2001 Translation

ENTOLĒN, entolēn

Sounds Like: en-to-LEN

Translations: commandment, a commandment, instruction, a instruction, precept, a precept, order, an order

From the root: ἘΝΤΟΛΗ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to a command, instruction, or precept given by an authority. It is often used in a religious context to refer to God's commandments or laws. It can be used in sentences like 'He kept the commandment' or 'They received an instruction.'

Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Feminine

Strong’s number: G1785 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

1 Enoch Greek Collection

• 1 Enoch — 14:1

Aristeas

• Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:228

Barnabus

• Letter of Barnabas — 6:1, 9:5, 10:11, 21:8

Clement of Alexandria

• Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 11:22

Ignatius of Antioch

• Ignatius’ Letter to the Smyrnaeans — 8:1
• Ignatius’ Letter to the Magnesians — 4:1

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 1 — 19:296
• Book 3 — 1:16, 6:104
• Book 5 — 1:94
• Book 6 — 4:60, 6:101, 7:146
• Book 7 — 1:39
• Book 8 — 3:94, 14:365, 15:414
• Book 10 — 2:28, 9:178
• Book 14 — 5:80
• Book 15 — 3:69, 3:85

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book One — 23:7, 23:13

Justin Martyr

• Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 46:4

Polycarp of Smyrna

• Polycarp’s Letter to the Philippians — 3:3

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• Exodus — 12:17
• Deuteronomy — 26:13
• Joshua — 22:3
• 1 Samuel — 13:13
• 1 Kings — 2:43, 13:21
• 2 Kings — 17:34, 21:8
• 2 Chronicles — 29:15, 29:25, 30:16, 35:10, 35:16
• Ezra (Alpha) — 4:52
• Nehemiah — 13:5
• 1 Maccabees — 2:31, 2:53
• 4 Maccabees — 13:15, 16:24
• Proverbs — 13:13, 19:13
• Ecclesiastes — 8:5
• Jeremiah — 42:16, 42:18
• Daniel (Old Greek) — 3:12
• Malachi — 2:4
• Enoch — 14:1

The Shepherd of Hermas — Commandments

• Mandate 1 — 1:2
• Mandate 2 — 1:7
• Mandate 3 — 1:2, 1:5
• Mandate 5 — 2:8
• Mandate 8 — 1:12

The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables

• Parable 5 — 2:2, 2:4, 2:7, 3:3

Tischendorf's Greek New Testament

• Matthew — 15:3
• Mark — 7:8, 7:9, 10:5
• Luke — 15:29, 23:56
• John — 10:18, 12:49, 13:34
• Acts — 17:15
• 1 Timothy — 6:14
• Hebrews — 7:5
• 1 John — 2:7, 2:8, 3:23, 4:21
• 2 John — 1:4, 1:5

Twelve Disciples

• The Didache — 1:5, 13:5, 13:7

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἘΝΤΟΛΗ.

These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.

• ἘΝΤΟΑΣ — commands, precepts, ordinances, instructions, a command, a precept, an ordinance, an instruction
• ἘΝΤΟΛΑΙ — commandments, commands, orders, precepts
• ἘΝΤΟΛΑΙΣ — (to) commandments, (to) commands, (to) orders, (to) precepts
• ἘΝΤΟΛΑΣ — commandment, command, instruction, precept
• ἘΝΤΟΛΗ — commandment, a commandment, command, an order, instruction, a precept
• ἘΝΤΟΛΩΝ — of commandments, of commands, of precepts

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