Lexical Definition

‎ἐντολή‎ entolḗ (en-tol-ay') commandment ^G:N-F
from ‎ἐντέλλομαι‎

commandment, precept.

• injunction, i.e. an authoritative prescription

Abbott-Smith

ἐντολή, -ῆς, ἡ (< ἐντέλλω, q.v.), [in LXX chiefly for מִצְוָה; in pl. freq. in Pss for פִּקּוּדִים ;]
1. 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
2. Esp. of religious precepts and commandments;
(a) 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;
(b) of things commanded Christ by the Father: Jo 12:49, 50 14:31 15:10;
(c) of the precepts of Christ: Jo 13:34 14:15, 21 15:10, 12, I Co 14:37.
3. 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.†

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

ἐντολή-ή, ἡ,

injunction, order, command, frequently in plural, orders, commands, [ἐντολήαὶ θεοῦ NT.1Cor.7.19 ">NT+5th c.BC+]; ἐντολήὰς δοῦναι Decrees cited in [ἐντολήὴν ἐπιτελέειν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.157 ">Refs 5th c.BC+]; royal ordinance, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; θεῖαι ἐ., of Imperial ordinances, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]; ἀπ᾽ ἐντολήῆς by proxy, [Refs 2nd c.AD+] —Rare in Trag. and _Attic dialect_ Prose.

_{LSJ Scripture Refs: 1Cor.7.19}