parangellō · command, instruct

What it means

parangellō (παραγγέλλω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “command, instruct”.

Give orders, instruct.

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 say with authority what others must do.

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

How it is translated

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

• Command ×9
• ordered ×6
• ordering ×3
• we commanded ×2
• commanded them ×1
• commands ×1
• directing ×1
• giving this instruction ×1
• he commanded ×1
• he directs ×1
• others ×6

Related words

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

Where it appears

• Matthew×2
• Mark×3
• Luke×4
• Acts×11
• 1 Corinthians×2
• 1 Thessalonians×1
• 2 Thessalonians×4
• 1 Timothy×5

• Matthew 10:5

  These twelve Jesus sent out, instructing them, saying, “Do not go off onto a road of the nations, and do not enter into a town of Samaritans;

• Matthew 15:35

  And directing the crowd to sit down on the ground,

• Mark 6:8

  And he instructed them that they should take nothing for the journey except a staff only; no bread, no bag, no copper coins in their belts,

• Mark 8:6

  And he directs the crowd to sit down on the ground; and taking the seven loaves and giving thanks, he broke them and kept giving them to his disciples to set before the people; and they set them before the crowd.

• Mark 16:8

  And they went out and fled from the tomb, for trembling and astonishment had seized them; and they said nothing to anyone, for they were afraid. Shorter ending: And all that they had been commanded they reported briefly to those around Peter. And after these things Jesus himself also sent out through them, from east to west, the sacred and imperishable proclamation of eternal salvation. Amen.

• Luke 5:14

  And he ordered him to tell no one: “But go, show yourself to the priest, and make an offering for your cleansing, as Moses commanded, as a testimony to them.”

• Luke 8:29

  For he was commanding the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For many times it had seized him, and he was bound with chains and shackles and kept under guard, and breaking the bonds he was driven by the demon into the deserted places.

• Luke 8:56

  And her parents were astonished; but he ordered them to tell no one what had happened.

• Luke 9:21

  But he warned them and commanded them to tell this to no one,

• Acts 1:4

  And while gathered together with them, he ordered them not to leave Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father, “which you heard from me;

• Acts 4:18

  And calling them, they ordered them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus.

• Acts 5:28

  saying, “We strictly ordered you not to teach in this name, and look, you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and you intend to bring upon us the blood of this man.”

• Acts 5:40

  And calling in the apostles, after beating them, they ordered them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and released them.

• Acts 10:42

  And he commanded us to proclaim to the people and to testify solemnly that he is the one appointed by God as judge of the living and the dead.

• Acts 15:5

  But some of those from the party of the Pharisees who had believed stood up, saying, “It is necessary to circumcise them and to order them to keep the law of Moses.”

• Acts 16:18

  And she kept doing this for many days. But Paul, greatly annoyed and turning to the spirit, said, “I command you in the name of Jesus the Messiah to come out of her.” And it came out that very hour.

• Acts 16:23

  And after laying many blows on them, they threw them into prison, ordering the jailer to guard them securely.

• Acts 17:30

  So God, having overlooked the times of ignorance, now commands all people everywhere to change their minds,

• Acts 23:22

  So the commander dismissed the young man, ordering him, “Tell no one that you have reported these things to me.”

• Acts 23:30

  And when it was disclosed to me that there would be a plot against the man, I sent him to you at once, ordering the accusers also to state their case against him before you.”

• 1 Corinthians 7:10

  To the married I give this command (not I, but the Lord): a wife is not to separate from her husband

• 1 Corinthians 11:17

  But in giving this instruction I do not praise you, because you come together not for the better but for the worse.

• 1 Thessalonians 4:11

  and to make it your ambition to live quietly and to attend to your own affairs and to work with your hands, just as we commanded you,

• 2 Thessalonians 3:4

  And we are confident in the Lord about you, that what we command, you both do and will do.

• 2 Thessalonians 3:6

  Now we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus the Messiah, that you keep away from every brother who walks in a disorderly way and not according to the tradition that they received from us.

• 2 Thessalonians 3:10

  For even when we were with you, we commanded you this: If anyone is not willing to work, neither let him eat.

• 2 Thessalonians 3:12

  Now to such people we command and exhort in the Lord Jesus the Messiah that, working with quietness, they eat their own bread.

• 1 Timothy 1:3

  As I urged you, when I was going to Macedonia, to remain in Ephesus so that you may instruct certain people not to teach other doctrines

• 1 Timothy 4:11

  Command these things and teach them.

• 1 Timothy 5:7

  And command these things, so that they may be above reproach.

• 1 Timothy 6:13

  I command you before God who gives life to all things, and the Messiah Jesus, who testified the good confession before Pontius Pilate,

• 1 Timothy 6:17

  Command the rich in the present age not to be arrogant nor to set their hope on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who provides us with all things richly for enjoyment;