Strong's Greek · G1785

ἐντολή

entolḗ

commandment, precept

Definition

injunction, i.e. an authoritative prescription

Derivation

from G1781 (ἐντέλλομαι);

Appears 67 times in Scripture

Matthew 19:17

“Why do you ask Me about what is good?” Jesus replied. “There is only One who is good. If you want to enter life, keep the commandments.”

Mark 10:5

But Jesus told them, “Moses wrote this commandment for you because of your hardness of heart.

Mark 7:8

You have disregarded the commandment of God to keep the tradition of men.”

Matthew 5:19

So then, whoever breaks one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do likewise will be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever practices and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

Mark 10:19

You know the commandments: ‘Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not bear false witness, do not cheat others, honor your father and mother.’”

Mark 7:9

He went on to say, “You neatly set aside the command of God to maintain your own tradition.

Matthew 22:40

All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”

Matthew 22:36

“Teacher, which commandment is the greatest in the Law?”

Matthew 15:3

Jesus replied, “And why do you break the command of God for the sake of your tradition?

Matthew 22:38

This is the first and greatest commandment.

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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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