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Strong's G1785 ἐντολή (entole)

Entole means “commandment” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H1785 — dayeq (“fort”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G1785
Language Greek
Linked Usages 293
Books 47

Strong's G1785 Quick Answer

Strong's G1785 ἐντολή (entole) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. entole (en-tol-ay') n. 1. injunction, i.e. an authoritative prescription [from G1781] It has 293 linked Bible usages across 47 books. Visible English usage signals include lord, god, commandments, thee, and keep. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.

Meaning
entole (en-tol-ay') n. 1. injunction, i.e. an authoritative prescription [from G1781]
Usage
293 linked usages
Books
47 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch
Usage Words
lord, god, commandments, thee, and keep

Meaning and Definition

entole (en-tol-ay') n. 1. injunction, i.e. an authoritative prescription [from G1781] KJV: commandment, precept Root(s): G1781

Original Word
ἐντολή
Transliteration
entole
Derivation
Root: ἐντέλλομαι R1: 1781
Morphology
noun

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G1785. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

commandment

Usage: ἐντολή, -ῆς, ἡ (ἐντέλλω, which see), [in LXX chiefly for מִצְוָה; in pl. frequently in Pss for פִּקּוּד ;] __1. generally, a charge, injunction, order, command: Luk.15:29, Jhn.10:18 11:57 12:49-50 14:31, Act.17:15, Col.4:10; ἐ. σαρκίνη, Heb.7:16, 18 __2. Esp. of religious precepts and commandments; __(a) of God's commandments: in OT, Mat.15:3 22:36, 38 22:40 Mk 7:8-9; Mrk.10:5, 19 12:28, 31 Eph.2:15, Heb.9:19; esp. of the decalogue, Mat.5:19 19:17, Mrk.10:19, Luk.18:20 23:56, Rom.7:8-13 13:9, Eph.6:2;

of God's command­ments in general, Luk.1:6, 1Co.7:19, 1Jn.2:3-8 Jn 3:22-24 Jn 4:21 Jn 5:2-3, Rev.12:17 14:12; collectively, ἡ ἐ. (cf. τ. ἔργον τ. θεοῦ, Jhn.6:29), 1Ti.6:14, 2Pe.2:21 3:2; __(b) of things commanded Christ by the Father: Jhn.12:49-50 14:31 15:10; __(with) of the precepts of Christ: Jhn.13:34 14:15, 21 15:10, 12, 1Co.14:37. __3. Phrases: before ἵνα, Jhn.13:34 15:12, 1Jn.3:23 Jn 4:21, 2Jn.6; ἐντολὴν (ὰς) παραβαίνειν, Mat.15:3; ἀκυροῦν, Mat.15:6 Rec.; τηρεῖν, Mat.19:17 Jhn.15:10, al.; ποιεῖν, 1Jn.5:2;

διδόναι, Jhn.11:57; λαμβάνειν, Jhn.10:18, 2Jn.4; ἔχειν, Jhn.14:21, Heb.7:5; ἐ. καὶ δικαιώματα, Luk.1:6; ἐντολαὶ ἀνθρώπων (of Jewish tradition), Tit.1:14; i. καινή, Jhn.13:34, 1Jn.2:7, 2Jn.5.† (AS)

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English Usage Signals

Frequent English words from the visible usage excerpts. These are not a replacement for the original-language definition, but they make the usage pattern easier to scan.

lord god commandments thee keep commands ordinances day according our command these

How Strong's G1785 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, New Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 182 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.
  • 1 Enoch rows are separated from the other corpora rather than being hidden inside a generic apocrypha bucket.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G1785 (ἐντολή) appears 231 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G1785 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G1785 in the New Testament

65 indexed usages in New Testament.

Strong's G1785 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

182 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 26:5 Septuagint / Brenton

Because Abraham thy father hearkened to my voice, and kept my injunctions, and my commandments, and my ordinances, and my statutes.

Exodus 12:17 Septuagint / Brenton

And ye shall keep this commandment, for on this day will I bring out your force out of the land of Egypt; and ye shall make this day a perpetual ordinance for you throughout your generations.

Exodus 15:26 Septuagint / Brenton

and said, If thou wilt indeed hear the voice of the Lord thy God, and do things pleasing before him, and wilt hearken to his commands, and keep all his ordinances, no disease which I have brought upon the Egyptians will I bring upon thee, for I am the Lord thy God that heals thee.

Strong's G1785 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

43 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Strong's G1785 in 1 Enoch

3 indexed usages in 1 Enoch.

Usage Excerpts

First 120 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G1785.

Genesis 26:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Because Abraham thy father hearkened to my voice, and kept my injunctions, and my commandments, and my ordinances, and my statutes.
Exodus 12:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And ye shall keep this commandment, for on this day will I bring out your force out of the land of Egypt; and ye shall make this day a perpetual ordinance for you throughout your generations.
Exodus 15:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and said, If thou wilt indeed hear the voice of the Lord thy God, and do things pleasing before him, and wilt hearken to his commands, and keep all his ordinances, no disease which I have brought upon the Egyptians will I bring upon thee, for I am the Lord thy God that heals thee.
Exodus 16:28 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord said to Moses, How long are ye unwilling to hearken to my commands and my law?
Exodus 24:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord said to Moses, Come up to me into the mountain, and be there; and I will give thee the tables of stone, the law and the commandments, which I have written to give them laws.
Leviticus 4:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if the whole congregation of Israel trespass ignorantly, and a thing should escape the notice of the congregation, and they should do one thing forbidden of any of the commands of the Lord, which ought not to be done, and should transgress:
Leviticus 4:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if a ruler sin, and break one of all the commands of the Lord his God, doing the thing which ought not to be done, unwillingly, and shall sin and trespass,
Leviticus 4:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if a soul of the people of the land should sin unwillingly, in doing a thing contrary to any of the commandments of the Lord, which ought not to be done, and shall transgress,
Leviticus 5:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the soul which shall sin, and do one thing against any of the commandments of the Lord, which it is not right to do, and has not known it, and shall have transgressed, and shall have contracted guilt,
Leviticus 5:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The soul which shall have sinned, and willfully overlooked the commandments of the Lord, and shall have dealt falsely in the affairs of his neighbor in the matter of a deposit, or concerning fellowship, or concerning plunder, or has in anything wronged his neighbor,
Leviticus 22:31 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And ye shall keep my commandments and do them.
Leviticus 26:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
If ye will walk in my ordinances, and keep my commandments, and do them,
Leviticus 26:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
but disobey them, and your soul should loathe my judgments, so that ye should not keep all my commands, so as to break my covenant,
Leviticus 27:34 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
These are the commandments which the Lord commanded Moses for the sons of Israel in Mount Sinai.
Numbers 15:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But whensoever ye shall transgress, and not perform all these commands, which the Lord spoke to Moses;
Numbers 15:31 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
for he has set at nought the word of the Lord and broken his commands: that soul shall be utterly destroyed, his sin is upon him.
Numbers 15:39 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it shall be on your fringes, and ye shall look on them, and ye shall remember all the commands of the Lord, and do them: and ye shall not turn back after your imaginations, and after the sight of your eyes in the things after which ye go a-whoring;
Numbers 15:40 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
that ye may remember and perform all my commands, and ye shall be holy unto your God.
Numbers 36:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
These are the commandments, and the ordinances, and the judgments, which the Lord commanded by the hand of Moses, at the west of Moab, at Jordan by Jericho.
Deuteronomy 4:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Ye shall not add to the word which I command you, and ye shall not take from it: keep the commandments of the Lord our God, all that I command you this day.
Deuteronomy 4:40 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And keep ye his commandments, and his ordinances, all that I command you this day; that it may be well with thee, and with thy sons after thee, that ye may be long-lived upon the earth, which the Lord thy God giveth thee forever.
Deuteronomy 5:29 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
O that there were such a heart in them, that they should fear me and keep my commands always, that it might be well with them and with their sons forever.
Deuteronomy 5:31 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
but stand thou here with me, and I will tell thee all the commands, and the ordinances, and the judgments, which thou shalt teach them, and let them do so in the land which I give them for an inheritance.
Deuteronomy 6:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And these are the commands, and the ordinances, and the judgments, as many as the Lord our God gave commandment to teach you to do so in the land on which ye enter to inherit it.
Deuteronomy 6:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
That ye may fear the Lord your God, keep ye all his ordinances, and his commandments, which I command thee today, thou, and thy sons, and thy sons’ sons, all the days of thy life, that ye may live many days.
Deuteronomy 6:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thou shalt by all means keep the commands of the Lord thy God, the testimonies, and the ordinances, which he commanded thee.
Deuteronomy 6:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And there shall be mercy to us, if we take heed to keep all these commands before the Lord our God, as he has commanded us.
Deuteronomy 7:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thou shalt know therefore, that the Lord thy God, he is God, a faithful God, who keeps covenant and mercy for them that love him, and for those that keep his commandments to a thousand generations,
Deuteronomy 7:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thou shalt keep therefore the commands, and the ordinances, and these judgments, which I command thee this day to do.
Deuteronomy 8:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Ye shall observe to do all the commands which I charge you today, that ye may live and be multiplied, and enter in and inherit the land, which the Lord your God swore to give to your fathers.
Deuteronomy 8:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt remember all the way which the Lord thy God led thee in the wilderness, that he might afflict thee, and try thee, and that the things in thy heart might be made manifest, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments or no.
Deuteronomy 8:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt keep the commands of the Lord thy God, to walk in his ways, and to fear him.
Deuteronomy 8:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Take heed to thyself that thou forget not the Lord thy God, so as not to keep his commands, and his judgments, and ordinances, which I command thee this day:
Deuteronomy 10:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
to keep the commandments of the Lord thy God, and his ordinances, all that I charge thee today, that it may be well with thee?
Deuteronomy 11:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And ye shall keep all his commandments, as many as I command thee today, that ye may live, and be multiplied, and that ye may go in and inherit the land, into which ye go across Jordan to inherit it:
Deuteronomy 11:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Now if ye will indeed hearken to all the commands which I charge thee this day, to love the Lord thy God, and to serve him with all thy heart, and with all thy soul,
Deuteronomy 11:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it shall come to pass that if ye will indeed hearken to all these commands, which I charge thee to observe this day, to love the Lord our God, and to walk in all his ways, and to cleave close to him;
Deuteronomy 11:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
the blessing, if ye hearken to the commands of the Lord your God, all that I command you this day;
Deuteronomy 11:28 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and the curse, if ye do not hearken to the commands of the Lord our God, as many as I command you this day, and ye wander from the way which I have commanded you, having gone to serve other gods, which ye know not.
Deuteronomy 13:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Ye shall follow the Lord your God, and fear him, and ye shall hear his voice, and attach yourselves to him.
Deuteronomy 13:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
if thou wilt hear the voice of the Lord thy God, to keep his commandments, all that I charge thee this day, to do that which is good and pleasing before the Lord thy God.
Deuteronomy 15:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if ye shall indeed hearken to the voice of the Lord your God, to keep and do all these commandments, as many as I charge thee this day
Deuteronomy 16:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and thou shalt observe and do these commands.
Deuteronomy 17:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and it shall be with him, and he shall read in it all the days of his life, that he may learn to fear the Lord thy God, and to keep all these commandments, and to observe these ordinances:
Deuteronomy 17:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
that his heart be not lifted up above his brethren, that he depart not from the commandments on the right hand or on the left; that he and his sons may reign long in his dominion among the children of Israel.
Deuteronomy 19:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
if thou shalt hearken to do all these commands, which I charge thee this day, to love the Lord thy God, to walk in all his ways continually; thou shalt add for thyself yet three cities to these three.
Deuteronomy 26:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt say before the Lord thy God, I have fully collected the holy things out of my house, and I have given them to the Levite, and the stranger, and the orphan, and the widow, according to all the commands which thou didst command me: I did not transgress thy command, and I did not forget it.
Deuteronomy 26:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord has chosen thee this day that thou shouldest be to him a peculiar people, as he said, to keep his commands;
Deuteronomy 27:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Moses and the elders of Israel commanded, saying, Keep all these commands, all that I command you this day.
Deuteronomy 27:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt hearken to the voice of the Lord thy God, and shalt do all his commands, and his ordinances, as many as I command thee this day.
Deuteronomy 28:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it shall come to pass, if thou wilt indeed hear the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe and do all these commands, which I charge thee this day, that the Lord thy God shall set thee on high above all the nations of the earth;
Deuteronomy 28:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The Lord thy God make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt then be above and thou shalt not be below, if thou wilt hearken to the voice of the Lord thy God, in all things that I charge thee this day to observe.
Deuteronomy 28:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken to the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe all his commandments, as many as I charge thee this day, then all these curses shall come on thee, and overtake thee.
Deuteronomy 28:45 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And all these curses shall come upon thee, and shall pursue thee, and shall overtake thee, until he shall have consumed thee, and until he shall have destroyed thee; because thou didst not hearken to the voice of the Lord thy God, to keep his commands, and his ordinances which he has commanded thee.
Deuteronomy 30:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt return and hearken to the voice of the Lord thy God, and shall keep his commands, all that I charge thee this day.
Deuteronomy 30:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
if thou wilt hearken to the voice of the Lord thy God, to keep his commandments, and his ordinances, and his judgments written in the book of this law, if thou turn to the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul.
Deuteronomy 30:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For this command which I give thee this day is not grievous, neither is it far from thee.
Deuteronomy 30:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
If thou wilt hearken to the commands of the Lord thy God, which I command thee this day, to love the Lord thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to keep his ordinances, and his judgments; then ye shall live, and shall be many in number, and the Lord thy God shall bless thee in all the land into which thou goest to inherit it.
Joshua 5:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Wherefore most of the fighting men that came out of the land of Egypt, were uncircumcised, who disobeyed the commands of God; concerning whom also he determined that they should not see the land, which the Lord swore to give to their fathers, even a land flowing with milk and honey.
Joshua 22:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Ye have not deserted your brethren these many days: until this day ye have kept the commandment of the Lord your God.
Joshua 22:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But take great heed to do the commands and the law, which Moses the servant of the Lord commanded you to do; to love the Lord our God, to walk in all his ways, to keep his commands, and to cleave to him, and serve him with all your mind, and with all your soul.
Judges 3:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And this was done in order to prove Israel by them, to know whether they would obey the commands of the Lord, which he charged their fathers by the hand of Moses.
1 Kingdoms 13:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Samuel said to Saul, Thou hast done foolishly; for thou hast not kept my command, which the Lord commanded thee, as now the Lord would have confirmed thy kingdom over Israel forever.
3 Kingdoms 2:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and keep the charge of the Lord thy God, to walk in his ways, to keep the commandments and the ordinances and the judgments which are written in the law of Moses; that thou mayest understand what thou shalt do in all things that I command thee:
3 Kingdoms 2:43 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Why then hast thou not kept the oath of the LORD, and the commandment that I have charged thee with?
3 Kingdoms 3:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if thou wilt walk in my way, to keep my commandments and my ordinances, as David thy father walked, then will I multiply thy days.
3 Kingdoms 8:58 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
That he may incline our hearts unto him, to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and his statutes, and his judgments, which he commanded our fathers.
3 Kingdoms 8:61 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Let your heart therefore be perfect with the LORD our God, to walk in his statutes, and to keep his commandments, as at this day.
3 Kingdoms 9:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if thou wilt walk before me as David thy father walked, in holiness of heart and uprightness, and so as to do according to all that I commanded him, and shalt keep my ordinances and my commandments:
3 Kingdoms 9:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But if ye or your children do in anywise revolt from me, and do not keep my commandments and my ordinances, which Moses set before you, and ye go and serve other gods, and worship them:
3 Kingdoms 11:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord said to Solomon, Because it has been thus with thee, and thou hast not kept my commandments and my ordinances which I commanded thee, I will surely rend thy kingdom out of thy hand, and give it to thy servant.
3 Kingdoms 11:38 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it shall come to pass, if thou wilt keep all the commandments that I shall give thee, and wilt walk in my ways, and do that which is right before me, to keep my ordinances and my commandments, as David my servant did, that I will be with thee, and will build thee a sure house, as I built to David.
3 Kingdoms 13:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and he spoke to the man of God that came out of Judah, saying, Thus saith the Lord, Because thou hast resisted the word of the Lord, and hast not kept the commandment which the Lord thy God commanded thee,
4 Kingdoms 17:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord testified against Israel and against Judah, even by the hand of all his prophets, and of every seer, saying, Turn ye from your evil ways, and keep my commandments and my ordinances, and all the law which I commanded your fathers, and all that I sent to them by the hand of my servants the prophets.
4 Kingdoms 17:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
They forsook the commandments of the Lord their God, and made themselves graven images, even two heifers, and they made groves, and worshiped all the host of heaven, and served Baal.
4 Kingdoms 17:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Nay even Judah kept not the commandments of the Lord their God, but they walked according to the customs of Israel which they practiced, and rejected the Lord.
4 Kingdoms 17:34 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Until this day they did according to their manner: they fear the Lord, and they do according to their customs, and according to their manner, and according to the law, and according to the commandment which the Lord commanded the sons of Jacob, whose name he made Israel.
4 Kingdoms 17:37 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Ye shall observe continually the ordinances, and the judgments, and the law, and the commandments which he wrote for you to do; and ye shall not fear other gods.
4 Kingdoms 18:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he clove to the Lord, he departed not from following him; and he kept his commandments, as many as he commanded Moses.
4 Kingdoms 18:36 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But the men were silent, and answered him not a word: for there was a commandment of the king, saying, Ye shall not answer him.
4 Kingdoms 21:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I will not again remove the foot of Israel from the land which I gave to their fathers, even of those who shall keep all that I commanded, according to all the commandments which my servant Moses commanded them.
4 Kingdoms 23:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the king stood by a pillar, and made a covenant before the Lord, to walk after the Lord, to keep his commandments and his testimonies and his ordinances with all the heart and with all the soul, to confirm the words of this covenant; even the things written in this book. And all the people stood to the covenant.
1 Chronicles 28:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I will establish his kingdom forever, if he continue to keep my commandments, and my judgments, as at this day.
1 Chronicles 28:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And now I charge you before the whole assembly of the Lord, and in the audience of our God, keep and seek all the commandments of the Lord our God, that ye may inherit the good land, and leave it for your sons to inherit after you forever.
1 Chronicles 29:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And to Solomon my son give a good heart, to perform thy commandments, and to observe thy testimonies, and thine ordinances, and to accomplish the building of thy house.
2 Chronicles 7:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But if ye should turn away, and forsake my ordinances and my commandments, which I have set before you, and go and serve other gods, and worship them;
2 Chronicles 8:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
according to the daily rate, to offer up sacrifices according to the commandments of Moses, on the Sabbaths, and at the new moons, and at the feasts, three times in the year, at the feast of unleavened bread, and at the feast of weeks, and at the feast of tabernacles.
2 Chronicles 8:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he established, according to the order of his father David, the courses of the priests, and that according to their public ministrations: and the Levites were appointed over their charges, to praise and minister before the priests according to the daily order: and the porters were appointed according to their courses to the different gates: for thus were the commandments of David the man of God.
2 Chronicles 8:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
They transgressed not the commandments of the king concerning the priests and the Levites with regard to everything else, and with regard to the treasures.
2 Chronicles 12:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it came to pass when the kingdom of Rehoboam was established, and when he had grown strong, that he forsook the commandments of the Lord, and all Israel with him.
2 Chronicles 14:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and he told Judah to seek earnestly the Lord God of their fathers, and to perform the law and the commandments.
2 Chronicles 17:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
but he sought to the Lord God of his father, and walked in the commandments of his father, and not according to the works of Israel.
2 Chronicles 19:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Whatsoever man of your brethren that dwell in their cities shall bring the cause that comes before you, between blood and blood, and between precept and commandment, and ordinances and judgments, ye shall even decide for them; so they shall not sin against the Lord, and there shall not be wrath upon you, and upon your brethren: thus ye shall do, and ye shall not sin.
2 Chronicles 24:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Spirit of God came upon Azariah the son of Jehoiada the priest, and he stood up above the people, and said, Thus saith the Lord, Why do ye transgress the commandments of the Lord? so shall ye not prosper; for ye have forsaken the Lord, and he will forsake you.
2 Chronicles 24:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they conspired against him, and stoned him by command of King Joash in the court of the Lord’s house.
2 Chronicles 29:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they gathered their brethren, and they purified themselves according to the king’s command by the order of the Lord, to purify the house of the Lord.
2 Chronicles 29:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he stationed the Levites in the house of the Lord with cymbals, and lutes, and harps, according to the commandment of King David, and of Gad the king’s seer, and Nathan the prophet: for by the commandment of the Lord the order was in the hand of the prophets.
2 Chronicles 30:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they stood at their post, according to their ordinance, according to the commandment of Moses the man of God: and the priests received the blood from the hand of the Levites.
2 Chronicles 34:31 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the king stood at a pillar, and made a covenant before the Lord, to walk before the Lord, to keep his commandments and testimonies, and his ordinances, with all his heart and with all his soul, so as to perform the words of the covenant that were written in this book.
2 Chronicles 35:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the service was duly ordered, and the priests stood in their place, and the Levites in their divisions, according to the command of the king.
2 Chronicles 35:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the sons of Asaph the psalm singers were at their post according to the commands of David, and Asaph, and Heman, and Jeduthun, the prophets of the king: also the chiefs and the porters of the several gates—it was not for them to stir from the service of the holy things, for their brethren the Levites prepared for them.
2 Chronicles 35:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
So all the service of the Lord was duly ordered and prepared in that day, for keeping the Passover, and offering the whole burnt sacrifices on the altar of the Lord, according to the command of King Josiah.
Ezra 7:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Now this is the copy of the letter that the king Artaxerxes gave unto Ezra the priest, the scribe, even a scribe of the words of the commandments of the LORD, and of his statutes to Israel.
Ezra 9:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And now, O our God, what shall we say after this? for we have forsaken thy commandments,
Ezra 9:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Should we again break thy commandments, and join in affinity with the people of these abominations? wouldest not thou be angry with us till thou hadst consumed us, so that there should be no remnant nor escaping?
Ezra 10:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Now therefore let us make a covenant with our God to put away all the wives, and such as are born of them, according to the counsel of my lord, and of those that tremble at the commandment of our God; and let it be done according to the law.
Nehemiah 1:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And said, I beseech thee, O LORD God of heaven, the great and terrible God, that keepeth covenant and mercy for them that love him and observe his commandments:
Nehemiah 1:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
We have dealt very corruptly against thee, and have not kept the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the judgments, which thou commandedst thy servant Moses.
Nehemiah 1:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But if ye turn unto me, and keep my commandments, and do them; though there were of you cast out unto the uttermost part of the heaven, yet will I gather them from thence, and will bring them unto the place that I have chosen to set my name there.
Nehemiah 9:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thou camest down also upon mount Sinai, and spakest with them from heaven, and gavest them right judgments, and true laws, good statutes and commandments:
Nehemiah 9:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And madest known unto them thy holy sabbath, and commandedst them precepts, statutes, and laws, by the hand of Moses thy servant:
Nehemiah 9:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their necks, and hearkened not to thy commandments,
Nehemiah 9:29 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And testifiedst against them, that thou mightest bring them again unto thy law: yet they dealt proudly, and hearkened not unto thy commandments, but sinned against thy judgments, (which if a man do, he shall live in them;) and withdrew the shoulder, and hardened their neck, and would not hear.
Nehemiah 9:34 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Neither have our kings, our princes, our priests, nor our fathers, kept thy law, nor hearkened unto thy commandments and thy testimonies, wherewith thou didst testify against them.
Nehemiah 10:30 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And that we would not give our daughters unto the people of the land, not take their daughters for our sons:
Nehemiah 10:33 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For the shewbread, and for the continual meat offering, and for the continual burnt offering, of the sabbaths, of the new moons, for the set feasts, and for the holy things, and for the sin offerings to make an atonement for Israel, and for all the work of the house of our God.
Nehemiah 11:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For it was the king's commandment concerning them, that a certain portion should be for the singers, due for every day.
Nehemiah 12:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the chief of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brethren over against them, to praise and to give thanks, according to the commandment of David the man of God, ward over against ward.
Nehemiah 12:45 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And both the singers and the porters kept the ward of their God, and the ward of the purification, according to the commandment of David, and of Solomon his son.
Nehemiah 13:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he had prepared for him a great chamber, where aforetime they laid the meat offerings, the frankincense, and the vessels, and the tithes of the corn, the new wine, and the oil, which was commanded to be given to the Levites, and the singers, and the porters; and the offerings of the priests.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G1785, grouped by book.

Genesis 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Exodus 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Leviticus 9 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Numbers 5 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Deuteronomy 39 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Joshua 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Judges 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
3 Kingdoms 10 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
4 Kingdoms 9 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Chronicles 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Chronicles 17 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezra 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Nehemiah 14 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Psalms 44 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Proverbs 7 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ecclesiastes 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezekiel 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Daniel 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Malachi 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Matthew 7 usages, New Testament
Mark 8 usages, New Testament
Luke 4 usages, New Testament
John 9 usages, New Testament
Acts 1 usage, New Testament
Romans 7 usages, New Testament
1 Corinthians 2 usages, New Testament
Ephesians 2 usages, New Testament
Colossians 1 usage, New Testament
1 Timothy 1 usage, New Testament
Titus 1 usage, New Testament
Hebrews 4 usages, New Testament
2 Peter 2 usages, New Testament
1 John 10 usages, New Testament
2 John 3 usages, New Testament
Revelation 3 usages, New Testament
1 Esdras 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Tobit 6 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
1 Maccabees 4 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
2 Maccabees 4 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
4 Maccabees 5 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Solomon 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Sirach 18 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Baruch 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
1 Enoch 3 usages, 1 Enoch

Strong's G1785 FAQ

What does entole (ἐντολή) mean?

Entole (Strong's G1785) is a Greek word most simply glossed "commandment". entole (en-tol-ay') n. 1. injunction, i.e. an authoritative prescription [from G1781]

How many times is entole (ἐντολή) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 293 linked usages for Strong's G1785 across 47 books.

Where can I study entole (ἐντολή) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G1785 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.

What English words translate entole (ἐντολή)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as lord, god, commandments, thee, keep, and commands. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G1785 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 182 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, 43 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 3 in 1 Enoch for Strong's G1785, with linked reader references where each row is available.