Lexicon epitagé: a command Original Word: ἐπιταγή, ῆς, ἡPart of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: epitagé Phonetic Spelling: (ep-ee-tag-ay') Short Definition: instruction, command, order, authority Definition: instruction, command, order, authority. HELPS word-Studies Cognate: 2003 epitagḗ (from 1909 /epí, "suitably on," intensifying 5021 /tássō, "arrange") – a command "fitting" to the situation, i.e. an order that arranges things so they build on (Gk epi) each other to achieve the needed goal. Thus 2003 /epitagḗ ("a structured command") also "stresses 'the authoritativeness of the command' " (Vine, Unger, White, NT, 112). See 2004 (epitassō). NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom epitassóDefinitiona command NASB Translationauthority (1), command (3), commandment (3).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 2003: ἐπιταγήἐπιταγή, ἐπιταγῆς, ἡ ( ἐπιτάσσω), an injunction, mandate, command: Romans 16:26; 1 Corinthians 7:25; 1 Timothy 1:1; Titus 1:3; μετά πάσης ἐπιταγῆς, with every possible form of authority, Titus 2:15; κατ' ἐπιταγήν, by way of command, 1 Corinthians 7:6; 2 Corinthians 8:8. (Wis. 14:16, etc.; Polybius, Diodorus.)
Strong's authority, commandment. From epitasso; an injunction or decree; by implication, authoritativeness -- authority, commandment. see GREEK epitasso |
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