κελεύω keleuō
Greek word for “to order” · Strong’s G2753 · used 25 times in 25 verses
Meaning
κελεύω; to urge on, bid by word of mouth, order, command (mostly of one in authority): with accusative and inf.
How it is translated
Glosses given for keleuō in context, with how often each is used:
- commanded 15
- having commanded 3
- do command 2
- ordered 2
- commanding 1
- command 1
- when was commanding 1
Where it is used
Chapters where it is used most
Acts 25 (4), Matthew 14 (3), Acts 23 (3), Matthew 27 (2), Acts 21 (2), Acts 22 (2), Matthew 8 (1), Matthew 18 (1), Luke 18 (1), Acts 4 (1)
Forms
- ἐκέλευσεν 14
- κελεύσας 2
- ἐκέλευσα 2
- κέλευσόν 1
- κέλευσον 1
- Κελεύσαντες 1
- ἐκέλευον 1
- κελεύεις 1
- κελεύσαντος 1
- ἐκέλευσέν 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with keleuō more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- ἄγω agō “to bring” 6
- Παῦλος Paulos “Paul” 7
- χιλίαρχος chiliarchos “military officer” 4
- παρεμβολή parembolē “barracks” 3
- ἐπαύριον epaurion “the next day” 3
- συνέδριον sunedrion “council” 3
- ὄχλος ochlos “crowd” 4
- ἐπιφωνέω epiphōneō “to shout” 2
- τε te “and/both” 4
- ἀσφαλής asphalēs “secure” 2
- καταβαίνω katabainō “to come/go down” 3
- διατρίβω diatribō “to remain” 2
Key verses
The verses using keleuō that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Matthew 14:9 — And the king was sorry: nevertheless for the oath’s sake, and them which sat with him at meat, he commanded it to be given her.
- Matthew 14:19 — And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the grass, and took the five loaves, and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed, and brake, and…
- Matthew 18:25 — But forasmuch as he had not to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife, and children, and all that he had, and payment to be made.
- Acts 12:19 — And when Herod had sought for him, and found him not, he examined the keepers, and commanded that they should be put to death. And he went down from Judæa to…
- Acts 16:22 — And the multitude rose up together against them: and the magistrates rent off their clothes, and commanded to beat them.
- Acts 21:33 — Then the chief captain came near, and took him, and commanded him to be bound with two chains; and demanded who he was, and what he had done.
- Acts 22:24 — The chief captain commanded him to be brought into the castle, and bade that he should be examined by scourging; that he might know wherefore they cried so…
- Acts 22:30 — On the morrow, because he would have known the certainty wherefore he was accused of the Jews, he loosed him from his bands, and commanded the chief priests…
- Acts 23:3 — Then said Paul unto him, God shall smite thee, thou whited wall: for sittest thou to judge me after the law, and commandest me to be smitten contrary to the…
- Acts 23:10 — And when there arose a great dissension, the chief captain, fearing lest Paul should have been pulled in pieces of them, commanded the soldiers to go down, and…
- Acts 23:35 — I will hear thee, said he, when thine accusers are also come. And he commanded him to be kept in Herod’s judgment hall.
- Acts 25:23 — And on the morrow, when Agrippa was come, and Bernice, with great pomp, and was entered into the place of hearing, with the chief captains, and principal men…
See all 25 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.