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ἐντολή

entolēG1785

commandment

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.†
  • (AS)

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 · 51–67 of 67 · BSB

  1. 1 John 2:7ἐντολὴνa commandment

    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.

  2. 1 John 2:7ἐντολὴcommandment

    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.

  3. 1 John 2:8ἐντολὴνa commandment

    Then again, I am also writing to you a new commandment, which is true in Him and also in you. For the darkness is fading and the true light is already shining.

  4. 1 John 3:22ἐντολὰςcommandments

    and we will receive from Him whatever we ask, because we keep His commandments and do what is pleasing in His sight.

  5. 1 John 3:23ἐντολὴcommandment

    And this is His commandment: that we should believe in the name of His Son, Jesus Christ, and we should love one another just as He commanded us.

  6. 1 John 3:23ἐντολὴν[the] commandment

    And this is His commandment: that we should believe in the name of His Son, Jesus Christ, and we should love one another just as He commanded us.

  7. 1 John 3:24ἐντολὰςcommandments

    Whoever keeps His commandments remains in God, and God in him. And by this we know that He remains in us: by the Spirit He has given us.

  8. 1 John 4:21ἐντολὴνcommandment

    And we have this commandment from Him: Whoever loves God must love his brother as well.

  9. 1 John 5:2ἐντολὰςcommandments

    By this we know that we love the children of God: when we love God and keep His commandments.

  10. 1 John 5:3ἐντολὰςcommandments

    For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome,

  11. 1 John 5:3ἐντολαὶcommandments

    For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome,

  12. 2 John 1:4ἐντολὴνcommandment

    I was overjoyed to find some of your children walking in the truth, just as the Father has commanded us.

  13. 2 John 1:5ἐντολὴνa commandment

    And now I urge you, dear lady—not as a new commandment to you, but one we have had from the beginning—that we love one another.

  14. 2 John 1:6ἐντολὰςcommandments

    And this is love, that we walk according to His commandments. This is the very commandment you have heard from the beginning, that you must walk in love.

  15. 2 John 1:6ἐντολήcommandment

    And this is love, that we walk according to His commandments. This is the very commandment you have heard from the beginning, that you must walk in love.

  16. Revelation 12:17ἐντολὰςcommandments

    And the dragon was enraged at the woman, and went to make war with the rest of her children, who keep the commandments of God and hold to the testimony of Jesus. And the dragon stood on the shore of the sea.

  17. Revelation 14:12ἐντολὰςcommandments

    Here is a call for the perseverance of the saints who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus.

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