ἐντολή, -ῆς, ἡ
(< ἐντέλλω, q.v.), [in LXX chiefly for מִצְוָה; in pl. freq. in Pss for פִּקּוּדִים;]
1. generally, a charge, injunction, order, command: Lk 15:29, Jo 10:1811:5712:49, 5014:31, Ac 17:15, Col 4:10; ἐ. σαρκίνη, He 7:16, 18
2. Esp. of religious precepts and commandments;
(a) of God's commandments: in OT, Mt 15:322:36, 38, 40; Mk 10:5, 1912:28, 31Eph 2:15, He 9:19; esp. of the decalogue, Mt 5:1919:17, Mk 10:19, Lk 18:2023:56, Ro 7:8-1313:9, Eph 6:2; of God's commandments in general, Lk 1:6, I Co 7:19, I Jo 2:3-83:22-244:215:2, 3, Re 12:1714:12; collectively, ἡ ἐ. (cf. τ.ἔργον τ. θεοῦ, Jo 6:29), I Ti 6:14, II Pe 2:213:2;
(b) of things commanded Christ by the Father: Jo 12:49, 5014:3115:10;
(c) of the precepts of Christ: Jo 13:3414:15, 2115:10, 12, I Co 14:37.
3. Phrases: seq. ἵνα, Jo 13:3415:12, I Jo 3:234:21, II Jo 6; ἐντολὴν (ὰς) παραβαίνειν, Mt 15:3; ἀκυροῦν, Mt 15:6 Rec.; τηρεῖν, Mt 19:17, Jo 15:10, al.; ποιεῖν, I Jo 5:2; διδόναι, Jo 11:57; λαμβάνειν, Jo 10:18, II Jo 4; ἔχειν, Jo 14:21, He 7:5; ἐ. καὶ δικαιώματα, Lk 1:6; ἐντολαὶ ἀνθρώπων (of Jewish tradition), Tit 1:14; ἐ. καινή, Jo 13:34, I Jo 2:7, II Jo 5.†