Strong's Lexicon

G1379

G1379 — δογματίζω

Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

GreekdogmatizoverbOccurrences: 1

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:G1379
Word:δογματίζω
Part of Speech:verb
Etymology:from G1378
Language:Greek
Occurrences:1
Transliteration:dogmatizo
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:dog-mat-id'-zo
Meaning:1. to prescribe by statute 2. (reflexively) to submit to, ceremonially rule
KJV Renderings:be subject to ordinances

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

δογματίζω: to decree, command, enjoin, lay down an ordinance: Diodorus 4, 83, etc.; Est 3:9; 2Ma 10:8 (etc.); the Sept. (not Theod.) Dan 2:13; passive (present δογματίζομαι); ordinances are imposed upon me, I suffer ordinances to be imposed upon me: Col 2:20 (R. V. do ye subject yourselves to ordinances; 150, Winers Grammar, § 39, 1 a.; Buttmann, 188 (163) Meyer or Lightfoot at the passage).

Other Resources

Dictionary of New Testament Theology
Colin Brown

Englishman's Greek Concordance

δογματίζω (be subject to ordinances)

Colossians 2:20

KJV: Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world why as though living in the world are ye subject to ordinances
GK: ει ουν απεθάνετε συν τω χριστώ από των στοιχείων του κόσμου τι ως ζώντες εν κόσμω δογματίζεσθε
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