keleuō · order, command

What it means

keleuō (κελεύω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “order, command”.

Give the word for something to be done.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. To tell someone with authority what they must do.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• ordered ×18
• order ×3
• ordering ×2
• command ×1
• gave orders ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×7
• Luke×1
• Acts×17

• Matthew 8:18

  Now seeing large crowds around him, Jesus gave orders to go away to the other side.

• Matthew 14:9

  And the king was grieved, but because of the oaths and those reclining at table with him he ordered it to be given.

• Matthew 14:19

  And ordering the crowds to sit down on the grass, taking the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, he blessed; and breaking them, he gave the loaves to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the crowds.

• Matthew 14:28

  And Peter answered him and said, “Lord, if it is you, command me to come to you on the waters.”

• Matthew 18:25

  And since he did not have the means to repay, the master ordered him to be sold, and his wife and children and all that he had, and payment to be made.

• Matthew 27:58

  This man went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate ordered it to be given to him.

• Matthew 27:64

  So order the grave to be made secure until the third day, so that his disciples may not come and steal him and say to the people, ‘He has been raised from the dead,’ and the last deception will be worse than the first.”

• Luke 18:40

  And Jesus, stopping, ordered him to be brought to him. And when he had come near, he asked him,

• Acts 4:15

  But after ordering them to go outside the council, they conferred with one another,

• Acts 5:34

  But a certain Pharisee in the council named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law respected by all the people, stood up and ordered that the men be put outside for a little while.

• Acts 8:38

  And he ordered the chariot to stop, and they both went down into the water, both Philip and the eunuch, and he immersed him.

• Acts 12:19

  And Herod, after searching for him and not finding him, examined the guards and ordered them to be led away; and going down from Judea to Caesarea, he stayed there.

• Acts 16:22

  And the crowd rose up together against them, and the magistrates tore off their clothes and ordered them to be beaten with rods.

• Acts 21:33

  Then the commander came near, took hold of him, and ordered him to be bound with two chains, and he was inquiring who he was and what he had done.

• Acts 21:34

  But some in the crowd were shouting one thing and some another; and as he could not learn the certainty because of the uproar, he ordered him to be brought into the barracks.

• Acts 22:24

  the commander ordered him to be brought into the barracks, saying that he should be examined with whips, so that he might find out for what reason they were shouting at him like this.

• Acts 22:30

  And the next day, wanting to know for certain what he was being accused of by the Jews, he released him and ordered the chief priests and the whole council to come together; and bringing down Paul, he set him before them.

• Acts 23:3

  Then Paul said to him, “God is going to strike you, whitewashed wall; and are you sitting to judge me according to the law, and breaking the law you order me to be struck?”

• Acts 23:10

  And when the dissension became great, the commander, afraid that Paul would be torn to pieces by them, ordered the troops to go down, snatch him from their midst, and bring him into the barracks.

• Acts 23:35

  he said, “I will hear you when your accusers also arrive.” And he ordered him to be kept under guard in the praetorium of Herod.

• Acts 25:6

  And after staying among them not more than eight or ten days, he went down to Caesarea, and the next day, sitting on the judgment seat, he ordered Paul to be brought.

• Acts 25:17

  So when they had come together here, without making any delay, on the next day I sat on the judgment seat and ordered the man to be brought.

• Acts 25:21

  But when Paul appealed for himself to be kept for the decision of the Augustus, I ordered him to be kept until I send him to Caesar.”

• Acts 25:23

  So the next day, when Agrippa and Bernice had come with great pomp and had entered into the audience hall with both commanders and the prominent men of the city, and when Festus gave the order, Paul was brought in.

• Acts 27:43

  But the centurion, wanting to save Paul, kept them from their plan, and ordered those who could swim to jump overboard first and get to land,