verb

entellemō

Greekἐντέλλομαι (entellomai)

Strong’sG1781

I give orders, command

stem entell-15 times in the New Testamentin 6 of 27 books6 forms occur

Translated as

commanded7×command6×gave instructions1×giving instructions1×

What it means

ἐν-τέλλω

[in LXX, as in NT (and mostly in Hdt.), always mid., chiefly for צָוָה pi.;]

-ομαι, to command, enjoin, instruct: seq. περί He 11:22; c. inf., Mt 19:7; c. dat. pers., Ac 1:2; οὕτως, Ac 13:47; καθώς, Jo 14:31 (ἐντολὴν ἔδωκεν, WH); seq. λέγων, Mt 17:9; c. inf., Jo 8:5; ἵνα, Mk 13:34; c. acc rei, Mt 28:20, Mk 10:3, Jo 15:14, 17; seq. περί, c. gen. pers., Mt 4:6 and Lk 4:10 (LXX); διαθήκην ἐ. πρός, c. acc pers., He 9:20 (LXX) (cf. Si 45:3).†

SYN.:

κελεύω, to command, of verbal orders in general;

παραγγέλλω, to charge, esp. of the transmitted orders of a military commander; ἐντέλλω points rather to the contents of the command (v. Thayer, s.v. κελεύω)

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G1781 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saiden-tel'-lom-ahee

to enjoin

Fromfrom G1722 and the base of G5056;

King James(give) charge, (give) command(-ments), injoin.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Forms in the New Testament

Form and the Greek behind it	What it is	Usually	Times
entellemōἐντέλλομαι	happening now · Ipresent middle indicative 1st person singular	command	2×
entelletiἐντελεῖται	will happen · he/she/itfuture middle indicative 3rd person singular	command	2×
entellemaἐνετειλάμην	happened · Iaorist middle indicative 1st person singular	commanded	1×
entelletaἐνετείλατο	happened · he/she/itaorist middle indicative 3rd person singular	commanded	8×
entelletēἐντέταλται	has happened · he/she/itperfect middle indicative 3rd person singular	commanded	1×
entelleratosἐντειλάμενος	happened · subjectaorist middle participle nominative singular masculine	giving instructions	1×

Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.

Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses

Statements — indicative mood, 14 occurrences

Who person	happening now present	was happening imperfect	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect	had happened pluperfect
I 1st person singular	entellemō2×ἐντέλλομαι	entelleme	entellemi	entellema1×ἐνετειλάμην	entellemē	entellemelē
you 2nd person singular	entellesō	entellese	entellesi	entellesa	entellesē	entelleselē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	entelletō	entellete	entelleti2×ἐντελεῖται	entelleta8×ἐνετείλατο	entelletē1×ἐντέταλται	entelletelē
we 1st person plural	entellenō	entellene	entelleni	entellena	entellenē	entellenelē
ye 2nd person plural	entellevō	entelleve	entellevi	entelleva	entellevē	entellevelē
they 3rd person plural	entellelō	entellele	entelleli	entellela	entellelē	entellelelē

May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
I 1st person singular	entellemeiō	entellemeia	entellemeiē
you 2nd person singular	entelleseiō	entelleseia	entelleseiē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	entelleteiō	entelleteia	entelleteiē
we 1st person plural	entelleneiō	entelleneia	entelleneiē
ye 2nd person plural	entelleveiō	entelleveia	entelleveiē
they 3rd person plural	entelleleiō	entelleleia	entelleleiē

Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
you 2nd person singular	entellesōr	entellesar	entellesēr
he/she/it 3rd person singular	entelletōr	entelletar	entelletēr
ye 2nd person plural	entellevōr	entellevar	entellevēr
they 3rd person plural	entellelōr	entellelar	entellelēr

Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist
I 1st person singular	entellemoiō	entellemoia
you 2nd person singular	entellesoiō	entellesoia
he/she/it 3rd person singular	entelletoiō	entelletoia
we 1st person plural	entellenoiō	entellenoia
ye 2nd person plural	entellevoiō	entellevoia
they 3rd person plural	entelleloiō	entelleloia

The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences

Who is acting voice	happening now present	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect
acts on or for itself middle voice	entellerō	entelleri	entellera	entellerē

Used as an adjective — participle, 1 occurrence

Who is acting voice	happening now present	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect
acts on or for itself middle voice	entellerōtos	entelleritos	entelleratos1×ἐντειλάμενος	entellerētos

Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.

How every form is built — the slots that make them

entellstem+aeiwho is acting voice+mstnvl—who person+—eiroistatement, command, wish mood+ōeiaēelēwhen tense+—tthen it declines+—ogender+—sits job in the sentence case

entell is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

15 occurrences, every one of them listed

entellemō“command”happening now · Ipresent middle indicative 1st person singular2×

John 15:14“command”vis filois mu avō ean poiaveiō heim mis entellemō vi.You are My friends if you do what I command you.

John 15:17“command”houteim entellemō vi hina agapaveiō allēloin.This is My command to you: Love one another.

entelleti“command”will happen · he/she/itfuture middle indicative 3rd person singular2×

Matthew 4:6“command”kai legatō auto; Ei huios asō tou theou, ballasar siauton katō; grafitē gar hoti Toi angeloi autou entelleti peri su kai epi cheiraiu airali sin, mēpote proskoptaseia pros lithon ton podon su.“If You are the Son of God,” he said, “throw Yourself down. For it is written: ‘He will command His angels concerning You, and they will lift You up in their hands, so that You will not strike Your foot against a stone.’”

Luke 4:10“command”grafitē gar hoti Toi angeloi autou entelleti peri su teu diafulassara sin,For it is written: ‘He will command His angels concerning You to guard You carefully,

entellema“commanded”happened · Iaorist middle indicative 1st person singular1×

Matthew 28:20“commanded”didaskarōtois autoin tērarō panteim hoseim entellema vi; kai idou mis meta vu amō pantain tain hēmerain heōs tau sunteleiau tou aiōnou.and teaching them to obey all that I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”

entelleta“commanded”happened · he/she/itaorist middle indicative 3rd person singular8×

Matthew 17:9“commanded”Kai katabainarōtoiu autoiu ek teu oreu entelleta autoi tos Iēsus legarōtos; Mēdeno legaveia tem horamem heōs hou tos huios tou anthrōpou ek nekroiu egeiriteia.As they were coming down the mountain, Jesus commanded them, “Do not tell anyone about this vision until the Son of Man has been raised from the dead.”

Matthew 19:7“command”legalō auto; Tinem oun Mōusos entelleta dōara bibliem apostasieu kai apoluara autan?“Why then,” they asked, “did Moses order a man to give his wife a certificate of divorce and send her away?”

Mark 10:3“command”tos de apokriniratos legata autoi; Tinem vi entelleta Mōusos?“What did Moses command you?” He replied.

Mark 13:34“commanded”hōs anthrōpos apodēmos afiēkaratos tan oikian autou kai dōaratos toi douloi autou tan exousian, hekasto tem ergem autou, kai to thurōro entelleta hina grēgorateiō.It is like a man going on a journey who left his house, put each servant in charge of his own task, and instructed the doorkeeper to keep watch.

John 8:5“commanded”en de to nomo Mōusos ni entelleta tain toioutain lithobolirō sis oun tinem legasō?In the Law Moses commanded us to stone such a woman. So what do You say?”

John 14:31“commanded”alla hina gnōskateia tos kosmos hoti agapamō ton patēron, kai kathōs entelleta mi tos patēros houtōs poiamō. Egeirivōr, aganeiō enteuthen.But I do exactly what the Father has commanded Me, so that the world may know that I love the Father. Get up! Let us go on from here.[’’]

Hebrews 9:20“commanded”legarōtos; Houtem tem haimem tau diathēkau hau entelleta pros vin tos theos;saying, “This is the blood of the covenant, which God has commanded you to keep.”

Hebrews 11:22“gave instructions”pistia Iōsēf teleutarōtos peri tau exodau toiu huioiu Israēl mnēmoneuata, kai peri teiu osteiu autou entelleta.By faith Joseph, when his end was near, spoke about the exodus of the Israelites and gave instructions about his bones.

entelletē“commanded”has happened · he/she/itperfect middle indicative 3rd person singular1×

Acts 13:47“commanded”houtōs gar entelletē ni tos kurios; Tithamē sin eis fōtem ethneiu teu arō sin eis sōtērēan heōs eschateu tau gēau.For this is what the Lord has commanded us: ‘I have made you a light for the Gentiles, to bring salvation to the ends of the earth.’”

entelleratos“giving instructions”happened · subjectaorist middle participle nominative singular masculine1×

Acts 1:2“giving instructions”achri hau hēmerau entelleratos toi apostoloi dia pneumeu hagieu hoin eklegeta analambita;until the day He was taken up to heaven, after giving instructions through the Holy Spirit to the apostles He had chosen.