G2004: ἐπιτάσσω (epitássō)

G2004 ἐπιτάσσω (epitássō)

Greek

Quick Definition

ἐπιτάσσω v. I give order, command

Strong's Definition

from 1909 and 5021; to arrange upon, i.e. order

KJV Usage: charge, command, injoin

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

ἐπιτάσσω (G2004)

verb | τάσσω

33.325 · Communication · Command, Order

to order, to instruct, to tell, to command to give detailed instructions as to what must be done

MRK 1:27 · MRK 6:27 · MRK 6:39 · MRK 9:25 · LUK 4:36 · LUK 8:25 · LUK 8:31 · LUK 14:22 · ACT 23:2 · PHM 1:8

¹ The meanings of τάσσω[c], συντάσσω, προστάσσω[a], ἐπιτάσσω, and διατάσσω[a] no doubt differ somewhat, particularly in connotation, but it is not possible to determine this from existing contexts.

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

ἐπι-τάσσω; 1 aor. ἐπέταξα; (rdcaw); to enjoin upon, order, command, charge: absol. Lk. xiv. 22; τινί, Mk. i. 27; ix. 25; Lk. iv. 86 ; viii. 25; τινὶ τὸ ἀνῆκον, Philem. 8; τινί foll. by the inf., Mk. vi. 39; Lk. viii. 31; Acts xxiii. 2; foll. by ace. and inf. Mk. vi. 27; foll. by direct discourse, Mk. ix. 25. (Several times in Sept. ; Grk. writ. fr. Hdt. down.) [Syn. see κελεύω, fin. ]

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

ἐπιτάσσω epitassō 10x

with dat., to set over or upon; to enjoin, charge, Mk. 1:27; 6:39; Lk. 4:36

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

ἐπι-τάσσω

[in LXX for אָמַר, צָוָה, etc. ;]

to command, charge: c. acc rei, Lk 14:22; c. dat. pers., Mk 1:27 9:25, Lk 4:36 8:25; id. c. acc rei, Phm 8; id. c. inf., Mk 6:39, Lk 8:31, Ac 23:2; id. c. imperat., Mk 9:25; c. acc et inf., Mk 6:27.†

SYN.: κελεύω

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

ἐπιτάσσω. P Eleph 134 (B.C. 223) © δὲ ἐπήινει μόνον, ἐπέταξεν δ᾽ οὐθέν, P Tebt I. 59° (B.C. 99) ἐπιτάσσοντές μοι προθυμότερον διὰ τὸ ἄνωθεν φοβεῖσθαι καὶ σέβεσθαι τὸ ἱερόν, P Oxy II. 2947! (A.D. 22) (= Selections, p. 35) ὡς ἐπέταξεν 6 ἦγεpov, 26. 2751 (A.D. 66) (= Selections, p. 55) ποιοζ[ῦντα πάντα τὰ ἐπιτασσόμενα avtw—of an apprentice, 26. XII. 14808 (A.D. 32) οὐκ ἠμέλησα περὶ οὗ μοι ἐπιτέταχας, “1 did not neglect your instructions ” (Edd.).

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

ἐπιτάσσω (epitassō) — to command. ἐπιτάσσω, Attic dialect ἐπιτάττω, put upon one as a duty, enjoin, τι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τί τινι, as ἐ. ἄεθλόν τινι [Refs 5th c.BC+]: with dative person et infinitive, order one to do, ἐ. τοῖσι μὲν πεζὸν στρατὸν..παρέχειν [Refs 5th c.BC+]: rarely with accusative et infinitive, enjoin or order that.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; with the case omitted, ἐ. ἀποφορὴν ἐπιτελέειν [Refs 5th c.BC+]: absolutely, impose commands, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τινί on one, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:— passive, accept orders, submit to commands, εἰ 'πιταξόμεσθα δή [Refs 5th c.BC+]: with infinitive, οἱ ἐπιταττόμενοι γαμεῖν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of things, to be ordered, ὁ στρατὸς ὁ -θεὶς ἑκάστοισι [Refs 5th c.BC+] assuming variant; τὰ ἐπιτασσόμενα ἐπετέλεον orders given, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; δικαίωσις τοῖς πέλας -ομένη dictated, [Refs 5th c.BC+] what was prescribed, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; πλευρὰς ἔχον ὅσας ἄν τις ἐπιτάξῃ with as many sides as you please, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]

2. use the imperative mood, εὔχεσθαι οἰόμενος ἐπιτάττει εἰπὼν μῆνιν ἄειδε θεά.. τὸ γὰρ κελεῦσαι, φησί,..ἐπίταξίς ἐστιν [Refs 4th c.BC+]; opposed to κελεύειν, [Refs]

II. place next or beside, [Σαγάρτιοι] ἐπετετάχατο ἐς τοὺς Πέρσας [Refs 5th c.BC+] —middle, τοὺς ἱππέας ἐπετάξαντο ἐπὶ τῷ δεξιῷ they had the cavalry placed next, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II.2. place behind, ὄπισθεν τοῦ πεζοῦ τὴν ἵππον [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—middle, ἐπιτάξασθαι τῇ φάλαγγι λόχους [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, τοῖσι μυρίοισι ἐπετέτακτο ἵππος Περσέων μυρίη [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II.2. b Grammars, place after, in passive, αὐτὸς πάσῃ ἀντωνυμίᾳ -τάσσεται [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

II.3. set in command over, τινί [Refs 2nd c.AD+] —passive, οἱ ἐπιτεταγμένοι set as guards over the wagons, [Refs 5th c.BC+]