Quick Definition
a word of command, a call
Strong's Definition
a cry of incitement
Derivation: from G2753 (κελεύω);
KJV Usage: shout
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
κέλευσμα, 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, 1Th_4:16.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
κέλευσμα keleusma 1x
a word of command; a mutual cheer; hence, in NT a loud shout, an arousing outcry, 1Th_4:16
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
κέλευσμα , -τος , τό
( < κελεύω ),
[in LXX : Pro_30:27 * ;]
a call, summons, shout of command: 1Th_4:16 ( v . M , Th., in l ).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
κέλευσμα [page 340]
The form κέλευσμα for the more ancient κέλευμα (cf. Crφnert Mem. Herc. p. 227 n. .5 ) is found in 1Th_4:16 , the only occurrence of the word in the NT (in LXX only Pro. 24:62 [MT Pro_30:27 ]) : see further for the usage of the word Milligan Thess. ad l. , where reference is made to a passage cited by Reitzenstein ( Poimandres P. 5 n. .3 ) from the Descensus Mariae in which the Archangel Michael is described as τὸ κέλευσμα τοῦ ἁγίου πνεύματος . The nouns κέλευσις and ἐγκέλευσις are common, e.g. BGU I. 286 .9 (A.D. 306) κατὰ κέλευσιν τῆς ἡγεμονίας , P Tebt II. 338 .11 (A.D. 194 6) ἐ ]ξ ἐν [κε ]λεύσεως τοῦ κρα [τίστο ]υ ἐπιστρατήγου : for κελευστής , see P Lond 977 .36 (A.D. 330) (=111. p. 232).
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
κέλευσμα, -τος, τό
(κελεύω), [in LXX: Pro.30:27 * ;]
a call, summons, shout of command: 1Th.4:16 (see M, Th., in l).†
(AS)
📖 In-Depth Word Study
Shout (2752) keleusma
Shout (2752) (keleusma from keleúo = to command or order from kello = to urge on) (Only used here in the NT) refers to a shout of command or an order.
Keleusma was used in classic Greek to describe a shout implying authority and urgency. The idea is of a loud, authoritative cry, often uttered in the thick of great excitement.
Hiebert comments that keleusma...
implies authority and urgency. It was variously used of a general shouting orders to his troops, a driver shouting to excite his horses to greater speed, a hunter encouraging his hounds to the pursuit of the prey, or a captain of rowers exciting them to more vigorous rowing. The shout is left undefined, no definitive genitive being added. Nothing is said as to who gives the shout, or to whom it is directed. (Ibid)
Thayer adds that keleusma was used of
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), to soldiers by a commander (Thucydides)
TDNT adds that...
With a basic sense of “what is impelled,” keleusma has such meanings as “command,” “summons,” “cry of encouragement,” and “cry.” In ordinary speech it tends to be replaced by keleusis, which becomes a technical term for a government decree. (Kittel, G., Friedrich, G., & Bromiley, G. W. Theological Dictionary of the New Testament. Eerdmans)
The historian Herodotus records a usage of keleusma to describe a signal for engagement in battle.
Keleusma was used in the Roman army at the sound of the third trumpet a herald, standing at the right of the commander, called out times to ask if the soldiers were ready for war. The troops shouted loud out lustily "We are ready!"
Keleusma is used one time in the Septuagint (LXX)...
The locusts have no king, yet all of them go out in ranks (Septuagint reads "march orderly at one command {keleusma}." ) (Proverbs 30:27)
WITH THE VOICE OF...ARCHANGEL: en phone archaggelou: (Jude 1:9 )
Voice (5456)(phone from pháo = to shine from the idea of disclosure) is literally a sound or tone made or given forth. Plutarch calls it "that which brings light upon that which is thought of in the mind."
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