prostassō (to order)

Meaning

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

How it's translated

commanded 4
he commanded 2
ordered 1

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

Where it's used most

Acts 3
Matthew 2
Mark 1
Luke 1

4 books in all.

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Explore in Scripture

Matthew 8:4And Jesus saith unto him, See thou tell no man; but go thy way, shew thyself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them.
Mark 1:44And saith unto him, See thou say nothing to any man: but go thy way, shew thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing those things which Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them.
Luke 5:14And he charged him to tell no man: but go, and shew thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing, according as Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them.
Acts 10:33Immediately therefore I sent to thee; and thou hast well done that thou art come. Now therefore are we all here present before God, to hear all things that are commanded thee of God.
Acts 10:48And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of the Lord. Then prayed they him to tarry certain days.
Acts 17:26And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;

Greek dictionary

προστάσσω prostassō · to order

προσ-τάσσω [in LXX chiefly for צָוָה pi. ;] 1. with accusative of person(s), to place at, to attach to. 2. to give a command, enjoin, appoint: Luk.5:14; with dative of person(s), Mat.1:24; with accusative of thing(s), Mat.8:4, Mrk.1:44; with accusative and inf., Act.10:48; pass., Act.10:33 17:26.† (AS)

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

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

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

OR'DER, noun

[Latin ordo.]

Regular disposition or methodical arrangement of things; a word of extensive application; as the order of troops or parade; the order of books in a library; the order of proceedings in a legislative assembly. order is the life of business.
Proper state; as the muskets are all in good order When the bodily organs are in order a person is in health; when they are out of order he is indisposed.
Adherence to the point in discussion, according to established rules of debate; as, the member is not in order that is, he wanders from the question.
Established mode of proceeding.

All definitions and other forms of “order”

Regularity; settled mode of operation.
Mandate; precept; command; authoritative direction.
Rule; regulation; as the rules and orders of a legislative house.
Regular government or discipline.
Rank; class; division of men; as the order of nobles; the order of priests; the higher orders of society; men of the lowest order; order of knights; military orders, etc.
A religious fraternity; as the order of Benedictines.
A division of natural objects, generally intermediate between class and genus.
Measures; care.
In rhetoric, the placing of words and members in a sentence in such a manner as to contribute to force and beauty of expression, or to the clear illustration of the subject.
The title of certain ancient books containing the divine office and manner of its performance.
In architecture, a system of several members, ornaments and proportions of columns and pilasters; or a regular arrangement of the projecting parts of a building, especially of the columns, so as to form one beautiful whole.

OR'DER, verb transitive

To regulate; to methodize; to systemize; to adjust; to subject to system in management and execution; as, to order domestic affairs with prudence.
To lead; to conduct; to subject to rules or laws.“To him that ordereth his conversation aright, will I show the salvation of God” Psalms 50:23
to direct; to command. the general ordered his troops to advance.
To manage; to treat.“How shall we order the child?” Judges 13:12
To ordain. [Not used.]
To direct; to dispose in any particular manner.“Order my steps in thy word” Psalms 119:133

OR'DER, verb intransitive

to give command or direction.

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