Strong G1379δογματίζω

to decree

Transliteration
dogmatizō
Pronunciation
dog-mat-id'-zo
Morphology
Greek Verb

Definition

From G1378; to prescribe by statute that is (reflexively) to submit to ceremonial rule: - be subject to ordinances.

Detailed definition

δογματίζω
[in LXX: Est.3:9 (כָּתַב ni.), Dan LXX 2:13, 15 (דָּת), I Est.6:34, 2Ma.10:3 2Mac 15:36, 3Ma.4:11 *;]
to decree. Mid., to subject oneself to an ordinance: Col.2:20.†
(AS)

In the Bible

Strong G1379 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • ordinance1

First verses

  1. Colossians 2:20
    Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances,
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Detailed Greek dictionary
δογμᾰτ-ίζω,
lay down as an opinion, ἀϊδίους εἶναι [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “de Pietate - Herkulanische Studien” 19; τὰ αἰσχρά 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 3.7.18: _absolutely_, 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “Πυρρώνειοι ὑποτυπώσεις” 1.13, +others)]; οἱ -οντες, ={οἱ δογματικοί}, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 18(1).270)]:—passive, τὰ -όμενα [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “Πυρρώνειοι ὑποτυπώσεις” 1.18.)]
2 decree by ordinance, with infinitive, [LXX+1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 4.83, LXX.1Esd.6.34)]; of the Roman Senate, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 14.10.22)]; δ. τινὰ καλήν declare her beautiful, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 9.576 (1st c.AD: Nicarchus Epigrammaticus))]:—passive, τὰ δογματισθέντα [Refs (“IG” 12(3).173.53 (from Astypalaea), compare [prev. work] 14.759.13 (from Naples).)]
3 in passive, of persons, submit to ordinances, [NT (NT.Col.2.20.)]