Strong's G1785 · Greek
ἐντολή
entole · /en-tol-ay'/
Definition
from 1781; injunction, i.e. an authoritative prescription:--commandment, precept.
KJV: commandment, precept
Root / derivation: from 1781
KJV usage breakdown
How the Authorized (KJV) translators rendered ἐντολή across 65 verses.
Every occurrence (KJV)
65 verses use this word, grouped by book — the translated form is highlighted.
Matthew7 verses
Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
Matthew 15:3But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition?
Matthew 15:6And honour not his father or his mother, he shall be free. Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition.
Matthew 19:17And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.
Matthew 22:36Master, which is the great commandment in the law?
Matthew 22:38This is the first and great commandment.
Matthew 22:40On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.
Mark8 verses
For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men, as the washing of pots and cups: and many other such like things ye do.
Mark 7:9And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition. reject: or, frustrate
Mark 10:5And Jesus answered and said unto them, For the hardness of your heart he wrote you this precept.
Mark 10:19Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Defraud not, Honour thy father and mother.
Mark 12:28And one of the scribes came, and having heard them reasoning together, and perceiving that he had answered them well, asked him, Which is the first commandment of all?
Mark 12:29And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord:
Mark 12:30And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment.
Mark 12:31And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.
Luke4 verses
And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.
Luke 15:29And he answering said to his father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment: and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends:
Luke 18:20Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honour thy father and thy mother.
Luke 23:56And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments; and rested the sabbath day according to the commandment.
John9 verses
No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father.
John 11:57Now both the chief priests and the Pharisees had given a commandment, that, if any man knew where he were, he should shew it, that they might take him.
John 12:49For I have not spoken of myself; but the Father which sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.
John 12:50And I know that his commandment is life everlasting: whatsoever I speak therefore, even as the Father said unto me, so I speak.
John 13:34A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
John 14:15If ye love me, keep my commandments.
John 14:21He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.
John 15:10If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.
John 15:12This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.
Romans7 verses
But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead.
Romans 7:9For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.
Romans 7:10And the commandment, which was ordained to life, I found to be unto death.
Romans 7:11For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew me.
Romans 7:12Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.
Romans 7:13Was then that which is good made death unto me? God forbid. But sin, that it might appear sin, working death in me by that which is good; that sin by the commandment might become exceeding sinful.
Romans 13:9For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
1 Corinthians2 verses
Ephesians2 verses
1 Timothy1 verse
Titus1 verse
Hebrews4 verses
And verily they that are of the sons of Levi, who receive the office of the priesthood, have a commandment to take tithes of the people according to the law, that is, of their brethren, though they come out of the loins of Abraham:
Hebrews 7:16Who is made, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life.
Hebrews 7:18For there is verily a disannulling of the commandment going before for the weakness and unprofitableness thereof.
Hebrews 9:19For when Moses had spoken every precept to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves and of goats, with water, and scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book, and all the people, scarlet: or, purple
2 Peter2 verses
For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them.
2 Peter 3:2That ye may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of us the apostles of the Lord and Saviour:
1 John10 verses
And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.
1 John 2:4He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
1 John 2:7Brethren, I write no new commandment unto you, but an old commandment which ye had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which ye have heard from the beginning.
1 John 2:8Again, a new commandment I write unto you, which thing is true in him and in you: because the darkness is past, and the true light now shineth.
1 John 3:22And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.
1 John 3:23And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment.
1 John 3:24And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us.
1 John 4:21And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also.
1 John 5:2By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments.
1 John 5:3For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.
2 John3 verses
I rejoiced greatly that I found of thy children walking in truth, as we have received a commandment from the Father.
2 John 1:5And now I beseech thee, lady, not as though I wrote a new commandment unto thee, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one another.
2 John 1:6And this is love, that we walk after his commandments. This is the commandment, That, as ye have heard from the beginning, ye should walk in it.
Revelation3 verses
And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.
Revelation 14:12Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.
Revelation 22:14Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.
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Frequently asked questions
What does Strong's G1785 (entole) mean?
from 1781; injunction, i.e. an authoritative prescription:--commandment, precept.
How many times does G1785 appear in the Bible?
Strong's G1785 (ἐντολή) appears in 65 verses of the King James Version, most often translated “commandment.”
How is entole translated in the KJV?
In the KJV, Strong's G1785 is rendered as “commandment” (42×), “commandments” (27×), “precept” (2×).
Where does the Greek word ἐντολή come from?
from 1781