ἐντέλλω entellō

Greek word for “to order” · Strong’s G1781 · used 15 times in 15 verses

Explore it in the Word Atlas

Meaning

ἐν-τέλλω; -ομαι, to command, enjoin, instruct: before περί;

How it is translated

Glosses given for entellō in context, with how often each is used:

• commanded 4
• will give orders 2
• did command 2
• has commanded 2
• command 2
• instructed 1
• having given orders 1
• gave instructions 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

John 15 (2), Matthew 4 (1), Matthew 17 (1), Matthew 19 (1), Matthew 28 (1), Mark 10 (1), Mark 13 (1), Luke 4 (1), John 8 (1), John 14 (1)

Forms

• ἐνετείλατο 7
• ἐντελεῖται 2
• ἐντέλλομαι 2
• ἐνετειλάμην 1
• ἐνετείλατό 1
• ἐντειλάμενος 1
• ἐντέταλται 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with entellō more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• Μωϋσῆς Mōusēs, Mōsēs “Moses” 3
• ἕως heōs “until” 3
• περί peri “about” 3
• υἱός uhios “son” 3
• ἀγαπάω agapaō “to love” 2
• ἐγείρω egeirō “to arise” 2
• ἄγγελος angelos “angel” 2
• γράφω graphō “to write” 2
• οὕτως ohutō, ohutōs “thus(-ly)” 2
• ἡμέρα hēmera “day” 2
• δίδωμι didōmi “to give” 2

Key verses

The verses using entellō that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 4:6 — And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in their hands they…
• Matthew 17:9 — And as they came down from the mountain, Jesus charged them, saying, Tell the vision to no man, until the Son of man be risen again from the dead.
• Matthew 19:7 — They say unto him, Why did Moses then command to give a writing of divorcement, and to put her away?
• Matthew 28:20 — Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
• Mark 13:34 — For the Son of man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the…
• John 8:5 — Now Moses in the law commanded us, that such should be stoned: but what sayest thou?
• John 14:31 — But that the world may know that I love the Father; and as the Father gave me commandment, even so I do. Arise, let us go hence.
• John 15:14 — Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.
• John 15:17 — These things I command you, that ye love one another.
• Acts 1:2 — Until the day in which he was taken up, after that he through the Holy Ghost had given commandments unto the apostles whom he had chosen:
• Acts 13:47 — For so hath the Lord commanded us, saying, I have set thee to be a light of the Gentiles, that thou shouldest be for salvation unto the ends of the earth.
• Hebrews 11:22 — By faith Joseph, when he died, made mention of the departing of the children of Israel; and gave commandment concerning his bones.

See all 15 verses in the Word Atlas

Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.