Word

κελεύω

keleúō · G2753 · Greek · 25 occurrences

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Meanings

to order, to command

To state with force and/or authority what others must do

Examples
Matthew 8:18 Now when Jesus saw a crowd around Him, He gave orders to depart to the other side of the sea.
Matthew 14:9 And although he was grieved, the king commanded it to be given because of his oaths and his dinner guests.
Matthew 14:19 And ordering the crowds to sit down on the grass, He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looked up toward heaven. He blessed the food and breaking the loaves, He gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the crowds.

How it’s used In 5 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

25 occurrences in 13 groups

Not stated: he, she or it 6
Not stated: you (one person) 3
Not stated (participle) 3
Other words · 10 groups that occur once or twice (13) 13

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

20 occurrences in 20 groups

ἄγωto bring, to lead 5
Other words · 19 groups that occur once or twice (21) 21

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

1 occurrences in 2 groups

διάthrough+ ὅρκοςoath 1
διάthrough+ συνανάκειμαιto eat together 1

With adverbsAdverbs

1 occurrences in 1 groups

τότεthen 1

What is done to itIt is the object

1 occurrences in 1 groups

ἔπωto say 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 1 word

ἐπιτάσσω epitássō · G2004 · to order, to instruct, to tell: Both verbs denote issuing an authoritative command, occupying closely neighboring senses within the vocabulary of commanding or ordering. The difference lies in direct personal orders versus an emphasis on organizing or arranging.

Semantic domains 1 entry

To order, to command33.323: κελεύω is the ordinary verb for giving an authoritative order. Matthew 8:18 reports that when Jesus saw the crowd around Him, “He gave orders to depart to the other side of the sea,” His κελεύω directing the disciples’ immediate action.

Word family 2 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

κελεύωkeleúō · G2753κέλευμα kéleuma · G2752 · command, call of command · 1×

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon imperfect ἐκέλευον; 1 aorist ἐκέλευσα; to command, order: τινα, followed by an aorist…

imperfect ἐκέλευον; 1 aorist ἐκέλευσα; to command, order: τινα, followed by an aorist infinitive, Mt 14:19, Mt 14:28; Acts 4:15; by the accusative with aorist infinitive, Mt 18:25; Mt 27:58 (R G L),64; Lk 18:40; Acts 5:34; Acts 8:38; Acts 22:30; Acts 23:10; Acts 25:6, Acts 25:17; the accusative is lacking because evident from the context, Mt 8:18; Mt 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, Acts 23:35; Acts 24:8 R G; Acts 25:21; ; 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, Mt 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).)

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry

Command, Order25 occurrences

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