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Lexicon :: Strong's G2753 - keleuō

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κελεύω
Transliteration
keleuō (Key)
Pronunciation
kel-yoo'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
From a primary kello (to urge on)
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Strong’s Definitions

κελεύω keleúō, kel-yoo'-o; from a primary κέλλω kéllō (to urge on); "hail"; to incite by word, i.e. order:—bid, (at, give) command(-ment).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 27x

The KJV translates Strong's G2753 in the following manner: command (24x), at (one's) command (1x), give commandment (1x), bid (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 27x
The KJV translates Strong's G2753 in the following manner: command (24x), at (one's) command (1x), give commandment (1x), bid (1x).

  1. to command, to order

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Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
κελεύω keleúō, kel-yoo'-o; from a primary κέλλω kéllō (to urge on); "hail"; to incite by word, i.e. order:—bid, (at, give) command(-ment).
STRONGS G2753:
κελεύω; imperfect ἐκέλευον; 1 aorist ἐκέλευσα; to command, order: τινα, followed by an aorist infinitive, Matthew 14:19, 28; Acts 4:15; by the accusative with aorist infinitive, Matthew 18:25; Matthew 27:58 (R G L),64; Luke 18:40; Acts 5:34; Acts 8:38; Acts 22:30; Acts 23:10; Acts 25:6, 17; the accusative is lacking because evident from the context, Matthew 8:18; Matthew 14:9; (xxvii. 58 T WH (Tr in brackets)); Acts 12:19; Acts 21:33; followed by the accusative with present infinitive, Acts 21:34; Acts 22:24; Acts 23:3, 35; Acts 24:8 R G; Acts 25:21; 27:43; the accusative is lacking because easily discernible from the context, Acts 16:22 (cf. Buttmann, 201 (174); Winers Grammar, § 40, 3 d.); by a use not infrequent in Homer, but somewhat rare in prose writing, with the dative of a person (Plato, rep. 3, p. 396 a.; Thucydides 1, 44; Diodorus 19, 17; Josephus, Antiquities 20, 6, 2; Tobit 8:18; cf. Poppo on Xenophon, Cyril 1, 3, 9 variant), followed by an infinitive, Matthew 15:35 R G; cf. Buttmann, 275 (236). κελευσαιτος τίνος, at one's command, Acts 25:23. (On the construction of κελεύω, especially with the passive infinitive and the accusative, see Buttmann, § 141, 5, cf. p. 237 (204) note; also Winer's Grammar, 336 (315), 332 (311).)
[Synonyms: κελεύειν, παραγγέλλειν, ἐντέλλεσθαι, τάσσειν (and its comparison): κελεύειν to command, designates verbal orders, emanating (usually) from a superior; παραγγέλλω to charge, etc., is used especially of the order of a military commander which is passed along the line by his subordinates (Xenophon, Cyril 2, 4, 2); ἐντέλλεσθαι, to enjoin, is employed especially of those whose office or position invests them with claims, and points rather to the contents of the command, cf. our instructions; τάσσω literally, assign a post to, with a suggestion of duties as connected therewith; often used of a military appointment (cf. τάξις); its compounds ἐπιτάσσειν and προστάσσειν differ from ἐντέλλεσθαι in denoting fixed and abiding obligations rather than specific or occasional instructions, duties arising from the office rather than emanating from the personal will of a superior. Schmidt, chapter 8.]
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
8:18; 14:9; 14:19; 14:28; 15:35; 18:25; 27:58
Luke
18:40
Acts
4:15; 5:34; 8:38; 12:19; 16:22; 21:33; 21:34; 22:24; 22:30; 23:3; 23:10; 23:35; 24:8; 25:6; 25:17; 25:21; 25:23; 27:43

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Strong's Number G2753 matches the Greek κελεύω (keleuō),
which occurs 27 times in 27 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 8:18

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 8:18 - Now when Jesus saw great multitudes about him, he gave commandment to depart unto the other side.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 14:9

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 14:9 - And the king was grieved; but for the sake of his oaths, and of them that sat at meat with him, he commanded it to be given;

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 14:19

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 14:19 - And he commanded the multitudes to sit down on the grass; and he took the five loaves, and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed, and brake and gave the loaves to the disciples, and the disciples to the multitudes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 14:28

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 14:28 - And Peter answered him and said, Lord, if it be thou, bid me come unto thee upon the waters.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 15:35

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 15:35 - And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground;

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 18:25

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:25 - But forasmuch as he had not wherewith to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife, and children, and all that he had, and payment to be made.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:58

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:58 - this man went to Pilate, and asked for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded it to be given up.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:64

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:64 - Command therefore that the sepulchre be made sure until the third day, lest haply his disciples come and steal him away, and say unto the people, He is risen from the dead: and the last error will be worse than the first.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 18:40

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:40 - And Jesus stood, and commanded him to be brought unto him: and when he was come near, he asked him,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 4:15

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:15 - But when they had commanded them to go aside out of the council, they conferred among themselves,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 5:34

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:34 - But there stood up one in the council, a Pharisee, named Gamaliel, a doctor of the law, had in honor of all the people, and commanded to put the men forth a little while.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 8:38

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:38 - And he commanded the chariot to stand still: and they both went down into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 12:19

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:19 - And when Herod had sought for him, and found him not, he examined the guards, and commanded that they should be put to death. And he went down from Judaea to Caesarea, and tarried there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 16:22

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:22 - And the multitude rose up together against them: and the magistrates rent their garments off them, and commanded to beat them with rods.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 21:33

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:33 - Then the chief captain came near, and laid hold on him, and commanded him to be bound with two chains; and inquired who he was, and what he had done.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 21:34

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:34 - And some shouted one thing, some another, among the crowd: and when he could not know the certainty for the uproar, he commanded him to be brought into the castle.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 22:24

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:24 - the chief captain commanded him to be brought into the castle, bidding that he should be examined by scourging, that he might know for what cause they so shouted against him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 22:30

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:30 - But on the morrow, desiring to know the certainty wherefore he was accused of the Jews, he loosed him, and commanded the chief priests and all the council to come together, and brought Paul down and set him before them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 23:3

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:3 - Then said Paul unto him, God shall smite thee, thou whited wall: and sittest thou to judge me according to the law, and commandest me to be smitten contrary to the law?

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 23:10

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:10 - And when there arose a great dissension, the chief captain, fearing lest Paul should be torn in pieces by them, commanded the soldiers to go down and take him by force from among them, and bring him into the castle.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 23:35

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:35 - I will hear thee fully, said he, when thine accusers also are come: and he commanded him to be kept in Herod’s palace.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 24:8

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:8 - [fn]commanding his accusers to come before thee. from whom thou wilt be able, by examining him thyself, to take knowledge of all these things whereof we accuse him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 25:6

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:6 - And when he had tarried among them not more than eight or ten days, he went down unto Caesarea; and on the morrow he sat on the judgment-seat, and commanded Paul to be brought.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 25:17

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:17 - When therefore they were come together here, I made no delay, but on the next day sat on the judgment-seat, and commanded the man to be brought.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 25:21

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:21 - But when Paul had appealed to be kept for the decision of the emperor, I commanded him to be kept till I should send him to Caesar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 25:23

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:23 - So on the morrow, when Agrippa was come, and Bernice, with great pomp, and they were entered into the place of hearing with the chief captains and the principal men of the city, at the command of Festus Paul was brought in.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 27:43

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:43 - But the centurion, desiring to save Paul, stayed them from their purpose; and commanded that they who could swim should cast themselves overboard, and get first to the land;
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