Help QuickNav Adv. Options
YLT

YLT

Click to Change

Return to Top

Return to Top

Printer Icon

Print

Copy
Copy Options
Strong's
Red Letter
The Blue Letter Bible

Lexicon :: Strong's G2753 - keleuō

Choose a new font size and typeface
κελεύω
Transliteration
keleuō (Key)
Pronunciation
kel-yoo'-o
Listen
Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
From a primary kello (to urge on)
Dictionary Aids

Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

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

5844
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.]
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006, 2011 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

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 27 times in 27 verses in the TR Greek.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Mat 8:18

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 8:18 - And Jesus having seen great multitudes about him, did command to depart to the other side;

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Mat 14:9

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 14:9 - and the king was grieved, but because of the oaths and of those reclining with him, he commanded it to be given;

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Mat 14:19

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 14:19 - And having commanded the multitudes to recline upon the grass, and having taken the five loaves and the two fishes, having looked up to the heaven, he did bless, and having broken, he gave the loaves to the disciples, and the disciples to the multitudes,

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Mat 14:28

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 14:28 - And Peter answering him said, 'Sir, if it is thou, bid me come to thee upon the waters;'

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Mat 15:35

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 15:35 - And he commanded the multitudes to sit down upon the ground,

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Mat 18:25

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:25 - and he having nothing to pay, his lord did command him to be sold, and his wife, and the children, and all, whatever he had, and payment to be made.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:58

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:58 - he having gone near to Pilate, asked for himself the body of Jesus; then Pilate commanded the body to be given back.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:64

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:64 - command, then, the sepulchre to be made secure till the third day, lest his disciples, having come by night, may steal him away, and may say to the people, He rose from the dead, and the last deceit shall be worse than the first.'

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Luk 18:40

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:40 - And Jesus having stood, commanded him to be brought unto him, and he having come nigh, he questioned him,

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Act 4:15

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:15 - and having commanded them to go away out of the sanhedrim, they took counsel with one another,

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Act 5:34

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:34 - but a certain one, having risen up in the sanhedrim -- a Pharisee, by name Gamaliel, a teacher of law honoured by all the people -- commanded to put the apostles forth a little,

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Act 8:38

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:38 - and he commanded the chariot to stand still, and they both went down to the water, both Philip and the eunuch, and he baptized him;

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Act 12:19

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:19 - and Herod having sought for him, and not having found, having examined the guards, did command them to be led away to punishment, and having gone down from Judea to Cesarea, he was abiding there.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Act 16:22

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:22 - And the multitude rose up together against them, and the magistrates having torn their garments from them, were commanding to beat them with rods,

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Act 21:33

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:33 - Then the chief captain, having come nigh, took him, and commanded him to be bound with two chains, and was inquiring who he may be, and what it is he hath been doing,

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Act 21:34

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:34 - and some were crying out one thing, and some another, among the multitude, and not being able to know the certainty because of the tumult, he commanded him to be carried to the castle,

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Act 22:24

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:24 - the chief captain commanded him to be brought into the castle, saying, 'By scourges let him be examined;' that he might know for what cause they were crying so against him.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Act 22:30

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:30 - and on the morrow, intending to know the certainty wherefore he is accused by the Jews, he did loose him from the bonds, and commanded the chief priests and all their sanhedrim to come, and having brought down Paul, he set him before them.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Act 23:3

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:3 - then Paul said unto him, 'God is about to smite thee, thou whitewashed wall, and thou -- thou dost sit judging me according to the law, and, violating law, dost order me to be smitten!'

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Act 23:10

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:10 - and a great dissension having come, the chief captain having been afraid lest Paul may be pulled to pieces by them, commanded the soldiery, having gone down, to take him by force out of the midst of them, and to bring him to the castle.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Act 23:35

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:35 - 'I will hear thee -- said he -- when thine accusers also may have come;' he also commanded him to be kept in the praetorium of Herod.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Act 24:8

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:8 - having commanded his accusers to come to thee, from whom thou mayest be able, thyself having examined, to know concerning all these things of which we accuse him;'

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Act 25:6

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:6 - and having tarried among them more than ten days, having gone down to Caesarea, on the morrow having sat upon the tribunal, he commanded Paul to be brought;

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Act 25:17

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:17 - 'They, therefore, having come together -- I, making no delay, on the succeeding day having sat upon the tribunal, did command the man to be brought,

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Act 25:21

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:21 - but Paul having appealed to be kept to the hearing of Sebastus, I did command him to be kept till I might send him unto Caesar.'

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Act 25:23

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:23 - on the morrow, therefore -- on the coming of Agrippa and Bernice with much display, and they having entered into the audience chamber, with the chief captains also, and the principal men of the city, and Festus having ordered -- Paul was brought forth.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Act 27:43

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:43 - but the centurion, wishing to save Paul, hindered them from the counsel, and did command those able to swim, having cast themselves out first -- to get unto the land,
BLB Searches
Search the Bible
YLT
  [?]

Advanced Options

Other Searches

Multi-Verse Retrieval
x
YLT
Daily Devotionals
x

Blue Letter Bible offers several daily devotional readings in order to help you refocus on Christ and the Gospel of His peace and righteousness.

Daily Bible Reading Plans
x

Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one's mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year.

One-Year Plans

Two-Year Plan

Translations available: King James Version, New King James Version, New Living Translation, New International Version, English Standard Version, Christian Standard Bible, New American Standard Bible 2020, New American Standard Bible 1995, Legacy Standard Bible 2021, New English Translation, Revised Standard Version, American Standard Version, Young's Literal Translation, Darby Translation, Webster's Bible, Hebrew Names Version, Reina-Valera 1960, Latin Vulgate, Westminster Leningrad Codex, Septuagint, Morphological Greek New Testament, and Textus Receptus.