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Lexicon :: Strong's G1785 - entolē

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ἐντολή
Transliteration
entolē (Key)
Pronunciation
en-tol-ay'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
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TDNT Reference: 2:545,234

Strong’s Definitions

ἐντολή entolḗ, en-tol-ay'; from G1781; injunction, i.e. an authoritative prescription:—commandment, precept.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 71x

The KJV translates Strong's G1785 in the following manner: commandment (69x), precept (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 71x
The KJV translates Strong's G1785 in the following manner: commandment (69x), precept (2x).

  1. an order, command, charge, precept, injunction

    1. that which is prescribed to one by reason of his office

  2. a commandment

    1. a prescribed rule in accordance with which a thing is done

      1. a precept relating to lineage, of the Mosaic precept concerning the priesthood

      2. ethically used of the commandments in the Mosaic law or Jewish tradition

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἐντολή entolḗ, en-tol-ay'; from G1781; injunction, i.e. an authoritative prescription:—commandment, precept.
STRONGS G1785:
ἐντολή, ἐντολῆς, ἡ (ἐντέλλω or ἐντέλλομαι, which see), from Pindar and Herodotus down; the Sept. often for מִצְוָה, in the Psalms the plural ἐντολαί also for פִּקְּוּדִים; an order, command, charge, precept;
1. universally, a charge, injunction: Luke 15:29; ἐντολήν λαμβάνειν παρά τίνος, John 10:18; πρός τινα, Acts 17:15; λαβεῖν ἐντολάς περί τίνος, Colossians 4:10; that which is prescribed to one by reason of his office, ἐντολήν ἔχειν followed by infinitive, Hebrews 7:5; ἐντολήν διδόναι τίνι, John 14:31 L Tr WH; with τί εἴπῃ added, of Christ, whom God commanded what to teach to men, John 12:49; ἡ ἐντολή αὐτοῦ, of God, respecting the same thing, John 12:50.
2. a commandment, i. e. a prescribed rule in accordance with which a thing is done;
a. universally, ἐντολή σαρκικῇ (σαρκίνη G L T Tr WH), a precept relating to lineage, Hebrews 7:16; of the Mosaic precept concerning the priesthood, Hebrews 7:18; of a magistrate's order or edict: ἐντολήν διδόναι, ἵνα, John 11:57.
b. ethically;
α. used of the commandments of the Mosaic law: ἡ ἐντολή τοῦ Θεοῦ, what God prescribes in the law of Moses, Matthew 15:3 (and R G in Matthew 15:6); Mark 7:8f; especially of particular precepts of this law as distinguished from ὁ νόμος (the law) their body or sum: Matthew 22:36, 38; Mark 10:5; Mark 12:28ff; Romans 7:8-13; Romans 13:9; Ephesians 6:2; Hebrews 9:19; κατά τήν ἐντολήν, according to the precept of the law, Luke 23:56; plural, Matthew 4:19); Matthew 22:40; Mark 10:19; (Luke 18:20); τηρεῖν τάς ἐντολάς, Matthew 19:17; πορεύεσθαι ἐν ταῖς ἐντολαῖς, Luke 1:6; ὁ νόμος τῶν ἐντολῶν, the law containing the precepts, Ephesians 2:15 (see δόγμα, 2).
β. of the precepts of Jewish tradition: ἐντολαί ἀνθρώπων, Titus 1:14.
γ. universally, of the commandments of God, especially as promulgated in the Christian religion: 1 John 3:23; 1 John 4:21; 1 John 5:3; ἐντολήν διδόναι, 1 John 3:23; ἐντολήν ἔχειν, ἵνα, 1 John 4:21; ἐντολήν λαβεῖν παρά τοῦ πατρός, 2 John 1:4; τήρησις ἐντολῶν Θεοῦ, 1 Corinthians 7:19; τηρεῖν τάς ἐντολάς αὐτοῦ, 1 John 2:3; 1 John 3:22, 24; 1 John 5:2 (here L T Tr WH ποιῶμεν), 3; or τοῦ Θεοῦ, Revelation 12:17; Revelation 14:12; ποιεῖν τάς ἐντολάς αὐτοῦ, Revelation 22:14 R G; περιπατεῖν κατά τάς ἐντολάς αὐτοῦ, 2 John 1:6; of those things which God commanded to be done by Christ, John 15:10b; of the precepts of Christ relative to the orderly management of affairs in religious assemblies, 1 Corinthians 14:37 R G L Tr WH; of the moral precepts of Christ and his apostles: ἐντολήν διδόναι, ἵνα, John 13:34; ἐντολήν γράφειν, 1 John 2:7f; (2 John 1:5); τάς ἐντολάς τηρεῖν, John (John 14:15); John 15:10a; ἔχειν τάς ἐντολάς καί τηρεῖν αὐτάς, "habere in memoria et servare in vita" (Augustine), John 14:21; αὕτη ἐστιν ἡ ἐντολή ἵνα, John 15:12, cf. 1 John 3:23. ἡ ἐντολή, collectively, of the whole body of the moral precepts of Christianity; 1 Timothy 6:14; 2 Peter 2:21; 2 Peter 3:2 (thus ἡ ἐντολή τοῦ Θεοῦ, Polycarp, ad Phil. 5 [ET]).
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
4:19; 15:3; 15:6; 19:17; 22:36; 22:38; 22:40
Mark
7:8; 10:5; 10:19; 12:28
Luke
1:6; 15:29; 18:20; 23:56
John
10:18; 11:57; 12:49; 12:50; 13:34; 14:15; 14:21; 14:31; 15:10; 15:10; 15:12
Acts
17:15
Romans
7:8; 7:9; 7:10; 7:11; 7:12; 7:13; 13:9
1 Corinthians
7:19; 14:37
Ephesians
2:15; 6:2
Colossians
4:10
1 Timothy
6:14
Titus
1:14
Hebrews
7:5; 7:16; 7:18; 9:19
2 Peter
2:21; 3:2
1 John
2:3; 2:7; 3:22; 3:23; 3:23; 3:23; 3:24; 4:21; 4:21; 5:2; 5:3
2 John
1:4; 1:5; 1:6
Revelation
12:17; 14:12; 22:14

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G1785 matches the Greek ἐντολή (entolē),
which occurs 67 times in 61 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:19 - Therefore whoever relaxes one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever does them and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 15:3 - He answered them, “And why do you break the commandment of God for the sake of your tradition?

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 19:17 - And he said to him, “Why do you ask me about what is good? There is only one who is good. If you would enter life, keep the commandments.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:36 - “Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:38 - This is the great and first commandment.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:40 - On these two commandments depend all the Law and the Prophets.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:8 - You leave the commandment of God and hold to the tradition of men.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:9 - And he said to them, “You have a fine way of rejecting the commandment of God in order to establish your tradition!

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:5 - And Jesus said to them, “Because of your hardness of heart he wrote you this commandment.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:19 - You know the commandments: ‘Do not murder, Do not commit adultery, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Do not defraud, Honor your father and mother.’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:28 - And one of the scribes came up and heard them disputing with one another, and seeing that he answered them well, asked him, “Which commandment is the most important of all?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:31 - The second is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:6 - And they were both righteous before God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and statutes of the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:29 - but he answered his father, ‘Look, these many years I have served you, and I never disobeyed your command, yet you never gave me a young goat, that I might celebrate with my friends.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:20 - You know the commandments: ‘Do not commit adultery, Do not murder, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honor your father and mother.’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:56 - Then they returned and prepared spices and ointments. On the Sabbath they rested according to the commandment.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 10:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:18 - No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it up again. This charge I have received from my Father.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:57 - Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had given orders that if anyone knew where he was, he should let them know, so that they might arrest him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 12:49

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:49 - For I have not spoken on my own authority, but the Father who sent me has himself given me a commandment—what to say and what to speak.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 12:50

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:50 - And I know that his commandment is eternal life. What I say, therefore, I say as the Father has told me.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 13:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 13:34 - A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 14:15 - “If you love me, you will keep my commandments.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 14:21 - Whoever has my commandments and keeps them, he it is who loves me. And he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and manifest myself to him.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 15:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 15:10 - If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and abide in his love.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 15:12 - “This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:15 - Those who conducted Paul brought him as far as Athens, and after receiving a command for Silas and Timothy to come to him as soon as possible, they departed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 7:8 - But sin, seizing an opportunity through the commandment, produced in me all kinds of covetousness. For apart from the law, sin lies dead.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 7:9 - I was once alive apart from the law, but when the commandment came, sin came alive and I died.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 7:10 - The very commandment that promised life proved to be death to me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 7:11 - For sin, seizing an opportunity through the commandment, deceived me and through it killed me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 7:12 - So the law is holy, and the commandment is holy and righteous and good.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 7:13 - Did that which is good, then, bring death to me? By no means! It was sin, producing death in me through what is good, in order that sin might be shown to be sin, and through the commandment might become sinful beyond measure.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 13:9

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 13:9 - For the commandments, “You shall not commit adultery, You shall not murder, You shall not steal, You shall not covet,” and any other commandment, are summed up in this word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 7:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:19 - For neither circumcision counts for anything nor uncircumcision, but keeping the commandments of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 14:37

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:37 - If anyone thinks that he is a prophet, or spiritual, he should acknowledge that the things I am writing to you are a command of the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 2:15 - by abolishing the law of commandments expressed in ordinances, that he might create in himself one new man in place of the two, so making peace,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 6:2 - “Honor your father and mother” (this is the first commandment with a promise),

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Unchecked Copy BoxCol 4:10 - Aristarchus my fellow prisoner greets you, and Mark the cousin of Barnabas (concerning whom you have received instructions—if he comes to you, welcome him),

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 6:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 6:14 - to keep the commandment unstained and free from reproach until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ,

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Unchecked Copy BoxTit 1:14 - not devoting themselves to Jewish myths and the commands of people who turn away from the truth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 7:5 - And those descendants of Levi who receive the priestly office have a commandment in the law to take tithes from the people, that is, from their brothers,[fn] though these also are descended from Abraham.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 7:16 - who has become a priest, not on the basis of a legal requirement concerning bodily descent, but by the power of an indestructible life.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 7:18 - For on the one hand, a former commandment is set aside because of its weakness and uselessness

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 9:19 - For when every commandment of the law had been declared by Moses to all the people, he took the blood of calves and goats, with water and scarlet wool and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book itself and all the people,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 2:21 - For it would have been better for them never to have known the way of righteousness than after knowing it to turn back from the holy commandment delivered to them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 3:2 - that you should remember the predictions of the holy prophets and the commandment of the Lord and Savior through your apostles,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Jo 2:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 2:3 - And by this we know that we have come to know him, if we keep his commandments.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 2:4 - Whoever says “I know him” but does not keep his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in him,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Jo 2:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 2:7 - Beloved, I am writing you no new commandment, but an old commandment that you had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word that you have heard.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 2:8 - At the same time, it is a new commandment that I am writing to you, which is true in him and in you, because[fn] the darkness is passing away and the true light is already shining.

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