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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 18 times in 18 verses in 'Act' in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:15

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:15 - but having commanded them to go out of the council they conferred with one another,

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:34

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:34 - But a certain man, a Pharisee, named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law, held in honour of all the people, rose up in the council, and commanded to put the men out for a short while,

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:38

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:38 - And he commanded the chariot to stop. And they went down both to the water, both Philip and the eunuch, and he baptised him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:19

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:19 - And Herod having sought him and not found him, having examined the guards, commanded them to be executed. And he went down from Judaea to Caesarea and stayed there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:22

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:22 - And the crowd rose up too against them; and the praetors, having torn off their clothes, commanded to scourge them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:33

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:33 - Then the chiliarch came up and laid hold upon him, and commanded him to be bound with two chains, and inquired who he might be, and what he had done.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:34

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:34 - And different persons cried some different thing in the crowd. But he, not being able to know the certainty on account of the uproar, commanded him to be brought into the fortress.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:24

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:24 - the chiliarch commanded him to be brought into the fortress, saying that he should be examined by scourging, that he might ascertain for what cause they cried thus against him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:30

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:30 - And on the morrow, desirous to know the certainty of the matter why he was accused of the Jews, he loosed him, and commanded the chief priests and all the council to meet, and having brought Paul down set him before them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:3

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:3 - Then Paul said to him, God will smite thee, whited wall. And *thou*, dost thou sit judging me according to the law, and breaking the law commandest me to be smitten?

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:10

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:10 - And a great tumult having arisen, the chiliarch, fearing lest Paul should have been torn in pieces by them, commanded the troop to come down and take him by force from the midst of them, and to bring him into the fortress.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:35

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:35 - he said, I will hear thee fully when thine accusers also are arrived. And he commanded him to be kept in Herod's praetorium.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:8

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:8 - having commanded his accusers to come to thee; of whom thou canst thyself, in examining him, know the certainty of all these things of which we accuse him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:6

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:6 - And having remained among them not more than eight or ten days, he went down to Caesarea; and on the next day, having sat down on the judgment-seat, commanded Paul to be brought.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:17

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:17 - When therefore they had come together here, without putting it off, I sat the next day on the judgment-seat and commanded the man to be brought:

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:21

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:21 - But Paul having appealed to be kept for the cognisance of Augustus, I commanded him to be kept till I shall send him to Caesar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:23

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:23 - On the morrow therefore, Agrippa being come, and Bernice, with great pomp, and having entered into the hall of audience, with the chiliarchs and the men of distinction of the city, and Festus having given command, Paul was brought.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:43

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:43 - But the centurion, desirous of saving Paul, hindered them of their purpose, and commanded those who were able to swim, casting themselves first into the sea, to get out on land;
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