Greek verb · G1291
διαστέλλομαι
diastellomaidee-as-tel'-lom-ahee
to divide, distinguish, define; to command, charge expressly
8 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: diastéllomai
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G1291is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 4 of 27New Testament books
- 4spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G1291
to set (oneself) apart (figuratively, distinguish), i.e. (by implication) to enjoin
The King James renders it: charge, that which was (give) commanded(-ment).
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
diastellomai is rendered "to divide, distinguish, define; to command, charge expressly". It stands 8 times in the Greek text, across four books.
- Five of the uses stand in Mark, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "to divide, distinguish, define".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 16:20Then He admonished the disciples not to tell anyone that He was the Christ.
- The Greek text spells it four different ways.
The first use
Then He admonished the disciples not to tell anyone that He was the Christ.
Matthew 16:20διεστείλατο
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
The word carries two meanings: to divide, distinguish, define, and to command, charge expressly.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| to divide, distinguish, define | Tagged as
| WhereMatthew 16:20Then He admonished the disciples not to tell anyone that He was the Christ. |
| to command, charge expressly | Tagged as
| WhereMatthew 16:20Then He admonished the disciples not to tell anyone that He was the Christ. |
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| διασκορπίζω | diaskorpizo | to scatter | Uses9 |
| διασώζω | diasozo | to save | Uses8 |
| διαστρέφω | diastrepho | to pervert | Uses7 |
| διασπορά | diaspora | dispersion | Uses3 |
| διαστολή | diastole | distinction | Uses3 |
| διασπείρω | diaspeiro | to scatter | Uses3 |
| διασπάω | diaspao | to tear apart | Uses2 |
| διασαφέω | diasapheo | to explain | Uses2 |
| διασείω | diaseio | to extort | Uses1 |
| διάστημα | diastema | interval | Uses1 |
All 8, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
4 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- διεστείλατο4
- διεστέλλετο2
- διαστελλόμενον1
- διεστειλάμεθα1
The grammar of each form
- verb · aorist middle, indicative · 3rd person singular4V-AMI-3S
- verb · imperfect middle, indicative · 3rd person singular2V-IMI-3S
- verb · aorist middle, indicative · 1st person plural1V-AMI-1P
- verb · present passive, participle · accusative (object) · neuter singular1V-PPP-ASN
Matthew
one use
Then He admonished the disciples not to tell anyone that He was the Christ.
- διεστείλατοdiesteilatoverb · aorist middle, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he ordered
Mark
five uses
Then Jesus gave strict orders that no one should know about this, and He told them to give her something to eat.
- διεστείλατοdiesteilatoverb · aorist middle, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He instructed
Jesus ordered them not to tell anyone. But the more He ordered them, the more widely they proclaimed it.
- διεστείλατοdiesteilatoverb · aorist middle, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He instructed
- διεστέλλετοdiestelletoverb · imperfect middle, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: was instructing
“Watch out!” He cautioned them. “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of Herod.”
- διεστέλλετοdiestelletoverb · imperfect middle, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He was instructing
As they were coming down the mountain, Jesus admonished them not to tell anyone what they had seen until the Son of Man had risen from the dead.
- διεστείλατοdiesteilatoverb · aorist middle, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He instructed
Acts
one use
It has come to our attention that some went out from us without our authorization and unsettled you, troubling your minds by what they said.
- διεστειλάμεθαdiesteilamethaverb · aorist middle, indicative · 1st person pluraltagged: we had given instructions
Hebrews
one use
For they could not bear what was commanded: “If even an animal touches the mountain, it must be stoned.”
- διαστελλόμενονdiastellomenonverb · present passive, participle · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: is being commanded
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.