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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
Root Word (Etymology)
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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, (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; 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: 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 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; 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 ἐντολή ἵνα, John 15:12, cf. 1 John 3:23. 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 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.

Page 1 / 2 (Mat 5:19–1Jo 2:8)

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:19 - ὃς ἐὰν οὖν λύσῃ μίαν τῶν ἐντολῶν G1785 τούτων τῶν ἐλαχίστων καὶ διδάξῃ οὕτως τοὺς ἀνθρώπους ἐλάχιστος κληθήσεται ἐν τῇ βασιλείᾳ τῶν οὐρανῶν ὃς δ᾽ ἂν ποιήσῃ καὶ διδάξῃ οὗτος μέγας κληθήσεται ἐν τῇ βασιλείᾳ τῶν οὐρανῶν
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 15:3 - δὲ ἀποκριθεὶς εἶπεν αὐτοῖς διὰ τί καὶ ὑμεῖς παραβαίνετε τὴν ἐντολὴν G1785 τοῦ θεοῦ διὰ τὴν παράδοσιν ὑμῶν
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 19:17 - δὲ εἶπεν αὐτῷ τί με ἐρωτᾷς περὶ τοῦ ἀγαθοῦ εἷς ἐστιν ἀγαθός εἰ δὲ θέλεις εἰς τὴν ζωὴν εἰσελθεῖν τήρησον τὰς ἐντολάς G1785
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:36 - διδάσκαλε ποία ἐντολὴ G1785 μεγάλη ἐν τῷ νόμῳ
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:38 - αὕτη ἐστὶν μεγάλη καὶ πρώτη ἐντολή G1785
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:40 - ἐν ταύταις ταῖς δυσὶν ἐντολαῖς G1785 ὅλος νόμος κρέμαται καὶ οἱ προφῆται
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:8 - ἀφέντες τὴν ἐντολὴν G1785 τοῦ θεοῦ κρατεῖτε τὴν παράδοσιν τῶν ἀνθρώπων
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:9 - καὶ ἔλεγεν αὐτοῖς καλῶς ἀθετεῖτε τὴν ἐντολὴν G1785 τοῦ θεοῦ ἵνα τὴν παράδοσιν ὑμῶν στήσητε
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:5 - δὲ Ἰησοῦς εἶπεν αὐτοῖς πρὸς τὴν σκληροκαρδίαν ὑμῶν ἔγραψεν ὑμῖν τὴν ἐντολὴν G1785 ταύτην
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:19 - τὰς ἐντολὰς G1785 οἶδας μὴ φονεύσῃς μὴ μοιχεύσῃς μὴ κλέψῃς μὴ ψευδομαρτυρήσῃς μὴ ἀποστερήσῃς τίμα τὸν πατέρα σου καὶ τὴν μητέρα
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:28 - καὶ προσελθὼν εἷς τῶν γραμματέων ἀκούσας αὐτῶν συζητούντων ἰδὼν ὅτι καλῶς ἀπεκρίθη αὐτοῖς ἐπηρώτησεν αὐτόν ποία ἐστὶν ἐντολὴ G1785 πρώτη πάντων
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:31 - δευτέρα αὕτη ἀγαπήσεις τὸν πλησίον σου ὡς σεαυτόν μείζων τούτων ἄλλη ἐντολὴ G1785 οὐκ ἔστιν
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:6 - ἦσαν δὲ δίκαιοι ἀμφότεροι ἐναντίον τοῦ θεοῦ πορευόμενοι ἐν πάσαις ταῖς ἐντολαῖς G1785 καὶ δικαιώμασιν τοῦ κυρίου ἄμεμπτοι
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:29 - δὲ ἀποκριθεὶς εἶπεν τῷ πατρὶ αὐτοῦ ἰδοὺ τοσαῦτα ἔτη δουλεύω σοι καὶ οὐδέποτε ἐντολήν G1785 σου παρῆλθον καὶ ἐμοὶ οὐδέποτε ἔδωκας ἔριφον ἵνα μετὰ τῶν φίλων μου εὐφρανθῶ
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:20 - τὰς ἐντολὰς G1785 οἶδας μὴ μοιχεύσῃς μὴ φονεύσῃς μὴ κλέψῃς μὴ ψευδομαρτυρήσῃς τίμα τὸν πατέρα σου καὶ τὴν μητέρα
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:56 - ὑποστρέψασαι δὲ ἡτοίμασαν ἀρώματα καὶ μύρα καὶ τὸ μὲν σάββατον ἡσύχασαν κατὰ τὴν ἐντολήν G1785
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:18 - οὐδεὶς αἴρει αὐτὴν ἀπ᾽ ἐμοῦ ἀλλ᾽ ἐγὼ τίθημι αὐτὴν ἀπ᾽ ἐμαυτοῦ ἐξουσίαν ἔχω θεῖναι αὐτήν καὶ ἐξουσίαν ἔχω πάλιν λαβεῖν αὐτήν ταύτην τὴν ἐντολὴν G1785 ἔλαβον παρὰ τοῦ πατρός μου
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:57 - δεδώκεισαν δὲ οἱ ἀρχιερεῖς καὶ οἱ Φαρισαῖοι ἐντολὰς G1785 ἵνα ἐάν τις γνῷ ποῦ ἐστιν μηνύσῃ ὅπως πιάσωσιν αὐτόν
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:49 - ὅτι ἐγὼ ἐξ ἐμαυτοῦ οὐκ ἐλάλησα ἀλλ᾽ πέμψας με πατὴρ αὐτός μοι ἐντολὴν G1785 δέδωκεν τί εἴπω καὶ τί λαλήσω
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:50 - καὶ οἶδα ὅτι ἐντολὴ G1785 αὐτοῦ ζωὴ αἰώνιός ἐστιν οὖν ἐγὼ λαλῶ καθὼς εἴρηκέν μοι πατήρ οὕτως λαλῶ
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 13:34 - ἐντολὴν G1785 καινὴν δίδωμι ὑμῖν ἵνα ἀγαπᾶτε ἀλλήλους καθὼς ἠγάπησα ὑμᾶς ἵνα καὶ ὑμεῖς ἀγαπᾶτε ἀλλήλους
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 14:15 - ἐὰν ἀγαπᾶτέ με τὰς ἐντολὰς G1785 τὰς ἐμὰς τηρήσετε
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 14:21 - ἔχων τὰς ἐντολάς G1785 μου καὶ τηρῶν αὐτὰς ἐκεῖνός ἐστιν ἀγαπῶν με δὲ ἀγαπῶν με ἀγαπηθήσεται ὑπὸ τοῦ πατρός μου κἀγὼ ἀγαπήσω αὐτὸν καὶ ἐμφανίσω αὐτῷ ἐμαυτόν
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 15:10 - ἐὰν τὰς ἐντολάς G1785 μου τηρήσητε μενεῖτε ἐν τῇ ἀγάπῃ μου καθὼς ἐγὼ τὰς ἐντολὰς G1785 τοῦ πατρός μου τετήρηκα καὶ μένω αὐτοῦ ἐν τῇ ἀγάπῃ
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 15:12 - αὕτη ἐστὶν ἐντολὴ G1785 ἐμή ἵνα ἀγαπᾶτε ἀλλήλους καθὼς ἠγάπησα ὑμᾶς
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:15 - οἱ δὲ καθιστάνοντες τὸν Παῦλον ἤγαγον ἕως Ἀθηνῶν καὶ λαβόντες ἐντολὴν G1785 πρὸς τὸν Σιλᾶν καὶ τὸν Τιμόθεον ἵνα ὡς τάχιστα ἔλθωσιν πρὸς αὐτὸν ἐξῄεσαν
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 7:8 - ἀφορμὴν δὲ λαβοῦσα ἁμαρτία διὰ τῆς ἐντολῆς G1785 κατειργάσατο ἐν ἐμοὶ πᾶσαν ἐπιθυμίαν χωρὶς γὰρ νόμου ἁμαρτία νεκρά
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 7:9 - ἐγὼ δὲ ἔζων χωρὶς νόμου ποτέ ἐλθούσης δὲ τῆς ἐντολῆς G1785 ἁμαρτία ἀνέζησεν (MGNT 7:10)ἐγὼ δὲ ἀπέθανον
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 7:10 - καὶ εὑρέθη μοι ἐντολὴ G1785 εἰς ζωὴν αὕτη εἰς θάνατον
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 7:11 - γὰρ ἁμαρτία ἀφορμὴν λαβοῦσα διὰ τῆς ἐντολῆς G1785 ἐξηπάτησέν με καὶ δι᾽ αὐτῆς ἀπέκτεινεν
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 7:12 - ὥστε μὲν νόμος ἅγιος καὶ ἐντολὴ G1785 ἁγία καὶ δικαία καὶ ἀγαθή
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 7:13 - τὸ οὖν ἀγαθὸν ἐμοὶ ἐγένετο θάνατος μὴ γένοιτο ἀλλὰ ἁμαρτία ἵνα φανῇ ἁμαρτία διὰ τοῦ ἀγαθοῦ μοι κατεργαζομένη θάνατον ἵνα γένηται καθ᾽ ὑπερβολὴν ἁμαρτωλὸς ἁμαρτία διὰ τῆς ἐντολῆς G1785
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 13:9 - τὸ γὰρ οὐ μοιχεύσεις οὐ φονεύσεις οὐ κλέψεις οὐκ ἐπιθυμήσεις καὶ εἴ τις ἑτέρα ἐντολή G1785 ἐν τῷ λόγῳ τούτῳ ἀνακεφαλαιοῦται ἐν τῷ ἀγαπήσεις τὸν πλησίον σου ὡς σεαυτόν
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:19 - περιτομὴ οὐδέν ἐστιν καὶ ἀκροβυστία οὐδέν ἐστιν ἀλλὰ τήρησις ἐντολῶν G1785 θεοῦ
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:37 - εἴ τις δοκεῖ προφήτης εἶναι πνευματικός ἐπιγινωσκέτω γράφω ὑμῖν ὅτι κυρίου ἐστὶν ἐντολή G1785
Unchecked Copy BoxEph 2:15 - (MGNT 2:14)τὴν ἔχθραν ἐν τῇ σαρκὶ αὐτοῦ (2:15)τὸν νόμον τῶν ἐντολῶν G1785 ἐν δόγμασιν καταργήσας ἵνα τοὺς δύο κτίσῃ ἐν αὐτῷ εἰς ἕνα καινὸν ἄνθρωπον ποιῶν εἰρήνην
Unchecked Copy BoxEph 6:2 - τίμα τὸν πατέρα σου καὶ τὴν μητέρα ἥτις ἐστὶν ἐντολὴ G1785 πρώτη ἐν ἐπαγγελίᾳ
Unchecked Copy BoxCol 4:10 - ἀσπάζεται ὑμᾶς Ἀρίσταρχος συναιχμάλωτός μου καὶ Μᾶρκος ἀνεψιὸς Βαρναβᾶ περὶ οὗ ἐλάβετε ἐντολάς G1785 ἐὰν ἔλθῃ πρὸς ὑμᾶς δέξασθε αὐτόν
Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 6:14 - τηρῆσαί σε τὴν ἐντολὴν G1785 ἄσπιλον ἀνεπίλημπτον μέχρι τῆς ἐπιφανείας τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ
Unchecked Copy BoxTit 1:14 - μὴ προσέχοντες Ἰουδαϊκοῖς μύθοις καὶ ἐντολαῖς G1785 ἀνθρώπων ἀποστρεφομένων τὴν ἀλήθειαν
Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 7:5 - καὶ οἱ μὲν ἐκ τῶν υἱῶν Λευὶ τὴν ἱερατείαν λαμβάνοντες ἐντολὴν G1785 ἔχουσιν ἀποδεκατοῦν τὸν λαὸν κατὰ τὸν νόμον τοῦτ᾽ ἔστιν τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς αὐτῶν καίπερ ἐξεληλυθότας ἐκ τῆς ὀσφύος Ἀβραάμ
Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 7:16 - ὃς οὐ κατὰ νόμον ἐντολῆς G1785 σαρκίνης γέγονεν ἀλλὰ κατὰ δύναμιν ζωῆς ἀκαταλύτου
Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 7:18 - ἀθέτησις μὲν γὰρ γίνεται προαγούσης ἐντολῆς G1785 διὰ τὸ αὐτῆς ἀσθενὲς καὶ ἀνωφελές
Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 9:19 - λαληθείσης γὰρ πάσης ἐντολῆς G1785 κατὰ τὸν νόμον ὑπὸ Μωϋσέως παντὶ τῷ λαῷ λαβὼν τὸ αἷμα τῶν μόσχων καὶ τῶν τράγων μετὰ ὕδατος καὶ ἐρίου κοκκίνου καὶ ὑσσώπου αὐτό τε τὸ βιβλίον καὶ πάντα τὸν λαὸν ἐράντισεν
Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 2:21 - κρεῖττον γὰρ ἦν αὐτοῖς μὴ ἐπεγνωκέναι τὴν ὁδὸν τῆς δικαιοσύνης ἐπιγνοῦσιν ὑποστρέψαι ἐκ τῆς παραδοθείσης αὐτοῖς ἁγίας ἐντολῆς G1785
Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 3:2 - μνησθῆναι τῶν προειρημένων ῥημάτων ὑπὸ τῶν ἁγίων προφητῶν καὶ τῆς τῶν ἀποστόλων ὑμῶν ἐντολῆς G1785 τοῦ κυρίου καὶ σωτῆρος
Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 2:3 - καὶ ἐν τούτῳ γινώσκομεν ὅτι ἐγνώκαμεν αὐτόν ἐὰν τὰς ἐντολὰς G1785 αὐτοῦ τηρῶμεν
Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 2:4 - λέγων ὅτι ἔγνωκα αὐτόν καὶ τὰς ἐντολὰς G1785 αὐτοῦ μὴ τηρῶν ψεύστης ἐστίν καὶ ἐν τούτῳ ἀλήθεια οὐκ ἔστιν
Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 2:7 - ἀγαπητοί οὐκ ἐντολὴν G1785 καινὴν γράφω ὑμῖν ἀλλ᾽ ἐντολὴν G1785 παλαιὰν ἣν εἴχετε ἀπ᾽ ἀρχῆς ἐντολὴ G1785 παλαιά ἐστιν λόγος ὃν ἠκούσατε
Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 2:8 - πάλιν ἐντολὴν G1785 καινὴν γράφω ὑμῖν ἐστιν ἀληθὲς ἐν αὐτῷ καὶ ἐν ὑμῖν ὅτι σκοτία παράγεται καὶ τὸ φῶς τὸ ἀληθινὸν ἤδη φαίνει

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