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Greek verb · G1299

διατάσσω

diatassodee-at-as'-so

to direct

16 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: diatássō

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G1299is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 6 of 27
    New Testament books
  • 13
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · G1299

to arrange thoroughly, i.e. (specially) institute, prescribe, etc.

The King James renders it: appoint, command, give, (set in) order, ordain.

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

diatasso is rendered "to direct". It stands 16 times in the Greek text, across six books.

  • Five of the uses stand in Acts, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 11:1After Jesus had finished instructing His twelve disciples, He went on from there to teach and preach in their cities.
  • The Greek text spells it thirteen different ways.

The first use

After Jesus had finished instructing His twelve disciples, He went on from there to teach and preach in their cities.

Matthew 11:1διατάσσων

The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.

Where the word stands

Five of the word's sixteen uses are in Acts.

The other 21 New Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • having been commanded2
  • appointed1
  • commanding1
  • directed1
  • had commanded1
  • has prescribed1
  • having arranged himself1
  • having been ordained1
  • having commanded1
  • He directed1
  • I have directed1
  • I prescribe1

and 3 more, 16 uses in all

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.

διατρίβωdiatriboto remainUses9
διατίθεμαιdiatithemaito make a covenantUses7
διαταγήdiatageordinanceUses2
διατηρέωdiatereoto keepUses2
διάταγμαdiatagmaedictUses1
διατελέωdiateleoto continueUses1
διατροφήdiatrophefoodUses1
διαταράσσωdiatarassoto troubleUses1
διατίdiatiwhy?Usesnot recorded

All 16, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

13 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

  • διαταχθέντα2
  • διατεταγμένον2
  • διέταξεν2
  • διαταγεὶς1
  • διαταξάμενος1
  • διατάξομαι.¶1
  • διατάσσομαι.¶1
  • διατάσσων1
  • διατεταγμένος1
  • διατεταχέναι1
  • διέταξα1
  • διεταξάμην1

and 1 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • verb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singular2V-AAI-3S
  • verb · aorist passive, participle · accusative (object) · neuter plural2V-APP-APN
  • verb · perfect passive, participle · accusative (object) · neuter singular2V-RPP-ASN
  • verb · aorist passive, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singular1V-2APP-NSM
  • verb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person singular1V-AAI-1S
  • verb · aorist middle, indicative · 1st person singular1V-AMI-1S
  • verb · aorist middle, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-AMI-3S
  • verb · aorist middle, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singular1V-AMP-NSM
  • verb · future middle form, indicative · 1st person singular1V-FDI-1S
  • verb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singular1V-PAP-NSM
  • verb · present middle, indicative · 1st person singular1V-PMI-1S
  • verb · perfect active, infinitive (“to…”)1V-RAN

Matthew

one use
  • After Jesus had finished instructing His twelve disciples, He went on from there to teach and preach in their cities.

    Matthew 11:1

    • διατάσσωνdiatassonverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: commanding

Luke

four uses
  • “Collect no more than you are authorized,” he answered.

    Luke 3:13

    • διατεταγμένονdiatetagmenonverb · perfect passive, participle · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: appointed
  • Her spirit returned, and at once she got up. And He directed that she be given something to eat.

    Luke 8:55

    • διέταξενdietaxenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He directed
  • Does he thank the servant because he did what he was told?

    Luke 17:9

    • διαταχθένταdiatachthentaverb · aorist passive, participle · accusative (object) · neuter pluraltagged: having been commanded
  • So you also, when you have done everything commanded of you, should say, ‘We are unworthy servants; we have only done our duty.’”

    Luke 17:10

    • διαταχθένταdiatachthentaverb · aorist passive, participle · accusative (object) · neuter pluraltagged: having been commanded

Acts

five uses
  • Our fathers had the tabernacle of the Testimony with them in the wilderness. It was constructed exactly as God had directed Moses, according to the pattern he had seen.

    Acts 7:44

    • διετάξατοdietaxatoverb · aorist middle, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: had commanded
  • There he found a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla because Claudius had ordered all the Jews to leave Rome. Paul went to visit them,

    Acts 18:2

    • διατεταχέναιdiatetachenaiverb · perfect active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to have commanded
  • We went on ahead to the ship and sailed to Assos, where we were to take Paul aboard. He had arranged this because he was going there on foot.

    Acts 20:13

    • διατεταγμένοςdiatetagmenosverb · perfect middle, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having arranged himself
  • So the soldiers followed their orders and brought Paul by night to Antipatris.

    Acts 23:31

    • διατεταγμένονdiatetagmenonverb · perfect passive, participle · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: ordered
  • He ordered the centurion to keep Paul under guard, but to allow him some freedom and permit his friends to minister to his needs.

    Acts 24:23

    • διαταξάμενοςdiataxamenosverb · aorist middle, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having commanded

1 Corinthians

four uses
  • Regardless, each one should lead the life that the Lord has assigned to him and to which God has called him. This is what I prescribe in all the churches.

    1 Corinthians 7:17

    • διατάσσομαι.¶diatassomaiverb · present middle, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I prescribe
  • In the same way, the Lord has prescribed that those who preach the gospel should receive their living from the gospel.

    1 Corinthians 9:14

    • διέταξενdietaxenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: has prescribed
  • If anyone is hungry, he should eat at home, so that when you come together it will not result in judgment. And when I come, I will give instructions about the remaining matters.

    1 Corinthians 11:34

    • διατάξομαι.¶diataxomaiverb · future middle form, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I will set in order
  • Now about the collection for the saints, you are to do as I directed the churches of Galatia:

    1 Corinthians 16:1

    • διέταξαdietaxaverb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I have directed

Galatians

one use
  • Why then was the law given? It was added because of transgressions, until the arrival of the seed to whom the promise referred. It was administered through angels by a mediator.

    Galatians 3:19

    • διαταγεὶςdiatageisverb · aorist passive, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having been ordained

Titus

one use
  • The reason I left you in Crete was that you would set in order what was unfinished and appoint elders in every town, as I directed you.

    Titus 1:5

    • διεταξάμηνdietaxamenverb · aorist middle, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: directed

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.

Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0. Their grammar codes are written out in English here and shown as tagged beside each one.

Meaning and senses: STEP Bible TBESG (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0), the Brief lexicon based on Abbott-Smith (1922).

Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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