προστάσσω: 1 aorist προσέταξα; perfect passive participle προστεταγμενος; from (Aeschylus and) Herodotus down; 1. to assign or ascribe to, join to. 2. to enjoin, order, prescribe, command: the Sept. for φΔεΘΜδ; absolutely καθώς προσέταξε, Luk_5:14; with the dative of a person, Mat_1:24; Mat_21:6 R G T; τί, Mat_8:4; Mar_1:44; τίνι τί, passive, Act_10:33; followed by an accusative with an infinitive Act_10:48; to appoint, to define, passive, προστετάγμενοι καιροί, Act_17:26 G L (stereotype edition (larger edition, πρός τεταγμένοι)) T Tr WH, for the Rec. προτετάγμενοι. (Synonym: see κελεύω, at the end.)

προστάσσω prostassō 7x pr. to place or station at or against; to enjoin, command, direct, Mat_1:24 ; Mat_8:4 ; Mar_1:44 ; to assign, constitute, appoint, Act_17:26 command; instruct.

προσ -τάσσω , [in LXX chiefly for H6680 pi .;] 1. c . acc pers ., to place at, to attach to. 2. to give a command, enjoin, appoint: Luk_5:14 ; c. dat. pers ., Mat_1:24 ; c . acc rei , Mat_8:4 , Mar_1:44 ; c . acc et inf ., Act_10:48 ; pass ., Act_10:33 ; Act_17:26 .†

προστάσσω [page 551] appoint, is read in tbe critical text of Act_17:26 : cf. P Amh II. 29 20 ( c . B.C. 250) βασιλέως προστάξαντος . . ., and P Tebt I. 7 1 (B.C. 114) βασιλέων προσταξάν [τ ]ων μηθένα τῶν ἐπὶ τῶν κριτηρίων καὶ τῶν ἄλ [λ ]ων τῶν πρὸς χρείαις δέχεσθαι ἐγκλήματα . . ., the sovereigns decree that neither anyone who exercises judicial functions nor any of the other officials shall receive complaints . . ., where the editors note that the formula βασιλέων προσταξάντων appears to be used in cases where the following decree is not quoted in its exact words, whether because it was extracted from a series or because the construction is altered to oratio obliqua . See also P Reinach 18 21 (B.C. 108) παρὰ τὰ . . . προστεταγμένα . The verb is common in the inscrr., e.g. Syll 365 (= .3 798) 16 (A.D. 37) ὁ δὲ δῆμος . . . προσέταξε τοῖς ἄρχουσι ψήφισμα ὑπαντήσεως εἰσηγήσασθαι αὐτοῖς , and ib . 523 (= 3 578) 48 (ii/B.C.) μὴ ποιήσας τι τῶν προστεταγμένων ἐν τῶι νόμωι τῶιδε . For the subst. πρόσταγμα cf. P Cairo Zen 59034 19 (B.C. 257) καλῶς οὖν ἔχει , Ἀπολλώνιε , ἐπακολουθῆσαί σε τοῖς ὑπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ προστάγμασιν , and for προσταγή cf. Diog. Oenoand. p. 18 2 (ed. William).

προστάσσω attic -ττω fut. ξω c. acc. pers., "to place or post at" a place, χωρεῖτε οἷ προστάσσομεν (sc. ὑμᾶς) Eur. :—Pass., προσταχθείς πύλαις Aesch. , etc. "to attach to, assign to", Hdt. ; πρ. τινάς τινι "to assign" them "to" his command, Thuc. :—Pass., Ἰνδοὶ προσετετάχατο Φαρναζάθρῃ Hdt. reversely, πρ. ἄρχοντα "to appoint" as commander over others, id=Hdt. c. acc. rei, "to give as a command, prescribe, enjoin", ἔργον, πόνον πρ. τινί id=Hdt. , etc.:—Pass., τοῖσι δὲ ἵππος προσετέτακτο to others "orders had been given" to supply cavalry, id=Hdt. ; τὰ προσταχθέντα "orders given", id=Hdt. ; τὸ προστεταγμένον id=Hdt. ; τὰ προσταχθησόμενα "orders that will be given", Xen. :—absol., προσταχθέν μοι "the order having been given" me, Dem. c. dat. pers. et inf. "to command, order" one to do, Hdt. , etc.:—Pass., impers., προσετέτακτό τινι πρήσσειν id=Hdt. c. acc. et inf., Eur. :—Pass. "to be ordered" to do, Hdt. : absol. "to receive orders", Thuc.

προσ-τάσσω [in LXX chiefly for צָוָה pi. ;] __1. with accusative of person(s), to place at, to attach to. __2. to give a command, enjoin, appoint: Luk.5:14; with dative of person(s), Mat.1:24; with accusative of thing(s), Mat.8:4, Mrk.1:44; with accusative and inf., Act.10:48; pass., Act.10:33 17:26.† (AS)