Quick Definition
διαταγή, ῆς, ἡ n.f. ordaining, ordinance, disposition
Strong's Definition
from 1299; arrangement, i.e. institution
KJV Usage: instrumentality
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
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Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
διαταγή diatagē 2x
an injunction, institute, ordinance, Rom. 13:2; Acts 7:53*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
† δια-ταγή, -ῆς, ἡ
(< διατάσσω), [in LXX: II Es 4:11 (פַּרְשֶׁגֶן)* ;]
in late writers (Deiss., LAE, 86 ff.) for cl. διάταξις (wh., however, is found in LXX, Ps 118 (119):91, al.);
disposition (cf. διάταξις for צְבָא; Sm., IV Ki 23:4, Je 8:2 19:13); εἰς διαταγὰς ἀγγέλων, AV, by the disposition of angels (Alf., in l., Field, Notes, 116; but v. infr.): Ac 7:53;
ordinance (C. I. 3465): Ro 13:2, Ac 7:53, R, txt. (and v. mg.; Page and EGT, in l.; but also v. supr.).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
διαταγή. Deis-mann (ZAZ, p. 86 ff.) has shown how completely the new evidence sets aside the statement by Grimm (but cf. Thayer, p. 694) that this is ‘‘ purely” a biblical and ecclesiastical word used for the Greek διάταξις. Thus P Oxy I. 928 (an order for a payment of wine—? A.D. 335) ᾿Αμεσύστῳ ἱπποιάτρῳ ἐκ διαταγί(ῆς) οἴνου κεράμιον ἕν νέον, 26, 915 (A.D. 362), and P Fay 1334 (iv/A.D.) ἀπέστειλα τὸν οἰκ[ον]όμον ... ἵνα τὴν διαταγὴν τῆς τρύγης ποιήσηται, ΚΕῚ have sent to you the steward to make arrangements about the vintage’ (Edd.). From inserr. we may quote Cagnat IV. 6617 (a.D. 85), where the διαταγή of T. Praxias of Acmonia appears in his will ; 74. 7343, providing that no one shall be buried in the tomb παρὰ γνώμην τοῦ “Potdov ἢ διαταγήν, and similarly 26. 8409 εἴ τις παρὰ τὴν διαταγὴν τὴν ἐμὴν ποιήσι, which the editor glosses as ‘‘ excerptum testamenti, relati in tabularium civitatis.” For this specialized meaning of ‘‘testamentary disposition,” Deissmann, LAE, p. 87, cites this last inscr. (from Hierapolis), and refers to the Pauline use of ἐπιδιατάσσεσθαι in Gal 315. For the difficult εἰς διαταγὰς ἀγγέλων in Ac 7°% Nestle (Exp T xx. p. 93) cites the Heb. 1°23 or 9793, ‘‘ through the hand” or ‘‘ hands” (2. e. the mediation) of angels, and compares the LXX διὰ χειρὸς AavelS = Heb. TITY 2Y in 2 Chron. 2338 (Vg. ‘‘juxta déspost/ionem David”)—a view confirmed, he adds, by the Syriac version which has 73 with the addition of NI7P15, ‘‘ the command.” ὶ
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
διαταγή (diatagē) — ordinance. δια-τᾰγή, ἡ, command, ordinance, [LXX+NT+4th c.AD+]; testamentary disposition, [Refs]; δ. τῆς τρύγης ποιήσασθαι make arrangements for.., [Refs 4th c.AD+]; πόλεως [NT+3rd c.AD+]; medical regimen, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ={τάξις}, [Refs]