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To direct

διατάσσωStrong’s G1299

diatassō

Appears in 16 verses of the New Testament

In short

Diatassō is the Greek word usually translated “having been commanded”, “commanding” and “appointed”. It appears in 16 verses of the New Testament.

“For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in every city, as I had appointed thee:”
Titus 1:5 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “having been commanded”, “commanding” and “appointed”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • having been commanded 2
  • commanding 1
  • appointed 1
  • he directed 1
  • had commanded 1
  • to have commanded 1
  • having arranged himself 1
  • ordered 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Acts 5
  • Luke 4
  • 1 Corinthians 4
  • Matthew 1
  • Galatians 1
  • Titus 1

6 books in all.

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Explore in Scripture
All 16 verses, by book
Matthew 1
11:1
1 Corinthians 4
7:179:1411:3416:1
Galatians 1
3:19
Titus 1
1:5
Greek dictionary

διατάσσω diatassō · to direct

δια-τάσσω [in LXX for שׂוּם, שָׁמַר, etc. ;] to charge, give orders to, appoint, arrange, ordain: with dative, Mat.11:1, 1Co.9:14 16:1; before inf., Luk.8:55, Act.18:2. Mid., 1Co.7:17, Act.20:13; with accusative, 1Co.11:34; with dative, Tit.1:5; before inf., Act.7:44 24:23. Pass., τὸ διατεταγμένον, Luk.3:13, Act.23:31; τὰ διαταχθέντα, Luk.17:9-10; διαταγείς, Gal.3:19.† (AS)

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “direct” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

DIRECT, adjective

[Latin, to make straight. See Right.]

  1. Straight; right; as, to pass in a direct line from one body or place to another.
  2. In astronomy, appearing to move forward in the zodiac, in the direction of the sign; opposed to retrograde; as, the motion of a planet is direct
  3. In the line of father and sons; opposed to collateral; as a descendant in the direct line.
  4. Leading or tending to an end, as by a straight line or course; not circuitous.
All definitions and other forms of “direct”
  1. Open; not ambiguous or doubtful.
  2. Plain; express; not ambiguous; as, he said this in direct words; he made a direct acknowledgment.
  3. In music, a direct interval is that which forms any kind of harmony on the fundamental sound which produces it; as the fifth, major third and octave.

DIRECT, verb transitive

[Latin]

  1. To point or aim in a straight line, towards a place or object; as, to direct an arrow or a piece of ordnance; to direct the eye; to direct a course or flight.
  2. To point; to show the right road or course; as, he directed me to the left hand road.
  3. To regulate; to guide or lead; to govern; to cause to proceed in a particular manner; as, to direct the affairs of a nation.“Wisdom is profitable to direct” Ecclesiastes 10:10
  4. To prescribe a course; to mark out a way. Job 37:3
  5. To order; to instruct; to point out a course of proceeding, with authority; to command.

DIRECT, noun

In music, a character placed at the end of a stave to direct the performer to the first note of the next stave.

    Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

    Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.