diatassō · instruct, arrange

What it means

diatassō (διατάσσω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “instruct, arrange”.

Give instructions, order, arrange, appoint.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. To say how things should be done.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• directed ×4
• commanded ×3
• I direct ×1
• I will set in order ×1
• had ordered ×1
• has been prescribed ×1
• he had arranged ×1
• he ordered ×1
• instructing ×1
• ordained ×1
• others ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×1
• Luke×4
• Acts×5
• 1 Corinthians×4
• Galatians×1
• Titus×1

• Matthew 11:1

  And it happened when Jesus had finished instructing his twelve disciples, that he moved on from there to teach and proclaim in their towns.

• Luke 3:13

  And he said to them, “Collect nothing more than what has been prescribed for you.”

• Luke 8:55

  And her spirit returned, and she got up immediately; and he directed that something be given her to eat.

• Luke 17:9

  He does not thank the slave because he did the things commanded, does he?

• Luke 17:10

  So you also, when you have done all the things commanded you, say, ‘We are worthless slaves; what we ought to do we have done.’”

• Acts 7:44

  Our fathers had the tent of testimony in the wilderness, just as the one who spoke to Moses directed him to make it according to the pattern that he had seen.

• Acts 18:2

  And he found a certain Jew named Aquila, a man of Pontus by birth, who had recently come from Italy, and Priscilla his wife because Claudius had ordered all the Jews to depart from Rome; and he went to them,

• Acts 20:13

  But we went ahead to the ship and set sail for Assos, intending to take aboard Paul there; for so he had arranged, intending himself to go by land.

• Acts 23:31

  So the soldiers, according to what had been ordered them, took Paul and brought him by night to Antipatris.

• Acts 24:23

  And he ordered the centurion that he be kept in custody and have some freedom, and not to prevent anyone of his own people from serving him.

• 1 Corinthians 7:17

  Only, as the Lord has assigned to each, as God has called each, so let him walk. And so I direct in all the assemblies.

• 1 Corinthians 9:14

  In the same way also the Lord commanded those who proclaim the good news to live from the good news.

• 1 Corinthians 11:34

  If anyone is hungry, let him eat at home, so that you may not come together for judgment. And the rest I will set in order whenever I come.

• 1 Corinthians 16:1

  Now concerning the collection for the saints, just as I directed the assemblies of Galatia, so you also must do.

• Galatians 3:19

  Why then the law? It was added because of transgressions, until the offspring should come to whom the promise had been made, and it was ordained through angels by the hand of a mediator.

• Titus 1:5

  For this reason I left you in Crete, so that you might set right what remained and appoint elders in every town, as I directed you,