ἐντέλλομαι

15 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 )