epitassō (to command)

Meaning

Usually translated “commands”, “commanded” and “command”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated

he commands 3
he commanded 2
command 1
he would command 1
you did command 1
commanded 1
to order 1

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

Where it's used most

Mark 4
Luke 4
Acts 1
Philemon 1

4 books in all.

Related words

Explore in Scripture

Mark 1:27And they were all amazed, insomuch that they questioned among themselves, saying, What thing is this? what new doctrine is this? for with authority commandeth he even the unclean spirits, and they do obey him.
Mark 6:27And immediately the king sent an executioner, and commanded his head to be brought: and he went and beheaded him in the prison,
Mark 6:39And he commanded them to make all sit down by companies upon the green grass.
Mark 9:25When Jesus saw that the people came running together, he rebuked the foul spirit, saying unto him, Thou dumb and deaf spirit, I charge thee, come out of him, and enter no more into him.
Luke 4:36And they were all amazed, and spake among themselves, saying, What a word is this! for with authority and power he commandeth the unclean spirits, and they come out.
Luke 8:25And he said unto them, Where is your faith? And they being afraid wondered, saying one to another, What manner of man is this! for he commandeth even the winds and water, and they obey him.

All 10 verses, by book

Mark 4: 1:27 6:27 6:39 9:25
Luke 4: 4:36 8:25 8:31 14:22
Acts 1: 23:2
Philemon 1: 1:8

Greek dictionary

ἐπιτάσσω epitassō · to command

ἐπι-τάσσω [in LXX for אָמַר, צָוָה, etc. ;] to command, charge: with accusative of thing(s), Luk.14:22; with dative of person(s), Mrk.1:27 9:25, Luk.4:36 8:25; id. with accusative of thing(s), Phm 8; id. with inf., Mrk.6:39, Luk.8:31, Act.23:2; id. with imperat., Mrk.9:25; with accusative and inf., Mrk.6:27.† SYN.: κελεύω (AS)

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

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

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

COMMAND, verb transitive

To bid; to order; to direct; to charge; implying authority, and power to control, and to require obedience.“We will sacrifice to the Lord our God, as he shall command us” Exodus 8:27“I know that he [Abraham] will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the Lord” Genesis 18:19
To govern, lead or direct; to have or to exercise supreme authority over.
To have in power; to be able to exercise power or authority over; as, a military post commands the surrounding country; a fort commands the harbor.
To overlook, or have in the power of the eye, without obstruction.

All definitions and other forms of “command”

To direct; to send.“The Lord shall command the blessing on thee” Deuteronomy 28:8
To have or to exercise a controlling influence over.

COMMAND, verb intransitive

To have or to exercise supreme authority; to possess the chief power; to govern; as, the general commands with dignity and humanity. What general commands in Canada?

COMMAND, noun

The right or power of governing with chief or exclusive authority; supreme power; control; as, an officer has a brigade under his command; he takes command of the army in France; an appropriate military term.
The power of controlling; governing influence; sway.
Cogent or absolute authority.
The act of commanding; the mandate uttered; order given.
The power of overlooking, or surveying, without obstruction.
The power of governing or controlling by force, or of defending and protecting.
That which is commanded control; as a body of troop under command

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