ἐν-τέλλω

[in LXX, as in NT (and mostly in Hdt.), always mid. chiefly for צָוָה pi. ;]

-ομαι, to command, enjoin, instruct: before περί Heb.11:22; with inf. Mat.19:7; with dative of person(s), Act.1:2; οὕτως, Act.13:47; καθώς, Jhn.14:31 (ἐντολὴν ἔδωκεν, WH); before λέγων, Mat.17:9; with inf. Jhn.8:5; ἵνα, Mrk.13:34; with accusative of thing(s), Mat.28:20, Mrk.10:3, Jhn.15:14, 17; before περί, with genitive of person(s), Mat.4:6 and Luk.4:10 (LXX); διαθήκην ἐ. πρός, with accusative of person(s), Heb.9:20 (LXX) (cf. Sir.45:3).†

SYN.:

κελεύω, to command, of verbal orders in general;

παραγγέλλω, to charge, esp. of the transmitted orders of a military com­mander; ἐντέλλω points rather to the contents of the command (see Thayer, see word κελεύω)

(AS)

to command, enjoin, instruct; to command; to charge