ἐντολή

67 ἐντολή , -ῆς, ἡ ( ἐντέλλω , q.v.), [in LXX chiefly for מִצְוָה ; in pl. freq. in Pss for פִּקּוּדִים ;] generally, a charge, injunction, order, command : Lk 15:29 , Jo 10:18 11:57 12:49 , 50 14:31 , Ac 17:15 , Col 4:10 ; ἐ. σαρκίνη , He 7:16 , 18 Esp. of religious precepts and commandments; of God's commandments: in OT, Mt 15:3 22:36 , 38 , 40 ; Mk 10:5 , 19 12:28 , 31 Eph 2:15 , He 9:19 ; esp. of the decalogue, Mt 5:19 19:17 , Mk 10:19 , Lk 18:20 23:56 , Ro 7:8-13 13:9 , Eph 6:2 ; of God's command­ments in general, Lk 1:6 , I Co 7:19 , I Jo 2:3-8 3:22-24 4:21 5:2 , 3 , Re 12:17 14:12 ; collectively, ἡ ἐ. (cf. τ. ἔργον τ. θεοῦ , Jo 6:29 ), I Ti 6:14 , II Pe 2:21 3:2 ; of things commanded Christ by the Father: Jo 12:49 , 50 14:31 15:10 ; of the precepts of Christ: Jo 13:34 14:15 , 21 15:10 , 12 , I Co 14:37 . Phrases: seq. ἵνα , Jo 13:34 15:12 , I Jo 3:23 4:21 , II Jo 6 ; ἐντολὴν ( ὰς ) παραβαίνειν , Mt 15:3 ; ἀκυροῦν , Mt 15:6 Rec.; τηρεῖν , Mt 19:17 , Jo 15:10 , al.; ποιεῖν , I Jo 5:2 ; διδόναι , Jo 11:57 ; λαμβάνειν , Jo 10:18 , II Jo 4 ; ἔχειν , Jo 14:21 , He 7:5 ; ἐ. καὶ δικαιώματα , Lk 1:6 ; ἐντολαὶ ἀνθρώπων (of Jewish tradition), Tit 1:14 ; ἐ. καινή , Jo 13:34 , I Jo 2:7 , II Jo 5 .†