ἐντολή

See also: εντολή

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐντέλλω (entéllō) +‎ -η (-ē).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /en.to.lɛ̌ː/ → /en.toˈli/ → /en.doˈli/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /en.to.lɛ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /en.toˈle̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /en.toˈli/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /en.toˈli/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /en.doˈli/

Noun

ἐντολή • (entolḗ) f (genitive ἐντολῆς); first declension

1. injunction, order, command
2. commandment, ordinance

Declension

First declension of ἡ ἐντολή; τῆς ἐντολῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἐντολή hē entolḗ	τὼ ἐντολᾱ́ tṑ entolā́	αἱ ἐντολαί hai entolaí
Genitive	τῆς ἐντολῆς tês entolês	τοῖν ἐντολαῖν toîn entolaîn	τῶν ἐντολῶν tôn entolôn
Dative	τῇ ἐντολῇ têi entolêi	τοῖν ἐντολαῖν toîn entolaîn	ταῖς ἐντολαῖς taîs entolaîs
Accusative	τὴν ἐντολήν tḕn entolḗn	τὼ ἐντολᾱ́ tṑ entolā́	τᾱ̀ς ἐντολᾱ́ς tā̀s entolā́s
Vocative	ἐντολή entolḗ	ἐντολᾱ́ entolā́	ἐντολαί entolaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Coptic: ⲉⲛⲧⲟⲗⲏ (entolē)
• Greek: εντολή (entolí)

Further reading

• “ἐντολή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἐντολή”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἐντολή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• ἐντολή in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• G1785 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • behest idem, page 71.
  • bidding idem, page 78.
  • charge idem, page 125.
  • command idem, page 146.
  • dictation idem, page 222.
  • order idem, page 578.