G2752: κέλευμα (kéleuma)

G2752 κέλευμα (kéleuma)

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Quick Definition

κέλευσμα, ατος, τό n.n. a word of command, a call

Strong's Definition

from 2753; a cry of incitement

KJV Usage: shout

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

κέλευσμα (G2752)

noun, n. | -τος | κελεύω

33.324 · Communication · Command, Order

command, call of command (derivative of κελεύω ‘to command,’ 33.323) the voicing of a command In a number of languages the expression ‘at the word of command’ may be rendered as ‘when the command is given’ or ‘when the command is shouted.’

1TH 4:16

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

κέλευσμα, -ros, τό, (κελεύω), fr. Aeschyl. and Hat. down, an order, command, spec. a stimulating cry, either that by which animals are roused and urged on by man, as horses by charioteers, hounds by hunters, ete., or that by which a signal is given to men, e. g. to rowers by the master of a ship (Lcian. tyr. or catapl. c. 19), to soldiers by a commander (Thue. 2, 92; Prov. xxiv. 62 (xxx. 27)): ἐν κελεύσματι, with a loud summons, a trumpet-call, 1 Th. iv. 16.

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

κέλευσμα keleusma 1x

a word of command; a mutual cheer; hence, in NT a loud shout, an arousing outcry, 1 Thess. 4:16*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

κέλευσμα, -τος, τό,

(< κελεύω), [in LXX: Pr 24:62 (30:27)*;]

a call, summons, shout of command: I Th 4:16 (v. M, Th., in l.).†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

κέλευσμα. The form κέλευσμα for the more ancient κέλευμα (cf. Cronert Mem. Herc. p. 227 n.®) is found in 1 Th 45, the only occurrence of the word in the NT (in LXX only Prov 24°*(3027)): see further for the usage of the word Milligan Thess. ad 1., where reference is made to a passage cited by Reitzenstein (Potmandres p. 5 n.%) from the Descereszs Mariae in which the Archangel Michael is described as τὸ κέλευσμα τοῦ ἁγίου πνεύματος. The nouns κέλευσις and ἐγκέλευσις are common, e.g. BGU I. “865 (A.D. 306) κατὰ κέλευσιν τῆς ἡγεμονίας, P Tebt 11. 3381! (a.p. 194-6) ἐξ ἐν[ κελεύσεως Tod κρα[τίστο]υ ἐπιστρατήγου : for κελευστής, see P Lond 977° (a.p. 330) (ΞΞ 111, p. 232).

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

κέλευσμα (keleusma) — command. κέλ-ευσμα or κέλ-ευμα (see. below), ατος, τό, (κελεύω) order, command, [Refs 5th c.BC+], etc.; call, summons, [Refs 4th c.BC+]: in Prose, word of command in battle, [NT+5th c.BC+]; also, the call of the κελευστής (which see), which gave the time to the rowers, ἀπὸ ἑνὸς κελεύσματος all at once, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐκ κελεύματος at the word of command, [LXX+5th c.BC+]; of the boatswain's pipe, κέλευσμα προσαυλεῖν [Refs 1st c.BC+] K.; also, the call of the driver to his horses, κελεύματι μόνον καὶ λόγῳ ἡνιοχεῖται [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of the huntsman to his hounds, [Refs 5th c.BC+] is the more ancient form, as in [Refs 5th c.BC+]