Strong G2004ἐπιτάσσω
to command
- Transliteration
- epitassō
- Pronunciation
- ep-ee-tas'-so
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
ἐπι-τάσσω
[in LXX for אָמַר, צָוָה, etc.;]
to command, charge: with accusative of thing(s), Luk.14:22; with dative of person(s), Mrk.1:27 9:25, Luk.4:36 8:25; id. with accusative of thing(s), Phm 8; id. with inf., Mrk.6:39, Luk.8:31, Act.23:2; id. with imperat., Mrk.9:25; with accusative and inf., Mrk.6:27.†
SYN.: κελεύω (AS)
[in LXX for אָמַר, צָוָה, etc.;]
to command, charge: with accusative of thing(s), Luk.14:22; with dative of person(s), Mrk.1:27 9:25, Luk.4:36 8:25; id. with accusative of thing(s), Phm 8; id. with inf., Mrk.6:39, Luk.8:31, Act.23:2; id. with imperat., Mrk.9:25; with accusative and inf., Mrk.6:27.†
SYN.: κελεύω (AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2004 appears in 10 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- command5
- commandeth3
- charge1
- enjoin1
- will1
First verses
- Mark 1:27And they were all amazed, insomuch that they questioned among themselves, saying, What thing is this? what new doctrine is this? for with authority commandeth he even the unclean spirits, and they do obey him.
- Mark 6:27And immediately the king sent an executioner, and commanded his head to be brought: and he went and beheaded him in the prison,
- Mark 6:39And he commanded them to make all sit down by companies upon the green grass.
- Mark 9:25When Jesus saw that the people came running together, he rebuked the foul spirit, saying unto him, Thou dumb and deaf spirit, I charge thee, come out of him, and enter no more into him.
- Luke 4:36And they were all amazed, and spake among themselves, saying, What a word is this! for with authority and power he commandeth the unclean spirits, and they come out.
- Luke 8:25And he said unto them, Where is your faith? And they being afraid wondered, saying one to another, What manner of man is this! for he commandeth even the winds and water, and they obey him.
- Luke 8:31And they besought him that he would not command them to go out into the deep.
- Luke 14:22And the servant said, Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded, and yet there is room.
- Acts 23:2And the high priest Ananias commanded them that stood by him to smite him on the mouth.
- Philemon 1:8Wherefore, though I might be much bold in Christ to enjoin thee that which is convenient,
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἐπιτάσσω,
Attic dialect ἐπιτάττω, put upon one as a duty, enjoin, τι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.111, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 839, etc.)]; τί τινι, as ἐ. ἄεθλόν τινι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.43, compare 1.155; ἐπέταξε πόνους ἄλλοισιν ἄλλους 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus “fragment” 9; ἐπιτάξαντος τᾷ πόλει Γαλλίου σῖτον καὶ Ἀνχαρίου ἱμάτια “SIG” 748.25 (1st c.BC))]: with dative person et infinitive, order one to do, ἐ. τοῖσι μὲν πεζὸν στρατὸν..παρέχειν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.83, compare 3.159, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 69, 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 3.11, etc.)]: rarely with accusative et infinitive, enjoin or order that.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Respublica Lacedaemoniorum” 5.8)]; with the case omitted, ἐ. ἀποφορὴν ἐπιτελέειν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.109, compare 137)]: absolutely, impose commands, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.140, +others)]; τινί on one, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 664)]:— passive, accept orders, submit to commands, εἰ 'πιταξόμεσθα δή [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 521; ἐπιταττόμενος 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 686)]: with infinitive, οἱ ἐπιταττόμενοι γαμεῖν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 925e: with _accusative_ _of things_, ἄλλο τι ἐπιταχθήσεσθε 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.140)]; of things, to be ordered, ὁ στρατὸς ὁ -θεὶς ἑκάστοισι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.95; so Λακεδαιμονίοις..ναῦς ἐπετάχθησαν ποιεῖσθαι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.7)] assuming variant; τὰ ἐπιτασσόμενα ἐπετέλεον orders given, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.115; τἀπιταχθέντα 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 20b, +others; κατὰ νόμον τὸν ἐπιταχθησόμενον [prev. author] “Lg.” 740c)]; δικαίωσις τοῖς πέλας -ομένη dictated, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.141: in Mathematics texts, τὸ ἐπιταχθέν)] what was prescribed, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Euclides Geometra 4.1, +others)]; πλευρὰς ἔχον ὅσας ἄν τις ἐπιτάξῃ with as many sides as you please, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD(?): Pappus Mathematicus 290.26.)]
2 use the imperative mood, εὔχεσθαι οἰόμενος ἐπιτάττει εἰπὼν μῆνιν ἄειδε θεά.. τὸ γὰρ κελεῦσαι, φησί,..ἐπίταξίς ἐστιν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Poetica” 1456b16)]; opposed to κελεύειν, [Refs (“IG” 12.76.33.)]
II place next or beside, [Σαγάρτιοι] ἐπετετάχατο ἐς τοὺς Πέρσας [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.85; ἐπετέτακτο Ἀριστοκράτει Περικλῆς 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 1.6.29:)] —middle, τοὺς ἱππέας ἐπετάξαντο ἐπὶ τῷ δεξιῷ they had the cavalry placed next, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.67.)]
II.2 place behind, ὄπισθεν τοῦ πεζοῦ τὴν ἵππον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.80, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 471d (_passive_))]:—middle, ἐπιτάξασθαι τῇ φάλαγγι λόχους [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 6.5.9)]:—passive, τοῖσι μυρίοισι ἐπετέτακτο ἵππος Περσέων μυρίη [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.41, compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Lucullus” 31, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “Tactica - Griechische Kriegsschriftsteller” 29.8, 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Tactica” 25.10; Ἀράβιοι ἔσχατοι ἐπετετάχατο 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.87.)]
II.2.b Grammars, place after, in passive, αὐτὸς πάσῃ ἀντωνυμίᾳ -τάσσεται [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Pronominibus;” 34.10, compare “Synt.” 138.23.)]
II.3 set in command over, τινί [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Anabasis” 1.24.1:)] —passive, οἱ ἐπιτεταγμένοι set as guards over the wagons, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.72; ταῖς βασιλικαῖς ἐπιστολαῖς -ταχθείς 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vitae Sophistarum” 2.24.1, compare 4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Orationes” 2.63d.)]
Attic dialect ἐπιτάττω, put upon one as a duty, enjoin, τι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.111, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 839, etc.)]; τί τινι, as ἐ. ἄεθλόν τινι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.43, compare 1.155; ἐπέταξε πόνους ἄλλοισιν ἄλλους 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus “fragment” 9; ἐπιτάξαντος τᾷ πόλει Γαλλίου σῖτον καὶ Ἀνχαρίου ἱμάτια “SIG” 748.25 (1st c.BC))]: with dative person et infinitive, order one to do, ἐ. τοῖσι μὲν πεζὸν στρατὸν..παρέχειν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.83, compare 3.159, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 69, 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 3.11, etc.)]: rarely with accusative et infinitive, enjoin or order that.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Respublica Lacedaemoniorum” 5.8)]; with the case omitted, ἐ. ἀποφορὴν ἐπιτελέειν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.109, compare 137)]: absolutely, impose commands, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.140, +others)]; τινί on one, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 664)]:— passive, accept orders, submit to commands, εἰ 'πιταξόμεσθα δή [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 521; ἐπιταττόμενος 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 686)]: with infinitive, οἱ ἐπιταττόμενοι γαμεῖν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 925e: with _accusative_ _of things_, ἄλλο τι ἐπιταχθήσεσθε 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.140)]; of things, to be ordered, ὁ στρατὸς ὁ -θεὶς ἑκάστοισι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.95; so Λακεδαιμονίοις..ναῦς ἐπετάχθησαν ποιεῖσθαι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.7)] assuming variant; τὰ ἐπιτασσόμενα ἐπετέλεον orders given, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.115; τἀπιταχθέντα 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 20b, +others; κατὰ νόμον τὸν ἐπιταχθησόμενον [prev. author] “Lg.” 740c)]; δικαίωσις τοῖς πέλας -ομένη dictated, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.141: in Mathematics texts, τὸ ἐπιταχθέν)] what was prescribed, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Euclides Geometra 4.1, +others)]; πλευρὰς ἔχον ὅσας ἄν τις ἐπιτάξῃ with as many sides as you please, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD(?): Pappus Mathematicus 290.26.)]
2 use the imperative mood, εὔχεσθαι οἰόμενος ἐπιτάττει εἰπὼν μῆνιν ἄειδε θεά.. τὸ γὰρ κελεῦσαι, φησί,..ἐπίταξίς ἐστιν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Poetica” 1456b16)]; opposed to κελεύειν, [Refs (“IG” 12.76.33.)]
II place next or beside, [Σαγάρτιοι] ἐπετετάχατο ἐς τοὺς Πέρσας [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.85; ἐπετέτακτο Ἀριστοκράτει Περικλῆς 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 1.6.29:)] —middle, τοὺς ἱππέας ἐπετάξαντο ἐπὶ τῷ δεξιῷ they had the cavalry placed next, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.67.)]
II.2 place behind, ὄπισθεν τοῦ πεζοῦ τὴν ἵππον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.80, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 471d (_passive_))]:—middle, ἐπιτάξασθαι τῇ φάλαγγι λόχους [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 6.5.9)]:—passive, τοῖσι μυρίοισι ἐπετέτακτο ἵππος Περσέων μυρίη [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.41, compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Lucullus” 31, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “Tactica - Griechische Kriegsschriftsteller” 29.8, 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Tactica” 25.10; Ἀράβιοι ἔσχατοι ἐπετετάχατο 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.87.)]
II.2.b Grammars, place after, in passive, αὐτὸς πάσῃ ἀντωνυμίᾳ -τάσσεται [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Pronominibus;” 34.10, compare “Synt.” 138.23.)]
II.3 set in command over, τινί [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Anabasis” 1.24.1:)] —passive, οἱ ἐπιτεταγμένοι set as guards over the wagons, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.72; ταῖς βασιλικαῖς ἐπιστολαῖς -ταχθείς 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vitae Sophistarum” 2.24.1, compare 4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Orationes” 2.63d.)]