Strong’s G3853 · Greek

παραγγέλλω
parangéllō

Definition

to transmit a message, i.e. (by implication) to enjoin

Etymology

from G3844 (παρά) and the base of G32 (ἄγγελος);

Word family

How the KJV renders it

  • (give in) charge
  • (give) command(-ment)
  • declare

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.