παραγγέλλω
parangellō
to order
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredThe Greek word παραγγέλλω (parangellō, Strong's number G3853) has a primary definition of "to order." This verb appears 32 times in the Bible, underscoring its significance in various contexts. In usage, παραγγέλλω is often employed to convey a sense of authoritative command or instruction. It can be directed towards individuals or groups, highlighting its applicability in both personal and communal settings. The word can also imply a level of insistence or urgency, suggesting that the order or instruction is not merely a suggestion, but a mandatory directive. The frequency and diverse uses of παραγγέλλω demonstrate its importance in conveying the idea of obedience or compliance, often in situations where there is a clear power dynamic or social hierarchy. As a result, this word plays a critical role in various biblical narratives and teachings that emphasize leadership, authority, and conformity to established guidelines or rules.
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Occurrences in Scripture
32 total occurrences across the text
Jesus sent these twelve out, and commanded them, saying, “Don’t go among the Gentiles, and don’t enter into any city of the Samaritans.
Matthew 15:35He commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground;
Mark 6:8He commanded them that they should take nothing for their journey, except a staff only: no bread, no wallet, no money in their purse,
Mark 8:6He commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground, and he took the seven loaves. Having given thanks, he broke them, and gave them to his disciples to serve, and they served the multitude.
Mark 16:8They went out, and fled from the tomb, for trembling and astonishment had come on them. They said nothing to anyone; for they were afraid.
Luke 5:14He commanded him to tell no one, “But go your way, and show yourself to the priest, and offer for your cleansing according to what Moses commanded, for a testimony to them.”
Luke 8:29For Jesus was commanding the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For the unclean spirit had often seized the man. He was kept under guard, and bound with chains and fetters. Breaking the bonds apart, he was driven by the demon into the desert.
Luke 8:56Her parents were amazed, but he commanded them to tell no one what had been done.
Luke 9:21But he warned them, and commanded them to tell this to no one,
Acts 1:4Being assembled together with them, he commanded them, “Don’t depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which you heard from me.
Acts 4:18They called them, and commanded them not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus.
Acts 5:28saying, “Didn’t we strictly command you not to teach in this name? Behold, you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and intend to bring this man’s blood on us.”
Acts 5:40They agreed with him. Summoning the apostles, they beat them and commanded them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.
Acts 10:42He commanded us to preach to the people and to testify that this is he who is appointed by God as the Judge of the living and the dead.
Acts 15:5But some of the sect of the Pharisees who believed rose up, saying, “It is necessary to circumcise them, and to command them to keep the law of Moses.”
Acts 16:18She was doing this for many days. But Paul, becoming greatly annoyed, turned and said to the spirit, “I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her!” It came out that very hour.
Acts 16:23When they had laid many stripes on them, they threw them into prison, charging the jailer to keep them safely,
Acts 17:30The times of ignorance therefore God overlooked. But now he commands that all people everywhere should repent,
Acts 23:22So the commanding officer let the young man go, charging him, “Tell no one that you have revealed these things to me.”
Acts 23:30When I was told that the Jews lay in wait for the man, I sent him to you immediately, charging his accusers also to bring their accusations against him before you. Farewell.”
1 Corinthians 7:10But to the married I command—not I, but the Lord—that the wife not leave her husband
1 Corinthians 11:17But in giving you this command, I don’t praise you, that you come together not for the better but for the worse.
1 Thessalonians 4:11and that you make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, even as we instructed you;
2 Thessalonians 3:4We have confidence in the Lord concerning you, that you both do and will do the things we command.
2 Thessalonians 3:6Now we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you withdraw yourselves from every brother who walks in rebellion, and not after the tradition which they received from us.
2 Thessalonians 3:10For even when we were with you, we commanded you this: “If anyone is not willing to work, don’t let him eat.”
2 Thessalonians 3:12Now those who are that way, we command and exhort in the Lord Jesus Christ, that they work with quietness and eat their own bread.
1 Timothy 1:3As I urged you when I was going into Macedonia, stay at Ephesus that you might command certain men not to teach a different doctrine,
1 Timothy 4:11Command and teach these things.
1 Timothy 5:7Also command these things, that they may be without reproach.
1 Timothy 6:13I command you before God, who gives life to all things, and before Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate testified the good confession,
1 Timothy 6:17Charge those who are rich in this present world that they not be arrogant, nor have their hope set on the uncertainty of riches, but on the living God, who richly provides us with everything to enjoy;