Quick Definition
ἐπιταγή, ῆς, ἡ n.f. instruction, command, order, authority
Strong's Definition
from 2004; an injunction or decree; by implication, authoritativeness
KJV Usage: authority, commandment
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, f. | -ῆς | τάσσω
33.326 · Communication · Command, Order
order, command, decree, ordinance, instruction (derivative of ἐπιτάσσω ‘to order, to instruct,’ 33.325) that which has been specifically ordered or commanded
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἐπι-ταγή, -ἧς, ἡ, (ἐπιτάσσω), an injunction, mandate, command : Ro. xvi. 26; 1 Co. vii. 25; 1 Tim.i.1; Tit. i. 3;
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἐπιταγή epitagē 7x
injunction, 1 Cor. 7:6, 25; 2 Cor. 8:8; a decree, Rom. 16:26; 1 Tim. 1:1; Tit. 1:3; authoritativeness, strictness, Tit. 2:15*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
† ἐπι-ταγή, -ῆς, ἡ
(< ἐπιτάσσω), [in LXX: Da LXX 3:16 (פִּתְגָּם), I Es 1:18, Wi 14:16 18:16 19:6, III Mac 7:20 * ;]
= cl., ἐπίταγμα,
a command, Ro 16:26, I Co 7:6, 25, II Co 8:8, I Ti 1:1, Tit 1:3 (for use in Inscr. of divine commands, v. MM, Exp., xiv); μετὰ πάσης ἐ, with all authority: Tit 2:15.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἐπιταγή. The ordinary meaning appears in a fragmentary letter P Flor 11. 119° (A.D. 254) ὅπως... ἐπιταγὴν λάβωσιν, with reference to an “‘ order” or ‘‘ instruction” given to certain fishermen. The use of the word in Paul to denote a divine command (Rom 167%, τ Tim 1%, Tit 1°) is in accord with its technical use in dedicatory inscriptions. Thus in Sy// 7864 Isias dedicates an altar to the Mother of the gods κατ᾽ ἔπιταγήν, ‘by command” of Cybele herself conveyed in dream or oracle, as Dittenberger remarks. He compares other formulae like κατὰ μαντείαν, kat ὄναρ, καθ᾽ ὅραμα. See also Sy/7 8053 (Rom.), 7G XII. 1, 785. It is at least possible that this connotation may be present in 1 Cor 7%, 2 Cor 8°. Add the Phrygian inscr. ᾿Αγαθῇ τύχῃ Σόλων ἱερὸς κατὰ ἐπιταγὴν Δ[ιΠὶ Δίῳ εὐχὴν καὶ éavto ζῶν, which Sir William Ramsay (Stud. in the East. Rom. Prov. p. 275) cites in illustration of the old Phrygian custom of consecrating any sacred place by a grave. ‘‘Here Solon, in service at an Anatolian hieron, was ordered by the god to fulfil a vow, and in the same act of dedication he made the grave for himself.” Cf. also the stele inscr. in 7415 xxvi. (1906), p. 28 Ovdpr(o)s . . . Πωλλίων κατ᾽ ἐπιταγὴν τοῦ θεοῦ ἀνέθηκα εἱκετεύων. For ἐπίταγμα, see P Oxy XII. 1469% (A.D. 298) ἐν τοῖ[ς] καθ᾽ ἡμᾶς ἐπιτάγμασιν, ‘fin commands concerning us.” According to the editor’s note ἐπίταγμα is used in P Grenf I. 188 (B.C. 132) Tod ἐπιτάγματος ἱππάρχου of a “reserve” of cavalry, but see contra Schubart in Archiv il. p. 149.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἐπιταγή (epitagē) — command. ἐπι-τᾰγή, ἡ, (ἐπιτάσσω) ={-ταγμα}, [LXX+2nd c.BC+]; imposition of taxes, αἱ ἐ. τῶν εἰσφορῶν [Refs 1st c.BC+]
2. especially of oracles or divine commands, κατ᾽ ἐπιταγήν [Refs]; κατ᾽ ἐ. τοῦ θεοῦ [NT]