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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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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]).
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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 67 times in 61 verses in the MGNT Greek.

Page 1 / 2 (Mat 5:19–1Jo 2:8)

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:19 - So anyone who breaks one of the least of these commands and teaches others to do so will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever obeys them and teaches others to do so will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 15:3 - He answered them, "And why do you disobey the commandment of God because of your tradition?

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 19:17 - He said to him, "Why do you ask me about what is good? There is only one who is good. But if you want to enter into life, keep the commandments."

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:36 - "Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?"

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:38 - This is the first and greatest commandment.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:40 - All the law and the prophets depend on these two commandments."

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:8 - Having no regard for the command of God, you hold fast to human tradition."

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:9 - He also said to them, "You neatly reject the commandment of God in order to set up your tradition.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:5 - But Jesus said to them, "He wrote this commandment for you because of your hard hearts.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:19 - You know the commandments: 'Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not give false testimony, do not defraud, honor your father and mother.'"

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:28 - Now one of the experts in the law came and heard them debating. When he saw that Jesus answered them well, he asked him, "Which commandment is the most important of all?"

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:31 - The second is: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no other commandment greater than these."

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:6 - They were both righteous in the sight of God, following all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blamelessly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:29 - but he answered his father, 'Look! These many years I have worked like a slave for you, and I never disobeyed your commands. Yet you never gave me even a goat so that I could celebrate with my friends!

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:20 - You know the commandments: 'Do not commit adultery, do not murder, do not steal, do not give false testimony, honor your father and mother.'"

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:56 - Then they returned and prepared aromatic spices and perfumes. On the Sabbath they rested according to the commandment.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:18 - No one takes it away from me, but I lay it down of my own free will. I have the authority to lay it down, and I have the authority to take it back again. This commandment I received from my Father."

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:57 - (Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had given orders that anyone who knew where Jesus was should report it, so that they could arrest him.)

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 12:49

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:49 - For I have not spoken from my own authority, but the Father himself who sent me has commanded me what I should say and what I should speak.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:50 - And I know that his commandment is eternal life. Thus the things I say, I say just as the Father has told me."

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 13:34 - "I give you a new commandment - to love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 14:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 14:15 - "If you love me, you will obey my commandments.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 14:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 14:21 - The person who has my commandments and obeys them is the one who loves me. The one who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and will reveal myself to him."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 15:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 15:10 - If you obey my commandments, you will remain in my love, just as I have obeyed my Father's commandments and remain in his love.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 15:12 - My commandment is this - to love one another just as I have loved you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:15 - Those who accompanied Paul escorted him as far as Athens, and after receiving an order for Silas and Timothy to come to him as soon as possible, they left.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 7:8 - But sin, seizing the opportunity through the commandment, produced in me all kinds of wrong desires. For apart from the law, sin is dead.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 7:9 - And I was once alive apart from the law, but with the coming of the commandment sin became alive

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 7:10 - and I died. So I found that the very commandment that was intended to bring life brought death!

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 7:11 - For sin, seizing the opportunity through the commandment, deceived me and through it I died.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 7:12 - So then, the law is holy, and the commandment is holy, righteous, and good.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 7:13 - Did that which is good, then, become death to me? Absolutely not! But sin, so that it would be shown to be sin, produced death in me through what is good, so that through the commandment sin would become utterly sinful.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 13:9 - For the commandments, "Do not commit adultery, do not murder, do not steal, do not covet," (and if there is any other commandment) are summed up in this, "Love your neighbor as yourself."

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:19 - Circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing. Instead, keeping God's commandments is what counts.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 14:37

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:37 - If anyone considers himself a prophet or spiritual person, he should acknowledge that what I write to you is the Lord's command.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 2:15 - when he nullified in his flesh the law of commandments in decrees. He did this to create in himself one new man out of two, thus making peace,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 6:2 - "Honor your father and mother," which is the first commandment accompanied by a promise, namely,

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Unchecked Copy BoxCol 4:10 - Aristarchus, my fellow prisoner, sends you greetings, as does Mark, the cousin of Barnabas (about whom you received instructions; if he comes to you, welcome him).

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 6:14 - to obey this command without fault or failure until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ

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Unchecked Copy BoxTit 1:14 - and not pay attention to Jewish myths and commands of people who reject the truth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 7:5 - And those of the sons of Levi who receive the priestly office have authorization according to the law to collect a tithe from the people, that is, from their fellow countrymen, although they too are descendants of Abraham.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 7:16 - who has become a priest not by a legal regulation about physical descent but by the power of an indestructible life.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 7:18 - On the one hand a former command is set aside because it is weak and useless,

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 9:19 - For when Moses had spoken every command to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves and goats with water and scarlet wool and hyssop and sprinkled both the book itself and all the people,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 2:21 - For it would have been better for them never to have known the way of righteousness than, having known it, to turn back from the holy commandment that had been delivered to them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 3:2 - I want you to recall both the predictions foretold by the holy prophets and the commandment of the Lord and Savior through your apostles.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Jo 2:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 2:3 - Now by this we know that we have come to know God: if we keep his commandments.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 2:4 - The one who says "I have come to know God" and yet does not keep his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in such a person.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 2:7 - Dear friends, I am not writing a new commandment to you, but an old commandment which you have had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word that you have already heard.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 2:8 - On the other hand, I am writing a new commandment to you which is true in him and in you, because the darkness is passing away and the true light is already shining.

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