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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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:5 - because Abraham [fn]obeyed Me and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes and My laws.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:26 - And He said, “If you will give earnest heed to the voice of the LORD your God, and do what is right in His sight, and give ear to His commandments, and keep all His statutes, I will put none of the diseases on you which I have put on the Egyptians; for I, the LORD, am your healer.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:28 - Then the LORD said to Moses, “How long do you refuse to keep My commandments and My [fn]instructions?

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 24:12 - Now the LORD said to Moses, “Come up to Me on the mountain and [fn]remain there, and I will give you the stone tablets [fn]with the law and the commandment which I have written for their instruction.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:22 - ‘When a leader sins and unintentionally does any one of all the [fn]things which the LORD his God has commanded not to be done, and he becomes guilty,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:27 - ‘Now if [fn]anyone of [fn]the common people sins unintentionally in doing any of the [fn]things which the LORD has commanded not to be done, and becomes guilty,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:17 - “Now if a person sins and does any of the things [fn]which the LORD has commanded not to be done, though he was unaware, still he is guilty and shall bear his punishment.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:2 - “When a person sins and acts unfaithfully against the LORD, and deceives his companion in regard to a deposit or a security entrusted to him, or through robbery, or if he has extorted from his companion,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:31 - “So you shall keep My commandments, and do them; I am the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:3 - ‘If you walk in My statutes and keep My commandments so as to carry them out,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:15 - if, instead, you reject My statutes, and if your soul abhors My ordinances so as not to carry out all My commandments, and so break My covenant,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:34 - These are the commandments which the LORD commanded Moses for the sons of Israel at Mount Sinai.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:22 - ‘But when you unwittingly fail and do not observe all these commandments, which the LORD has spoken to Moses,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:31 - ‘Because he has despised the word of the LORD and has broken His commandment, that person shall be completely cut off; his [fn]guilt will be on him.’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:39 - “It shall be a tassel for you [fn]to look at and remember all the commandments of the LORD, so as to do them and not [fn]follow after your own heart and your own eyes, after which you played the harlot,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:40 - so that you may remember to do all My commandments and be holy to your God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 36:13 - These are the commandments and the ordinances which the LORD commanded to the sons of Israel through Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan opposite Jericho.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:2 - “You shall not add to the word which I am commanding you, nor take away from it, that you may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:40 - “So you shall keep His statutes and His commandments which I am [fn]giving you today, that it may go well with you and with your children after you, and that you may [fn]live long on the land which the LORD your God is giving you for all time.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:29 - ‘Oh that they had such a heart in them, that they would fear Me and keep all My commandments always, that it may be well with them and with their sons forever!

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:31 - ‘But as for you, stand here by Me, that I may speak to you all the commandments and the statutes and the judgments which you shall teach them, that they may observe them in the land which I give them to possess.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:1 - “Now this is the commandment, the statutes and the judgments which the LORD your God has commanded me to teach you, that you might do them in the land where you are going over to possess it,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:2 - so that you and your son and your grandson might fear the LORD your God, to keep all His statutes and His commandments which I command you, all the days of your life, and that your days may be prolonged.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:17 - “You should diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God, and His testimonies and His statutes which He has commanded you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:25 - “It will be righteousness for us if we [fn]are careful to observe all this commandment before the LORD our God, just as He commanded us.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:9 - “Know therefore that the LORD your God, He is God, the faithful God, who keeps [fn]His covenant and [fn]His lovingkindness to a thousandth generation with those who love Him and keep His commandments;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:11 - “Therefore, you shall keep the commandment and the statutes and the judgments which I am commanding you today, to do them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:1 - “All the commandments that I am commanding you today you shall be careful to do, that you may live and multiply, and go in and possess the land which the LORD swore to give to your forefathers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:2 - “You shall remember all the way which the LORD your God has led you in the wilderness these forty years, that He might humble you, testing you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep His commandments or not.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 8:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:6 - “Therefore, you shall keep the commandments of the LORD your God, to walk in His ways and to [fn]fear Him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:11 - “[fn]Beware that you do not forget the LORD your God by not keeping His commandments and His ordinances and His statutes which I am commanding you today;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:13 - and to keep the LORD’S commandments and His statutes which I am commanding you today for your good?

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:8 - “You shall therefore keep every commandment which I am commanding you today, so that you may be strong and go in and possess the land into which you are about to cross to possess it;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:13 - “It shall come about, if you listen obediently to my commandments which I am commanding you today, to love the LORD your God and to serve Him with all your heart and all your soul,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:22 - “For if you are careful to keep all this commandment which I am commanding you to do, to love the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways and hold fast to Him,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:27 - the blessing, if you listen to the commandments of the LORD your God, which I am commanding you today;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:28 - and the curse, if you do not listen to the commandments of the LORD your God, but turn aside from the way which I am commanding you today, [fn]by following other gods which you have not known.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:4 - “You shall follow the LORD your God and fear Him; and you shall keep His commandments, listen to His voice, serve Him, and cling to Him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:18 - [fn]if you will listen to the voice of the LORD your God, [fn]keeping all His commandments which I am commanding you today, [fn]and doing what is right in the sight of the LORD your God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:5 - if only you listen obediently to the voice of the LORD your God, to observe carefully all this commandment which I am commanding you today.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:12 - “You shall remember that you were a slave in Egypt, and you shall be careful to observe these statutes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:19 - “It shall be with him and he shall read it all the days of his life, that he may learn to fear the LORD his God, [fn]by carefully observing all the words of this law and these statutes,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:20 - that his heart may not be lifted up above his [fn]countrymen and that he may not turn aside from the commandment, to the right or the left, so that he and his sons may continue long in his kingdom in the midst of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:9 - if you [fn]carefully observe all this commandment which I command you today, to love the LORD your God, and to walk in His ways always—then you shall add three more cities for yourself, besides these three.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:13 - “You shall say before the LORD your God, ‘I have removed the sacred portion from my house, and also have given it to the Levite and the alien, the [fn]orphan and the widow, according to all Your commandments which You have commanded me; I have not transgressed or forgotten any of Your commandments.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:18 - “The LORD has today declared you to be His people, a treasured possession, as He promised you, and [fn]that you should keep all His commandments;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:1 - Then Moses and the elders of Israel charged the people, saying, “Keep all the commandments which I command you today.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:10 - “You shall therefore [fn]obey the LORD your God, and do His commandments and His statutes which I command you today.”

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