Strong's Greek · G2753
G2753 keleúō
κελεύω
kel-yoo'-o
to order
Looking for Hebrew H2753 Chôrîy? It has the same number in Strong's Hebrew lexicon but is a different word, not a translation of G2753. Strong's numbering starts again for each language.
keleúō appears 25 times in Scripture, including Matthew 8:18 and Acts 4:15. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
"hail"; to incite by word, i.e. order
In the King James Version
bid, (at, give) command(-ment)
Derivation
from a primary κέλλω (to urge on);
Appears 25 times in Scripture
“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.””
“The king was grieved, but because of his oaths and his guests, he ordered that her wish be granted”
“When Jesus saw a large crowd around Him, He gave orders to cross to the other side of the sea.”
“And he gave orders to stop the chariot. Then both Philip and the eunuch went down into the water, and Philip baptized him.”
“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.”
“So they ordered them to leave the Sanhedrin and then conferred together.”
“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.”
“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.”
“He went to Pilate to ask for the body of Jesus, and Pilate ordered that it be given to him.”
“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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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).
