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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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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

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]).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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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 187 times in 184 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 3 / 4 (2Ch 35:10–Psa 119:100)

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:10 - When the service had been prepared for, the priests stood in their place, and the Levites in their divisions according to the king’s command.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:15 - The singers, the sons of Asaph, were in their place according to the command of David, and Asaph, and Heman, and Jeduthun the king’s seer; and the gatekeepers were at each gate. They did not need to depart from their service, for their brothers the Levites prepared for them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:16 - So all the service of the LORD was prepared that day, to keep the Passover and to offer burnt offerings on the altar of the LORD, according to the command of King Josiah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:11 - This is a copy of the letter that King Artaxerxes gave to Ezra the priest, the scribe, a man learned in matters of the commandments of the LORD and his statutes for Israel:

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 9:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:10 - “And now, O our God, what shall we say after this? For we have forsaken your commandments,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:14 - shall we break your commandments again and intermarry with the peoples who practice these abominations? Would you not be angry with us until you consumed us, so that there should be no remnant, nor any to escape?

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:3 - Therefore let us make a covenant with our God to put away all these wives and their children, according to the counsel of my lord[fn] and of those who tremble at the commandment of our God, and let it be done according to the Law.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 1:5 - And I said, “O LORD God of heaven, the great and awesome God who keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keep his commandments,

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 1:7 - We have acted very corruptly against you and have not kept the commandments, the statutes, and the rules that you commanded your servant Moses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 1:9 - but if you return to me and keep my commandments and do them, though your outcasts are in the uttermost parts of heaven, from there I will gather them and bring them to the place that I have chosen, to make my name dwell there.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 9:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:13 - You came down on Mount Sinai and spoke with them from heaven and gave them right rules and true laws, good statutes and commandments,

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 9:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:14 - and you made known to them your holy Sabbath and commanded them commandments and statutes and a law by Moses your servant.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:16 - “But they and our fathers acted presumptuously and stiffened their neck and did not obey your commandments.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 9:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:29 - And you warned them in order to turn them back to your law. Yet they acted presumptuously and did not obey your commandments, but sinned against your rules, which if a person does them, he shall live by them, and they turned a stubborn shoulder and stiffened their neck and would not obey.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 9:34

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:34 - Our kings, our princes, our priests, and our fathers have not kept your law or paid attention to your commandments and your warnings that you gave them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 10:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:29 - join with their brothers, their nobles, and enter into a curse and an oath to walk in God’s Law that was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe and do all the commandments of the LORD our Lord and his rules and his statutes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:32 - “We also take on ourselves the obligation to give yearly a third part of a shekel[fn] for the service of the house of our God:

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:23 - For there was a command from the king concerning them, and a fixed provision for the singers, as every day required.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:24 - And the chiefs of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brothers who stood opposite them, to praise and to give thanks, according to the commandment of David the man of God, watch by watch.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:45 - And they performed the service of their God and the service of purification, as did the singers and the gatekeepers, according to the command of David and his son Solomon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:5 - prepared for Tobiah a large chamber where they had previously put the grain offering, the frankincense, the vessels, and the tithes of grain, wine, and oil, which were given by commandment to the Levites, singers, and gatekeepers, and the contributions for the priests.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 19:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 19:8 - the precepts of the LORD are right,
rejoicing the heart;
the commandment of the LORD is pure,
enlightening the eyes;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:7 - so that they should set their hope in God
and not forget the works of God,
but keep his commandments;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 89:31

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:31 - if they violate my statutes
and do not keep my commandments,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 103:18 - to those who keep his covenant
and remember to do his commandments.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 111:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 111:7 - The works of his hands are faithful and just;
all his precepts are trustworthy;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 112:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 112:1 - [fn] Praise the LORD!
Blessed is the man who fears the LORD,
who greatly delights in his commandments!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:4 - You have commanded your precepts
to be kept diligently.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:6 - Then I shall not be put to shame,
having my eyes fixed on all your commandments.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:10 - With my whole heart I seek you;
let me not wander from your commandments!

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:15 - I will meditate on your precepts
and fix my eyes on your ways.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:19 - I am a sojourner on the earth;
hide not your commandments from me!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:21 - You rebuke the insolent, accursed ones,
who wander from your commandments.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:32 - I will run in the way of your commandments
when you enlarge my heart![fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:35 - Lead me in the path of your commandments,
for I delight in it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:40

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:40 - Behold, I long for your precepts;
in your righteousness give me life!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:45

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:45 - and I shall walk in a wide place,
for I have sought your precepts.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:47 - for I find my delight in your commandments,
which I love.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:48 - I will lift up my hands toward your commandments, which I love,
and I will meditate on your statutes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:60 - I hasten and do not delay
to keep your commandments.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:63 - I am a companion of all who fear you,
of those who keep your precepts.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:66 - Teach me good judgment and knowledge,
for I believe in your commandments.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:69 - The insolent smear me with lies,
but with my whole heart I keep your precepts;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:73 - Yodh
Your hands have made and fashioned me;
give me understanding that I may learn your commandments.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:78

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:78 - Let the insolent be put to shame,
because they have wronged me with falsehood;
as for me, I will meditate on your precepts.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:86

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:86 - All your commandments are sure;
they persecute me with falsehood; help me!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:87

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:87 - They have almost made an end of me on earth,
but I have not forsaken your precepts.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:96

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:96 - I have seen a limit to all perfection,
but your commandment is exceedingly broad.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:98

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:98 - Your commandment makes me wiser than my enemies,
for it is ever with me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:100 - I understand more than the aged,[fn]
for I keep your precepts.

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