Word Summary
keleusma: a shout of command
Original Word: κέλευσμαTransliteration: keleusma
Phonetic Spelling: (kel'-yoo-mah)
Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter
Short Definition: a shout of command
Meaning: a shout of command
Strong's Concordance
a shout or command
From keleuo; a cry of incitement -- shout.
see GREEK keleuo
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2752: κέλευσμακέλευσμα,
κελεύσματος,
τό (
κελεύω), from
Aeschylus and
Herodotus down,
an order, command, specifically, a stimulating cry, either that by which animals are roused and urged on by man, as horses by charioteers, hounds by hunters, etc., or that by which a signal is given to men, e. g. to rowers by the master of a ship (
Lucian, tyr. or catapl. c. 19), to soldiers by a commander (
Thucydides 2, 92;
Proverbs 24:62 ()): ἐν κελεύσματι, with a loud summons, a trumpet-call, 1 Thessalonians 4:16.