Strong's Greek · G1785
ἐντολή
entolḗ
commandment, precept
Definition
injunction, i.e. an authoritative prescription
Derivation
from G1781 (ἐντέλλομαι);
Appears 67 times in Scripture
““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.””
“But Jesus told them, “Moses wrote this commandment for you because of your hardness of heart.”
“You have disregarded the commandment of God to keep the tradition of men.””
“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.”
“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.’””
“He went on to say, “You neatly set aside the command of God to maintain your own tradition.”
“All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.””
““Teacher, which commandment is the greatest in the Law?””
“Jesus replied, “And why do you break the command of God for the sake of your tradition?”
“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).