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ἐπιτάσσω

epitassō · command

Greek word · Strong’s number G2004 · appears 10 times in the Bible

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What it means

epitassō (ἐπιτάσσω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “command”.

Give orders, command.

How to say it

e·pi·tas·sō

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 direct with authority.

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

How it is translated

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

  • he commands ×3
  • ordered ×3
  • command ×2
  • he commanded ×1
  • order ×1

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Words that come from it

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

Where it appears

  • Mark 1:27

    And they were all amazed, so that they questioned one another, saying, “What is this? A new teaching with authority! He commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey him.”

  • Mark 6:27

    And at once the king sent an executioner and ordered him to bring his head. And he went and beheaded him in the prison

  • Mark 6:39

    And he commanded them to have all recline in groups on the green grass.

  • Mark 9:25

    And when Jesus saw that a crowd was running together, he rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, “Mute and deaf spirit, I command you, come out of him and never again enter into him!”

  • Luke 4:36

    And amazement came upon all, and they were talking with one another, saying, “What is this word, that with authority and power he commands the unclean spirits, and they come out?”

  • Luke 8:25

    And he said to them, “Where is your faith?” And being afraid, they marveled, saying to one another, “Who then is this, that he commands even the winds and the water, and they obey him?”

  • Luke 8:31

    And they were begging him not to order them to go away into the abyss.

  • Luke 14:22

    And the slave said, ‘Master, what you ordered has been done, and there is still room.’

  • Acts 23:2

    And the high priest Ananias ordered those who stood by him to strike his mouth.

  • Philemon 1:8

    Therefore, though I have much boldness in the Messiah to command you what is fitting,