ἘΝΤΟΛΉ: 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.†