Strong’s G2753 · Greek

κελεύω
keleúō

Definition

"hail"; to incite by word, i.e. order

Etymology

from a primary (to urge on);

Where the KJV renders it

  • bid
  • (at
  • give) command(-ment)

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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