keleuō (to order)

Meaning

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

How it's translated

he commanded 10
having commanded 4
do command 2
commanded 2
i commanded 2
commanded it 1
were commanding 1
he ordered 1

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

Where it's used most

Acts 18
Matthew 7
Luke 1

3 books in all.

Related words

Explore in Scripture

Matthew 14:9And the king was sorry: nevertheless for the oath’s sake, and them which sat with him at meat, he commanded it to be given her.
Matthew 14:19And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the grass, and took the five loaves, and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed, and brake, and gave the loaves to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude.
Matthew 14:28And Peter answered him and said, Lord, if it be thou, bid me come unto thee on the water.
Matthew 18:25But forasmuch as he had not to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife, and children, and all that he had, and payment to be made.
Matthew 27:58He went to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body to be delivered.
Matthew 27:64Command therefore that the sepulchre be made sure until the third day, lest his disciples come by night, and steal him away, and say unto the people, He is risen from the dead: so the last error shall be worse than the first.

All 26 verses, by book

Matthew 7: 8:18 14:9 14:19 14:28 18:25 27:58 27:64
Luke 1: 18:40
Acts 18: 4:15 5:34 8:38 12:19 16:22 21:33 21:34 22:24 22:30 23:3 23:10 23:35 24:8 25:6 25:17 25:21 25:23 27:43

Greek dictionary

κελεύω keleuō · to order

κελεύω [in LXX: I Est.9:53, Tob.8:18, al., and frequently in 1-4Mac ;] to urge on, bid by word of mouth, order, command (mostly of one in authority): with accusative and inf. aor., Mat.14:19, 28 18:25 27:64, Luk.18:40, Act.4:15 5:34 8:38 22:30 23:10 25:6, 17; with ellipse of accusative, Mat.8:18 14:9 27:58, Act.12:19 21:33; with accusative and inf. Pres., Act.21:34 22:24 23:3, 35 25:21 27:43; with ellipse of accusative, Act.16:22; ptcp. aor., Act.25:23.† SYN.: see: ἐντέλλω (AS)

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.]

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.
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.
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.
Established mode of proceeding.

All definitions and other forms of “order”

Regularity; settled mode of operation.
Mandate; precept; command; authoritative direction.
Rule; regulation; as the rules and orders of a legislative house.
Regular government or discipline.
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.
A religious fraternity; as the order of Benedictines.
A division of natural objects, generally intermediate between class and genus.
Measures; care.
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.
The title of certain ancient books containing the divine office and manner of its performance.
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

To regulate; to methodize; to systemize; to adjust; to subject to system in management and execution; as, to order domestic affairs with prudence.
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
to direct; to command. the general ordered his troops to advance.
To manage; to treat.“How shall we order the child?” Judges 13:12
To ordain. [Not used.]
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.