ἐντολή entolē

Greek word for “commandment” · Strong’s G1785 · used 67 times in 61 verses

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Meaning

ἐντολή, -ῆς, ἡ; (ἐντέλλω, which see);

How it is translated

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

• commandment 39
• commandments 23
• command 2
• commands 1
• commandment is 1
• instructions 1

Where it is used

Also in 4 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Romans 7 (6), 1 John 2 (4), Matthew 22 (3), Hebrews 7 (3), 1 John 3 (3), 2 John 1 (3), Mark 7 (2), Mark 10 (2), Mark 12 (2), John 12 (2)

Forms

• ἐντολὴν 16
• ἐντολὰς 14
• ἐντολὴ 10
• ἐντολῆς 9
• ἐντολάς 4
• ἐντολή 4
• ἐντολῶν 3
• ἐντολαῖς 3
• ἐντολήν 2
• Ἐντολὴν 1

Words used with it

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

• τηρέω tēreō “to keep” 12
• ἀγαπάω agapaō “to love” 10
• νόμος nomos “law” 9
• λαμβάνω lambanō “to take” 9
• πατήρ patēr “father” 10
• καινός kainos “new” 5
• καθώς kathōs “as/just as” 7
• ἐάν ean “if” 7
• φονεύω phoneuō “to murder” 3
• κλέπτω kleptō “to steal” 3
• μοιχεύω moicheuō “to commit adultery” 3
• παράδοσις paradosis “tradition” 3

Key verses

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

• Matthew 5:19 — Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever…
• Luke 1:6 — And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.
• John 13:34 — A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
• John 14:15 — If ye love me, keep my commandments.
• John 14:21 — He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will…
• John 15:10 — If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father’s commandments, and abide in his love.
• Romans 7:9 — For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.
• 1 John 2:3 — And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.
• 1 John 2:8 — Again, a new commandment I write unto you, which thing is true in him and in you: because the darkness is past, and the true light now shineth.
• 1 John 3:22 — And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.
• 1 John 3:23 — And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment.
• 1 John 5:3 — For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.

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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.