Word study · Greek
ἐντολή
entolēG1785commandment
Used 67 times in the tagged text.
What it means
- generally, a charge, injunction, order, command
- Esp. of religious precepts and commandments;
- Phrases
Full dictionary entry (technical)
- 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.†
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Same idea, other words · Law and commandment
Torah means instruction before it means law. The Bible also speaks of statutes and commandments, and Paul's use of nomos has to be read in each context.
Where it appears
- Matthew6
- Mark6
- Luke4
- John10
- Acts1
- Romans7
- 1 Corinthians2
- Ephesians2
- Colossians1
- 1 Timothy1
- Titus1
- Hebrews4
- 2 Peter2
- 1 John14
- 2 John4
- Revelation2
Every use · 1–50 of 67 · BSB
So then, whoever breaks one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do likewise will be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever practices and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
Jesus replied, “And why do you break the command of God for the sake of your tradition?
“Why do you ask Me about what is good?” Jesus replied. “There is only One who is good. If you want to enter life, keep the commandments.”
“Teacher, which commandment is the greatest in the Law?”
This is the first and greatest commandment.
All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”
You have disregarded the commandment of God to keep the tradition of men.”
He went on to say, “You neatly set aside the command of God to maintain your own tradition.
But Jesus told them, “Moses wrote this commandment for you because of your hardness of heart.
You know the commandments: ‘Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not bear false witness, do not cheat others, honor your father and mother.’”
Now one of the scribes had come up and heard their debate. Noticing how well Jesus had answered them, he asked Him, “Which commandment is the most important of all?”
The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ No other commandment is greater than these.”
Both of them were righteous in the sight of God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and decrees of the Lord.
But he answered his father, ‘Look, all these years I have served you and never disobeyed a commandment of yours. Yet you never gave me even a young goat so I could celebrate with my friends.
You know the commandments: ‘Do not commit adultery, do not murder, do not steal, do not bear false witness, honor your father and mother.’”
Then they returned to prepare spices and perfumes. And they rested on the Sabbath, according to the commandment.
No one takes it from Me, but I lay it down of My own accord. I have authority to lay it down and authority to take it up again. This charge I have received from My Father.”
But the chief priests and Pharisees had given orders that anyone who knew where He was must report it, so that they could arrest Him.
I have not spoken on My own, but the Father who sent Me has commanded Me what to say and how to say it.
And I know that His command leads to eternal life. So I speak exactly what the Father has told Me to say.”
A new commandment I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you also must love one another.
If you love Me, you will keep My commandments.
Whoever has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me. The one who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and reveal Myself to him.”
If you keep My commandments, you will remain in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and remain in His love.
If you keep My commandments, you will remain in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and remain in His love.
This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.
Those who escorted Paul brought him to Athens and then returned with instructions for Silas and Timothy to join him as soon as possible.
But sin, seizing its opportunity through the commandment, produced in me every kind of covetous desire. For apart from the law, sin is dead.
Once I was alive apart from the law; but when the commandment came, sin sprang to life and I died.
So I discovered that the very commandment that was meant to bring life actually brought death.
For sin, seizing its opportunity through the commandment, deceived me and through the commandment put me to death.
So then, the law is holy, and the commandment is holy, righteous, and good.
Did that which is good, then, become death to me? Certainly not! But in order that sin might be exposed as sin, it produced death in me through what was good, so that through the commandment sin might become utterly sinful.
The commandments “Do not commit adultery,” “Do not murder,” “Do not steal,” “Do not covet,” and any other commandments, are summed up in this one decree: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”
Circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing. Keeping God’s commandments is what counts.
If anyone considers himself a prophet or spiritual person, let him acknowledge that what I am writing you is the Lord’s command.
by abolishing in His flesh the law of commandments and decrees. He did this to create in Himself one new man out of the two, thus making peace
“Honor your father and mother” (which is the first commandment with a promise),
My fellow prisoner Aristarchus sends you greetings, as does Mark the cousin of Barnabas. You have already received instructions about him: If he comes to you, welcome him.
Keep this commandment without stain or reproach until the appearance of our Lord Jesus Christ,
and will pay no attention to Jewish myths or to the commands of men who have rejected the truth.
Now the law commands the sons of Levi who become priests to collect a tenth from the people—that is, from their brothers—though they too are descended from Abraham.
one who has become a priest not by a law of succession, but by the power of an indestructible life.
So the former commandment is set aside because it was weak and useless
For when Moses had proclaimed every commandment of the law to all the people, he took the blood of calves and goats, along with water, scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled the scroll and all the people,
It would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness than to have known it and then to turn away from the holy commandment passed on to them.
by recalling what was foretold by the holy prophets and commanded by our Lord and Savior through your apostles.
By this we can be sure that we have come to know Him: if we keep His commandments.
If anyone says, “I know Him,” but does not keep His commandments, he is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
Beloved, I am not writing to you a new commandment, but an old one, which you have had from the beginning. This commandment is the message you have heard.
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