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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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2753 matches the Greek κελεύω (keleuō),
which occurs 25 times in 25 verses in the MGNT Greek.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 8:18 -

When Jesus saw a large crowd[fn] around him, he gave the order to go to the other side of the sea.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 14:9 -

Although the king regretted it, he commanded that it be granted because of his oaths and his guests.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 14:19 -

Then he commanded the crowds to sit down on the grass. He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, he blessed them. He broke the loaves and gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the crowds.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 14:28 -

“Lord, if it’s you,” Peter answered him, “command me to come to you on the water.”

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:25 -

“Since he did not have the money to pay it back, his master commanded that he, his wife, his children, and everything he had be sold to pay the debt.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:58 -

He approached Pilate and asked for Jesus’s body. Then Pilate ordered that it[fn] be released.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:64 -

“So give orders that the tomb be made secure until the third day. Otherwise, his disciples may come, steal him, and tell the people, ‘He has been raised from the dead,’ and the last deception will be worse than the first.”

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:40 -

Jesus stopped and commanded that he be brought to him. When he came closer, he asked him,

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:15 -

After they ordered them to leave the Sanhedrin, they conferred among themselves,

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:34 -

But a Pharisee named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law who was respected by all the people, stood up in the Sanhedrin and ordered the men[fn] to be taken outside for a little while.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:38 -

So he ordered the chariot to stop, and both Philip and the eunuch went down into the water, and he baptized him.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:19 -

After Herod had searched and did not find him, he interrogated the guards and ordered their execution. Then Herod went down from Judea to Caesarea and stayed there.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:22 -

The crowd joined in the attack against them, and the chief magistrates stripped off their clothes and ordered them to be beaten with rods.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:33 -

Then the commander approached, took him into custody, and ordered him to be bound with two chains. He asked who he was and what he had done.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:34 -

Some in the crowd were shouting one thing and some another. Since he was not able to get reliable information because of the uproar, he ordered him to be taken into the barracks.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:24 -

the commander ordered him to be brought into the barracks, directing that he be interrogated with the scourge to discover the reason they were shouting against him like this.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:30 -

The next day, since he wanted to find out exactly why Paul was being accused by the Jews, he released him[fn] and instructed the chief priests and all the Sanhedrin to convene. He brought Paul down and placed him before them.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:3 -

Then Paul said to him, “God is going to strike you, you whitewashed wall! You are sitting there judging me according to the law, and yet in violation of the law are you ordering me to be struck? ”

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:10 -

When the dispute became violent, the commander feared that Paul might be torn apart by them and ordered the troops to go down, take him away from them, and bring him into the barracks.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:35 -

he said, “I will give you a hearing whenever your accusers also get here.” He ordered that he be kept under guard in Herod’s palace.[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:6 -

When he had spent not more than eight or ten days among them, he went down to Caesarea. The next day, seated at the tribunal, he commanded Paul to be brought in.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:17 -

“So when they had assembled here, I did not delay. The next day I took my seat at the tribunal and ordered the man to be brought in.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:21 -

“But when Paul appealed to be held for trial by the Emperor,[fn] I ordered him to be kept in custody until I could send him to Caesar.”

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:23 -

So the next day, Agrippa and Bernice came with great pomp and entered the auditorium with the military commanders and prominent men of the city. When Festus gave the command, Paul was brought in.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:43 -

But the centurion kept them from carrying out their plan because he wanted to save Paul, and so he ordered those who could swim to jump overboard first and get to land.

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