Strong's Lexicon
G1291 — διαστέλλομαι
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G1291 |
|---|---|
| Word: | διαστέλλομαι |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | middle voice from G1223 and G4724 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 8 |
| Transliteration: | diastellomai |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | dee-as-tel'-lom-ai |
| Meaning: | 1. to set (oneself) apart 2. (figuratively) to distinguish 3. (by implication) to enjoin |
| KJV Renderings: | charge, that which was (give) commanded(-ment) |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
διαστέλλω: to draw asunder, divide, distinguish, dispose, order, (Plato, Polybius, Diodorus, Strabo, Plutarch; often in the Sept.); passive τό διαστελλόμενον, the injunction: Heb 12:20 (2Ma 14:28). Middle, (present διαστέλλομαι); imperfect διεστελλομην; 1 aorist διεστειλαμην; to open oneself, i. e. one’s mind, to set forth distinctly, (Aristotle, Polybius); hence, in the N. T. (so Eze 3:18-19; Jdt 11:12) to admonish, order, charge: τίνι, Mar 8:15; Act 15:24; followed by (ἵνα (cf. Buttmann, 237 (204)), Mat 16:20 R T Tr WH marginal reading; Mar 7:36; Mar 9:9; διεστείλατο πολλά, ἵνα etc. Mar 5:43.
Englishman's Greek Concordance
διαστέλλομαι (charge)
Matthew 16:20
- KJV: Then charged he his disciples that they should tell no man that he was Jesus the Christ
- GK: τότε διεστείλατο τοις μαθηταίς αυτού ίνα μηδενί είπωσιν ότι αυτός εστιν Ιησούς ο Χριστός
Mark 5:43
- KJV: And he charged them straitly that no man should know it and commanded that something should be given her to eat
- GK: και διεστείλατο αυτοίς πολλά ίνα μηδείς γνώ τούτο και είπε δοθήναι αυτή φαγείν
Mark 7:36
- KJV: And he charged them that they should tell no man but the more he charged them so much the more a great deal they published
- GK: και διεστείλατο αυτοίς ίνα μηδενί είπωσιν όσον δε αυτός αυτοίς διεστέλλετο μάλλον περισσότερον εκήρυσσον
Mark 8:15
- KJV: And he charged them saying Take heed beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod
- GK: και διεστέλλετο αυτοίς λέγων οράτε βλέπετε από της ζύμης των Φαρισαίων και της ζύμης Ηρώδου
Mark 9:9
- KJV: And as they came down from the mountain he charged them that they should tell no man what things they had seen till the Son of man were risen from the dead
- GK: καταβαινόντων δε αυτών από του όρους διεστείλατο αυτοίς ίνα μηδενί διηγήσωνται α είδον ει όταν ο υιός του ανθρώπου εκ νεκρών αναστή
Acts 15:24
- KJV: Forasmuch as we have heard that certain which went out from us have troubled you with words subverting your souls saying be circumcised and keep the law to whom we gave no commandment
- GK: επειδή ηκούσαμεν ότι τινές εξ ημών εξελθόντες ετάραξαν υμάς λόγοις ανασκευάζοντες τας ψυχάς υμών λέγοντες περιτέμνεσθαι και τηρείν τον νόμον οις ου διεστείλαμεθα
Hebrews 12:20
- KJV: For they could not endure that which was commanded And if so much as a beast touch the mountain it shall be stoned or thrust through with a dart
- GK: ουκ έφερον γαρ το διαστελλόμενον καν θηρίον θίγη του όρους λιθοβοληθήσεται η βολίδι κατατοξευθήσεται
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