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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

Matthew
8:18; 14:9; 14:19; 14:28; 15:35; 18:25; 27:58
Luke
18:40
Acts
4:15; 5:34; 8:38; 12:19; 16:22; 21:33; 21:34; 22:24; 22:30; 23:3; 23:10; 23:35; 24:8; 25:6; 25:17; 25:21; 25:23; 27:43

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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 8:18

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 8:18 -

Now when Jesus saw a crowd around Him, He gave orders to cast off for the other side of the Sea of Galilee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 14:9

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 14:9 - The king was distressed, but because of his oaths, and because of his dinner guests, he ordered it to be given her.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 14:19

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 14:19 - Then He ordered the crowds to sit down on the grass, and He took the five loaves and the two fish and, looking up toward heaven, He blessed and broke the loaves and gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the people,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 14:28

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 14:28 -

Peter replied to Him, “Lord, if it is [really] You, command me to come to You on the water.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 18:25

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:25 - “But because he could not repay, his master ordered him to be sold, with his wife and his children and everything that he possessed, and payment to be made.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:58

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:58 - He went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus [so that he might bury Him], and Pilate ordered that it be given to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:64

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:64 - “Therefore, give orders to have the tomb made secure and safeguarded until the third day, otherwise His disciples may come and steal Him away and tell the people, ‘He has risen from the dead,’ and the last deception [the reporting of His resurrection] will be worse than the first [the reporting that He is the Messiah].”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 18:40

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:40 - Then Jesus stopped and ordered that the blind man be led to Him; and when he came near, Jesus asked him,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 4:15

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:15 - But after ordering them to step out of the Council [chamber], they began to confer among themselves,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 5:34

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:34 - But a Pharisee named [fn]Gamaliel, a teacher of the Law [of Moses], highly esteemed by all the people, stood up in the Council (Sanhedrin, Jewish High Court) and ordered that the men be taken outside for a little while.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 8:38

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:38 - And he ordered that the chariot be stopped; and both Philip and the eunuch went down into the water, and Philip baptized him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 12:19

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:19 - When Herod had searched for him and could not find him, he interrogated the guards and commanded that they be led away to execution. Then he went down from Judea to Caesarea [Maritima] and spent some time there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 16:22

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:22 - The crowd also joined in the attack against them, and the chief magistrates tore their robes off them and ordered that Paul and Silas be beaten with rods.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 21:33

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:33 - Then the commander came up and arrested Paul, and ordered that he be bound with two chains. Then he asked who he was and what he had done.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 21:34

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:34 - But some in the crowd were shouting one thing and others something else; and since he could not determine the facts because of the uproar, he ordered that Paul be taken to the barracks [in the tower of Antonia].

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 22:24

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:24 - the commander ordered him to be brought into the barracks, stating that he was to be [fn]interrogated with a whip in order to learn why the people were shouting against him that way.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 22:30

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But on the next day, wanting to know the real reason why Paul was being accused by the Jews, he released him and ordered the chief priests and the whole Council (Sanhedrin, Jewish High Court) to assemble; and brought Paul down and presented him before them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 23:3

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:3 - Then Paul said to him, “God is going to strike you, you [fn]whitewashed wall! Do you actually sit to judge me according to the Law, and yet in violation of the Law order me to be struck?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 23:10

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:10 - And as the dissension became even greater, the commander, fearing that Paul would be torn to pieces by them, ordered the troops to go down and forcibly take him from them, and bring him to the barracks.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 23:35

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:35 - he said, “I will hear your case when your accusers have arrived,” giving orders that Paul be kept under guard in Herod’s Praetorium (the governor’s official residence).

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 25:6

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:6 -

Now after Festus had spent no more than eight or ten days among them, he went down to Caesarea, and on the next day he took his seat on the tribunal (the judicial bench), and ordered Paul to be brought [before him].

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 25:17

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:17 - “So after they arrived together here, I did not delay, but on the next day took my place on the tribunal and ordered that the man be brought before me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 25:21

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:21 - “But when Paul appealed to be held in custody for a decision by the Emperor [Nero], I ordered him to be kept in custody until I could send him to Caesar.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 25:23

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:23 -

So the next day Agrippa and [his sister] Bernice came with great pageantry, and they went into the auditorium accompanied by the military commanders and the prominent men of the city. At the command of Festus, Paul was brought in.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 27:43

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:43 - but the centurion, wanting to save Paul, kept them from [carrying out] their plan. He commanded those who could swim to jump overboard first and get to the shore;
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