Strong G4367προστάσσω
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- Transliteration
- prostassō
- Pronunciation
- pros-tas'-so
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
προσ-τάσσω
[in LXX chiefly for צָוָה pi.;]
1. with accusative of person(s), to place at, to attach to.
2. to give a command, enjoin, appoint: Luk.5:14; with dative of person(s), Mat.1:24; with accusative of thing(s), Mat.8:4, Mrk.1:44; with accusative and inf., Act.10:48; pass., Act.10:33 17:26.†
(AS)
[in LXX chiefly for צָוָה pi.;]
1. with accusative of person(s), to place at, to attach to.
2. to give a command, enjoin, appoint: Luk.5:14; with dative of person(s), Mat.1:24; with accusative of thing(s), Mat.8:4, Mrk.1:44; with accusative and inf., Act.10:48; pass., Act.10:33 17:26.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4367 appears in 7 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- command6
- bidden1
First verses
- Matthew 1:24Then Joseph being raised from sleep did as the angel of the Lord had bidden him, and took unto him his wife:
- Matthew 8:4And Jesus saith unto him, See thou tell no man; but go thy way, shew thyself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them.
- Matthew 21:6And the disciples went, and did as Jesus commanded them,
- Mark 1:44And saith unto him, See thou say nothing to any man: but go thy way, shew thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing those things which Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them.
- Luke 5:14And he charged him to tell no man: but go, and shew thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing, according as Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them.
- Acts 10:33Immediately therefore I sent to thee; and thou hast well done that thou art come. Now therefore are we all here present before God, to hear all things that are commanded thee of God.
- Acts 10:48And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of the Lord. Then prayed they him to tarry certain days.
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Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
προστάσσω,
Attic dialect προστάττω ; Doric dialect ποτιτάσσω [Refs (“IG” 12(1).155.91 (from Rhodes), Anonymus in “PSI” 9.1091.1,)] also ποιτάσσω [Refs (“IG” 42(1).122.39, +others (Epid.))]: perfect προστέταχα [LXX (LXX.Dan.2.8)]:—passive, [Refs (1)] aorist προσετάχθην (see. below), also [Refs (2)] aorist προσετάγην[LXX (LXX.Sir.3.22:)]
I with accusative person,
I.1 place or post at a place, χωρεῖτε οἷ προστάσσομεν (i.e. ὑμᾶς) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 1678)]: —passive, προσταχθέντα.. πύλαις [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 527, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 670; ᾗ ἄν τις προσταχθῇ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.87, compare 7.70.)]
I.2 attach to, πρὸς τοῖσι ἔθνεσι τοὺς πλησιοχώρους π. attaching to certain tribes their next neighbours, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.89)]; π. τινάς τινι assign them to his command, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.8, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.1.20)]:—passive, Ἰνδοὶ προσετετάχατο.. Φαρναζάθρῃ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.65; κατὰ τέλη στρατηγῷ τινι προστεταγμένοι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.42.)]
I.3 reversely, ἐπὶ μὲν τῇ [μοίρῃ] ἑωυτὸν π. appointed himself to the one part as their head, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.94)]; π. ἄρχοντά τισι appoint as commander over them, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.93: with _dative_ omitted, [prev. author] 3.16, 8.23:)] —passive [Refs (, [prev. work] 8.)]
II with accusative of things, command, prescribe, enjoin, περὶ βοηθείας ἢ ἄλλο τι προστάττοντες τῆσι πόλεσι [Refs (“IG” 12.57.43)]; ἑκάστῳ ἔργον π., αὑτῷ πόνον π., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.114, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 1176, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 4.5.25; πολὺ ἔργον π. ὡς τηλικῷδε 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Parmenides” 136d, etc.; πολλὰς ἐπιμελείας 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1299b8; π. μνᾶς ἕξ)]prescribe [Refs 4th c.BC+ (6 minae, [prev. author] “EN” 1106b2; τισὶ περί τινος π. 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.71:)] —passive, τοῖσι δὲ ἵππος προσετέτακτο to others orders had been given to supply cavalry, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.21, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 208)]; τὰ προσταχθέντα orders given, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.121.δ,compare 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 3.13; τὸ προστεταγμένον 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.104; τὸ προσταχθέν [prev. author] 1.114, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1010; τὰ προσταχθησόμενα 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.5.6: _absolutely_, προσταχθὲν αὐτῷ)] the order having been given him, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 30.2, compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 50.12; πλείω τῶν ὑπὸ τῆς πόλεως προσταττομένων δαπανᾶσθαι 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 25.13.)]
II.2 with dative person et infinitive, command, order one to do, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.105, 9.99, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1018, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.29, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.6.3, “PEnteux.” 6.4 (3rd c.BC), etc.)]; the dative must be supplied in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.80, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 494, etc.)]:—passive, impersonal, ἐκέλευε τοῖσι προσετέτακτο ταῦτα πρήσσειν διαταμεῖν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.39; ὁ βασιλεὺς.. ἢ ἄλλος τις οἷς προστέτακται περὶ τούτων “IG” 12.94.19.)]
II.3 with accusative et infinitive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 890)]; both usages in successive clauses, ὅσα οἱ νόμοι π. τοὺς προσήκοντας ποιεῖν, ἡμῖν π. καὶ ἀναγκάζουσι ποιεῖν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 43.59)]:—passive, to be ordered to do, τέσσερες.. κῶμαι.. τοῖσι κυσὶ προσετετάχατο σιτία παρέχειν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.192, etc.)]; ὥσπερ προσετάχθησαν (i.e. ἐξεργάσασθαι) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.75.)]
II.4 absolutely, command, order, opposed to ὑπηρετέω, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Topica” 129a12)]:—passive, receive orders,[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 14; οἱ προστεταγμένοι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.136.)]
III Astrology texts, correlative of ἀκούω see, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Ptolemaeus Mathematicus “Tetrabiblos” 35, 7th c.AD: Hephaestio Grammaticus Astr. 1.9, 2nd-1st c.BC(?): Serapio Astrologus in “Catalogus Codicum Astrologorum” 8(4).226.)]
Attic dialect προστάττω ; Doric dialect ποτιτάσσω [Refs (“IG” 12(1).155.91 (from Rhodes), Anonymus in “PSI” 9.1091.1,)] also ποιτάσσω [Refs (“IG” 42(1).122.39, +others (Epid.))]: perfect προστέταχα [LXX (LXX.Dan.2.8)]:—passive, [Refs (1)] aorist προσετάχθην (see. below), also [Refs (2)] aorist προσετάγην[LXX (LXX.Sir.3.22:)]
I with accusative person,
I.1 place or post at a place, χωρεῖτε οἷ προστάσσομεν (i.e. ὑμᾶς) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 1678)]: —passive, προσταχθέντα.. πύλαις [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 527, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 670; ᾗ ἄν τις προσταχθῇ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.87, compare 7.70.)]
I.2 attach to, πρὸς τοῖσι ἔθνεσι τοὺς πλησιοχώρους π. attaching to certain tribes their next neighbours, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.89)]; π. τινάς τινι assign them to his command, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.8, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.1.20)]:—passive, Ἰνδοὶ προσετετάχατο.. Φαρναζάθρῃ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.65; κατὰ τέλη στρατηγῷ τινι προστεταγμένοι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.42.)]
I.3 reversely, ἐπὶ μὲν τῇ [μοίρῃ] ἑωυτὸν π. appointed himself to the one part as their head, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.94)]; π. ἄρχοντά τισι appoint as commander over them, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.93: with _dative_ omitted, [prev. author] 3.16, 8.23:)] —passive [Refs (, [prev. work] 8.)]
II with accusative of things, command, prescribe, enjoin, περὶ βοηθείας ἢ ἄλλο τι προστάττοντες τῆσι πόλεσι [Refs (“IG” 12.57.43)]; ἑκάστῳ ἔργον π., αὑτῷ πόνον π., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.114, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 1176, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 4.5.25; πολὺ ἔργον π. ὡς τηλικῷδε 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Parmenides” 136d, etc.; πολλὰς ἐπιμελείας 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1299b8; π. μνᾶς ἕξ)]prescribe [Refs 4th c.BC+ (6 minae, [prev. author] “EN” 1106b2; τισὶ περί τινος π. 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.71:)] —passive, τοῖσι δὲ ἵππος προσετέτακτο to others orders had been given to supply cavalry, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.21, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 208)]; τὰ προσταχθέντα orders given, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.121.δ,compare 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 3.13; τὸ προστεταγμένον 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.104; τὸ προσταχθέν [prev. author] 1.114, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1010; τὰ προσταχθησόμενα 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.5.6: _absolutely_, προσταχθὲν αὐτῷ)] the order having been given him, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 30.2, compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 50.12; πλείω τῶν ὑπὸ τῆς πόλεως προσταττομένων δαπανᾶσθαι 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 25.13.)]
II.2 with dative person et infinitive, command, order one to do, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.105, 9.99, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1018, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.29, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.6.3, “PEnteux.” 6.4 (3rd c.BC), etc.)]; the dative must be supplied in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.80, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 494, etc.)]:—passive, impersonal, ἐκέλευε τοῖσι προσετέτακτο ταῦτα πρήσσειν διαταμεῖν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.39; ὁ βασιλεὺς.. ἢ ἄλλος τις οἷς προστέτακται περὶ τούτων “IG” 12.94.19.)]
II.3 with accusative et infinitive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 890)]; both usages in successive clauses, ὅσα οἱ νόμοι π. τοὺς προσήκοντας ποιεῖν, ἡμῖν π. καὶ ἀναγκάζουσι ποιεῖν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 43.59)]:—passive, to be ordered to do, τέσσερες.. κῶμαι.. τοῖσι κυσὶ προσετετάχατο σιτία παρέχειν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.192, etc.)]; ὥσπερ προσετάχθησαν (i.e. ἐξεργάσασθαι) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.75.)]
II.4 absolutely, command, order, opposed to ὑπηρετέω, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Topica” 129a12)]:—passive, receive orders,[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 14; οἱ προστεταγμένοι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.136.)]
III Astrology texts, correlative of ἀκούω see, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Ptolemaeus Mathematicus “Tetrabiblos” 35, 7th c.AD: Hephaestio Grammaticus Astr. 1.9, 2nd-1st c.BC(?): Serapio Astrologus in “Catalogus Codicum Astrologorum” 8(4).226.)]