Quick Definition
I give orders to, prescribe
Strong's Definition
to arrange thoroughly, i.e. (specially) institute, prescribe, etc.
Derivation: from G1223 (διά) and G5021 (τάσσω);
KJV Usage: appoint, command, give, (set in) order, ordain
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
διατάσσω; 1 aorist διέταξα; perfect infinitive διατεταχέναι (Act_18:2 (not Tdf.)); passive, perfect preposition διατεταχέναι; 1 aorist participle διατεταγμένος; 2 aorist participle διαταχθεις; middle, present διατάσσομαι; future διατάξομαι; 1 aorist διεταξάμην; (on the force of διά cf. German verordnen, (Latindisponere, Winers De verb. comp. etc. Part v., p. 7f)); to arrange, appoint, ordain, prescribe, give order: τίνι, Mat_11:1; 1Co_16:1; followed by an accusative with an infinitive, Luk_8:55; Act_18:2 (here T τεταχέναι Tr marginal reading brackets δια(; τίνι followed by an infinitive 1Co_9:14); τί, passive, ὁ νόμος διαταγείς δἰ ἀγγέλων (see διαταγή): Gal_3:19 (Hesiod, Works, 274); τίνι τί, passive: Luk_3:18; Luk_17:9 (Rec.),10; Act_23:31. Middle: 1Co_7:17; οὕτω ἦν διατεταγμένος (cf. Winers Grammar, 262 (246); (Buttmann, 193 (167))), Act_20:13; τίνι, Tit_1:5; τί, 1Co_11:34; τίνι, followed by an infinitive: Act_7:44; Act_24:23. (Compare: ἐπιδιατάσσομαι.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
διατάσσω diatassō 16x
pr. to arrange, make a precise arrangement;
to prescribe, 1Co_11:34 ; 1Co_16:1 ; Tit_1:5 ;
to direct, Luk_8:55 ; Act_20:13 ;
to charge, Mat_11:1 ;
to command, Act_18:2 ;
to ordain, Gal_3:19 command; direct; instruct; order.
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
δια -τάσσω ,
[in LXX for H7760 , H8104 , etc.;]
to charge, give orders to, appoint, arrange, ordain: c . dat ., Mat_11:1 , 1Co_9:14 ; 1Co_16:1 ; seq . inf ., Luk_8:55 , Act_18:2 . Mid ., 1Co_7:17 , Act_20:13 ; c . acc , 1Co_11:34 ; c . dat ,, Tit_1:5 ; seq . inf ., Act_7:44 ; Act_24:23 . Pass ., τὸ διατεταγμένον , Luk_3:13 , Act_23:31 ; τὰ διαταχθέντα , Luk_17:9-10 ; διαταγείς , Gal_3:19 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
διατάσσω [page 155]
The technical use of the verb in connexion with wills (see above under διαταγή , διάταγμα ) is seen in P Fay 97 .13 (A.D. 78) ἀργυρίου δραχμὰς εἴκοσι . . . αἵ εἰσιν δ [ι ]αταγῖσαι ἀ [πὸ ] τοῦ τετελευτηκότος αὐ [το ]ῦ π [α ]τρός , twenty drachmae of silver, being the sum bequeathed by his deceased father (Edd.), so .32 , P Oxy I. 75 .30 (A.D. 129) δηλῶ δὲ τὴν ἀδελφήν μου Διωγενίδαν διαταγεῖσαν διὰ τῆς διαθήκης προικὸς δραχμὰς χειλίας κτλ .; ib. 105 .7 (A.D. 117 37) μὴ ἐξέσ ]τ̣ω̣ ἐνχιρεῖν τοῖς ὑπ᾽ ἐμοῦ διατεταγμένοις , al. For the more general sense, cf. P Oxy IV. 718 .25 (A.D. 180 92) κατὰ τὰ διατεταγμένα , in accordance with the decrees, ib. VI. 899 .22 (A.D. 200) διετάσσετο γῆν βασιλικήν τε καὶ δη [μοσ ]ίαν , was appointed (to cultivate) Crown and public land (Edd.), P Tebt II. 423 .5 (early iii/A.D.) ἤδη οὖν ὡς δι [ε ]τάγη χωρησάτω , so now as was ordered let it go (Edd.), P Flor II. 127 .10 (A.D. 256) ἐπεὶ καὶ τὰ ὑπόλοιπα χω [ρ ]ίδια ἐπιθεωρεῖν μέλλομεν καὶ τὰ παρὰ σοὶ διατ [άξ ]αι . In the curious Pergamene inscr., Cagnat IV. 504 .8 διαταγεῖσα ἰδίη γνώμη , indicating infra expressam esse sententiam Nicodemi, the subject is conditioned in its phraseology by the necessity of making the letters of each line add up to 1461 (Ed.).
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
διατάσσω attic -ττω fut. ξω Pass., aor1 -ετάχθην perf. -τέταγμαι "to appoint or ordain severally, dispose", Hes. , Hdt. :—absol. "to make arrangements", Xen. :—Mid. "to arrange for oneself, get things arranged", Plat. :—Pass. "to be appointed", c. inf., Hdt. "to draw up" an army, "set in array", id=Hdt. : also "to draw up separately", id=Hdt. :—Mid., διαταξάμενοι "posted in battle-order", Ar. , Xen. ; so in perf. pass. διατετάχθαι, Hdt. Mid. "to order by will", Anth.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
δια-τάσσω
[in LXX for שׂוּם, שָׁמַר, etc. ;]
to charge, give orders to, appoint, arrange, ordain: with dative, Mat.11:1, 1Co.9:14 16:1; before inf., Luk.8:55, Act.18:2. Mid., 1Co.7:17, Act.20:13; with accusative, 1Co.11:34; with dative, Tit.1:5; before inf., Act.7:44 24:23. Pass., τὸ διατεταγμένον, Luk.3:13, Act.23:31; τὰ διαταχθέντα, Luk.17:9-10; διαταγείς, Gal.3:19.†
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