κελεύω; imperfect ἐκέλευον; 1 aorist ἐκέλευσα; to command, order: τινα, followed by an aorist infinitive, Mat_14:19; Mat_14:28; Act_4:15; by the accusative with aorist infinitive, Mat_18:25; Mat_27:58 (R G L),64; Luk_18:40; Act_5:34; Act_8:38; Act_22:30; Act_23:10; Act_25:6; Act_25:17; the accusative is lacking because evident from the context, Mat_8:18; Mat_14:9; (xxvii. 58 T WH (Tr in brackets)); Act_12:19; Act_21:33; followed by the accusative with present infinitive, Act_21:34; Act_22:24; Act_23:3; Act_23:35; Act_24:8 R G; ; the accusative is lacking because easily discernible from the context, Act_16:22 (cf. Buttmann, 201 (174); Winers Grammar, § 40, 3 d.); by a use not infrequent in Homer, but somewhat rare in prose writing, with the dative of a person (Plato, rep. 3, p. 396 a.; Thucydides 1, 44; Diodorus 19, 17; Josephus, Antiquities 20, 6, 2; Tob_8:18; cf. Poppo on Xenophon, Cyril 1, 3, 9 variant), followed by an infinitive, Mat_15:35 R G; cf. Buttmann, 275 (236). κελευσαιτος τίνος, at one's command, Act_25:23. (On the construction of κελεύω, especially with the passive infinitive and the accusative, see Buttmann, § 141, 5, cf. p. 237 (204) note; also Winer's Grammar, 336 (315), 332 (311).) [SYNONYMS: κελεύειν, παραγγέλλειν, ἐντέλλεσθαι, τάσσειν (and its comparison): κελεύειν to command, designates verbal orders, emanating (usually) from a superior; παραγγέλλω to charge, etc., is used especially of the order of a military commander which is passed along the line by his subordinates (Xenophon, Cyril 2, 4, 2); ἐντέλλεσθαι, to enjoin, is employed especially of those whose office or position invests them with claims, and points rather to the contents of the command, cf. our instructions; τάσσω literally, assign a post to, with a suggestion of duties as connected therewith; often used of a military appointment (cf. τάξις); its compounds ἐπιτάσσειν and προστάσσειν differ from ἐντέλλεσθαι in denoting fixed and abiding obligations rather than specific or occasional instructions, duties arising from the office rather than emanating from the personal will of a superior. Schmidt, chapter 8.]

κελεύω keleuō 25x to order, command, direct, bid, Mat_8:18 ; Mat_14:19 ; Mat_14:28 command; order.

** κελεύω , [in LXX : 1Es_9:53 , Tob_8:18 , al. , and freq . in 1-4Mac;] to urge on, bid by word of mouth, order, command (mostly of one in authority): c . acc et . inf . aor. , Mat_14:19 ; Mat_14:28 ; Mat_18:25 ; Mat_27:64 , Luk_18:40 , Act_4:15 ; Act_5:34 ; Act_8:38 ; Act_22:30 ; Act_23:10 ; Act_25:6 ; Act_25:17 ; with ellipse of acc , Mat_8:18 ; Mat_14:9 ; Mat_27:58 , Act_12:19 ; Act_21:33 ; c . acc et . inf . Pres ., Act_21:34 ; Act_22:24 ; Act_23:3 ; Act_23:35 ; Act_25:21 ; Act_27:43 ; with ellipse of acc , Act_16:22 ; ptcp . aor. , Act_25:23 .† SYN.: see ἐντέλλω G1781 .

κελεύω [page 340] PSI IV. 420 .9 (iii/B.C.) ἐκελεύοσαν (for form cf. Mayser Gr, p. 322 f.) δέ με καταβαίνοντα συγχωνεύειν , P Par 44 .4 (B.C. 153) τί κελεύεις ὑπὲρ τούτων ; P Meyer 3 .15 (A.D. 148) ἵν᾽ οὖν τὸ κελευσθ (ὲν ) εἰδῇς , P Tebt II. 327 .21 (late ii/A.D.) κε ]κελευσμένου οὖν , κύριε , γ [υ ]ναῖκας ἀφεῖσθαι τῶν τ [οιο ]ύτων χρειῶν , wherefore, my lord, since it has been decreed that women should be exempt from such burdens (Edd.). For the gen. abs. without noun or pronoun in agreement in this last instance cf. Mat_17:14 , Act_21:31 ( proleg. p. 74), and with the constr. in Act_25:23 cf. Michel 594 .53 (B.C. 279) τούτοις ἐδώκαμεν , ἀρχιτέκτονος καὶ ἐπιμελητῶν κελευόντων , τὴμ πρώτην δόσιν δραχμάς κτλ . The somewhat rare constr. of κελεύω with a dat., as in the received text of Mat_15:35 , is seen in Menander Περικειρ .224 τί δ᾽ ἐστιν ὃ κελεύεις ἐμοί ; Note also that in a school-book of iii/A.D., published by Kenyon in JHS xxix. (1909), p. 34 .129 , we find κελεύω τούτῳ .

κελεύω [Etym: κέλομαι] "to urge or drive on, urge, exhort, bid, command, order", Hom. , etc.: c. acc. pers. et inf. "to order" one to do, Il. ; (also c. dat. pers., Hom. ):—c. acc. pers. et rei, τί με ταῦτα κελεύεις (sc. ποιεῖν); also c. acc. pers. only, θυμός με κελεύει (sc. φείδεσθαι) Od. ; ἐκέλευσε τοὺς ἕνδεκα ἐπὶ τὸν Θηραμένην "ordered" them [to go] against him, "ordered" them to seize him, Xen. ; c. acc. rei only, "to command" a thing, Aesch. :—Pass., τὸ κελευόμενον, τὰ -να, "commands, orders", Xen.

κελεύω [in LXX: I Est.9:53, Tob.8:18, al., and frequently in 1-4Mac ;] to urge on, bid by word of mouth, order, command (mostly of one in authority): with accusative and inf. aor., Mat.14:19, 28 18:25 27:64, Luk.18:40, Act.4:15 5:34 8:38 22:30 23:10 25:6, 17; with ellipse of accusative, Mat.8:18 14:9 27:58, Act.12:19 21:33; with accusative and inf. Pres., Act.21:34 22:24 23:3, 35 25:21 27:43; with ellipse of accusative, Act.16:22; ptcp. aor., Act.25:23.† SYN.: see: ἐντέλλω (AS)