Quick Definition
διαστέλλομαι v. I give a commission, order
Strong's Definition
middle voice from 1223 and 4724; to set (oneself) apart (figuratively, distinguish), i.e. (by implication) to enjoin
KJV Usage: charge, that which was (give) commanded(-ment)
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | δια + στέλλομαι
33.323 · (διαστέλλομαι) · Communication · Command, Order
to order, to command to state with force and/or authority what others must do In a number of languages the equivalent of ‘to order’ or ‘to command’ is ‘to speak with strength’ or ‘to speak strong words’ or, in the form of direct discourse, ‘to tell others, You must ...’
MAT 16:20 · MRK 5:43 · MRK 7:36 · MRK 7:36 · MRK 8:15 · MRK 9:9 · ACT 15:24 · HEB 12:20
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Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
διαστέλλω diastellō 8x
to determine, issue a decision; to state or explain distinctly and accurately; hence, to admonish, direct, charge, command, Acts 15:24; Heb. 12:20; when followed by a negative clause, to interdict, prohibit, Mt. 16:30; Mk. 5:43
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
δια-στέλλω
[in LXX for בּדל hi. (De 10:8, al.), זהר hi. (Ez 3:18, 19, al.), and 19 other words]
to divide, distinguish, define.
to command, charge expressly: pass., τὸ διαστελλόμενον, He 12:20. Mid., in late Gk. with same sense (so Ez, l.c.; et al. in LXX; MM, s.v.); a. dat. pers., Mk 8:15, Ac 15:24; seq. ἵνα, Mt 16:20, Mk 5:43 7:36 9:9.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
διαστέλλω. The verb is common = ‘enjoin, give instructions to,” P Hal 1. 7° (B.c. 232) ΠΊ]τολεμαίωι δὲ διά[σήτειλαι, εἴπερ μὴ τὸν βυβλιαφόρον καὶ τὸν ἔφοδον ἐκπέπει[κα]ς, δε ρῖνα instructions to Ptolemaeus, in case you have not persuaded the letter-carrier and the post-controller,” P Par 2655 (B.C. 163-2) (= Selections, p. 16) ἡμῶν δὲ τοῖς δέουσι θλιβομένων καὶ ᾿Αχομάρρῃ μὲν τῷ ἐπιστάτῃ τοῦ ἱεροῦ πλεονάκι διεστάλμεθα ἀποδιδόναι ἡμῖν, “᾿ ᾿ς σ᾽ e. g. when being crushed by our wants, we often made representations we were even to Achomarres the supervisor of the temple to give us (our rights),” 26. 634-19 (B.c, 165) διεστάλμεθα τοῖς ἄλλοις ἐπιμεληταῖς Kal ὑποδιοικηταῖς ταὐτά, etc. In P Rein 7*°(?B.c. 141) διασταλέντος, ‘it having been ordered ” in the contract (ovpBodaler), is followed by the acc. and the infin. : in the NT we have the equivalent ἵνα construction. P Lond 4417 (n.c. 161) (=I. p. 34) καὶ τὴν μὲν θύραν τοῦ ἱεροῦ προφθάσαντός μου Kal κλείσαντος, μετὰ κραυγῆς τε διαστελλομένου μεθ᾿ ἡσυχίας ἀναλύειν οὐδ᾽ ὡς ἀπεχώρουν, “1 shouted to them to go away quietly.” The same petitioner uses the active in 26. 4559 (p. 36) a year later, ὅπως ἀνακαλεσάμενος τοὺς προειρημένους διαστείλῃ ταύτοις μηκέτι εἰσβιάζεσθαι εἰς κτλ. We might further quote P Ryl If. 1131} (a.p. 133), where διέστειλαντό μοι is rendered ‘‘served a summons upon me”’ (Edd.). Quite distinct is the meaning in P Amh 11. 408 (ii/B.c.), showing how the best land in a glebe had been ‘‘ separated” by a Greek for the use of some compatriots—8verradpévas ἀπὸ τῆς γῆς Tas κρατίστας (ἀρούρας) κα Kal μεμισθωμένας τισὶ τῶν ᾿Εἰλλήνων : this agrees with the use of the noun διαστολή in the NT, see s.v. Cf. ἡμεῖς δ᾽ ἀπὸ τούτων διεστάλμεθα, where Thackeray (Z7azs/. 1. 32) remarks that διαστέλλειν ‘seems here to combine the two senses of ‘to distinguish’ and ‘to command,’ with a reference to Ley τοῦ, 1147,” also Aristeas 152 Finally we find διαστέλλειν almost a erm. ¢ech. in orders for payment in kind, P Oxy I. 885 (A.D. 179) διαστείλατε ἀφ᾽ ὧν ἔχετε τῶν γυμνασιάρχων ἐνθέμα[τι] πυροῦ γενήματος τ[ο]ῦ δ[ι7ε[λ]Ίθόν[ τ]ος 18 ἔτους ἀρτάβας ἑξήκοντα, ‘pay from the past 19 year’s store of wheat belonging to the gymnasiarchs and deposited with you sixty artabae” (Edd.), so 74. III. 516% (a.1. 160), P Lips I. 112" (A.D. 123), 113% (A.D. 127 or 128) etc. διάστειλον ἐκ τοῦ ἐμοῦ θέματος εἰς ὄνομ(α) Λουκιλλᾶτος.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
διαστέλλω (diastellō) — to give orders. διαστέλλω, put asunder, expand, separate, συνεσταλμένα δ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; δ. τι ταῖς ὄνυξι to tear it open, [Refs 1st c.AD+]:—passive, to be dilated, of the lungs or heart, [Refs 4th c.BC+]being dispersed, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; διασταλήτω πᾶσα σκοτία let all darkness be dispelled, [Refs]
2. divide, δίχα [Refs 5th c.BC+]; distinguish, τοὺς Τρῶας τῶν Δαρδάνων [Refs 8th c.BC+]
2. b define precisely, τὰ λεγόμενα [Refs 5th c.BC+]; intransitive, ὅρασις διαστέλλουσα distinct vision, [LXX]; also, to be distinctive, opposed to ἀπόλυτον εἶναι, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]:—middle, δ. περί τινος [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, διεσταλμένος definite, determinate, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
3. command expressly, give express orders, ῥητῶς ὑπέρ τινος [Refs 2nd c.BC+]:—middle, [LXX+3rd c.BC+]
4. pronounce, χείλεσι [LXX]
5. give orders in writing, [Refs 2nd c.BC+] —more frequently in middle [Refs 2nd c.BC+]
6. pay, render, especially in kind, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; make an order for payment, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; discharge a vow, [LXX]
7. set apart, τινὰ ἑαυτῷ[LXX+3rd c.BC+]
II. intransitive, differ, πρός τινα [Refs 2nd c.BC+]