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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