luke 1:6 · ἐντολαῖςAnd they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.Luke 15:29 · ἐντολήνBut he answered and said to his father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, and I never transgressed a commandment of thine; and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends:Luke 18:20 · ἐντολὰςThou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honor thy father and mother.Luke 23:56 · ἐντολήν.¶And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments.And on the sabbath they rested according to the commandment.John 10:18 · ἐντολὴνNo one taketh it away 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 received I from my Father.John 11:57 · ἐντολὰςNow the chief priests and the Pharisees had given commandment, that, if any man knew where he was, he should show it, that they might take him.John 12:49 · ἐντολὴνFor I spake not from myself; but the Father that sent me, he hath given me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.John 12:50 · ἐντολὴAnd I know that his commandment is life eternal: the things therefore which I speak, even as the Father hath said unto me, so I speak.John 13:34 · ἘντολὴνA new commandment I give unto you, that ye love one another; even as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.John 14:15 · ἐντολὰςIf ye love me, ye will keep my commandments.John 14:21 · ἐντολάςHe that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself unto him.John 15:10 · ἐντολάς · ἐντολὰςIf ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father’s commandments, and abide in his love.John 15:12 · ἐντολὴThis is my commandment, that ye love one another, even as I have loved you.Acts 17:15 · ἐντολὴνBut they that conducted Paul brought him as far as Athens: and receiving a commandment unto Silas and Timothy that they should come to him with all speed, they departed.Romans 7:8 · ἐντολῆςbut sin, finding occasion, wrought in me through the commandment all manner of coveting: for apart from the law sin is dead.Romans 7:9 · ἐντολῆςAnd I was alive apart from the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died;Romans 7:10 · ἐντολὴand the commandment, which was unto life, this I found to be unto death:Romans 7:11 · ἐντολῆςfor sin, finding occasion, through the commandment beguiled me, and through it slew me.Romans 7:12 · ἐντολὴSo that the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and righteous, and good.Romans 7:13 · ἐντολῆς.¶Did then that which is good become death unto me? God forbid. But sin, that it might be shown to be sin, by working death to me through that which is good;—that through the commandment sin might become exceeding sinful.Romans 13:9 · ἐντολή,For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not covet, and if there be any other commandment, it is summed up in this word, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.1 Corinthians 7:19 · ἐντολῶνCircumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing; but the keeping of the commandments of God.Ephesians 2:15 · ἐντολῶνhaving abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; that he might create in himself of the two one new man, so making peace;Ephesians 6:2 · ἐντολὴHonor thy father and mother (which is the first commandment with promise),Colossians 4:10 · ἐντολάς·Aristarchus my fellow-prisoner saluteth you, and Mark, the cousin of Barnabas (touching whom ye received commandments; if he come unto you, receive him),1 Timothy 6:14 · ἐντολὴνthat thou keep the commandment, without spot, without reproach, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ:Titus 1:14 · ἐντολαῖςnot giving heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men who turn away from the truth.Hebrews 7:5 · ἐντολὴνAnd they indeed of the sons of Levi that receive the priest’s office have commandment to take tithes of the people according to the law, that is, of their brethren, though these have come out of the loins of Abraham:Hebrews 7:16 · ἐντολῆςwho hath been made, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life:Hebrews 7:18 · ἐντολῆςFor there is a disannulling of a foregoing commandment because of its weakness and unprofitablenessHebrews 9:19 · ἐντολῆςFor when every commandment had been spoken by Moses unto all the people according to the law, he took the blood of the calves and the goats, with water and scarlet wool and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book itself and all the people,2 Peter 2:21 · ἐντολῆς.For it were better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after knowing it, to turn back from the holy commandment delivered unto them.2 Peter 3:2 · ἐντολῆςthat ye should remember the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and the commandment of the Lord and Saviour through your apostles:1 John 2:3 · ἐντολὰςAnd hereby we know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.1 John 2:4 · ἐντολὰςHe that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him;1 John 2:7 · ἐντολὴν · ἐντολὴν · ἐντολὴBeloved, no new commandment write I unto you, but an old commandment which ye had from the beginning: the old commandment is the word which ye heard.1 John 2:8 · ἐντολὴνAgain, a new commandment write I unto you, which thing is true in him and in you; because the darkness is passing away, and the true light already shineth.1 John 3:22 · ἐντολὰςand whatsoever we ask we receive of him, because we keep his commandments and do the things that are pleasing in his sight.1 John 3:23 · ἐντολὴ · ἐντολὴνAnd this is his commandment, that we should believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, even as he gave us commandment.1 John 3:24 · ἐντολὰςAnd he that keepeth his commandments abideth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he gave us.1 John 4:21 · ἐντολὴνAnd this commandment have we from him, that he who loveth God love his brother also.1 John 5:2 · ἐντολὰςHereby we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and do his commandments.1 John 5:3 · ἐντολὰς · ἐντολαὶFor this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.2 John 1:4 · ἐντολὴνI rejoice greatly that I have found certain of thy children walking in truth, even as we received commandment from the Father.2 John 1:5 · ἐντολὴνAnd now I beseech thee, lady, not as though I wrote to thee a new commandment, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one another.2 John 1:6 · ἐντολὰς · ἐντολήAnd this is love, that we should walk after his commandments. This is the commandment, even as ye heard from the beginning, that ye should walk in it.Revelation 12:17 · ἐντολὰςAnd the dragon waxed wroth with the woman, and went away to make war with the rest of her seed, that keep the commandments of God, and hold the testimony of Jesus:Revelation 14:12 · ἐντολὰςHere is the patience of the saints, they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.