What does ἐντολή · καινός mean in the Bible?
ἐντολή · καινός is a Greek phrase meaning "new commandment".
Greek · G1785, G2537
ἐντολὴν καινὴν
Commandment · new (especially in freshness; while is properly so with respect to age
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ἐντολή G1785 commandment
Pronunciation entolḗ
Authoritative directive from God or Christ requiring obedience; often religious precepts or moral rules.
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καινός G2537 new (especially in freshness; while is properly so with respect to age
Pronunciation kainós
New in quality and freshness rather than merely recent in time; emphasizes novelty of form or character
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What does ἐντολὴν καινὴν (entolēn kainēn) mean in the Bible?
ἐντολή · καινός is a Greek phrase meaning "new commandment".
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Questions this entry answers
How many biblical occurrences are listed for G1785, G2537?
G1785, G2537 is connected to 66 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. new commandment
Source Gloss
new commandment
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 7 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 7 Aligned forms 66 Case pattern Accusative (37) Number pattern Singular (41)
Nominative · Singular · Feminine Matt 22:36 · Matt 22:38 · Mark 12:28 · Mark 12:31 · John 12:50 · John 15:12 · Rom 7:10 · Rom 7:12 · Rom 13:9 · Eph 6:2 · 1 John 2:7 · 1 John 3:23 · 2 John 1:6 13×
Nominative · Plural · Feminine 1 John 5:3 1×
Genitive · Singular · Feminine Rom 7:8 · Rom 7:9 · Rom 7:11 · Rom 7:13 · Heb 7:16 · Heb 7:18 · Heb 9:19 · 2 Pet 2:21 · 2 Pet 3:2 9×
Genitive · Plural · Feminine Matt 5:19 · 1 Cor 7:19 · Eph 2:15 3×
Dative · Plural · Feminine Matt 22:40 · Luke 1:6 · Titus 1:14 3×
Accusative · Singular · Feminine Matt 15:3 · Mark 7:8 · Mark 7:9 · Mark 10:5 · Luke 15:29 · Luke 23:56 · John 10:18 · John 12:49 · John 13:34 · Acts 17:15 · 1 Tim 6:14 · Heb 7:5 · 1 John 2:7 · 1 John 2:8 · 1 John 3:23 · 1 John 4:21 19×
Accusative · Plural · Feminine Matt 19:17 · Mark 10:19 · Luke 18:20 · John 11:57 · John 14:15 · John 14:21 · John 15:10 · Col 4:10 · 1 John 2:3 · 1 John 2:4 · 1 John 3:22 · 1 John 3:24 · 1 John 5:2 · 1 John 5:3 · 2 John 1:6 · Rev 12:17 18×
Word Origins
ἐντολὴν καινὴν is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain