To order
παραγγέλλωStrong’s G3853parangellō
Appears in 31 verses of the New Testament
In short
Parangellō is the Greek word usually translated “instructed”, “having instructed” and “commanded”. It appears in 31 verses of the New Testament.
“And we have confidence in the Lord touching you, that ye both do and will do the things which we command you.”
Meaning
Usually translated “instructed”, “having instructed” and “commanded”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- he instructed 5
- having instructed 3
- they commanded 2
- we commanded 2
- we command 2
- do command 2
- he having commanded 1
- he directs 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Acts 11
- 1 Timothy 5
- Luke 4
- 2 Thessalonians 4
- Matthew 2
- Mark 2
8 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 2 Thessalonians 3:6In contextNow we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition which he received of us.
- 2 Thessalonians 3:10In contextFor even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.
- 2 Thessalonians 3:12In contextNow them that are such we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.
- 1 Timothy 1:3In contextAs I besought thee to abide still at Ephesus, when I went into Macedonia, that thou mightest charge some that they teach no other doctrine,
- 1 Timothy 4:11In contextThese things command and teach.
- 1 Timothy 5:7In contextAnd these things give in charge, that they may be blameless.
Greek dictionary
παραγγέλλω parangellō · to order
παρ-αγγέλλω (παρά, ἀγγὲλλω), [in LXX for שָׁמַע pi., hi., etc. ;] 1. to transmit a message (Æsch., Eur.). 2. to order, command (Hdt., Xen., al.) : with inf., Act.15:5; with accusative of thing(s), 1Co.11:17, 2Th.3:4, 1Ti.4:11 5:7; before ἵνα (M, Pr., 207; Bl., § 69, 4), Mrk.6:8, 2Th.3:12; with dative of person(s), Act.17:30 R, txt., 1Th.4:11; before λέγων, Mat.10:5; with inf. aor., Mat.15:35, Mrk.8:6, Luk.8:29, Act.10:42 16:18 (aoristic pres.; see M, Pr., 119); id. with neg., μή, Luk.5:14 8:56, Act.23:22, 1Co.7:10; with inf. pres., Act.16:23, 2Th.3:6; id. with neg., ιή, Luk.9:21, Act.1:4 4:1 …
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.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.