κελεύω

κελεύω — keleúō

κελεύω; imperfect ἐκέλευον; 1 aorist ἐκέλευσα; to command, order: τινα, followed by an aorist infinitive, Mat 14:19; Mat 14:28; Act 4:15; by the accusative with aorist infinitive, Mat 18:25; Mat 27:58 (R G L),64; Luk 18:40; Act 5:34; Act 8:38; Act 22:30; Act 23:10; Act 25:6; Act 25:17; the accusative is lacking because evident from the context, Mat 8:18; Mat 14:9; (xxvii. 58 T WH (Tr in brackets)); Act 12:19; Act 21:33; followed by the accusative with present infinitive, Act 21:34; Act 22:24; Act 23:3; Act 23:35; Act 24:8 R G;; the accusative is lacking because easily discernible from the context, Act 16:22 (cf. Buttmann, 201 (174); Winers Grammar, § 40, 3 d.); by a use not infrequent in Homer, but somewhat rare in prose writing, with the dative of a person (Plato, rep. 3, p. 396 a.; Thucydides 1, 44; Diodorus 19, 17; Josephus, Antiquities 20, 6, 2; Tob 8:18; cf. Poppo on Xenophon, Cyril 1, 3, 9 variant), followed by an infinitive, Mat 15:35 R G; cf. Buttmann, 275 (236). κελευσαιτος τίνος, at one's command, Act 25:23. (On the construction of κελεύω, especially with the passive infinitive and the accusative, see Buttmann, § 141, 5, cf. p. 237 (204) note; also Winer's Grammar, 336 (315), 332 (311).) [SYNONYMS: κελεύειν, παραγγέλλειν, ἐντέλλεσθαι, τάσσειν (and its comparison): κελεύειν to command, designates verbal orders, emanating (usually) from a superior; παραγγέλλω to charge, etc., is used especially of the order of a military commander which is passed along the line by his subordinates (Xenophon, Cyril 2, 4, 2); ἐντέλλεσθαι, to enjoin, is employed especially of those whose office or position invests them with claims, and points rather to the contents of the command, cf. our instructions; τάσσω literally, assign a post to, with a suggestion of duties as connected therewith; often used of a military appointment (cf. τάξις); its compounds ἐπιτάσσειν and προστάσσειν differ from ἐντέλλεσθαι in denoting fixed and abiding obligations rather than specific or occasional instructions, duties arising from the office rather than emanating from the personal will of a superior. Schmidt, chapter 8.]