ἘΝΤΟΛΗ, ἐντολη
ENTOLĒ, entolē
Sounds Like: en-toh-LEE
Translations: commandment, a commandment, command, an order, instruction, a precept
From the root: ἘΝΤΟΛΗ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a command, an order, or an instruction, often with a sense of divine or authoritative decree. It is frequently used in religious contexts to denote a divine law or precept that must be obeyed. It can be used in sentences like 'He gave a commandment' or 'They kept the commandments.'
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G1785 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Barnabus
- Letter of Barnabas — 10:2
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 11:9
Clement of Rome
- Clement’s First Letter — 13:3
Ignatius of Antioch
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 15 — 6:186
Justin Martyr
Polycarp of Smyrna
- Polycarp’s Letter to the Philippians — 4:1
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Deuteronomy — 30:11
- 2 Kings — 18:36
- Nehemiah — 11:23, 12:24
- 1 Maccabees — 11:2
- Psalms — 18:9, 118:96
- Proverbs — 6:23
- Sirach — 39:31
- Malachi — 2:1
The Shepherd of Hermas — Commandments
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Matthew — 22:36, 22:38
- Mark — 12:28, 12:31
- John — 12:50, 15:12
- Romans — 7:10, 7:12, 13:9
- Ephesians — 6:2
- 1 John — 2:7, 3:23
- 2 John — 1:6
Twelve Disciples
- The Didache — 2:1
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
- ἘΝΤΟΛΗΝ — commandment, a commandment, instruction, a instruction, precept, a precept, order, an order
- ἘΝΤΟΛΩΝ — of commandments, of commands, of precepts
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