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To order

ἐντέλλωStrong’s G1781

entellō

Appears in 15 verses of the New Testament

In short

Entellō is the Greek word usually translated “give orders”, “did command” and “commanded”. It appears in 15 verses of the New Testament.

“And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.”
Matthew 4:6 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “give orders”, “did command” and “commanded”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • he will give orders 2
  • did command 2
  • commanded 2
  • instructed 1
  • i commanded 1
  • he commanded 1
  • he has commanded 1
  • command 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Matthew 4
  • John 4
  • Mark 2
  • Acts 2
  • Hebrews 2
  • Luke 1

6 books in all.

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Explore in Scripture
All 15 verses, by book
Mark 2
10:313:34
Luke 1
4:10
Acts 2
1:213:47
Hebrews 2
9:2011:22
Greek dictionary

ἐντέλλω entellō · to order

ἐν-τέλλω [in LXX, as in NT (and mostly in Hdt.), always mid., chiefly for צָוָה pi. ;] -ομαι, to command, enjoin, instruct: before περί Heb.11:22; with inf., Mat.19:7; with dative of person(s), Act.1:2; οὕτως, Act.13:47; καθώς, Jhn.14:31 (ἐντολὴν ἔδωκεν, WH); before λέγων, Mat.17:9; with inf., Jhn.8:5; ἵνα, Mrk.13:34; with accusative of thing(s), Mat.28:20, Mrk.10:3, Jhn.15:14, 17; before περί, with genitive of person(s), Mat.4:6 and Luk.4:10 (LXX); διαθήκην ἐ. πρός, with accusative of person(s), Heb.9:20 (LXX) (cf. Sir.45:3).† SYN.: κελεύω, to command, of verbal orders in general; …

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “order” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

OR'DER, noun

[Latin ordo.]

  1. Regular disposition or methodical arrangement of things; a word of extensive application; as the order of troops or parade; the order of books in a library; the order of proceedings in a legislative assembly. order is the life of business.
  2. Proper state; as the muskets are all in good order When the bodily organs are in order a person is in health; when they are out of order he is indisposed.
  3. Adherence to the point in discussion, according to established rules of debate; as, the member is not in order that is, he wanders from the question.
  4. Established mode of proceeding.
All definitions and other forms of “order”
  1. Regularity; settled mode of operation.
  2. Mandate; precept; command; authoritative direction.
  3. Rule; regulation; as the rules and orders of a legislative house.
  4. Regular government or discipline.
  5. Rank; class; division of men; as the order of nobles; the order of priests; the higher orders of society; men of the lowest order; order of knights; military orders, etc.
  6. A religious fraternity; as the order of Benedictines.
  7. A division of natural objects, generally intermediate between class and genus.
  8. Measures; care.
  9. In rhetoric, the placing of words and members in a sentence in such a manner as to contribute to force and beauty of expression, or to the clear illustration of the subject.
  10. The title of certain ancient books containing the divine office and manner of its performance.
  11. In architecture, a system of several members, ornaments and proportions of columns and pilasters; or a regular arrangement of the projecting parts of a building, especially of the columns, so as to form one beautiful whole.

OR'DER, verb transitive

  1. To regulate; to methodize; to systemize; to adjust; to subject to system in management and execution; as, to order domestic affairs with prudence.
  2. To lead; to conduct; to subject to rules or laws.“To him that ordereth his conversation aright, will I show the salvation of God” Psalms 50:23
  3. to direct; to command. the general ordered his troops to advance.
  4. To manage; to treat.“How shall we order the child?” Judges 13:12
  5. To ordain. [Not used.]
  6. To direct; to dispose in any particular manner.“Order my steps in thy word” Psalms 119:133

OR'DER, verb intransitive

to give command or direction.

    Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

    Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.