The meaning of “παραγγελία”
Understanding parangelía reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
charge, command. - a mandate
παραγγελία
charge, command. - a mandate
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Acts 5:28 | “Saying, Did not we straitly command you that ye should not teach in this name? and, behold, ye have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and intend to bring this man’s blood upon us.” Word: παραγγελία (parangelía) | |
| Acts 16:24 | “Who, having received such a charge, thrust them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks.” Word: παραγγελία (parangelía) | |
| 1 Thessalonians 4:2 | “For ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus.” Word: παραγγελία (parangelía) | |
| 1 Timothy 1:5 | “Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned:” Word: παραγγελία (parangelía) | |
| 1 Timothy 1:18 | “This charge I commit unto thee, son Timothy, according to the prophecies which went before on thee, that thou by them mightest war a good warfare;” Word: παραγγελία (parangelía) |