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 · ἐντολῶνWhoever, therefore, shall break one of these least commandments, and teach others to do so, shall be called least in the Kingdom of Heaven; but whoever shall do and teach them shall be called great in the Kingdom of Heaven.Matthew 15:3 · ἐντολὴνHe answered them, “Why do you also disobey the commandment of God because of your tradition?Matthew 19:17 · ἐντολάς.¶He said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good but one, that is, God. But if you want to enter into life, keep the commandments.”Matthew 22:36 · ἐντολὴ“Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the law?”Matthew 22:38 · ἐντολή.This is the first and great commandment.Matthew 22:40 · ἐντολαῖςThe whole law and the prophets depend on these two commandments.”Mark 7:8 · ἐντολὴν“For you set aside the commandment of God, and hold tightly to the tradition of men—the washing of pitchers and cups, and you do many other such things.”Mark 7:9 · ἐντολὴνHe said to them, “Full well do you reject the commandment of God, that you may keep your tradition.Mark 10:5 · ἐντολὴνBut Jesus said to them, “For your hardness of heart, he wrote you this commandment.Mark 10:19 · ἐντολὰςYou know the commandments: ‘Do not murder,’ ‘Do not commit adultery,’ ‘Do not steal,’ ‘Do not give false testimony,’ ‘Do not defraud,’ ‘Honor your father and mother.’”Mark 12:28 · ἐντολὴOne of the scribes came, and heard them questioning together. Knowing that he had answered them well, asked him, “Which commandment is the greatest of all?”Mark 12:31 · ἐντολὴThe second is like this, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.”Luke 1:6 · ἐντολαῖςThey were both righteous before God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord.Luke 15:29 · ἐντολήνBut he answered his father, ‘Behold, these many years I have served you, and I never disobeyed a commandment of yours, but you never gave me a goat, that I might celebrate with my friends.Luke 18:20 · ἐντολὰςYou know the commandments: ‘Don’t commit adultery,’ ‘Don’t murder,’ ‘Don’t steal,’ ‘Don’t give false testimony,’ ‘Honor your father and your mother.’”Luke 23:56 · ἐντολήν.¶They returned, and prepared spices and ointments. On the Sabbath they rested according to the commandment.John 10:18 · ἐντολὴνNo one takes it away from me, but I lay it down by myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. I received this commandment from my Father.”John 11:57 · ἐντολὰςNow the chief priests and the Pharisees had commanded that if anyone knew where he was, he should report it, that they might seize him.John 12:49 · ἐντολὴνFor I spoke not from myself, but the Father who sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.John 12:50 · ἐντολὴI know that his commandment is eternal life. The things therefore which I speak, even as the Father has said to me, so I speak.”John 13:34 · ἘντολὴνA new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, just like I have loved you; that you also love one another.John 14:15 · ἐντολὰςIf you love me, keep my commandments.John 14:21 · ἐντολάςOne who has my commandments, and keeps them, that person is one who loves me. One who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him, and will reveal myself to him.”John 15:10 · ἐντολάς · ἐντολὰςIf you keep my commandments, you will remain in my love; even as I have kept my Father’s commandments, and remain in his love.John 15:12 · ἐντολὴ“This is my commandment, that you love one another, even as I have loved you.Acts 17:15 · ἐντολὴνBut those who escorted Paul brought him as far as Athens. Receiving a commandment to Silas and Timothy that they should come to him very quickly, they departed.Romans 7:8 · ἐντολῆςBut sin, finding occasion through the commandment, produced in me all kinds of coveting. For apart from the law, sin is dead.Romans 7:9 · ἐντολῆςI was alive apart from the law once, but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.Romans 7:10 · ἐντολὴThe commandment, which was for life, this I found to be for death;Romans 7:11 · ἐντολῆςfor sin, finding occasion through the commandment, deceived me, and through it killed me.Romans 7:12 · ἐντολὴTherefore the law indeed is holy, and the commandment holy, and righteous, and good.Romans 7:13 · ἐντολῆς.¶Did then that which is good become death to me? May it never be! 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 the commandments, “You shall not commit adultery,” “You shall not murder,” “You shall not steal,” “You shall not give false testimony,” “You shall not covet,” and whatever other commandments there are, are all summed up in this saying, namely, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”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 the flesh the hostility, the law of commandments contained in ordinances, that he might create in himself one new man of the two, making peace;Ephesians 6:2 · ἐντολὴ“Honor your father and mother,” which is the first commandment with a promise:Colossians 4:10 · ἐντολάς·Aristarchus, my fellow prisoner, greets you, and Mark, the cousin of Barnabas (concerning whom you received commandments, “if he comes to you, receive him”),1 Timothy 6:14 · ἐντολὴνthat you keep the commandment without spot, blameless, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ;Titus 1:14 · ἐντολαῖςnot paying attention to Jewish fables and commandments of men who turn away from the truth.Hebrews 7:5 · ἐντολὴνThey indeed of the sons of Levi who receive the priest’s office have a commandment to take tithes of the people according to the law, that is, of their brothers, though these have come out of the body of Abraham,Hebrews 7:16 · ἐντολῆςwho has been made, not after the law of a fleshly commandment, but after the power of an endless life:Hebrews 7:18 · ἐντολῆςFor there is an annulling of a foregoing commandment because of its weakness and uselessnessHebrews 9:19 · ἐντολῆςFor when every commandment had been spoken by Moses to 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 would be better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after knowing it, to turn back from the holy commandment delivered to them.2 Peter 3:2 · ἐντολῆςthat you should remember the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and the commandments of us, the apostles of the Lord and Savior:1 John 2:3 · ἐντολὰςThis is how we know that we know him: if we keep his commandments.1 John 2:4 · ἐντολὰςOne who says, “I know him,” and doesn’t keep his commandments, is a liar, and the truth isn’t in him.1 John 2:7 · ἐντολὴν · ἐντολὴν · ἐντολὴBrothers, I write no new commandment to you, but an old commandment which you had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which you heard from the beginning.1 John 2:8 · ἐντολὴνAgain, I write a new commandment to you, which is true in him and in you; because the darkness is passing away, and the true light already shines.1 John 3:22 · ἐντολὰςand whatever we ask, we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do the things that are pleasing in his sight.1 John 3:23 · ἐντολὴ · ἐντολὴνThis is his commandment, that we should believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and love one another, even as he commanded.1 John 3:24 · ἐντολὰςHe who keeps his commandments remains in him, and he in him. By this we know that he remains in us, by the Spirit which he gave us.1 John 4:21 · ἐντολὴνThis commandment we have from him, that he who loves God should also love his brother.1 John 5:2 · ἐντολὰςBy this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and keep his commandments.1 John 5:3 · ἐντολὰς · ἐντολαὶFor this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments. His commandments are not grievous.2 John 1:4 · ἐντολὴνI rejoice greatly that I have found some of your children walking in truth, even as we have been commanded by the Father.2 John 1:5 · ἐντολὴνNow I beg you, dear lady, not as though I wrote to you a new commandment, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one another.2 John 1:6 · ἐντολὰς · ἐντολήThis is love, that we should walk according to his commandments. This is the commandment, even as you heard from the beginning, that you should walk in it.Revelation 12:17 · ἐντολὰςThe dragon grew angry with the woman, and went away to make war with the rest of her seed, who keep God’s commandments and hold Jesus’ testimony.Revelation 14:12 · ἐντολὰςHere is the patience of the saints, those who keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.”