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ἐντολή
entolḗ · Greek · Strong's G1785 · 66 occurrences
The KJV renders 13 different Hebrew and Greek words as “commandment”
What it means
injunction, i.e. an authoritative prescription
from G1781 (ἐντέλλομαι);
How the KJV renders it
commandment, precept
Where that flattens a distinction
The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.
“commandment”
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Where it appears
66 occurrences in the Greek text, first 60 verses shown.
1 Corinthians 7:19 · N-GPF
Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but what matters is keeping God’s commandments.
1 John 2:3 · N-APF
This is how we know that we know him: if we keep his commandments.
1 John 2:4 · N-APF
One who says, “I know him,” and doesn’t keep his commandments, is a liar, and the truth isn’t in him.
1 John 2:7 · N-ASF
Brothers, I write no new commandment to you, but an old commandment which you had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which you heard from the beginning.
1 John 2:8 · N-ASF
Again, I write a new commandment to you, which is true in him and in you, because the darkness is passing away and the true light already shines.
1 John 3:22 · N-APF
so whatever we ask, we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do the things that are pleasing in his sight.
1 John 3:23 N-ASF1 John 3:24 N-APF1 John 4:21 N-ASF1 John 5:2 N-APF1 John 5:3 N-APF1 Timothy 6:14 N-ASF2 John 1:4 N-ASF2 John 1:5 N-ASF2 John 1:6 N-APF2 Peter 2:21 N-GSF2 Peter 3:2 N-GSFActs 17:15 N-ASFColossians 4:10 N-APFEphesians 2:15 N-GPFEphesians 6:2 N-NSFHebrews 7:5 N-ASFHebrews 7:16 N-GSFHebrews 7:18 N-GSFHebrews 9:19 N-GSFJohn 10:18 N-ASFJohn 11:57 N-APFJohn 12:49 N-ASFJohn 12:50 N-NSFJohn 13:34 N-ASFJohn 14:15 N-APFJohn 14:21 N-APFJohn 15:10 N-APFJohn 15:12 N-NSFLuke 1:6 N-DPFLuke 15:29 N-ASFLuke 18:20 N-APFLuke 23:56 N-ASFMatthew 5:19 N-GPFMatthew 15:3 N-ASFMatthew 19:17 N-APFMatthew 22:36 N-NSFMatthew 22:38 N-NSFMatthew 22:40 N-DPFMark 7:8 N-ASFMark 7:9 N-ASFMark 10:5 N-ASFMark 10:19 N-APFMark 12:28 N-NSFMark 12:31 N-NSFRevelation 12:17 N-APFRevelation 14:12 N-APFRomans 7:8 N-GSFRomans 7:9 N-GSFRomans 7:10 N-NSFRomans 7:11 N-GSFRomans 7:12 N-NSFRomans 7:13 N-GSFRomans 13:9 N-NSFTitus 1:14 N-DPF
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