κελεύω

keleuvw keleuvw; imperfect
ejkevleuon; 1 aorist
ejkevleusa; to command, order:
tina, followed by an aorist infinitive, ,; ; by the accusative with aorist infinitive, ; (R G L),64; ; ; ; ; ; ,; the accusative is lacking because evident from the context, ; ; (xxvii. 58 T WH (Tr in brackets)); ; ; followed by the accusative with present infinitive, ; ; ,; R G; ; ; the accusative is lacking because easily discernible from the context, (cf. Buttmann, 201 (174); Winer's Grammar, sec. 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; ; cf. Poppo on Xenophon, Cyril 1, 3, 9 variant), followed by an infinitive, R G; cf. Buttmann, 275 (236).
keleusaito"
tivno", at one's command, . (On the construction of
keleuvw, especially with the passive infinitive and the accusative, see Buttmann, sec. 141, 5, cf. p. 237 (204) note; also Winer's Grammar, 336 (315), 332 (311).)*(Synonyms:
keleuvein,
paraggevllein,
ejntevllesqai,
tavssein (and its comparison):
keleuvein to command, designates verbal orders, emanating (usually) from a superior;
paraggevllw 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);
ejntevllesqai, 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;
tavssw literally, assign a post to, with a suggestion of duties as connected therewith; often used of a military appointment (cf.
tavxi"); its compounds
ejpitavssein and
prostavssein differ from
ejntevllesqai 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.)