LSJ
ἡ, injunction, order, command, freq. in pl., orders, commands, Pi. Fr. 177, Hdt. 1.22, 3.147, A. Pr. 12, etc. ; ἐντολαὶ θεοῦ 1 Ep. Cor. 7.19; ἐντολὰς δοῦναι Decr. ap. D. 18.75; ἐντολὴν ἐπιτελέειν Hdt. 1.157; royal ordinance, PTeb. 6.10 (ii BC); θεῖαι ἐ., of Imperial ordinances, SIG 888.51 (iii AD); ἀπ’ ἐντολῆς by proxy, Luc. Pr. Im. 16. — Rare in Trag. and Att. Prose.
Liddell-Scott-Jones, Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1940)
Pape
ἡ, der Auftrag, Befehl ; Pind. frg. 167 ; Aesch. Prom. 12 ; Soph. Aj. 564 ; Eur. Herc.Fur. 1278 ; κατὰ τὰς τοῦ ξένου ἐντολάς Plat. Charm. 157c ; Xen. Cyr. 2.4.30 u. Folgde ; häufig im NT = das Gebot ; ἀπ' ἐντολῆς ἀπολογεῖσθαι, durch Auftrag, d.i. durch einen Andern sich verteidigen, Luc. imag. 16.
Pape, Griechisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch (3. Aufl., 1914)
TBESG
ἐντολή, -ῆς, ἡ
(< ἐντέλλω, which see), [in LXX chiefly for מִצְוָה; in pl. freq. in Pss for פִּקּוּד ;]
__1. generally, a charge, injunction, order, command: Luk.15:29, Jhn.10:18 11:57 12:49-50 14:31, Act.17:15, Col.4:10; ἐ. σαρκίνη, Heb.7:16, 18
__2. Esp. of religious precepts and commandments;
__(a) of God's commandments: in OT, Mat.15:3 22:36, 38 22:40 Mk 7:8-9; Mrk.10:5, 19 12:28, 31 Eph.2:15, Heb.9:19; esp. of the decalogue, Mat.5:19 19:17, Mrk.10:19, Luk.18:20 23:56, Rom.7:8-13 13:9, Eph.6:2; of God's commandments in general, Luk.1:6, 1Co.7:19, 1Jn.2:3-8 Jn 3:22-24 Jn 4:21 Jn 5:2-3, Rev.12:17 14:12; collectively, ἡ ἐ. (cf. τ. ἔργον τ. θεοῦ, Jhn.6:29), 1Ti.6:14, 2Pe.2:21 3:2;
__(b) of things commanded Christ by the Father: Jhn.12:49-50 14:31 15:10;
__(with) of the precepts of Christ: Jhn.13:34 14:15, 21 15:10, 12, 1Co.14:37.
__3. Phrases: before ἵνα, Jhn.13:34 15:12, 1Jn.3:23 Jn 4:21, 2Jn.6; ἐντολὴν (ὰς) παραβαίνειν, Mat.15:3; ἀκυροῦν, Mat.15:6 Rec.; τηρεῖν, Mat.19:17 Jhn.15:10, al.; ποιεῖν, 1Jn.5:2; διδόναι, Jhn.11:57; λαμβάνειν, Jhn.10:18, 2Jn.4; ἔχειν, Jhn.14:21, Heb.7:5; ἐ. καὶ δικαιώματα, Luk.1:6; ἐντολαὶ ἀνθρώπων (of Jewish tradition), Tit.1:14; i. καινή, Jhn.13:34, 1Jn.2:7, 2Jn.5.†
(AS)
Translators Brief lexicon of Extended Strongs for Greek based on Abbot-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) (=AS), with corrections and adapted by Tyndale Scholars