G1291: διαστέλλομαι
diastéllomai · “to give orders”
Definition
to set (oneself) apart (figuratively, distinguish), i.e. (by implication) to enjoin
KJV translates it as: charge, that which was (give) commanded(-ment)
Word origin: middle voice from G1223 (διά) and G4724 (στέλλω);
Extended definition
[in LXX for בָּדַל hi. (Deu.10:8, al.), זְהַר hi. (Eze.3:18-19, al.), and 19 other words]
1. to divide, distinguish, define.
2. to command, charge expressly: pass., τὸ διαστελλόμενον, Heb.12:20. Mid., in late Gk. with same sense (so Ez, l.with; and al. in LXX; MM, see word); a. dative of person(s), Mrk.8:15, Act.15:24; before ἵνα, Mat.16:20, Mrk.5:43 7:36 9:9.†
(AS)
Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).
How G1291 is translated
- he instructed ×3
- he ordered ×1
- was instructing, ×1
- he was instructing ×1
- we had given instructions, ×1
- is being commanded: ×1
Bible verses with G1291 (diastéllomai)
Diastéllomai appears in 7 verses.
- Matthew 16:20
Then charged he his disciples that they should tell no man that he was Jesus the Christ.
- Mark 5:43
And he charged them straitly that no man should know it; and commanded that something should be given her to eat.
- Mark 7:36
And he charged them that they should tell no man: but the more he charged them, so much the more a great deal they published it;
- Mark 8:15
And he charged them, saying, Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod.
- Mark 9:9
And as they came down from the mountain, he charged them that they should tell no man what things they had seen, till the Son of man were risen from the dead.
- Acts 15:24
Forasmuch as we have heard, that certain which went out from us have troubled you with words, subverting your souls, saying, Ye must be circumcised, and keep the law: to whom we gave no such commandment:
- Hebrews 12:20
(For they could not endure that which was commanded, And if so much as a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned, or thrust through with a dart: