Quick Definition
παραγγελία, ας, ἡ n.f. a command, charge
Strong's Definition
from 3853; a mandate
KJV Usage: charge, command
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
παρ-αγγελία, -ας, 7, (παραγγέλλω);, prop. announcement, a proclaiming or giving a message to; hence a charge, command: Acts xvi. 24; a prohibition, Acts v. 28; used of the Christian doctrine relative to right living, 1 Tim. i. 5; of particular directions relative to the same, 18; plur.in1 Th.iv.2. (Ofamilitary order in Xen., Polyb.; of instruction, Aristot. eth. Nic. 2, 2 p. 11049, 7; Diod. exc. p. 512, 19 [i. 6. frag. lib. xxvi. 1, 1].)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
παραγγελία parangelia 5x
a command, order, charge, Acts 5:28; 16:24; direction, precept, 1 Thess. 4:2; 1 Tim. 1:5, 18*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
* παρ-αγγελία, -ας, ἡ
(< παραγγέλλω),
an instruction, charge, command: Ac 5:28 16:24, I Th 4:2, I Ti 1:5, 18. (In Xen., Polyb., of a military order.)†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
παραγγελία, “injunction, command”*: P Lond 123118 (A.D. 144) (= IIL. p. 109) ὅπως ἔχίω]ν ἔγραπτον παραγγελείαν πρόνοιαν ποιησῆται τῆς γε[ωρ]γείας τῶν [ἀρου]ρῶν αὐτ[ός, and P Oxy XII. 1411} (A.D. 260) εἰ μὴ πειθαρχήσιαν τῇδε τί ἢ » 66
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
παραγγελία (parangelia) — order. παραγγ-ελία, ἡ, command or order issued to soldiers, [NT+5th c.BC+]; τόπος ἐπιτηδειότατος εἰς π. for giving the word of command, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]: generally, order issued by an authority, [Refs 1st c.AD+]
II. summoning one's partisans to support one in a suit at law, exertion of influence, σπουδὴ καὶ π., συγγνώμη καὶ π., [Refs 4th c.BC+]
II.2. summons to appear in court, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
II.3. canvassing for public office, [Refs 1st c.AD+]
III. set of rules or precepts, ὑπὸ παραγγελίαν πίπτειν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; instruction, precept, advice, [NT+5th c.BC+]; τεχνίτης π. λογικῆς, of rules of literary composition, [Refs 1st c.BC+]