Word

παραγγελία

parangelía · G3852 · Greek · 5 occurrences

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Meanings

  1. order, instruction, command

    (Derivative of παραγγέλλω ‘to order, to command,’) An announcement as to what must be done

    Examples

    Acts 16:24 and he, having received such a command, threw them into the inner prison and fastened their feet in the stocks.

    1 Thessalonians 4:2 For you know what instructions we gave you by the authority of the Lord Jesus.

    1 Timothy 1:5 But the goal of our instruction is love from a pure heart, from a good conscience, and from a sincere faith.

How it’s used In 3 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles

3 occurrences in 3 groups

What is done to itIt is the object

3 occurrences in 3 groups

In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive

1 occurrences in 1 groups

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 2 words
ἐντολή entolḗ · G1785 · commandment, order
Both denote authoritative commands or directives. παραγγελία (mandate) emphasizes a command transmitted through authority channels or passed along as an official directive, while ἐντολή (injunction, prescription) refers more broadly to any authoritative command or prescription, whether moral, legal, or procedural.
ἐπιταγή epitagḗ · G2003 · order, command, decree
Both denote authoritative commands or directives, with παραγγελία emphasizing the transmitted instruction or mandate and ἐπιταγή emphasizing the decree's authoritative source or weight.
Semantic domains 1 entry
Order, instruction, command33.328
παραγγελία names an authoritative directive given to another, as Paul reminds Timothy of his charge: “This command I entrust to you, Timothy, my son, in accordance with the prophecies previously made concerning you, that by them you fight the good fight.” (1 Timothy 1:18)
Word family 19 words

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

ἄγγελος ángelos · G32 · messenger, angel · 176×εὐαγγέλιον euangélion · G2098 · the good news, the gospel · 76×εὐαγγελίζω euangelízō · G2097 · to tell the good news, to announce the gospel · 54×ἐπαγγελία epangelía · G1860 · promise, agreement, approval · 52×ἀπαγγέλλω apangéllō · G518 · to tell, to report · 47×παραγγέλλω parangéllō · G3853 · to order, to command · 31×καταγγέλλω katangéllō · G2605 · to proclaim throughout, to announce, to speak out about · 18×ἐπαγγέλλω epangéllō · G1861 · to promise, to assert, to profess · 15×ἀναγγέλλω anangéllō · G312 · to announce, to inform, to tell · 13×παραγγελίαparangelía · G3852διαγγέλλω diangéllō · G1229 · to notify, to give notice of, to proclaim · 3×εὐαγγελιστής euangelistḗs · G2099 · evangelist · 3×ἀγγελία angelía · G31 · message, announcement · 2×ἐξαγγέλλω exangéllō · G1804 · to proclaim throughout, to announce, to speak out about · 2×ἐπάγγελμα epángelma · G1862 · promise · 2×προεπαγγέλλομαι proepangéllomai · G4279 · to promise beforehand · 2×προκαταγγέλλω prokatangéllō · G4293 · to foretell, to predict · 2×καταγγελεύς katangeleús · G2604 · herald, announcer, proclaimer · 1×προευαγγελίζομαι proeuangelízomai · G4283 · to bring the good news ahead of time · 1×
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon παραγγελίας, ἡ (παραγγέλλω), properly, announcement, a proclaiming or giving a message…
παραγγελίας, ἡ (παραγγέλλω), properly, announcement, a proclaiming or giving a message to; hence, a charge, command: Acts 16:24; a prohibition, Acts 5:28; used of the Christian doctrine relative to right living, 1 Tim 1:5; of particular directions relative to the same, 18; plural in 1 Thess 4:2. (Of a military order in Xenophon, Polybius; of instruction, Aristotle, eth. Nic. 2, 2, p. 1104{a}, 7; Diodorus except p. 512, 19 (i. e. fragment book 26:1, 1).)

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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