ἐντέλλω

ἐν-τέλλω

[in LXX, as in NT (and mostly in Hdt.), always mid., chiefly for צָוָה pi. ;]

-ομαι, to command, enjoin, instruct: before περί Hebr 11,22 with inf., Matt 19,7 with dative of person(s), ApG 1,2 οὕτως, ApG 13,47 καθώς, Joh 14,31 (ἐντολὴν ἔδωκεν, WH); before λέγων, Matt 17,9 with inf., Joh 8,5 ἵνα, Mark 13,34 with accusative of thing(s), Matt 28,20, Mark 10,3, Joh 15,14, 17; before περί, with genitive of person(s), Matt 4,6 and Luk 4,10 (LXX); διαθήκην ἐ. πρός, with accusative of person(s), Hebr 9,20 (LXX) (cf. Sir 45,3).†

SYN.:

κελεύω, to command, of verbal orders in general;

παραγγέλλω, to charge, esp. of the transmitted orders of a military com­mander; ἐντέλλω points rather to the contents of the command (see Thayer, see word κελεύω)