Strong's Greek · G1299

διατάσσω

diatássō

appoint, command, give, (set in) order, ordain

Definition

to arrange thoroughly, i.e. (specially) institute, prescribe, etc.

Derivation

from G1223 (διά) and G5021 (τάσσω);

Appears 16 times in Scripture

Luke 17:10

So you also, when you have done everything commanded of you, should say, ‘We are unworthy servants; we have only done our duty.’”

Matthew 11:1

After Jesus had finished instructing His twelve disciples, He went on from there to teach and preach in their cities.

1 Corinthians 7:17

Regardless, each one should lead the life that the Lord has assigned to him and to which God has called him. This is what I prescribe in all the churches.

Luke 8:55

Her spirit returned, and at once she got up. And He directed that she be given something to eat.

Acts 7:44

Our fathers had the tabernacle of the Testimony with them in the wilderness. It was constructed exactly as God had directed Moses, according to the pattern he had seen.

1 Corinthians 16:1

Now about the collection for the saints, you are to do as I directed the churches of Galatia:

Luke 3:13

“Collect no more than you are authorized,” he answered.

Acts 24:23

He ordered the centurion to keep Paul under guard, but to allow him some freedom and permit his friends to minister to his needs.

Acts 23:31

So the soldiers followed their orders and brought Paul by night to Antipatris.

Acts 18:2

There he found a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla because Claudius had ordered all the Jews to leave Rome. Paul went to visit them,

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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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