noun · feminine
entolas
Greekἐντολή (entolē)
Strong’sG1785
an ordinance, injunction, command
stem entol-66 times in the New Testamentin 16 of 27 books7 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
ἐντολή, -ῆς, ἡ
(< ἐντέλλω, q.v.), [in LXX chiefly for מִצְוָה; in pl. freq. in Pss for פִּקּוּדִים;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1785 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saiden-tol-ay'
injunction, i.e. an authoritative prescription
Fromfrom G1781;
King Jamescommandment, precept.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | entolas13×ἐντολὴ | entolais1×ἐντολαὶ |
| object accusative | entolan19×ἐντολὴν | entolain18×ἐντολὰς |
| direct address vocative | entolar | entolair |
| of, belonging to genitive | entolau9×ἐντολῆς | entolaiu3×ἐντολῶν |
| to, for dative | entola | entolai3×ἐντολαῖς |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
entola 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
66 occurrences, every one of them listed
entolas“commandment”subjectnominative singular13×
Matthew 22:36“commandment”Didaskalor, poias entolas megas en to nomo?“Teacher, which commandment is the greatest in the Law?”
Matthew 22:38“commandment”houtas atō tas megas kai prōtas entolas.This is the first and greatest commandment.
Mark 12:28“commandment”Kai prosercharatos henos toiu grammatevoiu akouaratos autoiu suzētarōtoiu, horaratos hoti kalōs apokrinita autoi, eperōtata auton; Poias atō entolas prōtas panteiu?Now one of the scribes had come up and heard their debate. Noticing how well Jesus had answered them, he asked Him, “Which commandment is the most important of all?”
Mark 12:31“commandment”deuteras houtas; Agapasi ton plēsion su hōs siauton. megoteras houtaiu allas entolas ouk atō.The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ No other commandment is greater than these.”
John 12:50“commandment”kai oidamē hoti tas entolas autou zōas aiōnias atō. heim oun mis lalamō, kathōs legatē mi tos patēros, houtōs lalamō.And I know that His command leads to eternal life. So I speak exactly what the Father has told Me to say.”
John 15:12“commandment”Houtas atō tas entolas tas ēmas hina agapaveiō allēloin kathōs agapama vin;This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.
Romans 7:10“commandment”mis de apothnēskama, kai heuriskita mi tas entolas tas eis zōan houtas eis thanaton;So I discovered that the very commandment that was meant to bring life actually brought death.
Romans 7:12“commandment”hōste tos men nomos hagios, kai tas entolas hagias kai dikaias kai agathas.So then, the law is holy, and the commandment is holy, righteous, and good.
Romans 13:9“commandment”tem gar; Ouk moicheuasi, Ouk foneuasi, Ouk kleptasi, Ouk epithumasi, kai ei tinas heteras entolas, en to logo houto anakefalaiitō, en to; Agapasi ton plēsion su hōs siauton.The commandments “Do not commit adultery,” “Do not murder,” “Do not steal,” “Do not covet,” and any other commandments, are summed up in this one decree: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”
Ephesians 6:2“commandment”timasōr ton patēron su kai tan mētēran, hotinas atō entolas prōtas en epangelia,“Honor your father and mother” (which is the first commandment with a promise),
1 John 2:7“commandment”Agapētoir, ouk entolan kainan grafamō vi, alla entolan palaian han echave apo archau; tas entolas tas palaias atō tos logos hon akouava.Beloved, I am not writing to you a new commandment, but an old one, which you have had from the beginning. This commandment is the message you have heard.
1 John 3:23“commandment”kai houtas atō tas entolas autou, hina pisteuaneia te onome tou huiou autou Iēsu Christou kai agapaneiō allēloin, kathōs dōata entolan ni.And this is His commandment: that we should believe in the name of His Son, Jesus Christ, and we should love one another just as He commanded us.
2 John 1:6“commandment”kai houtas atō tas agapas, hina peripataneiō kata tain entolain autou; houtas tas entolas atō, kathōs akouava apo archau, hina en auta peripataveiō.And this is love, that we walk according to His commandments. This is the very commandment you have heard from the beginning, that you must walk in love.
entolan“commandment”objectaccusative singular19×
Matthew 15:3“commandment”tos de apokriniratos legata autoi; Dia tinem kai vis parabainavō tan entolan tou theou dia tan paradosian vu?Jesus replied, “And why do you break the command of God for the sake of your tradition?
Mark 7:8“commandment”afiēkaratois tan entolan tou theou kratavō tan paradosian toiu anthrōpoiu.You have disregarded the commandment of God to keep the tradition of men.”
Mark 7:9“commandment”Kai legate autoi; Kalōs athetavō tan entolan tou theou, hina tan paradosian vu tēraveia;He went on to say, “You neatly set aside the command of God to maintain your own tradition.
Mark 10:5“commandment”tos de Iēsus legata autoi; Pros tan sklērokardian vu grafata vi tan entolan houtan;But Jesus told them, “Moses wrote this commandment for you because of your hardness of heart.
Luke 15:29“command”tos de apokriniratos legata to patēro autou; Idou tosouteim eteim douleuamō si kai oudepote entolan su parerchama, kai mi oudepote dōasa erifon hina meta toiu filoiu mu eufrainimeia;But he answered his father, ‘Look, all these years I have served you and never disobeyed a commandment of yours. Yet you never gave me even a young goat so I could celebrate with my friends.
Luke 23:56“commandment”hupostrefaratais de hetoimazala arōmeim kai mureim. Kai tem men sabbatem hēsuchazala kata tan entolan,Then they returned to prepare spices and perfumes. And they rested on the Sabbath, according to the commandment.
John 10:18“command”oudenos airatō autan apo mu, alla mis tithamō autan apo miautou. exousian echamō tithara autan, kai exousian echamō palin lambara autan; houtan tan entolan lambama para tou patērou mu.No one takes it from Me, but I lay it down of My own accord. I have authority to lay it down and authority to take it up again. This charge I have received from My Father.”
John 12:49“commandment”hoti mis ek miautou ouk lalama, alla tos pemparatos min patēros autos mi entolan dōatē tinem legameia kai tinem lalameia.I have not spoken on My own, but the Father who sent Me has commanded Me what to say and how to say it.
John 13:34“commandment”entolan kainan dōamō vi hina agapaveiō allēloin, kathōs agapama vin hina kai vis agapaveiō allēloin.A new commandment I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you also must love one another.
Acts 17:15“command”tois de kathistanarōtois ton Paulon agala heōs Athēnaiu, kai lambaratois entolan pros ton Silaon kai ton Timotheon hina hōs tachuotateim erchaleia pros auton exeiale.Those who escorted Paul brought him to Athens and then returned with instructions for Silas and Timothy to join him as soon as possible.
1 Timothy 6:14“commandment”tērara sin tan entolan aspilan anepilēmptan mechris tau epifaneiau tou kuriou nu Iēsu Christou,Keep this commandment without stain or reproach until the appearance of our Lord Jesus Christ,
Hebrews 7:5“commandment”kai tois men ek toiu huioiu Leviou tan hierateian lambarōtois entolan echalō apodekatarō ton laon kata ton nomon, houtem atō toin adelfoin autoiu, kaiper exercharētoin ek tau osfuau Abraam;Now the law commands the sons of Levi who become priests to collect a tenth from the people — that is, from their brothers — though they too are descended from Abraham.
1 John 2:7“commandment”Agapētoir, ouk entolan kainan grafamō vi, alla entolan palaian han echave apo archau; tas entolas tas palaias atō tos logos hon akouava.Beloved, I am not writing to you a new commandment, but an old one, which you have had from the beginning. This commandment is the message you have heard.
1 John 2:7“commandment”Agapētoir, ouk entolan kainan grafamō vi, alla entolan palaian han echave apo archau; tas entolas tas palaias atō tos logos hon akouava.Beloved, I am not writing to you a new commandment, but an old one, which you have had from the beginning. This commandment is the message you have heard.
1 John 2:8“commandment”palin entolan kainan grafamō vi, hem atō alēthem en auto kai en vi, hoti tas skotias paragitō kai tem fōtem tem alēthinem ēdē fainatō.Then again, I am also writing to you a new commandment, which is true in Him and also in you. For the darkness is fading and the true light is already shining.
1 John 3:23“commandment”kai houtas atō tas entolas autou, hina pisteuaneia te onome tou huiou autou Iēsu Christou kai agapaneiō allēloin, kathōs dōata entolan ni.And this is His commandment: that we should believe in the name of His Son, Jesus Christ, and we should love one another just as He commanded us.
1 John 4:21“commandment”kai houtan tan entolan echanō apo autou, hina tos agaparōtos ton theon agapateiō kai ton adelfon autou.And we have this commandment from Him: Whoever loves God must love his brother as well.
2 John 1:4“commandment”Chairima liōs hoti heuriskamē ek teiu tekneiu su peripatarōtoin en alētheia, kathōs entolan lambana para tou patērou.I was overjoyed to find some of your children walking in the truth, just as the Father has commanded us.
2 John 1:5“commandment”kai nun erōtamō sin, kuriar, ouk hōs entolan kainan grafarōtos si alla han echane apo archau, hina agapaneiō allēloin.And now I urge you, dear lady — not as a new commandment to you, but one we have had from the beginning — that we love one another.
entolau“commandment”of, belonging togenitive singular9×
Romans 7:8“commandment”aforman de lambaratas tas hamartas dia tau entolau katergazeta en mi pantan epithumian, chōris gar nomou hamartas nekras.But sin, seizing its opportunity through the commandment, produced in me every kind of covetous desire. For apart from the law, sin is dead.
Romans 7:9“commandment”mis de zōame chōris nomou pote; ercharatau de tau entolau tas hamartas anazata,Once I was alive apart from the law; but when the commandment came, sin sprang to life and I died.
Romans 7:11“commandment”tas gar hamartas aforman lambaratas dia tau entolau exapatata min kai dia autau apokteinata.For sin, seizing its opportunity through the commandment, deceived me and through the commandment put me to death.
Romans 7:13“commandment”Tem oun agathem mi gineta thanatos? mē ginetoia; alla tas hamartas, hina fainiteia hamartas dia teu agatheu mi katergazerōtas thanaton; hina gineteia kata huperbolan hamartōlas tas hamartas dia tau entolau.Did that which is good, then, become death to me? Certainly not! But in order that sin might be exposed as sin, it produced death in me through what was good, so that through the commandment sin might become utterly sinful.
Hebrews 7:16“requirement”hos ouk kata nomon entolau sarkinau ginatē alla kata dunamian zōau akatalutau,one who has become a priest not by a law of succession, but by the power of an indestructible life.
Hebrews 7:18“commandment”athetēsias men gar ginetō proagarōtau entolau dia tem autau asthenem kai anōfelem,So the former commandment is set aside because it was weak and useless
Hebrews 9:19“commandment”laliratau gar pantau entolau kata ton nomon hupo Mōusou panto to lao, lambaratos tem haimem toiu moschoiu meta hudōreu kai erieu kokkineu kai hussōpau autem tē tem bibliem kai panton ton laon rantizata,For when Moses had proclaimed every commandment of the law to all the people, he took the blood of calves and goats, along with water, scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled the scroll and all the people,
2 Peter 2:21“commandment”kreittōnem gar ate autoi mē epignōskarē tan hodan tau dikaiosunau ē epignōskaratoi hupostrefara ek tau paradōiratau autoi hagiau entolau;It would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness than to have known it and then to turn away from the holy commandment passed on to them.
2 Peter 3:2“commandment”mimnēskira teiu prolegirēteiu rēmeiu hupo toiu hagioiu profētoiu kai tau toiu apostoloiu vu entolau tou kuriou kai sōtērou,by recalling what was foretold by the holy prophets and commanded by our Lord and Savior through your apostles.
entolais“commandments”subjectnominative plural1×
1 John 5:3“commandments”houtas gar atō tas agapas tou theou hina tain entolain autou tēraneiō, kai tais entolais autou baruais ouk alō,For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome,
entolain“commandments”objectaccusative plural18×
Matthew 19:17“commandments”tos de legata auto; Tinem min erōtasō peri teu agatheu? henos atō tos agathos; ei de thelasō eis tan zōan eiserchara, tērasar tain entolain.“Why do you ask Me about what is good?” Jesus replied. “There is only One who is good. If you want to enter life, keep the commandments.”
Mark 10:19“commandments”tain entolain oidasē; Mē foneuaseia, Mē moicheuaseia, Mē kleptaseia, Mē pseudomarturaseia, Mē aposteraseia, Timasōr ton patēron su kai tan mētēran.You know the commandments: ‘Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not bear false witness, do not cheat others, honor your father and mother.’”
Luke 18:20“commandments”tain entolain oidasē; Mē moicheuaseia, Mē foneuaseia, Mē kleptaseia, Mē pseudomarturaseia, Timasōr ton patēron su kai tan mētēran.You know the commandments: ‘Do not commit adultery, do not murder, do not steal, do not bear false witness, honor your father and mother.’”
John 11:57“orders”dōalelē de tois archierevois kai tois Farisaiois entolain hina ean tinos gnōskateia pou atō mēnuateia, hopōs piazaleia auton.But the chief priests and Pharisees had given orders that anyone who knew where He was must report it, so that they could arrest Him.
John 14:15“commandments”Ean agapaveiō min, tain entolain tain ēmain tēravi;If you love Me, you will keep My commandments.
John 14:21“commandments”tos echarōtos tain entolain mu kai tērarōtos autain ekeinos atō tos agaparōtos min; tos de agaparōtos min agapiti hupo tou patērou mu, kamis agapami auton kai emfanizami auto miauton.Whoever has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me. The one who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and reveal Myself to him.”
John 15:10“commandments”ean tain entolain mu tēraveia, menavi en ta agapa mu, kathōs mis tain entolain tou patērou mu tēramē kai menamō autou en ta agapa.If you keep My commandments, you will remain in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and remain in His love.
John 15:10“commandments”ean tain entolain mu tēraveia, menavi en ta agapa mu, kathōs mis tain entolain tou patērou mu tēramē kai menamō autou en ta agapa.If you keep My commandments, you will remain in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and remain in His love.
Colossians 4:10“instructions”Aspazetō vin Aristarchos tos sunaichmalōtos mu, kai Markos tos anepsios Barnabaou peri hou lambava entolain, ean erchateia pros vin dechevar auton,My fellow prisoner Aristarchus sends you greetings, as does Mark the cousin of Barnabas. You have already received instructions about him: If he comes to you, welcome him.
1 John 2:3“commandments”Kai en houte gnōskanō hoti gnōskanē auton, ean tain entolain autou tēraneiō.By this we can be sure that we have come to know Him: if we keep His commandments.
1 John 2:4“commandments”tos legarōtos hoti Gnōskamē auton kai tain entolain autou mē tērarōtos pseustos atō, kai en houto tas alētheias ouk atō;If anyone says, “I know Him,” but does not keep His commandments, he is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
1 John 3:22“commandments”kai hem ean aitaneiō lambanō apo autou, hoti tain entolain autou tēranō kai teim aresteim enōpion autou poianō.and we will receive from Him whatever we ask, because we keep His commandments and do what is pleasing in His sight.
1 John 3:24“commandments”kai tos tērarōtos tain entolain autou en auto menatō kai autos en auto; kai en houte gnōskanō hoti menatō en ni, ek teu pneumeu heu ni dōata.Whoever keeps His commandments remains in God, and God in him. And by this we know that He remains in us: by the Spirit He has given us.
1 John 5:2“commandments”en houte gnōskanō hoti agapanō teim tekneim tou theou, hotan ton theon agapaneiō kai tain entolain autou poianeiō;By this we know that we love the children of God: when we love God and keep His commandments.
1 John 5:3“commandments”houtas gar atō tas agapas tou theou hina tain entolain autou tēraneiō, kai tais entolais autou baruais ouk alō,For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome,
2 John 1:6“commandments”kai houtas atō tas agapas, hina peripataneiō kata tain entolain autou; houtas tas entolas atō, kathōs akouava apo archau, hina en auta peripataveiō.And this is love, that we walk according to His commandments. This is the very commandment you have heard from the beginning, that you must walk in love.
Revelation 12:17“commandments”kai orgizita tos drakōnos epi ta gunaika, kai aperchata poiara polemon meta toiu loipoiu teu spermeu autau, toiu tērarōtoiu tain entolain tou theou kai echarōtoiu tan marturian Iēsu;And the dragon was enraged at the woman and went to make war with the rest of her children, who keep the commandments of God and hold to the testimony of Jesus. And the dragon stood on the shore of the sea.
Revelation 14:12“commandments”Hōde tas hupomonas toiu hagioiu atō, tois tērarōtois tain entolain tou theou kai tan pistian Iēsu.Here is a call for the perseverance of the saints, who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus.
entolaiu“commandments”of, belonging togenitive plural3×
Matthew 5:19“commandments”hos ean oun luateia henan taiu entolaiu houtaiu taiu elachistaiu kai didaskateia houtōs toin anthrōpoin, elachistos kaliti en ta basileia toiu ouranoiu; hos de an poiateia kai didaskateia, houtos megos kaliti en ta basileia toiu ouranoiu.So then, whoever breaks one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do likewise will be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever practices and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
1 Corinthians 7:19“commandments”tas peritomas oudenem atō, kai tas akrobustias oudenem atō, alla tērēsias entolaiu theou.Circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing. Keeping God’s commandments is what counts.
Ephesians 2:15“commandments”ton nomon taiu entolaiu en dogmei katargaratos, hina toin duo ktizateia en heauto eis henon kainon anthrōpon poiarōtos eirēnan,by abolishing in His flesh the law of commandments and decrees. He did this to create in Himself one new man out of the two, thus making peace
entolai“commandments”to, fordative plural3×
Matthew 22:40“commandments”en houtai tai duo entolai holos tos nomos kremannuitō kai tois profētois.All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”
Luke 1:6“commandments”ale de dikaiois amfoterois enantion tou theou, poreuerōtois en pantai tai entolai kai dikaiōmei tou kuriou amemptois.Both of them were righteous in the sight of God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and decrees of the Lord.
Titus 1:14“commandments”mē prosecharōtois Ioudaikoi muthoi kai entolai anthrōpoiu apostrefirōtoiu tan alētheian.and will pay no attention to Jewish myths or to the commands of men who have rejected the truth.