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Notes: The meanings of τάσσω[c], συντάσσω, προστάσσω[a], ἐπιτάσσω, and διατάσσω[a] no doubt differ somewhat, particularly in connotation, but it is not possible to determine this from existing contexts.

Form 1

Part of speech: verb

Inflections: προστάσσω; aor.; προσέταξα; προστάσσω; pf.pass.; προστέταγμαι

Related lemmas: τάσσω

Sense 1: to order, to instruct, to tell, to command

Semantic entry: 33.325

Semantic domains: Communication

Subdomains: Command, Order

Definition: to give detailed instructions as to what must be done{N:001}

MAT 1:24: RV MAT 1:24 · LV MAT 1:24 · Read together MAT 1:24

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OET-RV MAT 1:24

24 Then Yosef got up and did what Yahweh’s messenger had commanded him, and he went ahead and married Maria,

OET-LV MAT 1:24

24 And the Yōsaʸf/(Yōşēf) having _been _raised from the sleep, did as the messenger of_the_master commanded to _him, and received the wife of _him,

MAT 8:4: RV MAT 8:4 · LV MAT 8:4 · Read together MAT 8:4

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OET-RV MAT 8:4

4 and Yeshua told him, “Make sure that you don’t tell anyone about this, but you do need to go and show yourself to the priest and make the offering required by Mosheh’s (Moses) law as a testimony to the authorities.”

OET-LV MAT 8:4

4 And the Yaʸsous is _saying to _him:
Be _seeing you _may _tell to _no _one, but be _going yourself, show to _the priest, and offer the gift which Mōsaʸs/(Mosheh) commanded, because/for a_testimony to _them.

All 6 recorded passages for this sense

MAT: RV MAT 1:24 · RV MAT 8:4 · LV MAT 1:24 · LV MAT 8:4 · Read together MAT 1:24 · Read together MAT 8:4

MRK: RV MRK 1:44 · LV MRK 1:44 · Read together MRK 1:44

LUK: RV LUK 5:14 · LV LUK 5:14 · Read together LUK 5:14

ACT: RV ACT 10:33 · RV ACT 10:48 · LV ACT 10:33 · LV ACT 10:48 · Read together ACT 10:33 · Read together ACT 10:48

Sense 2: to prescribe, to arrange for

Semantic entry: 62.9

Semantic domains: Arrange, Organize

Subdomains: Organize [of events and states]

Definition: to arrange in a prescribed manner

Notes: In some languages it may be important to recast to some extent the rendering of the second part of RV ACT 17:26 · LV ACT 17:26 · Read together ACT 17:26 so as to combine both place and time, for example, ‘he set limits to the time and determined the places they would dwell.’

ACT 10:48: RV ACT 10:48 · LV ACT 10:48 · Read together ACT 10:48

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OET-RV ACT 10:48

48 So with the authority of Yeshua (Jesus; Grk. Yesus) the messiah, he commanded for them to be immersed in water. Then they asked him to stay with them for a few more days.

OET-LV ACT 10:48

48 and He _commanded them in the name of_Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa) chosen _one /messiah to _be _immersed.
Then they _asked him to _remain _on some days.

ACT 17:26: RV ACT 17:26 · LV ACT 17:26 · Read together ACT 17:26

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OET-RV ACT 17:26

26 From one man he made every nationality that lives across all the earth and designated their boundaries and their futures.

OET-LV ACT 17:26

26 and he _made of one, every nation of _mankind to _be _dwelling on all the_face of _the earth, having _designated the having _been _commanded times and the boundaries of _the dwelling _place of _them,

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

προστάσσω

Form 1

Sense 1: to order, to instruct, to tell, to command

Sense 2: to prescribe, to arrange for