ἐντολή, -ῆς, ἡ, (ἐντέλλω Or ἐντέλλομαι, 4. v-), fr. Pind. and Hdt. down; Sept. often for ΤῚΝ, in the Pss. the plur. ἐντολαΐ also for Dpa; an order, command, charge, precept ; 1. univ. a charge, injunction: Lk. xv. 29; ἐντολὴν λαμβάνειν παρά τινος, Jn. x. 18; πρός τινα, Acts XVii. 15; λαβεῖν ἐντολὰς περί τινος, Col. iv. 10; that which is prescribed to one by reason of his office, ἐντολὴν ἔχειν foll. by inf., Heb. vii. 5; ἐντολὴν διδόναι τινί, Jn. xiv. 31 LTr WH; with τί εἴπῃ added, of Christ, whom God commanded what to teach to men, Jn. xii. 49; ἡ ἐντολὴ αὐτοῦ, of God, respecting the same thing, vs. 50. 2. a commandment, i. e. a prescribed rule in accordance with which a thing is done; a. univ. ἐντολὴ σαρκική [-ἰνη ἃ LT Tr WH], a precept relating to lineage, Heb. vii. 16; of the Mosaic precept concerning the priesthood, Heb. vii. 18; of a magistrate’s order or edict: ἐντολὴν διδόναι, iva, Jn. xi. 57. Ὁ. ethically; a. used of the commandments of the Mosaic law: ἡ ἐντολὴ τοῦ θεοῦ, what God prescribes in the law of Moses, Mt. xv. 3, (and RG in vs. 6); Mk. vii. 8sq.; esp. of particular precepts of this law as distinguished from ὁ νόμος (the law) their body or sum: Mt. xxii. 36,38; Mk. x. 5; xii. 28sqq.; Ro. vii. 8-13; xiii. 9; Eph. vi. 2; Heb. ix. 19; κατὰ τ. ἐντολήν, according to the precept of the law, Lk. xxiii. 56; plur., Mt. [v. 19]; xxii. 40; Mk. x. 19; (LK. xviii. 20]; τηρεῖν τὰς ἐντολάς, Mt. xix. 17; πορεύεσθαι ἐν τ. ἐντολαῖς, Lk. i. 6; ὁ νόμος τῶν ἐντολῶν, the law containing the precepts, Eph. ii. 15 (see δόγμα, 2). β. of the precepts of Jewish tradition: ἐντολαὶ ἀνθρώπων, Tit. 1. 14. y. univ. of the commandments of God, esp. as promulgated in the Christian religion: 1 Jn. iii. 23; iv. 21; v. 3; ἐντολὴν διδόναι, 1 Jn. iii. 23 ; ἐντολὴν ἔχειν, ἵνα, 1 Jn. iv. 21; ἐντολὴν λαβεῖν παρὰ τοῦ πατρός, 2 Jn. 4; τήρησις ἐντολῶν θεοῦ, 1 Co. vii. 19; τηρεῖν τὰς ἐντολὰς αὐτοῦ, 1 Jn. 11. 3 sq.; iii. 22, 24; v. 2 [here L T Tr WH ποιῶμεν], 3; or τοῦ θεοῦ, Rey. xii. 17; xiv. 12; ποιεῖν ras ἐντολὰς αὐτοῦ, Rey. xxii. 14 RG; περιπατεῖν κατὰ τὰς ἐντολὰς αὐτοῦ, 2 Jn. 6; of those things which God commanded to be done by Christ, Jn. xv. 10°; of the precepts of Christ relative to the orderly management of affairs in religious assemblies, 1 Co. xiv. 37 RGLTr WH; of the moral precepts of Christ and his apostles: ἐντολὴν διδόναι, ἵνα, Jn. xiii. 345 ἐντολὴν γράφειν, 1 Jn. ii. 7sq.; [2 Jn. 5]; τὰς ἐντολὰς τηρεῖν, Jn. [xiv. 15]; xv. 10°; ἔχειν ras evr. x. τηρεῖν αὐτάς, “habere in memoria et servare in vita” (Augustine), Jn. xiv. 21; αὕτη ἐστὶν ἡ evr. iva, Jn. xv. 12, cf. 1 In. iii. 28. ἡ ἐντολή, collectively, of the whole body of the moral precepts of Christianity: 1 Tim. vi. 14; 2 Pet. ii. 21; iii. 2, (thus ἡ ἐντολὴ τοῦ θεοῦ, Polye. ad Phil. 5).

ἐντολή entolē 67x

an injunction; a precept, commandment, law, Mt. 5:19; 15:3, 6; an order, direction, Acts 17:15; an edict, Jn. 11:57; a direction, Mk. 10:5; a commission, Jn. 10:18, a charge of matters to be proclaimed or received, Jn. 12:49, 50; 1 Tim. 6:14; 2 Pet. 2:21

ἐντολή, -ῆς, ἡ

(< ἐντέλλω, q.v.), [in LXX chiefly for מִצְוָה; in pl. freq. in Pss for פִּקּוּדִים ;]

generally, a charge, injunction, order, command: Lk 15:29, Jo 10:18 11:57 12:49, 50 14:31, Ac 17:15, Col 4:10; ἐ. σαρκίνη, He 7:16, 18

Esp. of religious precepts and commandments;

of God's commandments: in OT, Mt 15:3 22:36, 38, 40 ; Mk 10:5, 19 12:28, 31 Eph 2:15, He 9:19; esp. of the decalogue, Mt 5:19 19:17, Mk 10:19, Lk 18:20 23:56, Ro 7:8-13 13:9, Eph 6:2; of God's command­ments in general, Lk 1:6, I Co 7:19, I Jo 2:3-8 3:22-24 4:21 5:2, 3, Re 12:17 14:12; collectively, ἡ ἐ. (cf. τ. ἔργον τ. θεοῦ, Jo 6:29), I Ti 6:14, II Pe 2:21 3:2;

of things commanded Christ by the Father: Jo 12:49, 50 14:31 15:10;

of the precepts of Christ: Jo 13:34 14:15, 21 15:10, 12, I Co 14:37.

Phrases: seq. ἵνα, Jo 13:34 15:12, I Jo 3:23 4:21, 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.†

ἐντολή is used of a royal ‘‘ ordinance” of Euergetes IT. in P Tebt I. 610 (B.C. 140) broreTaxa]pev δὲ Kal τῆς παρὰ τοῦ βασιλέως[καὶ τῶν βασιλισσῶν παραδεδοἸμένης περὶ τῶν ἀνηκόντων [τοῖς ἱεροῖς κομίζεσθαι ἐϊντολῆς τὸ ἀντίγραφον, and in Par 6518 (B.c. 146), the writer, after informing Ptolemy Philometor that he had executed certain instructions regarding Egyptian contracts, adds— μὲν ἐντολὴ ἐγδέδοται ἡμῖν els τὴν A τοῦ ᾿Αθύρ: cf. P Lille I. 385 (c. B.c. 240) ἐν(τολὴ) τοῖς ἐλαιοκαπήλοις, ‘‘ circulaire aux revendeurs ᾿᾿ (Ed.). From Roman times we may cite the reference to Imperial ordinances —tats θειαῖς ἐντολαῖς in an inscr. from Bulgaria, Sy// 418°4 (a.D. 238) : cf. τ Cor 719 αἱ. Other more general exx. are P Ryl II. 812 (the letter of an official—c. A.D. 104) μεμνῆσ[θαί μΊου τῆς yevopevy[s] αὐτῷ ἐντολῆς, BGU 11. 6008 (ii/ili A.D.) ἐνμένω πᾶσι ταῖς προγεγραμέν[α7ις [ἐν]τολαῖς [κ]αθὼς κυρί[α], ἠμεληκέναι σου τῶν évroA@y—the letter perhaps of a slave to her mistress. For κατὰ τ. ἐ. cf. PSI 1117. 236° (ili/iv A.D.) κατὰ τὰς ἐντολὰς ἂς elxo[v, BGU III. 9411} (A.D. 376) ταῦτα δὲ παρέσχες τῷ [ . . .1᾿Απολλωνί[ῳ] kat’ ἐντολήν.

ἐντολή (entolē) — commandment. ἐντολ-ή, ἡ, injunction, order, command, frequently in plural, orders, commands, [NT+5th c.BC+]; ἐντολὰς δοῦναι Decrees cited in [Refs 5th c.BC+]; royal ordinance, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; θεῖαι ἐ., of Imperial ordinances, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]; ἀπ᾽ ἐντολῆς by proxy, [Refs 2nd c.AD+] —Rare in Trag. and _Attic dialect_ Prose.