ἐντέλλομαι
entéllomai · G1781 · Greek · 15 occurrences
Meanings
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to command
To give definite orders, implying authority or official sanction
ExamplesMatthew 4:6 and he said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, throw Yourself down; for it is written: ‘HE WILL GIVE HIS ANGELS ORDERS CONCERNING YOU’; and ‘ON THEIR HANDS THEY WILL LIFT YOU UP, SO THAT YOU DO NOT STRIKE YOUR FOOT AGAINST A STONE.’”
Matthew 17:9 When they were coming down from the mountain, Jesus commanded them, saying, “Tell the vision to no one until the Son of Man has risen from the dead.”
Matthew 19:7 They said to Him, “Why, then, did Moses command to GIVE HER A CERTIFICATE OF DIVORCE AND SEND HER AWAY?”
How it’s used In 7 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
15 occurrences in 9 groups
- Not stated: he, she or it 4
- ΜωσεύςMoses 3
- Other words · 7 groups that occur once or twice (8) 8
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
9 occurrences in 9 groups
- Other words · 9 groups that occur once or twice (10) 10
To or for whomIndirect object
11 occurrences in 6 groups
- σύyou 4
- ἐγώI, we 2
- ἄγγελοςangel, messenger 2
- θυρωρόςdoorkeeper 1
- ἀπόστολοςapostle 1
- αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
6 occurrences in 5 groups
- περίconcerning, about, for+ σύyou 2
- διάthrough+ πνεῦμαspirit 1
- ἐνin+ νόμοςlaw, the Law 1
- περίconcerning, about, for+ ὀστέονbone 1
- πρόςto, toward, with+ σύyou 1
With adverbsAdverbs
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- ἵναso that, in order to 1
- οὕτωso, thus, in this way 1
Named alongside itApposition
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- διαθήκηcovenant 1
- πᾶςall, every, each 1
What is done to itIt is the object
4 occurrences in 4 groups
- γράφωto write 2
- ἔπωto say 1
- ποιέωto do, to make 1
- ἀποκρίνομαιto answer 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 3 words
- ἐπιτάσσω epitássō · G2004 · to order, to instruct, to tell
- The target term ἐντέλλομαι and ἐπιτάσσω (“to arrange upon, to order”) both denote authoritative commanding, differing mainly in register or nuance — one broadly “to order, to instruct, to command,” the other more specifically “to enjoin, to command” — genuinely near-synonymous command verbs.
- παραγγέλλω parangéllō · G3853 · to order, to command
- Both verbs convey authoritative instruction or command. Παραγγέλλω emphasizes the transmission or passing along of orders, often in a chain of command or public context, while ἐντέλλομαι focuses more directly on the act of commanding or giving orders without the transmission nuance.
- προστάσσω prostássō · G4367 · to order, to instruct, to tell
- Both denote commanding or enjoining, but προστάσσω typically appears in contexts of official prescription or authoritative arrangement (legal, military, or administrative directives), while ἐντέλλομαι often carries connotations of solemn charge or testamentary instruction, particularly in contexts of passing on authoritative teaching or command.
In the other Testament 1 word
- צָוָה tsâvâh · H6680 · to give orders, to order, to command
- Hebrew צָוָה is the standard Septuagint translation equivalent for Greek ἐντέλλομαι, both denoting the act of commanding or giving authoritative orders, across the Old Testament's command and instruction vocabulary.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- To command33.329
- This verb describes issuing an authoritative order or instruction, used of the devil's citation of Scripture regarding angels commanded concerning Jesus — "HE WILL GIVE HIS ANGELS ORDERS CONCERNING YOU" (Matthew 4:6), of Jesus instructing the disciples to tell no one of the transfiguration — "Jesus commanded them, saying, 'Tell the vision to no one'" (Matthew 17:9), of the Pharisees' question about why Moses commanded a certificate of divorce — "why, then, did Moses command to GIVE HER A CERTIFICATE OF DIVORCE" (Matthew 19:7), and of Jesus' great commission instructing the disciples to teach all that He had commanded them — "teaching them to follow all that I commanded you" (Matthew 28:20).
Word family 26 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon : (τέλλω equivalent to τελέω); several times in the poets (Pindar Olymp. 7, 73) and the…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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