Strong's Greek · G2753

κελεύω

keleúō

bid, (at, give) command(-ment)

Definition

"hail"; to incite by word, i.e. order

Derivation

from a primary (to urge on);

Appears 25 times in Scripture

Matthew 27:64

So give the order that the tomb be secured until the third day. Otherwise, His disciples may come and steal Him away and tell the people He has risen from the dead. And this last deception would be worse than the first.”

Matthew 14:9

The king was grieved, but because of his oaths and his guests, he ordered that her wish be granted

Matthew 8:18

When Jesus saw a large crowd around Him, He gave orders to cross to the other side of the sea.

Acts 8:38

And he gave orders to stop the chariot. Then both Philip and the eunuch went down into the water, and Philip baptized him.

Matthew 14:19

And He directed the crowds to sit down on the grass. Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, He spoke a blessing. Then He broke the loaves and gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the people.

Acts 4:15

So they ordered them to leave the Sanhedrin and then conferred together.

Matthew 18:25

Since the man was unable to pay, the master ordered that he be sold to pay his debt, along with his wife and children and everything he owned.

Acts 5:34

But a Pharisee named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law who was honored by all the people, stood up in the Sanhedrin and ordered that the men be put outside for a short time.

Matthew 27:58

He went to Pilate to ask for the body of Jesus, and Pilate ordered that it be given to him.

Acts 12:19

After Herod had searched for him unsuccessfully, he examined the guards and ordered that they be executed. Then he went down from Judea to Caesarea and spent some time there.

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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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