diastellomai · give orders

What it means

diastellomai (διαστέλλομαι) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “give orders”.

Give strict orders, command.

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 give a clear instruction.

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

How it is translated

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

• he ordered ×4
• he gave ×1
• he was warning ×1
• we gave no instructions ×1
• what was commanded ×1

Related words

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

Where it appears

• Matthew×1
• Mark×5
• Acts×1
• Hebrews×1

• Matthew 16:20

  Then he ordered the disciples to tell no one that he was the Messiah.

• Mark 5:43

  And he gave them strict orders that no one should know this, and he told them to give her something to eat.

• Mark 7:36

  And he ordered them to tell no one; but the more he ordered them, the more they proclaimed it.

• Mark 8:15

  And he was warning them, saying, “Watch out, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod.”

• Mark 9:9

  And as they were coming down from the mountain, he ordered them to tell no one what they had seen, except when the Son of Man had risen from the dead.

• Acts 15:24

  Since we have heard that some from among us who went out have troubled you with words, unsettling your souls, men to whom we gave no instructions,

• Hebrews 12:20

  for they could not bear what was commanded: If even an animal touches the mountain, it will be stoned.

And 1 more times.